2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Shouldn't picking POTUS be about character [View all]Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...is that some, although maybe not all, of her supporters think her character is fine just the way it is.
People not in that category have questions / qualms / etc about her character, or they flat-out are not admirers or supporters.
That's painting it in broad strokes, of course.
There will be more than a few Democrats who will vote for her for reasons other than her "character," the biggest reason being to stop Trump. A "vote" is not synonymous with "vote of confidence" 100% of the time. Sometimes it's something you have to do in order to prevent something else from happening...in this case, preventing "President Trump."
It's like anything else in life.
It would be a large, perhaps impossible effort to convince someone who admires and respects Clinton to convince them that they shouldn't.
It would be a large, perhaps impossible effort to convince someone who neither admires not respects Clinton to convince them that they should.
And as someone who has supported Sanders, I've done that, without trying to bend or allowing myself to be bent. People who are excited about Clinton? Good for them. It's important to find people and causes that excite you. Why would I want to rain on their parade?
I don't think the 2016 election is about character at all, unless you list the negatives Trump brings to the table. Then it's about his character.
Clinton is who we have in our corner to stop him. That's the sum total of my praise for her on any level.