Comments on: An example of why I loathe Hilary Clinton http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/09/20/an-example-of-why-i-loathe-hilary-clinton/ Liberalism and general burblings Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jonny Wright http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/09/20/an-example-of-why-i-loathe-hilary-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-14283 Jonny Wright Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/09/20/an-example-of-why-i-loathe-hilary-clinton/#comment-14283 Problem is, there's nowhere to turn really if you're a British Lib Dem looking at American politics, where the word "liberal" itself means almost the diametric opposite of what it does in our own party. There are US politicians I like more than others, but the differences between the two political systems, and the two political cultures, make it hard to put your moral support behind either party, or any one candidate. Having said that, for all her faults, I'd take Hilary over the current President any day ... Problem is, there’s nowhere to turn really if you’re a British Lib Dem looking at American politics, where the word “liberal” itself means almost the diametric opposite of what it does in our own party. There are US politicians I like more than others, but the differences between the two political systems, and the two political cultures, make it hard to put your moral support behind either party, or any one candidate.

Having said that, for all her faults, I’d take Hilary over the current President any day …

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