Yes, I want a woman president

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/4/1509797/-Yes-I-want-a-woman-president

By chloris creator

A major reason that I support Hillary is because she is female, and because she has demonstrated a clear understanding of how important it is for women to have equality and access to education and to reproductive freedom. She has been fighting for women for years, not just starting in 1995 with her talk in Beijing, although that was a risky, exciting example of how she has been committed to this for decades. She showed her commitment in her responses to Trump and other Republican initiatives just last week.

In addition to the moral imperative to stop the global, millennia-long oppression of half the population — and having a woman like Hillary as the leader of the free world will inspire young women around the planet and help deflate the idea that men are superior -- her support of women and our reproductive health and choices can be critical to so many other goals.

Income inequality. Yes, there are many reasons to be against big banks and the top 0.1%, but making sure that women have choices before they give birth is where it all starts. A child who is wanted, who arrives at the right time, is off to a much better start than a child who causes the mother to be ill or who cannot be afforded. And the madness of forcing women to carry to term fetuses that are severely defective — this will hurt incomes and families too. So will having children grow up in places where the water is full of lead.

Climate change. The elephant in the room that few people seem to want to address is that this planet has been overrun by our own species. We have a few alternatives. Colonize space (not practical yet). Better use of resources (we’re working on that but there are problems as we keep making more people and those people want more). Reducing the population seems the best way. We could do this through war and disease, but those are both extremely unpleasant approaches. Birth control makes much more sense.

War. A huge reason for unrest is overpopulation. Take a look at Alan Weisman’s Countdown, and you will see that the Palestinians and at least the Orthodox Israelis have been reproducing at very high rates, which is certainly one reason the area is a powder keg. Some of the young women seem to be rebelling against this but they could use some encouragement.

I understand that protecting women's rights, including reproductive rights, will not guarantee improvements. But they make a difference — a big difference.

These are just a few of the reasons why I want a woman president. But why do I want Hillary specifically?

I want Hillary because she’s brilliant, competent, dedicated, hard-working, and she understands that she needs a team (or a coalition, or a village) which is why she has been supporting the down ballot Democrats. She understands that issues are complex. She has detailed plans, not just rhetoric. She has also been vetted, through decades of right wing persecution. She has shown her taxes for years. She has sat through 11 hours of grilling on Benghazi.

Her good points go on and on and have been diaried elsewhere.