Why I Support Hillary

Why do I support Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President?

You mean besides the fact that she has had to cope with discrimination against women in the legal profession, one of the last to be reformed?

Besides this discrimination has given her a natural empathy for minorities and the outcast?

Besides enduring national humiliation because of her husband's wanderings and her determination to stick by his side?

Besides recognizing the healthcare debacle as one of the outrages of our time?

Besides her knowledge of said arena and her painfully earned recognition of the forces arrayed against its reform?

Besides her intuitive understanding as a woman and mother about the very real impact of war, ruining one family at a time?

Besides her determination to work together with all Americans instead of splitting them apart?

Besides her amazing record in the U.S. Senate, where she has silenced critics and impressed independent New York citizens, who provided her with an overwhelming landslide in her campaign for reelection?

Besides her willingness to listen instead of pontificate?

Besides the relationships she has developed with key world leaders during her years as First Lady?

Besides her position on global warming and her refusal to become an ostrich like George Bush, who has stuck his head in the sand until it might be too late?

Besides the vicious attacks she has endured, and will continue to endure, from friend and foe alike, and the cool poise and leadership she shows in response?

Besides her refusal to be pigeon-holed as a liberal and her ability to think independently of any worldview?

Besides her very real devotion to her family, and fierce protection of Chelsea, during her years as First Lady, an evidence of family values far greater than the Republican hypocrites?

Besides the fact she will pick the best and brightest for her advisors, Cabinet and staff, unlike the cronyism of the Bush administration?

Besides her ability to renew the image of the United States abroad?

Besides she will not need as much on-the-job training, during these dangerous times, as her Democratic and Republican competitors?

I'll tell you why. Because she has a good, generous heart and a keen, insightful mind. Because she is flexible and can adapt to changing situations, growing as a person and a leader in the process. And because, after all this time in the public eye, I've come to know her well enough to trust her with the country I love.