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(Note by Dean: Chaz continues to have tech issues with posting here, so I've used my admin superpowers to post this for him. Please note that Chaz may not be able to respond to comments in the thread.)
I endorse Hillary Clinton and look forward to working closely with her campaign. A number of factors have gone into my decision, but in the end it boiled down to experience coupled with a sound, achievable plan to put America back on track.
Hillary’s Clinton’s policies on all the major issues I care about are intricately thought out and her three decades of public service are unequaled. She has been a visionary on health care, which tops my personal list of domestic concerns. Under her leadership America will finally join the rest of the industrialized world and have Universal Healthcare.
Iraq, of course, continues to drag our country down in every imaginable way. Hillary Clinton has authored the Iraq Troop Protection and Reduction Act of 2007. But George Bush seems determined to drag this thing out and hand it to the next president—that’s the most likely scenario. Rational people understand that America will need the help of the international community to end this war. We can’t solve the Iraq problem alone and we simply can’t wait for a President to build credibility worldwide.
Hillary Clinton has the clear advantage of experience in international affairs. She can put together the coalitions we need in the Middle East. She played a major role on the world stage during her husband’s two terms. She represented America in 82 countries. Since that time Bill Clinton continues to make Americans proud working to relieve aids, hunger and poverty worldwide. He is received warmly wherever he goes. To me, that work exemplifies the values of both Clintons--values that have been missing from the oval office for too long.
On the day she is elected President, the rest of the world will know that the America they used to respect is back.
It is said that nothing prepares a person for the Presidency. It may seem like a small thing, but Hillary Clinton won’t have to adjust to the pomp and circumstance of life in the White House. Our problems are too pressing for on the job training. We need a president who can hit the ground running. No candidate is as ready to take the reigns as Hillary Clinton.
I have spent months making this decision. I’ve tried to be open and helpful to all of the campaigns. I’ve talked personally with most of the candidates, and have attended one live debate and a few dozen speeches. I’ve also met with and fielded hundreds of phone calls from many staffers. It’s been a real pleasure.
Throughout this process I kept asking myself this question: If I had to vote today, who would I vote for? For the last few months the answer has been Hillary Clinton--the candidate I can really commit too.
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