https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been an avid supporter of Donald Trump since he began his campaign, what I can&#39;t understand is how with all the scandals and corruption surrounding Hillary Clinton that people still support her and want her to be president. I know that no candidate is perfect, but I strongly believe that Trump has America&#39;s best interest at heart and he is not a politician and that is exactly what we need in the White House. So for those of you that support Hillary Clinton, please give me factual reasons as to why you support her and not Trump. Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:02:50 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been an avid supporter of Donald Trump since he began his campaign, what I can&#39;t understand is how with all the scandals and corruption surrounding Hillary Clinton that people still support her and want her to be president. I know that no candidate is perfect, but I strongly believe that Trump has America&#39;s best interest at heart and he is not a politician and that is exactly what we need in the White House. So for those of you that support Hillary Clinton, please give me factual reasons as to why you support her and not Trump. SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:02:50 -0400 2016-08-10T18:02:50-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795469&urlhash=1795469 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I supported Ted Cruz in the Virginia Primary <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="139752" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/139752-12b-combat-engineer-lynchburg-1o-richmond">SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member</a><br />After watching Donald Trump develop along the way, my wife and I now support Donald Trump for President. <br />I have read through his plan for the VA and listening to his comments on reviewing bilateral treaties as well as multiple-nation treaties such as NAFTA I concur with his approach to do what is best for the USA from a treaty relationship. <br />I also like his approach to having the nations we have bases in contribute more to the arrangements so that we could break even instead of subsidizing the defense of our allies. LTC Stephen F. Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:03:53 -0400 2016-08-10T18:03:53-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795475&urlhash=1795475 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I despise Hillary Clinton! SSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:04:53 -0400 2016-08-10T18:04:53-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795478&urlhash=1795478 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When the number one reason anybody is voting for either of these candidates is that they&#39;re not the other candidate, you know our country is falling apart. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:05:41 -0400 2016-08-10T18:05:41-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795479&urlhash=1795479 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My rule is never talk about politics or religion. It&#39;s asking for a debate and asking for someone to see eye to eye on something that won&#39;t be accomplished. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:05:41 -0400 2016-08-10T18:05:41-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795483&urlhash=1795483 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How do you support Hillary Clinton? SFC Bill Snyder Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:06:42 -0400 2016-08-10T18:06:42-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795486&urlhash=1795486 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Two big guys on each arm to keep her from falling on her as. SFC Bill Snyder Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:07:37 -0400 2016-08-10T18:07:37-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795494&urlhash=1795494 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Playing devils advocate here for a moment... people support Clinton because she stinks less than Trump. Meanwhile much better candidates who don&#39;t stink of arrogance and corruption are ignored... because the 55% of Americans who hate Clinton and the 65% of Americans that hate Trump aren&#39;t smart enough to realize that they could simply elect someone else. SSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:11:19 -0400 2016-08-10T18:11:19-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795500&urlhash=1795500 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Out of both candidate who I feel are horrible, I will benefit out of only one, and it&#39;s not Donald Trump. <br /><br />I don&#39;t just look at the candidate, but also the people supporting the candidate. I see more eye to eye with Hillary supporters than I do Trump supporters. There for, I&#39;m voting in the best interest of myself, and my people. <br /><br />The United States president is a reflection of what America wants. If Trump wins the election, that means there are more that believe in Trump than Hillary and I will understand and accept that. SrA Edward Vong Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:15:10 -0400 2016-08-10T18:15:10-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795513&urlhash=1795513 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m not going to talk about either of them, I will just say Gary Johnson has my vote. SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:19:27 -0400 2016-08-10T18:19:27-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795523&urlhash=1795523 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m not voting for either. They are both scandal-ridden liars. And Trump is an idiot. Hillary is a moron.<br /><br />But as far as military goes, Hillary would help the military far more than Trump...<br /><br />Trump:<br />-isolationist foreign policy means less need for military (ie depleted funding)<br />-advocates more nukes for other countries is dangerous<br />-wants to pull out of the pacific. That&#39;s where the worlds booming economies and merging threats are. 1/3 of the marine corps and 100,000+ Air Force/Army stationed there. He stated he wants to cut sling load on Asia.<br />-disrespects POWs, Families of fallen brothers, wounded warriors, etc<br />-fraudulently denies funds raised for veterans organizations <br />-in the private sector, rank and file employees were low paid, treated like commodities, and replaced by foreigners (I don&#39;t yet know what that will equate for his new federal employees like Soldiers)<br />-no positive record what so ever toward military or veterans<br /><br />Hillary:<br />-1st NY Senator to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee<br />-Increased military survivor benefit from $12,000 to $100,000. (Yes, we all like that for spouses or kids above SGLI... That was actually her bill)<br />-Sponsored Heroes at Home Act, help families get medical treatment for returning Soldiers with traumatic brain injuries<br />-co sponsored the Support for Injured Servicemembers Act<br />-Fought as a NY Senator to keep open the Niagara Falls Air Base and - instead of closing &amp; losing 800 local jobs - increased the number of civilian and military jobs needed at the base<br />-worked with Sen Lindsey Graham (Republican from the other side of the aisle) to together come up with a plan to get Reservist &amp; National Guardsmen the ability to enroll themselves &amp; dependents in full Tricare, which is now common place<br />-As Sec of State, pushed for increased drone strikes- stopping excessive boots on the ground but still accomplishing missions (Ghadaffi elimination)<br />-at State Dept, sat on the council that managed the Bin Laden assassination<br />-brokered temporary peace deal between Israel &amp; Hamas (creating a year of less violence and U.S. involvement than any in more than a decade)<br />-She convinced Obama to finally listen to Generals running Afhganistan who did not want to cut sling load but instead wanted a transition out of there<br /><br />Which record (if I redacted the names) would show a better track record for veterans?<br /><br />~note: I&#39;m not a Democrat or Republican. I am a hater. I hate Trump for his gross lack of understanding of politics, military, and people as well as his poor ability to plan what he says. I hate Hillary for being the average corrupt establishment politician in the pocket of lobbyists and donors. I whole heartedly believe BOTH will do or say anything to garner support, whether it&#39;s an idiotic statement or a bold faced lie.<br /><br />Besides a hater, I&#39;m also a optimist. They&#39;re not all bad as one media outlet or the other claims. Everyone has something they&#39;re good at. I&#39;ll firmly stand behind which ever one gets elected and support their policies. *Dont drink the cool aid that the conflict building media wants you to drink. MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:21:50 -0400 2016-08-10T18:21:50-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795576&urlhash=1795576 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The so-called scandals are a cottage industry running the last 25 years by right-wing smear groups. I don't believe anything coming from so-called news sites with "Patriot", "Tea Party", "Conservative" or other such words in their names, nor do I trust anything from Fox News or the talking heads like Hannity, O'Reilly or Limbaugh.<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned, Hillary Clinton has had one scandal, the email, and while stupid to use your own server, it is not unprecedented as her immediately two predecessors did the exact same thing. While I don't condone it, I don't think it rises to the level of Trump's racism, misogyny, peddling of conspiracy theory (just about anything he says after the words "Many people are saying..." and a campaign strategy low on policy and high on schoolyard name-calling (Lyin' Ted, Little Marco, Crooked Hillary, Pocahontas, etc.).<br /><br />So how do I support Hillary Clinton? By researching her through outfits I do trust like Snopes, Politifact, Factcheck.org and REAL media sites like CNN, Al Jazeera English, BBC World Service (what the right-wing zealots call the vast left-wing media conspiracy).<br /><br />How else do I support her? Well the most important way is my vote, but also with financial donations to her and to Democratic challengers in senate campaigns that I hope to flip from red to blue to take back the senate. Why? Because as an educated straight-ally of the LGBT community, a male feminist, a white supporter of African American, Hispanic American and other minority groups, an advocate for immigration reform, and perhaps most importantly, an extremely strong believer in the separation of church and state, I cannot stand the possibility of religious conservatives being appointed to the supreme court. <br /><br />That's how I support Hillary Clinton, and that is why I would vote for a can of spoiled tuna before I voted for Donald Trump, and that is why I won't consider a third-party candidate unless I thought he or she had any chance at all of winning, which I do not for 2016. LTC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:42:32 -0400 2016-08-10T18:42:32-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795607&urlhash=1795607 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All the scandals, all the corruption, was created by the GOP to smear her. Think about it. 4 diplomats tragically died in a suprise attack on a high threat post. Sure there were mistakes there, but does that mean she was a terrible, corrupt person. She was the Secretary of State, with the entire Middle East on fire simultaneously. Do you really think she wanted those people to die? Do you think she wouldn't do everything she could to save them? I think she would. MSgt Michael Smith Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:53:03 -0400 2016-08-10T18:53:03-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795665&urlhash=1795665 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You will note, SPC Cody Voye, absolutely nothing of substance came up in the responses. I'm with you, he wasn't my first choice, but a clear majority voted for him and he has all the right issues. Most on here know why Hillary should not be our next president. If there was not a D by her name she would lose half her fans and she were not female the other half would use their eyes and brain and see how corrupt she is. We all would like to see an honest competent woman run and become our first female president. MCPO Roger Collins Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:15:02 -0400 2016-08-10T19:15:02-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795728&urlhash=1795728 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I noticed a lot of comments were about Hilary being corrupt and Trump being a better candidate because he's not a politician. Although I do enjoy Trump's refusal to be politically correct, you have to draw a line. He won't be able to accomplish much working with politicians if he refuses to be one. Also, a lot of republicans are withdrawing their support for Trump. Trump might not have any scandals, but there's more than one way of being corrupt. The email scandal was blown out of proportion and mis-represented. She never sent or had classified emails on her server. They were classified afterwards. So those who don't want to vote for her because of that, you should do more research. Also, the Benghazi incident was misrepresented. She wasn't the sole decision maker like most people like to say. So how corrupt is Hilary after all? SPC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:43:06 -0400 2016-08-10T19:43:06-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795738&urlhash=1795738 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't support that haggard criminal unless we're rallying for the indictment... TRUMP 16 Sgt Seth Welch Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:49:52 -0400 2016-08-10T19:49:52-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795740&urlhash=1795740 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hillary Clinton is a walking venereal disease, to even think of supporting her even with a poor selection of others is tantamount to insanity. But considering those that voted for the current failure at least twice and sometimes 10-12 times not counting the dead its expected. Clinton and her cronies stink worse than an entire toxic waste dump. 1SG Dennis Hicks Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:51:20 -0400 2016-08-10T19:51:20-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1795921&urlhash=1795921 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I love redaing the comments and responses........ Alan K. Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:22:46 -0400 2016-08-10T21:22:46-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1796448&urlhash=1796448 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Everyone needs to think about who the candidates will appoint to the supreme court before they vote. There is one opening and probably at least another before the next POTUS will leave office. These appointments will have a huge impact on our country. PO2 John Forzley Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:41:39 -0400 2016-08-11T04:41:39-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1796574&urlhash=1796574 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hate to say it this way, but as "an avid supporter of X", you are never going to understand how someone will support Y. PO3 David Fries Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:42:38 -0400 2016-08-11T06:42:38-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1797206&urlhash=1797206 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lesser of two evils. MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:59:36 -0400 2016-08-11T11:59:36-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1797659&urlhash=1797659 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hillary is worse that her crooked husband. MSgt Joseph DuPont Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:16:54 -0400 2016-08-11T14:16:54-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1797906&urlhash=1797906 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Neither candidate is qualified for the position. Trump has zero experience with diplomacy and would rather run his businesses into the ground and then declare bankruptcy than do anything else besides sue or be sued. Hillary is a scandal ridden liar who has no credibility (other than the Russians hate her even though she and Bill have taken millions from Russia into the Clinton Foundation), lacks experience in the political arena (her one term as a NY senator was laughable), and her 8 years in the White House as First Lady showed a despicable, unorganized, screamer who attacks and provides a level of cronyism that should have gotten her thrown out. Neither candidate can see over the balcony in their ivory tower.<br /><br />As for what to do with your vote, it should never be about "the lesser of two evils" as that is, truly and literally, a wasted vote. Basically, people will say 'a vote for a 3rd (or 4th or 5th) party candidate (there is an average of 14 candidates running for president every 4 years) is a wasted vote.' that is a misnomer because you then vote for someone you don't want. Vote for who you think is right for you whether your a sheep and want Hillary, are frustrated and go with Trump, or look into other candidates who may not fully be who you want but may have some of your interests (which neither Hillary nor Trump do0. Only politician I see with even a chance is Gary Johnson, an actual politician with governor experience. He ain't perfect, but then again Lincoln was the 3rd party candidate for the election of 1860 and he won in a surprise match. MAJ F. Patrick Filbert Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:37:21 -0400 2016-08-11T15:37:21-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-do-you-support-hillary-clinton?n=1802091&urlhash=1802091 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>She has 8 years of experience as a Senator, 4 as Secretary of State and her 8 years as First Lady all gave her experience at the National and International level needed to be President. She is very well versed on foreign and domestic policy, has well thought out and detailed plans for her Administration and has a roadmap for her first 100 days in office. She has a relationship with leaders around the world, and can step into the job on Day 1. She has NOT jeopardized our standing in the world by questioning our commitment to our allies, she has been quick to reassure them a Clinton administration will honor our long-standing defense treaties. <br /><br />The "scandals and corruption" which are constantly brought up and her constant "lying" are, for the most part, non-starters. If people would take the time to read the actual report on Benghazi or the reports of the many Congressional committees who investigated the incident again and again and again there is only one conclusion, the Secretary of State did nothing wrong. One of the committee chairs even admitted his investigation was politically motivated. The e-mail debacle would not even have received any press if she wasn't running for office; does this make it right? No, but this does not make her the Anti-Christ either. The well respected republican Director of the FBI was given sole discretion on the decision to indict or not and he concluded their was wrong doing that did not rise to the level that warranted charges being brought. Has she been dishonest in how she portrays this event - yes she has. She needs to own up to it and move on. She is not the first, nor the last high ranking civilian official to do this. My question has always been why didn't the State Dept. secure her network.<br /><br />Someone on this thread mentioned the "scandals" when she was FLOTUS. I don't remember the Clinton health plan being a scandal, people were scandalized the First Lady was involved. She was passionate about this issue, she has an exceptional mind and her husband trusted her work, nothing scandalous there. Whitewater, the travel office, Vince Foster, etc., all ended up being mostly smoke and mirrors; a man committed suicide and political operatives could not let his friends grieve in peace.<br /><br />A long winded answer. Is she perfect - NO. Will I vote for her - YES. If I have made any errors, please let me know - with FACTS.<br /><br />P.S. I'm not interested in being called names, or having my parentage being called into question. I can't stop you, of course, that's one of the terrific things about living in the U.S.A.! SCPO Penny Douphinett Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:46:18 -0400 2016-08-12T22:46:18-04:00 2016-08-10T18:02:50-04:00