There are many reasons to dislike a Hillary Clinton candidacy, from the appearance of banana republic “wife of a previous president” to her horrific bad judgment in supporting wars over peace, to her ignoring crimes against humanity from the Rwandan genocides of the 1990s through the rise of ISIS to Boku Huram, to the kill-the-gay-people-and-stone-the-women friendships with foreign countries, to her ineffectiveness in areas she claims to be passionate about (unions never implemented during her Walmart directorship, abortion restrictions increasing over the last twenty years of her public life, gender wage parity stuck at the same levels during the same period), but truly, there is one thing that really demonstrates absolute contempt for the country as a whole:

The Republicans hate her.

Ah, while a partisan knee jerk reaction might be to snarl “we welcome their hatred!” this is part of the problem. The reality is we are a “two party” country, but the office of President requires more because the President isn’t just the “President of the Democrats or the Republicans” – they are the President of the whole country. They are, in theory, above Party because the whole country needs to be able to rally around them in the event of national crisis. The bully pulpit of the Presidency is expected to stand firm for issues of national value – the truth speaker and trusted one, because there is no higher honor citizens can offer.

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The idea of asking Republicans to bow their heads in respect to a “leader” who is despised by the rank-and-file Republicans at this level is appalling.

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The Democratic Party isn’t even trying to hide their real message anymore:

It is “FUCK YOU, AMERICA!” And they laugh, because the bullies think there is nothing we can do except obey….