Question in the media that keeps reappearing: Is America ready for a woman president?

Well, yeah, but not that woman, is my answer.

I’m really sick of the question being framed in such a way that a woman not supporting Hillary Clinton for president is somehow anti-feminist or even anti-female.

I don’t support her because I think she’s the wrong person for the job. I don’t like her politics.

Like on last night’s debate, she let something slip that just reaffirms my aversion. When asked if she would support children as young as second grade being exposed to the existence of same-sex marriage and same-sex couples, she said something to the effect of, “we need to be sensitive to the choices that people make.” (emphasis mine, and not a direct quote as I haven’t found a transcript yet)

Choices. Because, contrary to scientific evidence, being gay is a choice. Riiiight.

So, on top of voting for the administration’s first step toward a war on Iran yesterday (another warmongering tactic from the Republicans, co-sponsored by Joe Lieberman, “Independent” my ass), Hillary Clinton admits to believing that same-sex couples are making a choice to be gay. She pays lip service to a form of tolerance, but ignores science and reality.

No. No, I will not vote for this woman. In fact, I will happily vote against her, because I want a president firmly grounded in the world we actually live in.

Update

Here’s the direct quote from Hillary from the transcript, courtesy of the New York Times:

With respect to your individual children, that is such a matter of parental discretion. I think that obviously it is better to try to work with your children, to help your children the many differences that are in the world and to really respect other people and the choices that other people make, and that goes far beyond sexual orientation.

I stand by my initial shudder: lip service to tolerance, with the under current of “being gay is a choice!”