Biased Opinions about Presidents.

[Shadowcliff]

Before I start typing this thread...

Anything that I type in this post does not reflect my views in any of the presidential candidates in the coming election. To speak the truth, I really don't have a view of any of the presidents.

The subject came up in my lunch shift at my table about the presidential election. Of course, with that, a couple of my friends were like "I HOPE HILLARY CLINTON DOESN'T BECOME PRESIDENT I WOULD JUST DIE". I asked them why, and my friends had to think for a bit. One of them came up with the answer "Well... She has dagger eyes and she tries to avoid any and all questions asked to her and she always puts on a fake smile." I told him those weren't real reasons, and he just said 'whatever.' Also, I can get my friends started on a real reason, but they always refer to something they heard someone else say. Such as what my friend said: "Hillary isn't going to do any of the things she said." ("How do you know that?") "Well, she's just evil like that!"

I just wonder why so many people (at my school, anyways) have such a strong hatred toward Hillary. There are a few reasons why I think that seventh graders in my school hate Hillary Clinton, or any other presidents for that matter. --They are:
1. They hear their parents talking about them.
2. They go by what they see on TV, and I'm sure they only saw bits and pieces of political matters on TV, and only listened to small parts of those bits.
3. They go by what they hear from everyone else.

I actually hate it when my friends bring up politics in a conversation. I always want to tell them: "Hey, there is a lot at stake in this election. Maybe Barack will end up making foolish decisions in office? Who knows? Maybe Hillary is the right choice? Just because you hear about a certain candidate's popularity, that doesn't mean you go with everyone else. When you are old enough to vote, you need to vote responsibly. You should actually watch the debates, not just the talk shows following the debates." I'm not saying that Hillary is the right choice, or Barack will make foolish decisions, I'm just talking hypothetically.

Today in my Academic Stretch class, we were watching the Student News by, I think, CNN. They started talking about one of the recent primaries in one of the states, and included footage of Obama's and Hillary's speeches. As soon as the clip played Hillary's speech, and you could hear her voice, I heard my friend Keegan go "pshhhh. Hehe..." I told him after class, "Keegan, you know how childish that is. If you don't like her, fine, but you should at least respect the people running for president. If you ran for president, I bet you wouldn't make it anywhere" (previous quote based on what I know about Keegan since I met him). That brings me to my second point. The really biased people completely disrespect the candidates and support the candidate they like based on what they looked like when they first saw them. My other friend seriously thought that USA would plummet into hell and people would die if Hillary Clinton became president.

Please, voice your opinion about the different candidates. As you might have read or remembered from above, I don't have a true view or side in this election. But please, use real, political reasons to support your view. No using 'dagger eyes' or 'black' as reasons. Or any of that sort. (the latter example could get you banned!). Also, you can critisize other people's ideas, but make sure you have good reasons!