Thank you so much for the compliment, TIS. You've made my day.

This thread was inspired,of course, by the "Hillary in 2008" thread (and others), in which I was was struck by how little substance the reasons given for disliking Ms. Clinton seemed to have.

As fathersson correctly points out, anyone is entitled to like or dislike a politician for any reason that they wish, but when we gang up on President Bush the reasons that we give for disliking him at least almost always have more substance than saying that "He's funny looking" or comparing him to a barnyard animal, even if his supporters don't agree with our reasons.

But I must confess that I have to agree with Sicilian Babe's argument of a few days ago (which, sadly, I was absent for): That a large part of the dislike of Ms. Clinton is caused by the fact that she's a woman, and calling her a "bitch" or a "cow" or a "pig" and referring to her only by her first name is, I believe, illustrative of that fact.

Now, I know why I don't like her, and it has nothing to do with the way she looks, but I was really curious to see what reasons people would come up with for disliking her when asked for other reasons than the ones I quoted at the start of the thread.

And while many came up with good ones, apparently some (who shall remain nameless) still felt compelled to once again make the invidious comparison between her and a four-legged animal. :rolleyes: