Having emotions is not "weak"

[mudesi]

I am disturbed by the number of people who think that it is unacceptable for a human being to exhibit emotions. These people need to see a psychiatrist as soon as possible, because they apparently have so much bottled up that at any moment they may overcompensate.

I want to make it abundantly clear to everyone here that those who do not have emotions are the ones unfit to lead. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jong Il. These are people who are incapable of feeling.

Incapable of feeling compassion, shame, or caring for other human beings. Sociopaths.

This post is not about Hillary Clinton or whether or not she faked crying to score political points. This post is about the fact that there are people here who still believe in the idiotic notion that leaders ought to be robots, that people who have feelings can't make tough decisions (which is exactly the opposite, in fact), that the President must be "tough".

Take a good look at the current president to see the consequences of such moronic cowboy mentality.

Grow up, America.

[boomboom]

1. i so agree

I'm an Obama girl, but I do like Hillary. I felt sympathetic for her today. Made me sad. She's a great candidate, but my personal opinion is however much I love Bill Clinton, I don't want a 28 year Bush/Clinton dynasty. I agree with change. GO BARACK!!!!!!!!!!! And stay as a senator Hillary - we need you

[BlueJazz]

2. I agree also.....Americans would rather have a "Cold Dumb Ass"

....than a "Warm Genius"

No wonder this country is slipping into the sea.....

[PATRICK]

3. Listening at all

in any way to media spin is weak-minded. Does it matter that we "wisely" listen because we judge a candidate by how people are fooled by the influential media? The results are exactly the same for all the perspectives.

Trying to answer that women need to be cut slack physically for reflexive tear responses is itself trapped in the sexist debate. I suppose we must give everyone Spartan training since the stiff upper Brit lip aplomb never took much in America?

I did make a comment that sadness or pity or frustration tears after all the horrors and sufferings of the past years have been stoically, calmly endured, are not as sympathetic. Yet i think she is plain old exhausted more than she has ever been. Obama too looked strained(no cure like victory though). They are new and Edwards has kept in training. Simple simple simple. Junior Bush was ever the one to crack behind the scenes and pout publicly with wallowing self pity(his last debate in case any stooge in the media would care to look back over the tape) over personal setbacks- and not shed a single tear for any victim of his neglect.

BUSH WAS CLOSE TO TEARS. His loyal sycophants were ready with doily hankies and soft words. For Hillary with no sleep in days and troubles the size of mountains loaded on her for years- the hatchet, the coup de gracelessness.

Bush was close to tears and not single leak of the obvious reality.

[emilyg]

4. Agree.