I can't stand podcasts and I wish I liked them. Listening to someone read when I can't see their face bothers me. I have to concentrate hard to hear the words and put them together into meaning, and my mind drifts away mid-sentence. Also I can read faster than anyone can talk and I feel like it slows my brain down. Plus the sheer annoyance of someone "umm"ing and stumbling, and laughing and chatter in the background making it hard to hear.
ZenKitty, this is my story, this is my song! I hate vid and audio (without the choice for a transcript, that is) for exactly these reasons!
It's funny, but a lot of your stated positions are very Hillary! (Outside of the war thing, where I believe she gets painted as a lot more hawkish than she actually is, given that even her support of the resolution that got us into the mess was worded very strongly in favor of the whole "only as a last resort should diplomatic solutions fail us") Who also gets painted as a centrist!
Possibly because she's about pragmatic, sustainable change? Like losing 1-2lbs a week vs. a crash diet?
I had a difficult time choosing a candidate in the MA state primary, so I took the "I Side With," quiz and sided with both Hillary and Bernie, 90%. [Full disclosure: I ended up voting for Hill, because I believed she could defeat T.Rump, but would be totally happy with Bernie as my Prez.)
This is pretty similar to her path.
The above is in re: my (ashamedly) slow move from civil marriage support to full marriage equality support. I'm not proud of the speed of my evolution. That said, I did have an evolution, and so I felt sorry for Obama, when he was roundly mocked for saying he had evolved. I was never for shutting same sex families out of their civil rights. I was just slow to realize that extending marriage was the best answer. I'm sorry to anyone here, who I hurt with my reticence.
Screw the constitution. Can't we figure out a way to make Justin Trudeau be our president too?
I'm up for this. He's pretty cute.