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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary = the Anti-Progressive.......And More Examples of Her Lies
Cohen writes:
A quick review of Hillary Clintons record shows that much of what she gets done is anti-progressive (not unlike President Clinton in the 1990s).
For example:
Promoting Fracking Worldwide is Not Progressive: On behalf of Chevron and other US oil companies, Secretary Clinton and the State Department pushed fracking globally, as Mother Jones has documented: How Hillary Clintons State Department Sold Fracking to the World.
Boosting Corporate-Friendly Trade Deals is Not Progressive: Secretary Clinton repeatedly praised the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as it was being negotiated by the U.S. Trade Representative and her State Department and she recruited countries into the deal.
In October, with Bernie Sanders climbing in the polls, Clinton said she no longer supported the pact, and prevaricated about her earlier boosterism.
In October, with Bernie Sanders climbing in the polls, Clinton said she no longer supported the pact, and prevaricated about her earlier boosterism.
Enabling Military Coups is Not Progressive: When she headed the State Department, it enabled a military coup in Honduras that overthrew democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya, a progressive. Clinton was briefed on the dishonesty that allowed aid to illegally reach the coup government.
Pocketing Millions from Corporate Lectures Fees is Not Progressive: When Wall Street, Big Pharma and other corporate interests paid a soon-to-be presidential candidate an average of $230,000 for a speech, did Hillary Clinton think it was for her brilliant stand-up comedy? Or was it more akin to political bribery?
Clinton now says these firms just wanted to hear the views of a former Secretary of State on our complicated world or about the Bin Laden raid.
But Politico reported in 2013 soon after one of her three speeches to Goldman Sachs: Clinton offered a message that the collected plutocrats found reassuring, according to accounts offered by several attendees, declaring that the banker-bashing so popular within both political parties was unproductive and indeed foolish. (Releasing the speech transcripts would help settle the matter.)
Clinton now says these firms just wanted to hear the views of a former Secretary of State on our complicated world or about the Bin Laden raid.
But Politico reported in 2013 soon after one of her three speeches to Goldman Sachs: Clinton offered a message that the collected plutocrats found reassuring, according to accounts offered by several attendees, declaring that the banker-bashing so popular within both political parties was unproductive and indeed foolish. (Releasing the speech transcripts would help settle the matter.)
Escalating the Afghan War is Not Progressive: As insider books on the Obama administration have revealed, Secretary Clinton was among the most hawkish of Obamas advisors in country after country for example, vociferously urging the failed and pointless 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan.
Chaotic Military Intervention in the Middle East and Libya is Not Progressive: If not for Hillary Clintons 2002 Senate vote in support of Bushs Iraq invasion, Obama would not have defeated her in 2008. As if having learned nothing from the post-invasion chaos in Iraq, Secretary Clinton was one of the strongest voices in 2011 urging Obama to militarily depose Qaddafi in Libya, a country now in total, deadly chaos.
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Hillary = the Anti-Progressive.......And More Examples of Her Lies (Original Post)
amborin
Feb 2016
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NowSam
(1,252 posts)1. Thank you
Succinct and true. What amazes me is how blind her supporters seem to be to these truths. I guess confirmation bias is too great now. Everyone in their own little bubble and only trusting news from sources that support their biases. These are very interesting times indeed.
amborin
(16,631 posts)2. yes, as with deniers.
so maybe pointing out the truth is pointless, since some studies suggest that being
presented the truth makes deniers cling more strongly to their falsehoods
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)3. I'm not sure they are blind at all.
I think she represents best what they believe Just as Bernie best represents what I (and many others) believe