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Actor

(626 posts)
Wed May 4, 2016, 02:29 PM May 2016

If you remove Bernie from the mix, all existing prominent American politicians are compromised

by our capitalist system.



You then have a choice between two compromised people when it comes to trade, minimum wage, single payer, civil rights, women's rights, war etc.

As to fair trade (Bernie's idea) Drumpf claims to be in favor to some degree, but forget that, he is lying, he will NEVER do fair trade like Bernie wants.

So both candidates will be friendly to Wall Street, one will allow all non white males to lose all civil rights and probably start a war over a slight about his anatomy, the other wont.

Hmmm...tough decision

NOT

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If you remove Bernie from the mix, all existing prominent American politicians are compromised (Original Post) Actor May 2016 OP
"Compromised" = corrupt. HooptieWagon May 2016 #1
One group of corrupt politicians will destroy all civil rights, one wont Actor May 2016 #3
Why is that surprising? America is historically a bulwark of capitalism. It WheelWalker May 2016 #2
One group will destroy all civil rights for minorities, one wont. Actor May 2016 #4
The problem with making such an argument on Hillary's behalf is that she speaks so kindly Bluenorthwest May 2016 #6
So you believe gay rights and minority rights will suffer equally whether Trump or Clinton? Actor May 2016 #8
cfma uponit7771 May 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp May 2016 #7

WheelWalker

(8,954 posts)
2. Why is that surprising? America is historically a bulwark of capitalism. It
Wed May 4, 2016, 02:38 PM
May 2016

has informed our history and prominent politicians, present and past. Bernie Sanders is an outlier, fwiw. It is rather pejorative to call them "compromised" by capitalism. They are the proud product of the American economic and political system. Not so?

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
6. The problem with making such an argument on Hillary's behalf is that she speaks so kindly
Wed May 4, 2016, 04:06 PM
May 2016

of that other group, the Republicans and even offers specific praise to Republicans who have done horrible damage to minority Americans going so far as to laud Ronald Reagan as the original AIDS activist when of course Reagan remained criminally silent for seven years and tens of thousands of American deaths.
So why is Hillary out there praising Republicans and their policy? She's hugging W and pandering to Rick Warren. That's really very shitty of her, if those are the people who just destroy all civil rights. What's your excuse for her lauding them and speaking kindly of them and lying about their murderous policies that buried thousand of gay Americans? Why isn't your candidate saying what you are saying? If she was I'd like her better, but what she is really saying is that Ron and Nancy Reagan were heroes of the AIDS crisis and shit like that.

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