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In reply to the discussion: How come Hillary supporters can't present an argument for her? [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)for our causes where it really matters and especially when we have a stacked Republican House...a Senate vote. People think we're going to get someone to magically appear that won't even put their name/identify as Progressive on a Caucus? I don't think so.
And I love Bernie and believe that, lord help us, he may be the voice in the Liberal wilderness to educate a new generation of the public/voters that maybe don't think that Liberals eat babies or some such Dittohead sludge used to relegate real Liberals into the dark basement of politics. But I won't vote for him. That's a vote for Jeb Bush (likely) and I'm not about to in any way, shape or form, enable 20 years and 3 administrations of Bushes. Give me 16 years of Clintons any day.
And I really, really don't like Bill and Hillary is not my first choice, yet I'm tiring with my "Billion Dollar Candidate" and the "Corporations provide our consumer goods, most utilities, the roof over our heads, services, transportation, infrastructure contractors, airlines, trains, national trade, so getting rid of them is unlikely" arguments. The logic eludes me.
TPP I agree with and we should do everything we can to at least tone it down, if not defeat it. But we go back to paragraph one for the logical answer. Nixon is the true origin and the one to blame, for historical reasons I have posted before.
I want only organic food raised on local farms, too, and there are many good reasons like it increases our health care costs that I have to help foot, but it's unlikely to get rid of Big Agriculture.
So I'm a Liberal, but Pragmatic Democrat.