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In reply to the discussion: The Rising Tide of Populism in the Dem Party Spells Trouble for Hillary [View all]Veilex
(1,555 posts)your argument is circular and dogmatic.
FDR may or may not have some aspects of his presidency that were less than desirable and therefore every other president should be permitted those undesirable traits as well? Hell no! That is fallacious thinking at best, and is decidedly propagandistic. If FDR is held up as the pinnacle of progressive values, it is for those accomplishments that were indeed progressive, not the misdeeds that were regressive.
Your argument says we should throw out decades of predictive science on the slim chance that she might be better. Sorry, but I'll take decades of proven science over your dogmatic straw-man argument.
That said, if...and I can't tress this enough IF she has managed to do an about-face and be supportive of consumers and the citizenry over corporations and special interests, then and only then, would consider her.
FDR could qualify as the bar HRC must reach... provided you eliminated any of your claimed supports for corporate empowerment, along with a significant redirection of empowerment back to the American people.