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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is a "populist leaning liberal" on the issues, [View all]BeyondGeography
(41,148 posts)16. That's inane
Such knowing talk here about how right-wing Hillary is. Anyone who runs against her from the left will find it's not that easy.
Here's an exchange from 2008, e.g., does this sound like Reagan?:
Wealthy should go back to paying pre-Bush tax rates
Q: If either one of you become president, and let the Bush tax cuts lapse, there will be effectively tax increases on millions of Americans.
OBAMA: On wealthy Americans.
CLINTON: Thats right.
OBAMA: Im not bashful about it.
CLINTON: Absolutely
OBAMA: I suspect a lot of this crowd--it looks like a pretty well-dressed crowd--potentially will pay a little bit more. I will pay a little bit more. But that investment will pay huge dividends over the long term, and the place where it will pay the biggest dividends is in Medicare and Medicaid. Because if we can get a healthier population, that is the only way over the long term that we can actually control that spending that is going to break the federal budget.
CLINTON: Its just really important to underscore here that we will go back to the tax rates we had before George Bush became president. And my memory is, people did really well during that time period. And they will keep doing really well.
http://www.ontheissues.org/economic/Hillary_Clinton_Tax_Reform.htm
Q: If either one of you become president, and let the Bush tax cuts lapse, there will be effectively tax increases on millions of Americans.
OBAMA: On wealthy Americans.
CLINTON: Thats right.
OBAMA: Im not bashful about it.
CLINTON: Absolutely
OBAMA: I suspect a lot of this crowd--it looks like a pretty well-dressed crowd--potentially will pay a little bit more. I will pay a little bit more. But that investment will pay huge dividends over the long term, and the place where it will pay the biggest dividends is in Medicare and Medicaid. Because if we can get a healthier population, that is the only way over the long term that we can actually control that spending that is going to break the federal budget.
CLINTON: Its just really important to underscore here that we will go back to the tax rates we had before George Bush became president. And my memory is, people did really well during that time period. And they will keep doing really well.
http://www.ontheissues.org/economic/Hillary_Clinton_Tax_Reform.htm
Show me where any Republican has ever talked like that on the Bush tax cuts. It's an Internet thread, I have a lifetime. You'll need it.
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Why isn't the same spluttering outrage directed at anyone who suggests Obama leans liberal?
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#30
Yup, that is exactly why Goldman Sachs paid her $400,000 to give two speeches back in November
Victor_c3
Apr 2014
#5
Which is also what I'd expect from the guy who didn't push to hold any of the banks or wall street
Victor_c3
Apr 2014
#57
I wasn't going to call her the "b word"-I hate that term-and this has nothing to do with gender.
Ken Burch
Apr 2014
#146
So what did she really do to put the policies she claims to favor in action?
JDPriestly
Apr 2014
#10
If she's a populist leaning liberal, I have six legs and a third eye in my forehead.
Nanjing to Seoul
Apr 2014
#11
It's a little late for an April Fool's joke, but you did make me laugh. Thanks.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2014
#15
That pretty much sums up what makes me uneasy about her running for president. I will have to vote
jwirr
Apr 2014
#29
I've never heard her speak in favor of Medical Marijuana, as Sec of State she openly
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2014
#66
Rated 100% NARAL, 96% NAACP, 89% HRC, 82% NEA, 60% ACLU, 35% Chamber of Commerce.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#27
I see "populist" will be the new buzzword for a while, and soon it will be stretched so far to cover
djean111
Apr 2014
#55
Interesting that when I scroll down to 'Hillary Clinton on Corporations'
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2014
#78
Lol. What you said, so true! What the heck Would Warren and Sanders be if Hillary is pop lean lib?
Whisp
Apr 2014
#84