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In reply to the discussion: My take on Hillary Clinton's motives in breaking with Obama on foreign policy [View all]TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)And what sets her apart from the average mainstream Democrat on women's rights?
What makes her a legendary level Moses type figure even on her strongest issue? How is her record better than Barbara Boxer's. That's probably not even fair. Shit, what makes her better than Obama or Kerry even in this area? Hell, what issues in this area has she taken the lead on? What bills did she get through the Senate when she was there?
Clinton is not some special patron saint of women's issues, in fact she sucks for women just like she sucks for everyone else for the same reason. Single mothers can't feed their children birth control or house them at the clinic. Women need living wages, opportunities, regulation of corporations, quality public education, clean water, decent air, just taxes, for a military budget that doesn't eat up resources for everything else, a secure retirement, and a government that responds to them instead of treating them as the enemy.
One trick pony that isn't particularly amazing at her trick.