FFS Hillary, just bring back the $3 a day wage, pay docking, no overtime pay, 90 hour workweek

[bhikkhu]

42. I'd recognize that some criticism is fact-based, and centers on real issues

In my own case, I'm not concerned with GM crops; I think the science follows naturally from 10,000 years of human efforts to engineer better crops. I agree with her there.

I don't think we should have been involved in Honduras, so I disagree with that action. I don't know what we could or should have done in Syria, and I don't know that there was an actual solution there. I don't blame anyone involved for the current results - sometimes there isn't a good road forward at all.

On the broad issue of banking, I am not concerned there. One of Bill Clinton's famous quotes - "It's the economy, stupid" rings true. One of the main jobs of the administration is to keep a stable and growing economy (jobs and income, essentially), and a stable and growing economy is also a primary concern of the banking industry, and wall street. Interests coincide, and its part of the job. What must go with that are changes needed to reverse our income inequality problem, which is very necessary component to keep a stable and growing economy. She has been clear in supporting the president's efforts, and I believe she "gets it", as far as understanding the problem.

I'm not concerned with trade pacts; facilitating trade has been a job of the executive office since the country began. Krugman is right on the TPP - its not a big deal. NAFTA could certainly have been better, but at the time the thought was that we were transitioning by necessity from a production to a service based economy, as some other developed nations have. It sounds better on paper than it worked out, of course, but its a much different world now than 1993 in any case.

I'm not overly concerned with fracking (admittedly, an easy personal choice as it is not practiced in my region). Its part of the president's "all of the above" approach to energy. Its also a cleaner option than coal, ideally at least. Its a bridge, so to speak, to a less fossil-fuel dependant energy system.

I haven't been afraid of "neo-cons" for ages, that boat sailed and sunk.

I understand that my perspectives don't coincide with many here, but I don't see any reason not to vote for her. With that said, I would happily consider another candidate as well if one were more liberal and outspoken (which is why I voted for Obama twice, without regret). I'm keeping an open mind.

Thanks for directing me to "facts and quotes", btw - always appreciated.