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In reply to the discussion: Clinton Not Progressive Enough? Depends Upon What You Mean By Progressive [View all]Widget2000
(32 posts)100. Yep. In this model, having women represent 51% of Wal-Mart and Amazon warehouse workers is "equality
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Clinton Not Progressive Enough? Depends Upon What You Mean By Progressive [View all]
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
OP
I hope you're wrong. That would mean all they want is revenge for losing their houses and jobs.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#3
You don't need welfare? Who is going to take care of the elderly who are poor? Who is going to
jwirr
Feb 2015
#62
No you don't understand because you are socially secure. All you are saying is 'money matters more
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#45
Every "ism" in this country means more profit for a capitalist and lower wages for all.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#13
No, *you* don't care. You're the one who's willing to sacrifice one for the other.
Marr
Feb 2015
#83
You're presenting a false choice: that we can only have either economic
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#103
Dodd-Frank is being dismantled, in case you missed that. By both parties. nt
RiverLover
Feb 2015
#109
Both parties, right in front of us, and you deny it. Better Believe It means unbelievable here~
RiverLover
Feb 2015
#114
When one is not equal under the law, one does not get equal opportunities.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#47
And yet some of the countries with the highest median incomes and low poverty rates
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#58
Your verbiage paints civil rights as part of a bargain that causes mass poverty.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#55
Sure they want what they think is best, best for them and the people they know
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#107
Dude, "social issues" are why we have a crap minimum wage and no universal health.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#15
Sanders and Warren don't say that, but look at this thread, many people stridently insist that
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#51
How do you think LGBT equality went from being the 'wedge issue that costs Democrats elections' to
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#65
I would say the most empowering thing you could do for American women
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2015
#53
Did you happen to notice the citation about women comprising a majority of the poor?
Marr
Feb 2015
#82
Yep. In this model, having women represent 51% of Wal-Mart and Amazon warehouse workers is "equality
Widget2000
Feb 2015
#100
A speech from 1995?!? That is supposed to convince me HRC is progressive? She's a war hawk.
peacebird
Feb 2015
#14
You do realize Bill Clinton wrecked welfare with his "welfare reform", right?
RiverLover
Feb 2015
#24
Yep, and even on their few social justice issues, DLC-types don't lead. They just cynically play the
Marr
Feb 2015
#84
No, the dismantling of democracy and the increase of authoritarianism and inequality
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#29
Spot on. There's nothin progressive bout Hillary. It's all pretend with her & she's a lousy actress.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#38
Not this Third Way garbage again. Neoliberals shit on women and poor people.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#19
You nailed it. Hillary is a fraud and those of us who after informed see right through her phony shtick.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#39
Here's the thing, a heck of a lot of people don't give a shit about "social policy" or "isms".
Autumn
Feb 2015
#21
When I was born, LGBT people were illegal, put in jail or institutions, marginalized and
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#68
The triangulators who decided it was okay to impoverish people as long as
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#35
Pro war, pro Wall Street, pro TPP, pro Keystone XL, pro H-1B visas, member of "The Family".
Scuba
Feb 2015
#32
And yet a few short years ago, all I heard from straight Democrats was that gay rights was a 'wedge
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#69
This frequently breaks down into "there is no true Scotsmen" type argumentation.
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#67