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In reply to the discussion: Look further than your own desire to get a left wing progressive in the White House [View all]Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)I don't do many OP's, generally just weigh in on others' OP's. But I have read so many posts bashing HRC. And in many of these posts they say I want a Progressive, not someone tied to Wall Street. But do they name a viable candidate? No. So it's a desire, a want, a wish, whatever you want to call it. I hope for all of them, they want this more than just because they don't like Hillary Clinton, but because they DO desire what is best for the whole country and the future for generations to come.
I have stated in other responses, I will be more than happy to support a Progressive candidate that has a chance of winning the WH. I consider myself a Progressive. If one declares and gives HRC a run for her money in the primary, and wins, I'm on board. I just got tired of all the HRC bashing before she even announces and before any other Dem, Progressive or otherwise has stepped up to the plate. Then they say," if she is the nominee I'm not voting for her because she doesn't check all the blocks on the Pure Progressive check list." It's like a person dying of thirst refusing a glass of water because it's only half full. Are we really going to bite our nose to spite our face?
I used the Supreme Court and Federal Judge appointment argument because of all the acts of a president, those have the most long term impact. Just look at the recent Supreme Court decision on Civil Rights; all the work that was done 50 years ago, the hard work of Democrats to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed and a critical part of it was erased by the Supreme Court.
"Todays decision technically leaves Section 5 standing, but strikes down the formula for determining which jurisdictions need to preclear their changes. In practice, however, the court has gutted preclearance. There is almost no chance Congress will adopt a new formula, so arguably the most important provision in the most important civil-rights law ever adopted has been effectively overturned."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/the-supreme-court-s-ruling-and-the-end-of-the-civil-rights-era.html
Or the Citizens United Case where the SC has effectively given our democracy away to the highest bidder.
This is what scares me the most. These decisions have long reaching and permanent impact on our democracy.They can overturn good legislation that will have dire consequences on the lives of everyday people and put even more power into the hands of the corporations and the wealthy.
Oh, and I am and have been politically active ever since I was in high school going door to door for Ted Kennedy giving out flyers.