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In reply to the discussion: IF Hillary declares as a candidate for President of the United States, I will [View all]cab67
(2,992 posts)That Hillary Clinton is different from Republicans? Her foreign policy overlaps that of the average Republican to a far greater degree than should be the case, and she's close to Wall Street, but LGBT issues? Women's issues? Health care? Environmental issues? Acceptance of modern science? Not even close.
That our current two-party system effectively excludes third-party and independent candidates from the Presidency? It does. That's just a matter of looking at the history of presidential elections since the Civil War. Whether having Ralph Nader on the ticket in 2000 may or may not have actually given the presidency to Bush the Younger, but it certainly didn't help Gore, and the two-party system continues.
I work to create the kind of world I want, but that doesn't mean I pretend reality doesn't exist.