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In reply to the discussion: Hey, check out my cool new avatar. [View all]rpannier
(24,928 posts)the list is nice, but there are no details provided especially on ones that I do think require specifics
1. How does she stand for working and middle class families? What has she done to prove this. - What did she do while on the board of Walmart, as US Senator, as prominent figure in the public eye. What specifics has she provided?
2. What is her definition of fair share?
- Nixon era taxes, Eisenhower era, what is fair share?
3. How does she plan on protecting us from gun nuts?
- Which laws does she plan on enacting? Is she going to reintroduce the laws her husband signed. For some baffling reason opposition to gun control laws has grown since the spate of shootings.
Honestly, that baffles me. Unless people are afraid they need to be armed in the event there is a shoot-out at the OK Movie Theater. I find i t odd.
4. How does she stand for immigrants?
- Does she support the expansion of H1B Visas
5. How does she support social security?
-What are her proposals for making it more solvent? Or is she just opposed to cutting it?
Does she support
Expanding US presence in the Middle East
(and no I did not forgive Kerry for voting for the invasion of Iraq either. It's why I didn't vote for him in the primaries. Nor did I vote for him in the general election. But that's kind of a non-issue. Illinois voter and he was gonna win Illinois. So, it was easy to claim the so-called high road)
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, signed by her husband. The act which is partially responsible for the poor and unemployed getting access to benefits
the repeal of the Banking Act of 1933 aka Glass-Steagall signed by her husband
private charter schools
As to Warren, Dean and Franken... what do you expect them to say?
I am still waiting for Franken to do something about the slave labor conditions in Saipan that he found so deplorable in his book 'The Truth'. I have inquired and never gotten a straight answer from his office.
It would have been nice if Senator Franken had brought that up in 2009.
Howard Dean seems to be a supporter of Michelle Rhee. He got in a twit war with people over the issue of charter schools.
(i don't twitter cuz i think it's silly and ridiculous)
I'm going to wait and see who all throws their hat in the ring and decide which one best fits the qualities I want to see in a president. If it's Clinton, so be it. If it's O' Malley cool. We'll see.