General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Why do HRC supporters think that baiting anti-HRC Dems will HELP their candidate? [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Unless Warren runs I will have no chart that is not a toy to graph her on, but at least as far as economic issues, everything she has DONE as well as said would place her left of center. Regarding other issues, I don't know about her but would be open to learning if she ran.
The chart actually clearly shows most of the Dem candidates are divergent if you understand the scale of the chart, but true most are center right to varying degrees with some more authoritarian than others, that is quite clear.
I think Hillary Clinton is reasonably liberal concerning social issues, such issues are important but only half the equation. Equally important are her pro-corporate trade stances and her Rubin/Summers economic philosophies that show me that economically she will take a third way approach to economics and that is simply unacceptable to those of us like myself that have already been driven into poverty by them as well as to those even now being forced into poverty (all while the rich enjoy nearly ALL of the money that was returned via the recovery). Also disconcerting is her rather extreme hawkishness.
WE don't need more support for welfare reform, free trade, deregulation (as per Rubin/Summers advice), war or a politician that still favors a bipartisan commission that would reform SS as well. Had enough of that, too many poor people already, I don't need any more neighbors.
I can understand how someone living comfortably, that perhaps owns more than one car, and doesn't fear eviction month to month could just brush off the right leaning economic philosophies of hers. Vote according to your comfortable interests I guess, but I warn you, next in line after they are done pushing the blue collar to the bottom in the worldwide race to the bottom is the middle and upper middle classes even if you can't see it yet from a place of comfort.
Vote as you feel is wise for yourself, just don't say nobody warned you.