It is not Secretary Clinton's credibility on social issues that many Democrats

[Maedhros]

74. I believe in womens rights, LGBTQ rights, racial equality.

Hell, I went door-to-door for ENDA and the Ryan White Care Act, and to fight DOMA, in the 90's.

But it's foolish to tout advances in (e.g.) LGBTQ equality under an Administration that has used the Espionage Act more than any other in history to suppress investigative journalism, that has condoned torture, that has expanded the national surveillance state, that has claimed the authority to execute citizens with no due process or oversight, that has waged elective war based upon lies, that manufactures domestic 'terrorism' cases for public relations purposes, that plans on ceding our sovereignty to international corporate panels.

Likewise, it makes little sense to pound one's chest with pride because a Democratic Presidential nominee talks about women's and children's issues without even mentioning any of the above.