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In reply to the discussion: Compared to any Republican, the difference between Hillary and Bernie is rounding error. [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)There's a Gone With the Wind length spectacle of material for the GOP media hacks to work with going back to her career with the Rose Law Firm facilitating the work of BCCI, the Stephens, Worthen Bank, and Walmart.
It's staggering to me how much willful naivite and self-inflicted amnesia there is among some Third Way Dems. Corruption really is a gaping maw of political vulnerability for her candidacy in the general.
It's as if they have an override switch -- an all-powerful self-censor inside their heads -- that makes them avoid any exposure or contact with the cruel truth that some of their heroes -- e.g., the Clintons -- are compromised and playing both sides.
They refuse to deal with the record that documents Clinton's involvement with some of the most notorious intelligence and corruption scandals,. That's a long list of groups and individuals that includes Jackson Stephens, Iran-Contra, BCCI, Mena Airport, WAL*MART, Infosystems, the CIA, the NSA, Chinese Intelligence, Saudi GID, etc. Atop that, there are serious questions about Hillary's integrity and judgement in advocating for the neocon agenda, and her role as an advocate for the Iraq War Resolution and escalation of conflict with Iran.
This is not to say that the Clintons are worse than the Bush family, just that they are involved together in the same spooky underworld of global power players, crooked bankers, spies, terrorists, arms and drug dealers. Are they competitors or partners? Both. Frankly, that would normally disqualify someone from high public office. But, for those who want power in DC, some things have to be ignored.
Their heads must hurt from fighting cognitive dissidence all these years.