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In reply to the discussion: Hillary preparing to lose Iowa, NH. [View all]Admiral Loinpresser
(3,859 posts)No. Bernie voted the right way. The reason a bunch of senators voted the wrong way was because the expert consultants (who were dead wrong) believed that to be viable as a presidential candidate in 2004 or 2008, you had to vote "yes." So they all did it: Hillary, Kerry, Edwards and Biden. Shame on all of them. Others voted the wrong way because they were stupid or cowardly, but these were the most venal.
The reason Bush won was because Kerry provided no contrast on the Iraq war at a time that the public was starting to come to its senses. We need massive cuts in military spending and a major pull-back on our jingoism, so that we quit creating more terrorists. Hillary is not going to do that. And she's not going to do anything significant about climate change either. So we will keep racing toward human extinction, as if business as usual is OK.
If my choice is Bush III vs. Clinton II, I believe my grand children will not die of natural causes regardless of who wins. Because business as usual, with Wall Street immunity and rapacious corporations and TPP and fracking and Tar Sands destroying the planet means death for humanity. You realize Hillary has a disgusting environmental record, right? I can't remember a Democratic candidate for prez as bad as her, I honestly can't.
We have just passed 400PPM co2 concentration in the atmosphere and a growing number of scientists believe we are in the early phase of a massive extinction of species like we haven't seen in 65 million years. We need radical action and a transformative president to lead us. I don't hear Hillary doing anything but giving mild lip service.
Bernie is talking about these things and he acts on what he promises. He can be trusted. By her IWR vote in 2002, HRC proved she is untrustworthy. She knew exactly what she was doing. She's plenty smart, just not ethical.