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rhett o rick

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5. She is beholden to the rich and super-rich. They didn't make her wealthy so she could
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 10:13 PM
Mar 2016

champion the lower classes. She is one of them, she has proven that amassing huge wealth is her top priority. We can look at her life and she fought for power at the expense of the lower classes. She is against medical marijuana. That should show you that profits of big pharm are more important to her than helping elevate the pain and suffering of those that need it. Here is what Black Lives Matters said about her:

“Here's the truth: the Clinton legacy has left our prisons bursting at the seams. Real lives have been destroyed as a result. It is an indisputable fact that millions of Black people were locked up for drug crimes and provided the bodies for the expansion of the prison industry.

The 1994 Crime Bill that she so vigorously defended not only expanded incarceration, but stripped funding for college education from prisoners. The Clinton legacy allowed for policies that prevented anyone convicted of a felony drug offense from receiving food stamps or income assistance. Clinton-led welfare reform fundamentally ripped apart the social safety net.”


“Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued destruction of Black communities and the swift growth of our mass incarceration crisis.”


She is not the friend of the AA community. She is not a friend of the lower 99%.

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then we will just have to take it from them. litlbilly Mar 2016 #1
You know what power we have? We can vote. upaloopa Mar 2016 #2
We could if we could get a progressive in the WH but Clinton isn't interested in any of those rhett o rick Mar 2016 #3
You are wrong. I can't say it any clearer. upaloopa Mar 2016 #4
She is beholden to the rich and super-rich. They didn't make her wealthy so she could rhett o rick Mar 2016 #5
they do not care SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2016 #6
I know. Oblivious to those among us struggling because of the ravishes of the capitalistic excesses rhett o rick Mar 2016 #8
Yep, impervious to facts. kath Mar 2016 #13
That's how I felt about Obama in 08 zeemike Mar 2016 #15
I happen to think he got a lot done. nt fun n serious Mar 2016 #22
Well said. I could not agree more. nt Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #27
Here is the one issue! TPP DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #17
You are right, of course. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #9
Its a tragedy really since the whole thing rests on 2020 making 2016 as critical or more so. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #11
RNC member: ‘Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public’ mia Mar 2016 #7
But got to start at the bottom. mwooldri Mar 2016 #10
Still confusing "Dem" with "Liberal" I see. gcomeau Mar 2016 #19
If voting really accomplished anything in controlling TPTB, it wouldn't be legal. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #30
Like Carlin said ... lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #12
Nailed It billhicks76 Mar 2016 #14
Right. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #23
Reply to the powers that be . . . Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #16
... +1 In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #32
Power will never be voluntarily ceded... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #18
As many have already posted... PFunk1 Mar 2016 #20
doesn't cost them a dime that is why. watch out if we come after the money/power. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #21
Hillary is running on social issues for the most part. Abortion rights do not cost the corporations JDPriestly Mar 2016 #24
bingo Hiraeth Mar 2016 #26
Well said. mia Mar 2016 #29
Ok MohRokTah Mar 2016 #25
"If voting really made a difference, they wouldn't let us do it." Mark Twain NT Ex Lurker Mar 2016 #28
We'll give THEM LiberalElite Mar 2016 #31
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