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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans. [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)She only started to swing left when she saw Bernie's popularity soaring, and everyone knows that campaign speeches are not necessarily the direction the politician will go once elected. For that you have to look at history, and historically Bernie has always been consistent. Noam has always been consistent. Obama fooled us. He was so good at his speeches we really thought he was a progressive, but he wasn't. Hillary is not fooling anyone but her supporters. She has always skewed left socially and right economically.
As soon as she's deep in the trenches, fighting Trump, she will start to fall back to her real position. And once elected President, she will shift back even faster.
Unless somehow Bernie can keep the pressure on (with our help). We need you Bernie, now more than ever.