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MisterFred

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9. Only if you consider center-left to be not-Republican.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 07:19 AM
Mar 2016

I'd consider Clinton conservative on equality issues, just not as crazy as the Republicans. She's an incredibly weak candidate on LGBT rights, for example. You can expect zero progress under her. I expect this as a result of her refusal to support LGBT issues, including marriage, until it's proven overwhelmingly popular with the electorate and other politicians have taken pro-LGBT stances and proved it won't hurt them politically. That and her religious-based arguments against LGBT rights pre-2013.

On environment, she has literally promised zero progress. Remember when she was promising solar power growth in a debate? The growth she promised is what would happen if the U.S. didn't change it's policy and did nothing more to encourage green energy. So there, again, if you want something done, Clinton is a pretty bad candidate.

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