2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Shame on anyone who finds this acceptable in a politician [View all]Carolina
(6,960 posts)Are you serious? When has she ever made things better for anyone except herself/her family.
She was a corporate lawyer at the Rose Law Firm where her client was Walmart that champion of women and children.
In the Senate, what did she DO? What legislation or amendments to legislation illustrate her initiative or activism on behalf of women and children. The aye votes for IWR, the Patriot Act I & II and Bush's Bankruptcy Bill sure were a big help to us all
As SOS, she was terrible. Honduras, Libya and Syria are a mess. But HRC, the consummate pro-MIC corporatist, never saw a war she didn't like. And last I checked, war is not good for women, children or men!
Her rise to power and her experience are largely derived from having married Bill; and her judgment when she has wielded power has been awful.
She is also part of the Clinton legacy (the two for one, the 8 years of experience as FLOTUS): DLC, NAFTA, Telecommunications Bill of 1996, Welfare Reform (not), and overturning Glass-Steagall, keeping Alan Greenspan at the Fed, placing the then Mr. Goldman Sucks himself Robert Reuben as head of Treasury and hiring as financial advisor that abominable Wall Streeter Larry Summers (who lost a $billion from Harvard's endowment!). The triumvirate of financial disaster for main street
So, what she has DONE that is positive or constructive? She's in it for herself, she plays sexist gender politics, she lies about her alleged record, she changes her mind with the political winds, she panders, she pads her pockets, and she is power hungry.