2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Well Sanders supporters...name one wrong vote or policy that Sanders ever made or had? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Act which Bernie and others saw as reason to vote for the Bill. I strongly objected to that same vote out of Biden, Kerry, Boxer, Feinstein, Kennedy and every Democratic Senator but two. I objected to the yes votes of 2/3 of the Congressional Black Caucus, and their very strong influence on other members. I objected to Bernie, in specific and in detail.
Of course to be fair, Hillary was pushing hard for the Crime Bill and promoted it before and after the fact, praised it for years after. Bill of course was initiator and signer of the legislation. So on that one, Bernie was wrong, Hillary was wrong, as electoral issue it's a wash at best unless we look at the rhetoric in the following years, then Hillary takes the Crime Bill Blame Cake. We can skip those years and just call it a wash if you want to.
I put that next to the IWR yes vote and her stated reasons for that vote and it's not even closes to a wash. Add the Patriot Act, her DOMA touting and equality opposing and the column lines up quickly against Sec Clinton. Sorry.