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16. I think she is more pro-Wall Street than Bernie
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:07 AM
Mar 2016

After all, she was a Senator from New York, not from Vermont. In Vermont, you have to be pro-gun (which Bernie was), pro-stealth bomber (which Bernie was), but not much else on the right. In New York, it's more complicated. You have to have some sympathy for Wall Street, as well as be active and visible on issues relevant to minorities (that's why she has so much support among people of color and gays). New York never has true left political leaders at the state level because New York is an extraordinarily diverse state, unlike Vermont, which is basically white and middle class. You can't be pure as the driven snow if you're from New York. Read about FDR, who Bernie is often compared to, if you want proof of that.

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