2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specific POLICY POSITIONS show Sec. Clinton to be "Not Liberal" or "Not a Democrat?" [View all]basselope
(2,565 posts)What her "policy positions" are don't really matter, because her past behavior is of someone who doesn't stand by her policy.
But, to name a few.
She is not 100% pro choice.
She is okay with Fracking. Sorry, but you can't be a little bit pregnant.
She is not for a single payer health care system. (It's the ONLY solution that really gets us where we need to go.. everything else leaves too much power in the private sector to set prices).
Libya (I don't need to go back 20 years to show a lack of foreign policy experience).
For free trade agreements.
As for her current platform. She has no real plan.. just platitudes and very meager goals, which based on past behavior she will cede to the GOP.
Let's look at her "issues"
"Alzheimer's disease
We can prevent, effectively treat, and make an Alzheimers cure possible by 2025. "
Yeah, this is already happening and they have all but cured it in lab animals. Not sure how this is her "issue".
"Campaign finance reform
Our democracy should work for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected. "
She claims she will end Citizens United. She can't. No president can. But, she misses the crux of the problem. It isn't citizens United. You need to go back to 1976 when the Supreme Court found that Money = Speech. As long as you allow THAT to stand, you will NEVER get money out of politics. You can't.
I could go on and on with each one of these.. but this may be my favorite, b/c she misted the *.
"Voting rights
We should be making it easier to vote, not harder. " *
* Does not apply in primaries and places where people might vote against me.
There, fixed it for her.