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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)The myth that Hillary is a conservative. [View all]
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I do not believe Senator Sanders is a progressive, but I do believe that he's a socialist.
Hillary seems the most progressive to me.
Also why aren't we hearing more about Sanders' vote to dump Vermont's Radioactive nuclear waste in a Latino community in Texas?
Or his support of the F-35 program?
When asked about it, this was his response.
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But my view is that given the reality of the damn plane, Id rather it come to Vermont than to South Carolina. And thats what the Vermont National Guard wants, and that means hundreds of jobs in my city. Thats it.
The fact that all of this stuff has been swept under the rug by the media and especially the Right's propaganda machine, is even more supportive of the theory that the Right is salivating at having to face a Socialist in the General Election.
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The internet propaganda machine is getting it's trial run during this campaign
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#58
Cherry-picked from the profoundly conservative business of the Senate, moreover.
Orsino
May 2016
#75
Neocons are defined by their interventionist foreign policy. The areas of agreement between Hillary
Vote2016
May 2016
#39
You're right, it will be incredibly nasty, and for that I'm glad they are preparing accordingly
Native
May 2016
#66
I've always said the Party that Clinton and Rahm Emanuel built is fiscally conservative but
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2016
#8
Exactly. They are neoliberals - economic "free" traders not much different from Paul Ryan, but very
Vote2016
May 2016
#42
Oh, really, trivial, we have 80 people a day on average dying from gun violence and it
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#55
Criticizing Hillary for talking to Kissinger about foreign policy, i am more concerned about
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#83
Sanders does not have a foreign policy, has been making decisions without the
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#85
In today's global world is not a choice and Hillary has foreign policy knowledge, not wicked.
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#88
I haven't heard much from Hillary on gun control since the campaign came out West.
frylock
May 2016
#77
What about her weapons deals? If she's so anti gun why did she sell weapons to authoritarian
JRLeft
May 2016
#86
The problem with Hillary is she needs to take more progressive ideas and fight aggressively for them
UCmeNdc
May 2016
#20
Does that include super predators that must be brought to heel and welfare reform?
hobbit709
May 2016
#24
How about dumping toxic nuclear waste on poor Hispanic folks that couldn't fight back?
workinclasszero
May 2016
#30
On the issues defines "liberal" based largely in Democratic Party votes and "conservative" based on
Vote2016
May 2016
#44
Just look for yourself on how On The Issues charts politicians. It is not based on the type of issue
Vote2016
May 2016
#50
On second thought, your argument works better without the facts so DON'T look at the facts.
Vote2016
May 2016
#56
If Sanders reps you more than Hillary, fine. I got no problem with that
workinclasszero
May 2016
#63
Those Bernie votes/statements are more liberal or progressive when you look at the details.
aikoaiko
May 2016
#25
Of course Hillary is a neocon. How can you square her foreign policy with any other conclusion?
Vote2016
May 2016
#34
Hillary is just (appopriately) supporting Obama's policy. You cannot believe she would enter into a
Vote2016
May 2016
#47
Sure I can. The interesting question is why you can't. What's the epistemological block there?
Recursion
May 2016
#48
It isn't a matter of soul searching; it's a matter of comparing her attitude toward Israel and
Vote2016
May 2016
#54
You have a non-dictionary-based understanding of the words "progressive" and "socialist."
Vote2016
May 2016
#33
Yes Hillary is progressive, and so is Bernie. They only aren't if you want to see them that way.
CrowCityDem
May 2016
#40