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jamese777

(546 posts)
13. American Conservative Union
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jun 2016

The ACU rates every member of Congress on their votes on issues of primary concern to conservatives. The following is from the ACU's 2014 rankings: "Another interesting fact in our analysis is the stark reminder that Sec. Hillary Clinton is no moderate. While many in the media portray her as more centrist than self-described Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) or fringe activist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Clinton’s lifetime rating of 8.13% is within two percentage points from those extremists. And shockingly, all three of these presidential hopefuls are even more liberal than President Barack Obama’s Lifetime Rating of 10% from when he served in the U.S. Senate. If America wants a third Obama term, three candidates will not disappoint."
http://conservative.org/acu-releases-2014-annual-ratings-of-congress/

A perfect conservative rating from the ACU is 100. Hillary Clinton voted conservative 8.13% of the time while in the Senate and Barack Obama voted conservative 10% of the time.

You can do the same with Bernie (re: gun control), but they think he's a damn saint anyway. eom tarheelsunc Jun 2016 #1
Bernie will be forgiven for any non far left position he has up and until he endorses Hillary. qdouble Jun 2016 #10
He is a saint with a D rating with NRA... Rockyj Jun 2016 #11
It's not a meme. Vinca Jun 2016 #2
Yeah, he pushes for health care and women's rights in 19 f'n 92 were soooo right wing. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #3
Incorrect. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #5
LMAO. tabasco Jun 2016 #22
Political Compass has a disclaimer on their site that clearly states it does not apply to US pols TwilightZone Jun 2016 #23
TPP isn't a left wing or right wing issue #1... and she isn't in anyway a strong proponent of qdouble Jun 2016 #8
really? RazBerryBeret Jun 2016 #15
Are you reading what I'm reading? qdouble Jun 2016 #17
this is her NEW position RazBerryBeret Jun 2016 #20
Those emails that they refer to are what she did as Secretary of State, qdouble Jun 2016 #21
American Conservative Union jamese777 Jun 2016 #13
So why keep bringing it up? TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #4
This! scscholar Jun 2016 #14
Top 15% most progressive. Yes, Clinton is progression and some ways on some policy, seabeyond Jun 2016 #6
She's fairly to the right on foreign policy, and will never budge. reformist2 Jun 2016 #7
Depends if you think being left wing = pacifism or not. qdouble Jun 2016 #9
No One Knows How Anyone Will Govern jamese777 Jun 2016 #12
No. xfundy Jun 2016 #16
Except for all of her liberal policy positions, she's no liberal at all. qdouble Jun 2016 #19
She's not moving anywhere. She routinely tells every audience in front of her what they want to GoneFishin Jun 2016 #18
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