2016 Postmortem

AtomicKitten

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13. The bills Bill Clinton signed and causes he championed most definitely hurt many people.

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 07:31 PM

Aug 2015

A sampling:

* Welfare reform that was punitive, promising to "end welfare as we know it."

* "Tough on crime" policy/crimes bill with mandatory minimal sentencing, promoting mass incarceration & rise of private prison industry.

* Expanded death penalty.

* Pioneered extraordinary rendition.

* Defense of Marriage Act on which he ran in 1996.

* DADT

* NAFTA

* Sat on his hands during Rwanda genocide.

* Deregulation of Wall Street including repeal of Glass-Steagall and deregulation of risky derivatives.

* Doubled down on Iraq sanctions that killed 500,000 children due to contaminated water.

* Smearing "Sistah Souljah" for political benefit.

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Character matters [View all] cali Aug 2015 OP

Bernie is my favorite mensch. Autumn Aug 2015 #1

Honesty is another important fact for sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #2

He reminds this Minnesotan of the late, great Paul Wellstone, another mensch. hifiguy Aug 2015 #8

I want Track Records.....NOT "promises". bvar22 Aug 2015 #3

I'm not supporting her, but I consider Clinton a womensch of honor & integrity too Bucky Aug 2015 #4

I wish I did. cali Aug 2015 #5

I saw no attack on Hillary in this OP, just a nice positive OP about Bernie Autumn Aug 2015 #6

True enough. I wasn't indirectly chastising the OP Bucky Aug 2015 #9

It's bad, I was surprised to see the Hillary thread had just a few supporters commenting on her Autumn Aug 2015 #10

Mensch literally means a human being. So you don't have to add a prefix. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #17

hey bucky. i have not seen you in a long time. seabeyond Aug 2015 #20

Sadly I don't feel that. Wish I did. 840high Aug 2015 #27

"Mensch" is the perfect word for Bernie. hifiguy Aug 2015 #7

Bill and Hillary are the definition of character; ericson00 Aug 2015 #11

The bills Bill Clinton signed and causes he championed most definitely hurt many people. AtomicKitten Aug 2015 #13

Yes. And steered the party down a lower road than it had been in a while. Still there too. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #16

yes, a lower road. A lower road with 5 popular vote victories in 6 elections ericson00 Aug 2015 #23

Actually I'm thinking about the 100 million Americans left in poverty and near poverty - not jtuck004 Aug 2015 #24

so post an op to that effect. cali Aug 2015 #14

And that goes tooth heart of the problem. Since Reagan the politicians have gone out of their way LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #15

Let me get this straight... Ino Aug 2015 #18

I want a politician who 840high Aug 2015 #28

hmmmmm ericson00 Aug 2015 #29

What does DOMA say about their character? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #34

in case you were sleeping in the 1990s, ericson00 Aug 2015 #35

So they wanted to protect marriage from lgbt people because it was the popular thing to do? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #38

that was the excitement of this primary. sanders, clinton, omalley.... character matters seabeyond Aug 2015 #12

I know that word. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #21

Here's character, and leadership: elleng Aug 2015 #22

tell it woman. damn straight. character. didnt just talk about it. didnt play the guitar or eat seabeyond Aug 2015 #25

I am proud and happy too. MuseRider Aug 2015 #26

A mensch with a Yiddishe kop MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 #30

Kick from another proud Vermonter. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #31

Correction: "Character matters TO SOME PEOPLE." cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #32

+1 mylye2222 Aug 2015 #37

So am I. PatrickforO Aug 2015 #33

Gladly kicked your thread. mylye2222 Aug 2015 #36

Thanks for this thread, cali. Cuts to the core of what matters. senz Aug 2015 #39