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Showing Original Post only (View all)Robert Scheer: Go Ahead, Back Hillary Clinton and Forget All About Her Record [View all]
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Robert Scheer: Go Ahead, Back Hillary Clinton and Forget All About Her RecordGo ahead and support Hillary Clinton, those of you for whom having the first female president is the top priority. She is by far preferable to Carly Fiorina, though of course no match for likely Green Party candidate Jill Stein (I know: You want to win). Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a principled and electable person, is not available, and political integrity be damned.
Just admit that you will be voting for someone to be president of the world's most powerful nation who has not only been profoundly wrong on the two most pressing issues of our time--economic injustice and the ravages of unbridled militarism--but, what is more significant, seems hopelessly incapable of learning from her dangerous errors in judgment.
For confirmation of the Margaret Thatcher hawkish side of Clinton, simply refer to her book "Hard Choices," which clearly is biased against choosing the more peaceful course and instead betrays a bellicose posturing that seems to harken back to the Goldwater Girl days that reflected her earliest political instincts.
One key piece of that betrayal was the reversal of the New Deal wall between commercial and consumer banking, codified in the Glass-Steagall Act, which Franklin Roosevelt had signed into law. When Bill Clinton betrayed the legacy of FDR by signing the so-called Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, he handed the pen used in the signing to a beaming Sandy Weill, whose Citigroup had breached that wall and commingled the savings of ordinary folks with the assets of private hustlers--a swindle made legal by Clinton's approval of the legislation.
Hillary Clinton, in her statement this week, made clear that in opposition to positions taken by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and even John McCain she will not revive Roosevelt's sensible restriction if she is elected.
It was that president's parting gift to the banks but also to his wife, whose Senate career would come to be lavishly supported by Wall Street's mega-rich leaders. They are now quite happy to back a woman for president, as long as it's not someone like Brooksley Born or Elizabeth Warren who is serious in her concern for the millions of women whose lives were impoverished by Hillary Clinton's banking buddies.
Just admit that you will be voting for someone to be president of the world's most powerful nation who has not only been profoundly wrong on the two most pressing issues of our time--economic injustice and the ravages of unbridled militarism--but, what is more significant, seems hopelessly incapable of learning from her dangerous errors in judgment.
For confirmation of the Margaret Thatcher hawkish side of Clinton, simply refer to her book "Hard Choices," which clearly is biased against choosing the more peaceful course and instead betrays a bellicose posturing that seems to harken back to the Goldwater Girl days that reflected her earliest political instincts.
One key piece of that betrayal was the reversal of the New Deal wall between commercial and consumer banking, codified in the Glass-Steagall Act, which Franklin Roosevelt had signed into law. When Bill Clinton betrayed the legacy of FDR by signing the so-called Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, he handed the pen used in the signing to a beaming Sandy Weill, whose Citigroup had breached that wall and commingled the savings of ordinary folks with the assets of private hustlers--a swindle made legal by Clinton's approval of the legislation.
Hillary Clinton, in her statement this week, made clear that in opposition to positions taken by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and even John McCain she will not revive Roosevelt's sensible restriction if she is elected.
It was that president's parting gift to the banks but also to his wife, whose Senate career would come to be lavishly supported by Wall Street's mega-rich leaders. They are now quite happy to back a woman for president, as long as it's not someone like Brooksley Born or Elizabeth Warren who is serious in her concern for the millions of women whose lives were impoverished by Hillary Clinton's banking buddies.
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Robert Scheer: Go Ahead, Back Hillary Clinton and Forget All About Her Record [View all]
portlander23
Oct 2015
OP
Why would that be interesting? I'm sure he won't have to worry about that anyhow, since it appears
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#2
Is there any reason other than her campaign cash to support Hillary over Bernie?
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#14
it's all part of the effort to push the "Bernie is unelectable" meme. It's all they have. nt
antigop
Oct 2015
#27
"The people" have already surpassed what "the people" donated to Obama by this point.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#66
How does that factor in to this? We're talking about "the people's" donations.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#71
It baffles me that you think Hillary wouldn't select a pro corporate person for the SCOTUS.
Bubzer
Oct 2015
#89
That was more than a bit disingenuous...unless you like the citizens united ruling.
Bubzer
Oct 2015
#118
Oh, it matters, it matters to the point that 80% of the public say it is a top issue for them. So
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#76
You obviously are out of touch with the poeple. Go to the streets and start talking to people.
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#101
I talk to people in the streets not whoever your 'people in the know' are.
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#111
And right there you have put your finger, probably inadvertently, on the number one issue to a
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#67
Here's the fault in that line. Some things can't be changed but fuck if I'm going to sit on my ass
Autumn
Oct 2015
#96
Nothing is ever 'what it is' unless WE allow to be. And WE did that. WE are just as responsible for
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#99
When HRC supporters warn about the dangers from the billionaires cash, they seem to be saying
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#98
The problem today is that attitude that we need to bring a bigger gun to the gun fight.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#108
My hope is that if we don't win, we at least scare the crap out of the Oligarchy. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#117
Those who have made up their minds to despise her policy positions and use of poor judgment..
frylock
Oct 2015
#113
If Bernie beats Hillary in the primaries and proves that the voters are not being
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#19
reality is whatever we choose to tolerate. i don't choose to tolerate bullshit
roguevalley
Oct 2015
#49
I think any of them can beat the GOP this time around. The GOP is falling down
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#102
Knows the drill and uses Bill to shill for illicict shit for her brilliant elitists
erronis
Oct 2015
#58
He would probably do like the rest of us if it comes to that, hold his nose then run outside
LiberalArkie
Oct 2015
#97
I agree. If I were going to become a single issue voter, the issue would not be gender!
Maineman
Oct 2015
#12
I think many Hillary supporters on DU are doing just that. Many seem to be just
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#24
I certainly know not all are using gender as the only criteria, or even considering it,
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#39
Only after we forget about Sanders record first. The "my candidate can throw a stone"...
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#20