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redgreenandblue

(2,088 posts)
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 01:51 PM Mar 2016

My objection to Hillary Clinton really boils down to imperialism.

As a president, I think she would do reasonably well on environmentalism, health care, the economy, lgbt issues (she has "lead from behind" on those but at least she is not on the wrong side of history at this point), women's rights and minority rights (I don't quite understand why African Americans like her after some of the things she said but I trust their judgment on the subject).

When it comes to empire, IMO she is as far to the right as they come. Israel, Latin America, IWR, Libya, Cluster Bombs, you name it. She may be even to the right of Trump on some of these. I'd still vote for her in November but it would feel like selling out a large number of dis-fortunate people around the world.

She is also a phony, but all politicians are to some degree, so I really can't hold that against her. You gotta play the game, I suppose...

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