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In reply to the discussion: America thanks you Monica Lewinsky! [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)differentiate themselves from both parties. Looking at their history and their Policies, on everything but the ones you need to support, or not care about one way or the other, to make yourself 'look like a Democrat', they belong in the Republican Party clearly. However for some reason they settled on OUR PARTY to plant themselves.
Why did they do that? A lot of people think they did it because the Republican Party was already owned by Corporations and not just foreign Corporations. But that wouldn't have been enough to take over the government and get all the Corporate Friendly legislation passed that they wanted.
So the chose to park themselves in OUR PARTY and almost immediately they started work on some of their favorite policies.
1) Privatization of everything.
2) Begin the process of getting the Dem Party on board to privatize SS and all other Social Programs.
3) Make sure the Dem Party, or at least half of it, fully supported Right Wing Foreign Policy which is to dominate the world, preferably Militarily. All that MONEY for the wars these neo-libs/cons envisioned.
Clinton we know now was on board with the Third Way.
So, what exactly is wrong about this OP?
Clinton signed the draconian Welfare Reform Bill. What makes you think he would not have supported, say, a cut via something like the Chained CPI?? Obama 'put it on the table'. So why would you think Clinton would not have done so?