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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Was Liberal. Hillary Clinton Is Liberal. [View all]blackspade
(10,056 posts)49. There is an opinion piece devoid of data.
I might buy some of it if there was actual data to back up the writer's opinion.
None of the links provided in the piece go to the actual data 'cited.'
And he glosses over the fundraising part with nearly no commentary.
While I can buy that she is more 'liberal' than 70% of already conservative Democrats, Clinton is not a liberal in the classic sense.
That said, I'm glad she is tacking heavily to the left for the primary, It will make it harder for her to backtrack during the general, but I suspect she will try. Most likely she will backtrack on the economic issues because that is what her main constituency cares about, but there is also a good chance that she will backtrack where social issues pinch doner profits.
I guess we will see if she manages to clinch the nomination.
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Were the facts on your side when she was on the board of executives for Wal Mart?
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#42
Wen faced with the fact that she might not be liberal,your response is not unlike many others
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#53
Pro-war, pro-Wall Street, pro-fracking, pro-Keystone XL, pro-H1B Visas, pro-TPP.That's a "liberal"?
Scuba
Nov 2015
#14
Pro-war, pro-Wall Street, pro-fracking, pro-Keystone XL, pro-H1B Visas.That's "solid liberal"?
Scuba
Nov 2015
#23
Move over Ghandi, that "Liberal" Goldwater Girl is to the left of you.....
NorthCarolina
Nov 2015
#10
Oh yeah sure because moderate one week and Progressive the next without making a changes in any
Autumn
Nov 2015
#63
Is it hard for one to figure out if one is a moderate or a Progressive? It was easy for me.
Autumn
Nov 2015
#65
She's the best Democratic presidential candidate to have in order to defeat the Republicans in the
workinclasszero
Nov 2015
#57
If a candidate can't win against the Republicans, it doesn't matter how good their
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#59