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Showing Original Post only (View all)Which part of the Clinton legacy would Hillary embrace? DOMA? NAFTA? Welfare "reform"? [View all]
I like Bill Clinton; he did many great things. I like Hillary Clinton; she has also accomplished great things. But if the primary is about ideology, the Clintons fall near the mid-point between my views and Jeb Bush's views.
We are entitled to campaign for a more progressive candidate.
Also, we need not have blinders to the fact that Bill Clinton was not a particularly liberal President, and we are right to ask where Hillary Clinton stands on issues where Bill Clinton left a legacy disappointing to progressive and liberal Democrats:
1. the Defense of Marriage Act
2. the North American Free Trade Agreement
3. deregulation of the financial industries
4. a worse welfare system than under Ronald Reagan
5. harsh criminal sentencing without judicial discretion (and the explosion of the private prison industry)
6. expanded use of the death penalty
7. expanded use of drug possession criminalization
If Bill Clinton was disappointing on these issues, why should we expect Hillary Clinton to serve as our standard bearer on issues of key importance to many of us?
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Which part of the Clinton legacy would Hillary embrace? DOMA? NAFTA? Welfare "reform"? [View all]
Attorney in Texas
Nov 2015
OP
I think it's reasonable to disregard everything she's said in this race ...
ThePhilosopher04
Nov 2015
#8
You know that Hillary Clinton has a campaign website, right? You know that her website and her stump
Attorney in Texas
Nov 2015
#12
I have the impression that Hillary does not take responsibility for her mistakes very well.
JDPriestly
Nov 2015
#23
"re·form rəˈfôrm/ verb 1. make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic
Attorney in Texas
Nov 2015
#13
Up to date IPSOS-REUTERS Likely Democratic Primary Voter Poll-Clinton-64%-Sanders 28%
saturnsring
Nov 2015
#15
The crazy thing is you would think America was a hopeless place during the Clinton era.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
#18
But which issues? Will she confess NAFTA was an anti-labor, anti-US-manufacturer error? Will she
Attorney in Texas
Nov 2015
#30
Welfare Reform, because according to her, only "hard working white people" matter.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2015
#26