2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 675K "That's what they offered". [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)Whether Hillary is honest or not makes no difference as long as good things happen. I don't think she's dishonest per se, nor is she a saint, but drilling down into stuff like this to see just how pure or impure she is strikes me as irrelevant. Basically, as I see it, if the GOP wins, lots of bad stuff will happen, and if a Dem wins, good things will happen at about the rate they did with Obama.
To say she's "owned by Wall Street" to me is silly. Obviously she knows a lot of people there, and has relationships there. But she's Hillary effing Clinton, she knows everyone and has relationships everywhere. And, at the end of the day, despite changing her mind about some stuff and making some unfortunate votes, she's a progressive.
Is Bernie more pure? Of course. If elected, would that translate into better outcomes? I doubt it, and not by much. It's all about the fight with the GOP.