2016 Postmortem

Armstead

(47,803 posts) Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:54 AM Feb 2016

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Clinton just had the nerve to refer to her visit to "deindustrialized" America [View all]

Talking about how she is demonstrating her commitment to workers by visiting Flint, or something like that.

Who the hell does she think helped to deindustrialize America?

Communities like Fliint were being hollowed out in the 90's while she and Bill and their cronies were talking about the "boom" and the great Alan Greenspan, and deregulation...and of course NAFTA, WTO, MFN China etc.

Earth to Hillary. Flint did not happen last week.

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Clinton just had the nerve to refer to her visit to "deindustrialized" America [View all] Armstead Feb 2016 OP

Paging Michael Moore. Perhaps he can tutor her in her vapid lack of comprehension. libdem4life Feb 2016 #1

Or true compassion. eom Sophiegirl Feb 2016 #29

It sure isn't her promotion of worldwide fracking or her cosy inbred corporate oil relationships! TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #49

thanks for pointing out the fracking questionseverything Feb 2016 #63

The Clinton's think the entire nation has amnesia. SamKnause Feb 2016 #2

The air is very thin Plucketeer Feb 2016 #14

They would be right a lot of the time. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #21

Wow... How Out Of Touch Is THAT ??? WillyT Feb 2016 #3

Amazing to me that people buy that rhetoric. EndElectoral Feb 2016 #5

the word is destroyed and it was because of Clinton trade agreements SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #4

Yep. RiverLover Feb 2016 #8

Don't you love how they come up with such innocent sounding names... malokvale77 Feb 2016 #34

I want to sit her down, bvf Feb 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Beaverhausen Feb 2016 #10

Deindustrialized...........another new mechanical talking point democrank Feb 2016 #7

It's an old term....But she's just discovered it and thinks it sounds "progressive": or something Armstead Feb 2016 #9

She should use NAFTAized. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #22

Good one! eom Duval Feb 2016 #24

And she should have included "deregulated" in the mix n/t Oilwellian Feb 2016 #32

How about JackInGreen Feb 2016 #40

Made me chuckle Fairgo Feb 2016 #56

When your child crashes the car Geronimoe Feb 2016 #11

and the hits keep on coming... dorkzilla Feb 2016 #12

Such a neutral, sanitized term Ino Feb 2016 #13

Hillary is the foe of workers and the middle class amborin Feb 2016 #15

Years ago when we IT people were watching our company's IT jobs go to India and then valerief Feb 2016 #16

+1 dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #68

Referring to NAFTA as "deindustrialized" like divorce is 'decoupling'. Now I want her medical ViseGrip Feb 2016 #17

Mini strokes add up. Divernan Feb 2016 #36

Flint's water can make one ill Plucketeer Feb 2016 #18

+1,000,000 Fuddnik Feb 2016 #23

people living in cars outside the gated communities olddots Feb 2016 #19

Anyone shocked by this? Out of touch, among other things. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #20

NAFTA took all the effing jobs away to begin with, but lets not mention that.... onecaliberal Feb 2016 #25

Clintons turned their backs on the entire Rust Belt States FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #26

Robert Reich, Bernie Sanders supporters' hero, had much more to do with NAFTA than Hillary Clinton pnwmom Feb 2016 #27

Really? Hmm-- that goes against common knowledge Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #35

Hah! He's trying to cover his tracks now -- but he had a very different spin in 2000. pnwmom Feb 2016 #41

thanks... definitely he's nuanced it. At the same time, he may have realized Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #54

Hillary voted against CAFTA and she has also announced her opposition to the TPP. pnwmom Feb 2016 #55

From what position was she hoping to vote for it? malokvale77 Feb 2016 #57

Sorry. I mean, "support it." pnwmom Feb 2016 #61

I hope she sticks to that! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #66

Me, too. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #67

It's not about trrade agreements genericaly Armstead Feb 2016 #39

Robert Reich specifically advised him to sign NAFTA. pnwmom Feb 2016 #45

You assume everyone has to be monolithic Armstead Feb 2016 #47

No, I don't. I'm saying that Robert Reich had a great deal more to do with promoting NAFTA pnwmom Feb 2016 #48

She has been on again off again and spinning over these things for years Armstead Feb 2016 #50

And I'll go with Paul Krugman's over Robert Reich's any day. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #51

I agree, Armstead navarth Feb 2016 #28

Sure hope she paid some good money to Flint for her visit PatrynXX Feb 2016 #30

She is also the one who wanted the debate there. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #31

yeah, I was thinking the other day that the ultimate cause of what happened to Flint Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #33

You know that kacekwl Feb 2016 #37

Tone deaf. blackspade Feb 2016 #38

K&R cprise Feb 2016 #42

It started under Reagan... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #43

I know a lot of bad started under Reagan but I don't remember this being a prime feature of the 80's Bread and Circus Feb 2016 #44

You didn't see "Capitalism - A Love Story"? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #46

It was a trend -- Just seldom mentioned by politicians or media Armstead Feb 2016 #53

The trade deals of the 90s made it far, far worse. reformist2 Feb 2016 #59

They STILL claim NAFTA was a good deal for American jobs. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #60

And Arkansas HassleCat Feb 2016 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Feb 2016 #58

Just heard Clinton say that in essence every class society is a dictatorship Wig Master Feb 2016 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Wig Master Feb 2016 #64

NAFTAfied! Ivan Kaputski Feb 2016 #65