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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The WORST thing about this primary has been the continued Demonization of Progressive Liberalism [View all]Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)90. It depends what kind of priorities you have.
Obviously Hillary's main goal is to keep the military-industrial complex happy. Fuck affordable education and things that actually improve the lives of the peons she disdains so much.
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The WORST thing about this primary has been the continued Demonization of Progressive Liberalism [View all]
Armstead
Apr 2016
OP
You keep saying that, and never address her positions on the 1st and 4th amendment
JonLeibowitz
Apr 2016
#62
...cuz "supports the patriot act, the drug war, stopping encryption & putting flag burners in jail"
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#150
The worst thing has been the continued demonization of a Progressive Liberal - Hillary Clinton.
baldguy
Apr 2016
#2
Since when does perpetual war, perpetual destruction of the Earth, fossil fuels, and playing
VulgarPoet
Apr 2016
#5
Being critical of corporate capital and perpetual war are not right wing talking points.
Redwoods Red
Apr 2016
#76
Clinton's foreign policy isn't progressive, nor is her kowtowing to Wall Street.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#136
Yes. They support an agenda that in many aspects agree with the Right Wing
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#143
That is an old conservative goto. They are chock-full of such because that is what they are.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2016
#148
+1 Can't Tie Your Hands Behind Your Back-You've Got to Win First and Then Change Policy
Stallion
Apr 2016
#72
Hillary is liberal on social issues only. On economics and foreign policy she is a mixed bag at best
think
Apr 2016
#45
Progressives can expect to be blamed entirely for the election of President Trump
corkhead
Apr 2016
#3
But it isn't a split, it's an exile of progressives in favor of corporate centrism - eom
dreamnightwind
Apr 2016
#112
The worst thing about this primary is the demonization of the base voters of the democratic party
workinclasszero
Apr 2016
#19
So its just my faulty interpretation of the Great Man's words then huh?
workinclasszero
Apr 2016
#58
No, the worst thing has been the hijacking of the phrase "progressive liberalism"...
Recursion
Apr 2016
#28
Ex: Free college is BIG. Free college paid for by Republican governors is not POSSIBLE.
CrowCityDem
Apr 2016
#91
Then, after the war, Iraq became "an excellent business opportunity for U.S. corporations"
dreamnightwind
Apr 2016
#113
Rightly so. The first is absurdly stupid lying nonsense unworthy of consideration and
TheKentuckian
Apr 2016
#147
trying to revive this tired old party with no progressive aspiration... status quo...
kgnu_fan
Apr 2016
#35
alienating and kicking out young people who finally got engaged etc. Short-sighted Foolishness.
kgnu_fan
Apr 2016
#47
What a lot of Democrats don't know, Hillary voters especially, is that corporate interests have...
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#51
There's been a "gleeful meanness" here, while embracing Rockefeller Republicanism
villager
Apr 2016
#60
I remember him too and he was not considered a moderate by the Dem Establishment
Armstead
Apr 2016
#100
Thank you for posting that important segment, sadly the people who need to hear most will close
TheKentuckian
Apr 2016
#146
What gets me is what seems to be driving HRC success is black and hispanic voters, who seem to trust
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#111
great points... I guess powerful elites like this need to be good at controlling enough people
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#138
The battles between right and left in the party has been around since the inception.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2016
#84
We need to make systemic changes to the system or it will continue to be this way.
stillwaiting
Apr 2016
#98
every single thing I see by the Trumpettes on FB the Clinton campaign flogs 12 days later, average
MisterP
Apr 2016
#142
when "progressive liberalism" becomes my way or the highway...its neither progressive or liberal
beachbum bob
Apr 2016
#154