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Nanjeanne

(5,440 posts)
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 07:24 PM Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders Isn't The Only One Who's Questioned Whether Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-progressive_us_56b26c0fe4b08069c7

Good read.
Bolding mine
In 2005, for example, Bruce Reed, a longtime aide to former President Bill Clinton, characterized Hillary -- at the time a Democratic senator for New York -- as "quite culturally conservative," and therefore "a natural choice" to define a policy agenda for the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist group with which she had a leadership role.


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"I think -- you know, I've known her for 15 years and she's a Clinton Democrat from the get-go. She's always been quite culturally conservative."
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Bernie Sanders Isn't The Only One Who's Questioned Whether Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive (Original Post) Nanjeanne Feb 2016 OP
Yes, no surprise there. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #1
"Culturally Conservative", and yet Clinton supporters insist that... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #2
Good find! Oilwellian Feb 2016 #3

Odin2005

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