This Is Why Hillary Clinton's Comments About Nancy Reagan Still Matter [View all]

[Ferd Berfel]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-nancy-reagan-aids_us_56e44622e4b0860f99d93d02

Her remarks on the late first lady's legacy on HIV and AIDS can't be forgotten.

Hillary Clinton may have quickly apologized for her comments on Friday praising fellow former First Lady Nancy Reagan for her "effective" and "low key advocacy" on HIV and AIDS, but for many the remarks are still problematic.

Michelle Goldberg noted in Slate how absurd the former Secretary of State's comments were, given that the Reagan administration publicly laughed at the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Nancy Reagan did little to sway her husband, Goldberg said.

"In policy terms, Clinton’s misguided praise for Nancy Reagan doesn't mean much; there’s certainly no reason to think she’d follow Reagan’s disgraceful example as president," Goldberg wrote. "But her words suggest that, on some deep level, she really is out of touch with progressive concerns."

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She's simply not a progressive. Among other things, you cannot be in bed with Wall Street and be progressive at the same time. Up to this point in time, and AT this point in time, and for the foreseeable future, these things are mutually exclusive.