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Showing Original Post only (View all)In some ways Hillary Clinton is a lot closer to being a Republican [View all]
Like her flag burning bill for example.
The Flag Protection Act of 2005 was a proposed United States federal law introduced by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert Bennett. The law would have outlawed flag burning, and called for a punishment of one year in jail and a fine of $100,000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Protection_Act_of_2005
I'd love to hear any Hillary supporters explain why they support this law.
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In some ways Hillary Clinton is a lot closer to being a Republican [View all]
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2016
OP
Well, to be fair, with the new paradigm at DU, the real comment had to be couched. nt
silvershadow
Apr 2016
#38
I don't care about the law. A vote you scraped up outta nowhere doesn't make HRC a Republican.
Lil Missy
Apr 2016
#17
"introduced by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton" is more than "a vote". It was her idea n/t
arcane1
Apr 2016
#27
Working for the people and being Center and Left of Center on issues has nothing to do with anything
-none
Apr 2016
#19
The Constitutional amendment would've never survived the process in the first place.
arcane1
Apr 2016
#33
Well its too bad that you weren't around then to give your expert advice to all those novices
onenote
Apr 2016
#43
She's a moderate similar to how Obama has always been. Except she's not as instantly lovable.
Sunlei
Apr 2016
#31
John Lewis is the type of person who would have been a republican during the Reagan years
onenote
Apr 2016
#40
1) not in ways most significant to my life and health she isn't. 2) That was a counter proposal to
bettyellen
Apr 2016
#45
Bullshit.Same old smear. Hillary was one of the most liberal Senators in Congress
redstateblues
Apr 2016
#57
I don't support this law. Unlike rigid ideological Bernie Fans, if we don't need to be in lockstep
Tarc
Apr 2016
#56