I've always said the Party that Clinton and Rahm Emanuel built is fiscally conservative but (Reply #8)

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Thu May 19, 2016, 06:58 AM

8. I've always said the Party that Clinton and Rahm Emanuel built is fiscally conservative but

socially liberal. To paraphrase Thomas Frank, we're all Kansas now. The Party that overseas the distribution of wealth to the top 10% is held hostage by wage issues. It was a brilliant coup!

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The myth that Hillary is a conservative. [View all]	StayFrosty	May 2016	OP
Cherry Picked Legislation To Foster Candidate Propaganda	cantbeserious	May 2016	#1
And another puppet thread can mercifully die . . . nt	Depaysement	May 2016	#36
The internet propaganda machine is getting it's trial run during this campaign	Cheese Sandwich	May 2016	#58
Truth	Depaysement	May 2016	#71
Cherry-picked from the profoundly conservative business of the Senate, moreover.	Orsino	May 2016	#75
Ex-Im helps "small business"?	AgerolanAmerican	May 2016	#2
If Hillary is a neocon	Arneoker	May 2016	#9
93% my hindquarters	AgerolanAmerican	May 2016	#10
They never talk about that 7%	pengu	May 2016	#29
Neocons are defined by their interventionist foreign policy. The areas of agreement between Hillary	Vote2016	May 2016	#39
We have 90% or more identical DNA to pigs. We are pretty much pigs.	Ed Suspicious	May 2016	#59
...	libdem4life	May 2016	#82
Fortunately, we won't have to watch the right wing	Hortensis	May 2016	#3
You're right, it will be incredibly nasty, and for that I'm glad they are preparing accordingly	Native	May 2016	#66
The myth that she's a Progressive.	hobbit709	May 2016	#4
Another brand spanking new poster engaged in hillogical arguments	Android3.14	May 2016	#5
"Hillogical"? Oh that is GOOD!	Jester Messiah	May 2016	#61
Be my guest. I'm rather pleased with the term	Android3.14	May 2016	#73
There has been some really good terminology coined this season.	frylock	May 2016	#76
Extending Bush's tax cuts is a good thing now?	bobbobbins01	May 2016	#6
Who wants to extend Bush tax cuts?	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#27
HR 4853 was to extend Bush's tax cuts.	bobbobbins01	May 2016	#31
Good for Sanders.	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#37
K&R	NCTraveler	May 2016	#7
I think we had an argument about this months ago	Armstead	May 2016	#15
It was blatantly obvious it was a favor.	NCTraveler	May 2016	#16
What were the benefits to the Sanders?	Armstead	May 2016	#17
I edited my post after your reply.	NCTraveler	May 2016	#19
Bernie Sanders doesn't need that either....	Armstead	May 2016	#21
I disagree. It was clearly a political favor.	NCTraveler	May 2016	#23
That's all I'm saying	Armstead	May 2016	#28
I've always said the Party that Clinton and Rahm Emanuel built is fiscally conservative but	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	May 2016	#8
Exactly. They are neoliberals - economic "free" traders not much different from Paul Ryan, but very	Vote2016	May 2016	#42
All the points addressed ARE RELATIVELY TRIVIAL	Herman4747	May 2016	#11
^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^	John Poet	May 2016	#12
Or the candidate who voted against WMD inspections	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#32
Except for the Brady Bill, all points either untrue or trivial	Herman4747	May 2016	#49
This message was self-deleted by its author	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#53
Oh, really, trivial, we have 80 people a day on average dying from gun violence and it	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#55
And I said "Except for the Brady Bill"	Herman4747	May 2016	#60
He should have a F rating, he doesn't.	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#74
More importantly, Hillary shouldn't be...	Herman4747	May 2016	#80
Criticizing Hillary for talking to Kissinger about foreign policy, i am more concerned about	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#83
It isn't so much merely talking to Kissinger...	Herman4747	May 2016	#84
Sanders does not have a foreign policy, has been making decisions without the	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#85
I strongly dispute your contention. BUT....	Herman4747	May 2016	#87
In today's global world is not a choice and Hillary has foreign policy knowledge, not wicked.	Thinkingabout	May 2016	#88
I haven't heard much from Hillary on gun control since the campaign came out West.	frylock	May 2016	#77
What about her weapons deals? If she's so anti gun why did she sell weapons to authoritarian	JRLeft	May 2016	#86
Perfect propaganda...This supplied by the Brock Shop?	Armstead	May 2016	#13
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2016	#14
How about supporting paid trolls on the Internet? Is that progressive?	Broward	May 2016	#18
The problem with Hillary is she needs to take more progressive ideas and fight aggressively for them	UCmeNdc	May 2016	#20
Hillary Clinton is rated a Hard-Core Liberal.	workinclasszero	May 2016	#22
Does that include super predators that must be brought to heel and welfare reform?	hobbit709	May 2016	#24
How about dumping toxic nuclear waste on poor Hispanic folks that couldn't fight back?	workinclasszero	May 2016	#30
On the issues defines "liberal" based largely in Democratic Party votes and "conservative" based on	Vote2016	May 2016	#44
Your spin changes nothing	workinclasszero	May 2016	#46
Just look for yourself on how On The Issues charts politicians. It is not based on the type of issue	Vote2016	May 2016	#50
Your spin changes nothing pt. 2	workinclasszero	May 2016	#51
On second thought, your argument works better without the facts so DON'T look at the facts.	Vote2016	May 2016	#56
The facts are right here but you seem to have a problem with them	workinclasszero	May 2016	#57
Cherry pick the issues and I could be anywhere on there	TexasMommaWithAHat	May 2016	#62
If Sanders reps you more than Hillary, fine. I got no problem with that	workinclasszero	May 2016	#63
She's liberal on social issues.	TexasMommaWithAHat	May 2016	#70
Its hard to find a person I agree with 100% on every issue	workinclasszero	May 2016	#72
Yeah, right. And Obama is a Muslim Socialist	RufusTFirefly	May 2016	#67
And Blink-182 is hard-core punk.	frylock	May 2016	#78
Those Bernie votes/statements are more liberal or progressive when you look at the details.	aikoaiko	May 2016	#25
Anyone that thinks Hillary is conservative,	apcalc	May 2016	#26
Of course Hillary is a neocon. How can you square her foreign policy with any other conclusion?	Vote2016	May 2016	#34
Neocons don't back the Iran deal. Hillary Clinton does.	Recursion	May 2016	#38
Hillary is just (appopriately) supporting Obama's policy. You cannot believe she would enter into a	Vote2016	May 2016	#47
Sure I can. The interesting question is why you can't. What's the epistemological block there?	Recursion	May 2016	#48
It isn't a matter of soul searching; it's a matter of comparing her attitude toward Israel and	Vote2016	May 2016	#54
KAGAN & KISSINGER enough said	Cosmic Kitten	May 2016	#41
You have a non-dictionary-based understanding of the words "progressive" and "socialist."	Vote2016	May 2016	#33
Hillary is proud of her Goldwater girl conservativism	Cosmic Kitten	May 2016	#35
Yes Hillary is progressive, and so is Bernie. They only aren't if you want to see them that way.	CrowCityDem	May 2016	#40
But your picture doesn't have bold-faced fonts and pretty colors.	baldguy	May 2016	#43
Humans and rhesus monkeys share 93% of their DNA.	QC	May 2016	#45
Not this crap again	RufusTFirefly	May 2016	#52
Recycling is normally a good thing, but not always. n/t	QC	May 2016	#64
You just proved that HRC is a freaking conservative!	d_legendary1	May 2016	#65
Really. Reading that list makes me like Hillary LESS	hollowdweller	May 2016	#68
I think that was Brock's plan all along	d_legendary1	May 2016	#69
In 2008, her last year in the Senate	jamese777	May 2016	#79
Propaganda	AgingAmerican	May 2016	#81

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