Reply #7: In a way, Hillary's position is worse.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

She said she supports legislation criminalizing flag-burning, even though such laws have already been determined to violate the First Amendment. Hillary, a lawyer, would know damn well that this legislation would never make it past a Constitutional challenge, so it would seems that all she's doing is cynically pandering to the right wing for the specific purpose of setting herself up for '08.

I would disagree with any candidate who supports either a law or a constitutional amendment restricting any form of free speech, but whether that would be a deal-breaker would depend on their other positions. With Hillary, though, it's just one of many signs that, like the other DLCers, she's willing to sell progressives down the river and appease the right wing to get elected.