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ElliotCarver

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February 3, 2016

Is Hillary Clinton a "progressive who gets things done"?

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15563

Jeff Cohen makes a pretty persuasive argument against her self-styling. What say DU?
February 1, 2016

I joined the Democratic Party this year to support Bernie Sanders

Hello, all. Relative newcomer to DU--but, since arriving, this site has become my first stop for the day's news and gossip! A little background: I am 27 and have voted 2x for Obama, but never been involved in a Primary. I, like so many, was expecting Obama to usher in an era of change. However, after almost 8 years of waking up and wondering why is it still business as usual? Why haven't we cut subsidies and tax breaks for the most profitable industry in mankind's history that is destroying our world? Why can I not find work, despite having 2 degrees? Why have I paid $10,000 for healthcare this year while my insurer has contributed only $3,300? I am among the millions shouting, "Enough is enough!"

America is better than its politicians, who are by-and-large bought and paid for. Even Hillary supporters must acknowledge: Wall Streeters do not fear another Clinton presidency, they embrace it! So, I must assume of Hillary supporters, your heads are either in the sand or you are socially liberal but fiscally conservative, i.e., rich and not looking to share. Because I don't see how we can honestly anoint a person who has shown herself incapable of taking a leadership stand on important issues. She has been wrong on everything that has mattered, from Iraq to gay marriage to DOMA to the war on drugs.

Aren't we a more compassionate people than to allow someone as unfeeling and robotic - not to mention, power-hungry - as Hillary into office? Don't we want to see our highest office occupied by a person of true, moral conviction?

I want you to know I am not alone: I have convinced my siblings, girlfriend and friends to join the Dems so we can all vote for Bernie. I do not believe I or they will still be Democrats come 2017 if we have another President Clinton. That's just a plain fact: she does not stand for any of our values, because adopting some of them in hindsight out of political expediency is not equivalent to standing for them. (Hillary said if she won the powerball jackpot, she would donate all the $$ to her campaign omfg.)

Bernie is truth. Bernie is conviction. Bernie is love. Bernie is tolerance. Bernie is Robin Hood. Bernie is Pope Francis. Bernie is selfless. Bernie is fearless. Bernie has a history of outspoken leadership that we should all applaud. Bernie is the type of person who is fit to lead because he does so out of a concern for others, not out of a desire for power. Bernie is humble. I could go on and on, but you know where I stand. I believe in Bernie because I believe we have a responsibility to one another. And if we are honest with ourselves, we will acknowledge we have thus far been failing our duty, by being a nation of plenty that has allowed so many to live in relative squalor. Enough upper-crust hoarding, it's time to share the American pie!

HEAR ME, IIIIIIIOOOWWWWAAAA!

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