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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans. [View all]ellennelle
(614 posts)these amendments and bills get so convoluted and weighed and played, i just cannot be swayed by that kind of narrow analysis. too much nuance gets lost in the shuffle. a bill might make the conservative have orgasms, but gets a vote from a progressive because it carries legislation that is extremely important, possibly even as a concession and/or compromise. and vice versa.
the bottom line tho, james, is that the ACU ranking is simply NOT any kind of reasonable metric on which to measure real differences between progressive politicians! of course they would see hillary as hard core liberal; that's their meme!
but, that is so not the reality. and not even by hillary's own admission; she calls herself - proudly - a moderate!
your link is interesting, but i've seen others that place her in the moderate republican camp. hard to say which methodology is more viable.
but this haggling just proves my point; you want to define this narrowly and specifically with a checklist; i think there are tons of folks who look at her overall record and history, and recognize - especially given her SoS turn - she harbors some pretty dangerous inclinations, and has made some disastrous decisions.
a seriously difficult thing for me, tho, is that she - as jon stewart so eloquently put it - does not have the courage of her convictions, because it is so hard to determine what they are, changing with the political winds.
and i do so wish that were the only difficulty i have with her. amongst even more others: she could the first presidential candidate in our history to be under FBI investigation.
that. just. creeps. me. out.