2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What if Bernie were Bernice? [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)I pointed out, if you compare the years they were in the Senate together, it is easy to point to important votes - as diverse as the bankruptcy bill and Kyl/Lieberman where Kerry is to the left of Clinton. It is very hard to do the reverse.
I said Biden was to her right. You lumped Kerry with Biden to her right. Now, you BACK TRACK saying Kerry and Clinton are both labeled as hard core liberal. Note that does not prove Kerry is not to her left. Their categories are too broad to do so.
The Clintons were both proudly centrists for years. I do not get why supporters here want to see her as almost as much to the left as Bernie.
I also resent the implication that Clinton was more anti Vietnam War than Kerry. He was FAR more significant to the anti war cause and did so at the risk of any future political career. He also used his credibility as someone who served to defend Bill Clinton from attacks on his patriotism in 1992.