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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

A Personal Comment about Hillary Clinton

I do not now and have not for the last 33 years, trusted Hillery R Clinton. I do not believe she is now or has ever been a Liberal or a Progressive. She was born into wealth. She has never "struggled" with the cost of housing, childcare, utility bills, insurance costs, medical cost, food.

Yes she has "fought" for women's rights, but again, that was in a cushy job that paid 3x what the average male worker was paid then. $28,000 yr. vs $6,000 yr. A new car could be bought for $2,500 - $3,000. Women were paid quite a lot less. I do not consider that a convincing argument. I also have a hard time believing a feminist would "stand by her man" through multiple affairs.

Hillary changes with the tide, but only she is allowed that luxury.

Predatory child criminals. Her words, not mine. How many of those children incarcerated under Bill Clinton's get tough on crime bill have been allowed to change and be released? Pro Panama Treaty, (???) pro TPP, anti marriage equality until, that is, the tide of public opinion turned. Ties to Wall Street (donors don't count because they were individuals and not the whole corporation, don't cha know?), tied to people tied to the Panama Papers (see Panama Treaty above) tying her to Israel and Russia, Reaching out to Jeb Bush's people now that Jeb is out, blatantly ignoring security protocol before, during and after her stint as Secretary of State.

Is that what you want in a President?

What is her foreign policy? How's this; $6,000,000 directly and indirectly from Israel to her presidential campaign. Not from US citizens sympathetic to Israel, but right from Israel. "Who's in your wallet?"

Is this what you want in a US President? This is not a candidate for sale. This is one bought and paid for.  

Hillary has a long history of flip flopping on issues. Lately she has taken to parroting Senetor Sanders.

from The Nation 5/10/2016,

“I’m not interested in tinkering around the margins of our trade policy,” Clinton added. “I think we need a fundamental rethink of how we approach trade deals going forward.”
That stance moves Clinton (who as secretary of state talked up the TPP as a potential “gold standard” agreement but has since expressed her opposition) closer to the position taken by Sanders, a fierce critic of the deal who told the Oregon coalition, “In my view, the TPP is not, nor has it ever been, the gold standard of trade agreements.”
As for this progressive claim about Hillary R Clinton, other than a progressively growing income I'm not finding too much to call progressive.  


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