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nowaypablo  ·  3002 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Hillary Clinton For The Democratic Nomination" - NYTimes Editorial Board

She has nobody's interest in mind but her own. I think that she has demonstrated time and time again, many of her campaign's statements and her intentions are wildly, dangerously different. I have absolutely no trust, confidence, or faith in Clinton, and I think a lot of the experience that this op-ed highlights only illustrated this notion.

Also, as an aside,

    [Bernie Sanders' plan] to start all over on health care reform with a Medicare-for-all system

That's not true, and his campaign repeatedly denies that they're turning everything over. Yes they will need to start the debates all over again, but the new plan incorporates some of the hardest-fought policies that the Obama administration already worked over. Ugh.

I don't yet know who is best to lead the nation over the upcoming 4 years. The only thing most people have been able to discern so far is who is speaking their mind, and who is talking out of their wallet.

pst: Please correct me if I'm wrong!





user-inactivated  ·  3002 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean you're probably broadly right -- I certainly haven't paid any attention to anything any campaign has said recently, with the notable exception of Limberbutt's (they've been quiet on the issues) -- but

    She has nobody's interest in mind but her own.

this actually doesn't mean she'll be a bad president, if you think about it closely, and

    many of her campaign's statements and her intentions are wildly, dangerously different

this is how the system she is playing within was built, and

    Yes they will need to start the debates all over again

what will this accomplish given the current makeup of the House and Senate? Nothing. Finally,

    The only thing most people have been able to discern so far is who is speaking their mind, and who is talking out of their wallet.

I'd reserve judgement on that until at least 20 years from now.

blackbootz  ·  3002 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, no. I think you're totally on point when you say that Clinton's campaign is a series of calculated statements, mostly drawn from poll data, that has little to relation to how she actually feels.

I wouldn't say she doesn't have anyone's interest but her own, though. I believe she's sincere when she talks about backing women in the workplace, as well as being broadly aligned with the middle class. It's just that she's totally bought out by the financial services industry. I think her worldview precludes any serious structural reform of banking or serious regulation of the financial industry. Not to mention universal healthcare, something I think the United States is sorely lacking.

But. I can't help but feel that she's... kinda aight. I don't know if my tacit acceptance of her as future prez is shameful proof that we can't expect any better. I feel dirty for saying it, but I'm sort of down with Hillary. I don't know why. Probably because the Republican candidate field makes me want to vomit.