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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:31 PM Feb 2016

Hillary was the 10th most liberal Senator in Congress

I am so sick of this "Hillary is Republican" meme that the Sanders folks keep flogging. It is total bullshit and completely false. She may not be quite as far left as Bernie but neither is most of the American electorate. That's one more reason Hillary can win and Bernie can't.

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Hillary was the 10th most liberal Senator in Congress (Original Post) redstateblues Feb 2016 OP
It is total BS workinclasszero Feb 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Beowulf Feb 2016 #2
You have all of GDP his is Hillary group. nt fun n serious Feb 2016 #5
Please go away and back to the Bernie group redstateblues Feb 2016 #6
Sorry. Beowulf Feb 2016 #9
I don't know that Hillary isn't more liberal! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #3
The media has smeared her with so much propaganda liberal N proud Feb 2016 #4
Which Senators were at the top of the list? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #7
Most of the American electorate support Sanders! ananda Feb 2016 #8
Please make even a slight attempt sharp_stick Feb 2016 #12
I'm afraid you're not being realistic about Bernie's chances in the general election CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #13
agree mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #10
We shouldn't lose sight of the big picture CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #11
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2016 #14
I would venture to state Hillary has voted closely along party Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #15
They have to have their little memes. Cha Feb 2016 #16
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
1. It is total BS
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:34 PM
Feb 2016

And it makes me so damn mad when the other side lies their asses off about it 24/7 on this site!

Response to redstateblues (Original post)

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. I don't know that Hillary isn't more liberal!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:38 PM
Feb 2016

All of us have our dreams and fantasies about changing the world, making it a better place.

We just don't run a political campaign on fantasy!

ananda

(28,866 posts)
8. Most of the American electorate support Sanders!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:49 PM
Feb 2016

He is leading Clinton nationally.

And yes, get over it. Clinton was a Republican.

She is backed by corporations and big money.

And she is NOT a liberal but rather what even
she terms a "progressive" which is code for
moderate Republican.

That she is left of our current spate of Republican
candidates does mean something, though it does
not mean she is liberal by any stretch.

I'm not even sure that I would call Sanders
completely liberal, but he is a lot closer to it
than Clinton!!!!

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
13. I'm afraid you're not being realistic about Bernie's chances in the general election
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:16 PM
Feb 2016

However, since it appears that politically you are somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders, I guess that's understandable.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
11. We shouldn't lose sight of the big picture
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:12 PM
Feb 2016

Let's Remember: Having liberal credentials only helps in the nomination process and in blue states in the general election.

It is those truly independent voters (and we are not talking about so called independents who normally vote for the Green Party) in eight swing states who are going to decide who will be the next President of the United States. And they are moderates.

Let's not make the mistake of forgetting that one of the reasons Republican nominees in the last two general elections lost to President Obama was that they allowed their far right base to pull them so far to right that they could not tack back to the center and attract the moderate vote.

In my humble opinion. Bernie Sanders did the Democratic Party a huge disservice in forcing Hillary too far too the left. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton both have reputations as left leaning moderates, and that's a good thing in this highly partisan atmosphere.

Yes, I know that most of us here are proud progressives, but we have to expand our vision. We should not view the world only from our own perspectives; we have also see the world from the perspectives of others if we are going to be a successful political party. And arguing with Sanders supporter about whether Hillary is as progressive as Sanders is not going to get it.



Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
15. I would venture to state Hillary has voted closely along party
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:35 PM
Feb 2016

Lines, ergo her liberal rating as a Senator.

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