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gyroscope

(1,443 posts)
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:35 PM Feb 2016

What is the scariest thing about a Hillary Clinton White House?

for me it is foreign policy and trade (TPP).

she praises the neocon Henry Kissinger, is opposed to a ban on cluster bombs and land mines,
has a very hawkish record as SoS. she opposes Glass-Steagull and is very pro-Wall Street.

she was on the board of Walmart one of the most vehemently anti-union companies and has done little or nothing for labor, so it is extremely puzzling to me how she got the endorsement of the SEIU Service Workers Union.




Ms. Clinton’s political expediency on the minimum wage issue isn’t the only ploy she has used to gain favor of labor unions. She has distanced herself from Wal-Mart, where she served as a board member from 1986-1992, while the corporation waged campaigns against labor unions seeking to unionize store workers. There is no evidence she ever vocalized her support for labor unions, and ABC News obtained videos of several board meetings she attended and remained silent as her fellow board members worked out anti-union strategies. The New York Times reported in 2007 that Ms. Clinton maintains close ties to Wal-Mart executives, but omits her past affiliation with the company in her speeches and website. At the time of her appointment to Wal-Mart’s board, she held nearly $100,000 in stock and was a lawyer with the Rose Law Firm, which represented the company in several cases. Her current campaign treasurer, Jose Villareal, has also spent decades on boards of Wal-Mart and other companies run by their owners, the Walton family.

http://observer.com/2015/11/why-it-makes-no-sense-for-labor-unions-to-endorse-hillary-clinton/


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What is the scariest thing about a Hillary Clinton White House? (Original Post) gyroscope Feb 2016 OP
Bernie, hiding in the closets! rock Feb 2016 #1
Running out of time on climate change nt Autumn Feb 2016 #2
Barely on her radar. artislife Feb 2016 #8
If Hillary's foreign policy HillDawg Feb 2016 #3
Yeah RobertEarl Feb 2016 #6
And right there HillDawg Feb 2016 #11
You mean not invade countries? RobertEarl Feb 2016 #15
Sometimes we are HillDawg Feb 2016 #23
Many of us moderately poltically informed people Voice for Peace Feb 2016 #28
You fell for that crap? Broward Feb 2016 #35
In my defense, HillDawg Feb 2016 #37
Ok, fair enough. I disagree with you on Hillary though. Broward Feb 2016 #39
Got any solutions? Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #38
o.k. So she represents N.Y. busterbrown Feb 2016 #24
her being a Republican lite Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #4
A Trump, Cruz or Rubio White House scares me. Metric System Feb 2016 #5
Vote for Bernie then RobertEarl Feb 2016 #9
There is a hell of a lot of difference between Hillary and them. Bernie will never have my vote in Metric System Feb 2016 #16
Oh? RobertEarl Feb 2016 #19
The people she will appoint in her administration. azmom Feb 2016 #7
Hillary Clinton. bigwillq Feb 2016 #10
Bill's a huge negative for me! peace13 Feb 2016 #20
For me it's also Henry Bloodinger having a finger in foreign policy. Cleita Feb 2016 #12
Foreign policy hands down. eom Purveyor Feb 2016 #13
The scariest thing about Bernie in the White House is the threat of domestic political fanaticism alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #14
What she will do to repay dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #17
Lloyd Blankfein lurking in the shadows, wringing his hands and mumbling Snarkoleptic Feb 2016 #18
Bill Clinton tularetom Feb 2016 #21
The revenge she will take on those who did not support her. FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #22
Nothing changes dflprincess Feb 2016 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author stopbush Feb 2016 #26
The fact that we'll have a Republican in the Whitehouse.... Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #27
Her total lack of understanding of nuclear weapons jonjon Feb 2016 #29
The blood of young Americans spilled on foreign soil. Cluster bombs used on innocent civilians. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #30
scary Roy Ellefson Feb 2016 #31
The TPP and her close relationship with the MIC. sadoldgirl Feb 2016 #32
Some people don't like this when I say it, but ... earthside Feb 2016 #33
I'd say, a bit tongue in cheek but not far, that it would be Bill frolicking around the White House libdem4life Feb 2016 #34
She DID NOT get the support of the SEIU locals. bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #36
I fear that her Supreme Court nominees Jane Austin Feb 2016 #40
 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
8. Barely on her radar.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:41 PM
Feb 2016

Will have to fit it in somewhere after she secures your delegates and money for 2020.

Not that it won't be the only thing she will ignore.

 

HillDawg

(198 posts)
23. Sometimes we are
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:58 PM
Feb 2016

Called upon. I don't think we need to go in and get in the middle of every conflict, but I think we need to finish what we are in now and still get involved with what was needed. I was in favor of the war, at time it seemed like a reasonable thing to do. We were tricked into believing Iraq had more than it really did.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
28. Many of us moderately poltically informed people
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:43 PM
Feb 2016

knew it was a lie. Either she was incompetent and uninformed as a Senator, or bullshitting now. Maybe both. I think she was being willfully ignorant with her vote. Her advisors backers and allies are in thick w the MIC.

 

HillDawg

(198 posts)
37. In my defense,
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 11:08 PM
Feb 2016

I was young at the time.

And also her voting for that wouldn't change my mind anyways. I feel, and can tell by her responses, that despite what she voted for in 2002, she has a better grasp on foreign policy in 2016.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
24. o.k. So she represents N.Y.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:59 PM
Feb 2016

I’m Jewish I get it.. So are you saying she should have been straight and said fuck my Jewish Constituents.Whats right is right? I donno, but its not that simple as saying “ How stupid is Hillary”...
It’s fucking politics in the U.S.!

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
4. her being a Republican lite
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:39 PM
Feb 2016

She has been that for most of her life, only evolving to the left when forced by the primary.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
9. Vote for Bernie then
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:42 PM
Feb 2016

There is not much difference between H and them.

Bernie, however, will kick their ass.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
16. There is a hell of a lot of difference between Hillary and them. Bernie will never have my vote in
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:49 PM
Feb 2016

the primary.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
19. Oh?
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:52 PM
Feb 2016

All support TPP. Doing nothing about GW. Invade Iraq. Keep minimum wage a minimum. Collect big money for campaigns. Support endless wars.

A vote not for Bernie is a vote for more of the same.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. For me it's also Henry Bloodinger having a finger in foreign policy.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:46 PM
Feb 2016

You see I was born in Chile and have personally known persons who had family member suffer under the Pinochet dictatorship.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
18. Lloyd Blankfein lurking in the shadows, wringing his hands and mumbling
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:51 PM
Feb 2016

To himself "excellent, excellent, excellent....."

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
25. Nothing changes
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:33 PM
Feb 2016

we might get tossed a couple crumbs but the middle class continues to dwindle and the ranks of the working poor grow as college becomes a pipe dream for more kids and jobs that pay a wage that leaves a person with any disposable income become scarcer.

Response to gyroscope (Original post)

 

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
27. The fact that we'll have a Republican in the Whitehouse....
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:36 PM
Feb 2016

The 'D' after her name doesn't change her core policies.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
33. Some people don't like this when I say it, but ...
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:58 PM
Feb 2016

... I think she is Nixon.

I've met her and followed her 'career' since 1991 and frankly, I think she has the same kind of character flaws as Tricky Dick.

So, my greatest fear is the damage she will do to the institution of the presidency, to the Constitution, and to the reputation and spirit of the republic.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
34. I'd say, a bit tongue in cheek but not far, that it would be Bill frolicking around the White House
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 10:58 PM
Feb 2016

now with nothing much to do. What could go wrong?

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