2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAny chance a nice Hillary supporter could date stamp some of her
policy positions for us?
I'm losing track of the spin.
Big ones for me include Abortion - I thought she was pro-choice, but now I understand she is open to negotiating on a constitutional amendment about it, but only in the third trimester and if the Republican base thinks that's a a good idea, right?
What about LGBT rights - wasn't she pretty firm about New York NOT recognizing gay marriages? When or did that change?
National security hacking issues are big in the news, of course - if I get this right, it was okay for her to conduct state department business using her personal unsecured email, but then she told the rest of the state department they couldn't do that, but she still did, so what is her CURRENT policy about how she would want HER state department to handle it? Are we talking no big deal in the future?
As for black children in tough neighborhoods - are they super predators or the future of the country? If they have drug issues, do they need jail or rehab? If they are unarmed and shot by police, whose fault is it?
Does she still believe in a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy out to get her or was that a paranoid delusion? If she still "believes" in it, what are her plans for dealing with them? Will she involve any government agencies like she did before? FBI and IRS were the two we heard about - will she now involve Homeland Security?
Last but not least, what is her stance on lying and misleading the public? Should it be a prosecutable offense if it involves national security? For example, a recent president sold a bill of goods about "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq and a lot of people died as a result. How does she want that situation handled? Are we talking criminal prosecution or dinner party?
I realize that Hillary has "evolved" on her stance on most of these issues, so time-and-date stamps would really help. And any insight into what influences her evolution would also be appreciated - she's such a lawyer, it keeps looking like its her paying clients that have the most impact on those decisions instead of her strong moral and ethical values.
Thanks in advance!
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)unwillingness to compromise and cautioned Democrats not to adopt the same position. I agree with him on that.
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)Leaders set a vision. Followers make that vision happen.
You still can't explain her Most Recent views on even six easy COMMON democratic visions.
That isn't compromise. That is ineffective.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Nothing will change in Congress in the next four years. Leadership without real power won't achieve much of anything.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)who think government is the answer to every problem. She was clearly referring to Bernie supporters and it sounded like it could have been a direct quote from Ronald Reagan.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)I mean god forbid if another thirty or forty thousand enlisted die on foreign soil, at least our Nixonian leader looks good sending us to our deaths!
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts):laughing"
Sky Masterson
(5,240 posts)Mercurial and spontaneous!
And another thing, Since we are supposed to be "With Her" , wouldn't it be better if "She was with us"? Like I don't know, Maybe Gay Marriage and The Iraq war resolution.
People don't often show you who they really are.
When they do show you , believe them.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Since we won't get the House back but we might get the Senate...it is the courts that matter. Bernie will not win but can not seem to accept that face as he is now saying he does not need New York...what? Go to Hillary's website and her positions are there...oh and ask Bernie about trade...since he is now saying something different...out of the rust belt so I suppose he changes his tune.
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)depending on I-have-no-idea-why.
It just looks like a total lack of integrity and ethics - Republican-lite, as it were.