The Politics of Flag Burning...how HC is screwing herself [View All]

Has there been a recent rash of flag burning? And if not, why is Hillary co-sponsoring a bill to criminalize it?

Is she really THAT stupid? I mean, ok, let's think about this for a second, from a purely political standpoint. Who supports a flag burning law and/or amendment? Generally, the fundies. Who thinks a flag burning law is unconstitutional? Well, aside from the Supreme Court, generally liberals. So Hillary's stand on this issue will piss off liberals, aka people who vote for her. And it will likely be seen as pandering (probably because it IS) by conservatives.

Hillary's political problem is this: she's the senator of one of the bluest states. People have already formed an opinion of her, particularly those who think she's a fascist commie pig. Those people are virtually 100% unlikely to change that opinion based on a single co-sponsorship of a bill they support. However, combine that lovely little step across the aisle with other recent conservative behavior and you can darn well bet that she's going to lose some of the liberals.

Does she not want to be senator? Perhaps. But this isn't going to make her president either. She seems to have forgotten that she has to win a couple of primaries before she becomes the Democratic nominee, and well, I don't like her chances. Given the choice between Little-Miss-Aisle-Jumper and virtually any other Dem, I'm gonna have to go for the other guy (or gal).

Note to Hillary: I used to worship the ground you walked on. I was often quoted as saying that if you ever ran for President, I'd drop whatever I was doing, rush to your campaign headquarters and volunteer. In the past 6 years, my dear, you have managed to fuck up so badly that now I'm fairly certain I wouldn't even vote for you. Way to go.

On edit...I changed the subject, and the first sentence no longer made sense :dunce: