"After securing the Democratic base, the Clintons always sacrifice their allies to the Right."

Gravel has done it again. No, I'm not one of his supporters and he's not going to get the nomination. That doesn't mean some of his observations aren't dead on the money.

Look at Hillary run. Win, win, win. Yea, yea, yea. Cheer, cheer, cheer.

She had a really BIG problem with her hawkish votes on the war. She had no chance of going anywhere if she didn't soften her position on Iraq. She offered some mumble about timelines. She, of course, emphasized that withdrawal would have to be done in a "responsible" manner. How wise she is. The rest of us, of course, wanted to withdraw in an irresponsible manner putting as many troops at risk as possible.

So, Hillary hired her little web team to tone down the huge amount of Hillary the Hawk hatred in the blogosphere. Her little soldiers went forth and multiplied. They talked about Hillary's call for a timetable. They did NOT talk about her call for a "residual force." They talked about her vote against the last funding bill. They did NOT talk about the reality that she only voted long after the outcome on funding was clear. Hillary showed no leadership at all. Her vote against funding was a cynical, political trick to appeal to anyone in the anti-war crowd who wasn't paying attention.

Now, in front of a veteran's group, her tone is totally different. Parts of the surge are working. F*&ing idiot!!! Is that the way to bring peace to Iraq????

The last thing we needed was more sucking up to bush. But, in front of a veteran's group, it was the perfect triangulation. Perfect. They clapped their little hands and stomped their little feet. When you always give the audience what they want to hear, you get lots of applause and you often do very nicely in the polls. It's fun being all things to all people. The thing is, though, it's just no good for the country. No sense letting little details like that get in her way, I suppose.

Hillary's already made her token gestures to the anti-war wing of the party. She's done with that now. And, here's a little hint for you, the more secure she feels about winning the Dem nomination, the further to the right she's going to move. That's her general election strategy. If you hate how conservative Hillary is right now, just wait. It's going to get much, much worse next year if she's the nominee.

Here's how Gravel phrased the argument:

Why?

His position on the "residual force" and a few other things keep me from being able to support him in the primaries. If no one else enters the race before then, I will be supporting Kucinich because of his postions on such things.

TC

Sorry, folks! I don't want a president to pander to the smallest little subset of my party (who believe themselves to be "the base.")

I've had 7 years of rule for the "base," of the "base," and by the "base."

...preaching about someone getting 40+ % of the vote. Now that's irony.

More irony? "progressives" even invoking the base then never providing a single documented shred of evidence to back it.

Or is that just sad?

these days. :eyes:

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That's a major problem with them, for me, as well. It's one of the reasons why I feel I can't trust her (or him, for that matter) to have our best interests at the heart of her run for President.

Great post, as usual. :applause:

TC

:kick:


TC

Clinton's have a fatal character flaw that makes them do anything to access power. No moral base, corporate whores. Fucked the working class with the NAFTA corporate payoff.

As soon as he was elected (with their overwhelming support), he gave them Don't Ask/Don't Tell, DOMA, and almost none of the $$$ for AIDS research and treatment. It was a major slap in the face to one of their most loyal bloc of voters. If they did that to them, they'd throw ANY of us under the bus. Trust me.

TC

LOL.