Honestly this is just another in a long line of pieces that have come out since the 2017 election try to exonerate Hillary Clinton for her loss. Beyond the Russian hacking leaks, no, it was the unfair way Sen. Bernie Sanders acted also. Well let me respond to this "article".
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“If Sanders is the standard by which you’re going to decide whether a politician is a progressive, then almost nobody from the Democratic party would qualify. Take Sanders out of the equation, and suddenly Clinton looks an awful lot like a mainstream progressive.” - I agree totally, like how if you removed the Tea Partiers and Trump, then suddenly the GOP is almost reasonable.
Sanders was right to deny Clinton the badge of being progressive, since she was not, she did not support reform of the student loan program, I never heard her support allowing students renegotiate their loans. I never heard her look at trying to find answers to the 2008 crash, I never heard Hillary suggest the financial institutions were mostly responsible for their own problems. I never heard her speak to the need to regulate the Wall Street/financial "grey" markets where the credit defaults swaps and such exist with no oversight. Also would it be unfair for me to bring up some of Hillary's earliest activism for Barry Goldwater?
As for past good acts, yes she tried to work on healthcare in the past. But where was she on single payer, something to cut the parasitic insurance industry out of the picture? I did not hear a lot of push back from Hillary about fighting for reproductive rights, which honestly surprised me. Maybe that might help explain the 53% support from woman Trump got?
The following is a bullshit comment - "As I watched Sanders enchant the crowds, it was something of a deja vu experience to see a charismatic male politician on stage telling women which issues are and aren’t progressive." So would it have been OK if the huge crowds had been at Hillary's rallies? Would you make the same observation of perhaps a condescending "parental" tone to her speech? Also how did Bernie tell people what was or was not progressive? The people decided that, not him.
Nonetheless, Sanders gave Clinton no credit for her longstanding progressivism in these areas, while identifying her with the corruption he was dedicated to cleaning up. - Well once you stop supporting progressive causes and fight for regressive action - repeal Glass-Stegal, you lose your right to the title. Hillary her self never spoke out about holding those who profited from the collapse of 08 to account. Bernie never abandoned his ideals, no matter the circumstance.
"Sanders was the perfect vehicle to revive political passion both among the older left, revitalised by being on the side of “the revolution” again, and a younger generation who had yet to experience the sense of rightness, community, and belief in the possibility of radical change that nourished us in the 60s." - Yes in no way could it be Sen Sander addressed their concerns? Could it be due to the DNC abandoning so many of the middle and lower class?
He was fierce, he was uncompromising, and he wasn’t afraid to call out clear enemies, which revolutions always need to rally around. Wall Street. Greed. Big Money. Super PACS. The establishment. - Yes what a horrid thing to address issues to those who are causing them, much better to never get to specifics right?
It's was not Senator Sander's job to remind people of everything Hillary had done in the past, he was at fault for calling her out for her current positions? Please tell me, what did Sanders lie about, when he "branded" her as establishment?
Appearances to the contrary, Sanders was not a union organizer - Nope he has a long history of working for people at different levels of government, but since that did not fit your narrative, why leave in facts?
" I listened to 19-year-olds and media pundits alike lavish praise on Bernie Sanders for his bold, revolutionary message, and scorn Hillary for being a part of the establishment." - Who's fault was that, Hillary has how much more money than Bernie, why not spend some of it to get a message out, instead of I'm with her?
The entire thing is a very slanted and dishonest screed to force the view that Hillary Clinton was mistreated by Bernie Sanders and his supporters, how it seems there is some horrible thing that people preferred Sen. Sanders due to his ongoing efforts and not what Hillary did 15 or so year ago?
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