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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, Bernie was active with civil rights in the 60s, so our interests are automatically aligned on every. single. issue. to the end of time. And no matter what Hillary's positions are currently, the fact that she supported Goldwater over 50 years ago means she is a secret racist, disingenuous, shifty, right-leaning faux democrat.
I will say this, though: It's been a tough row to hoe getting over her bullshit tactics during the primary in '08. I understand that she probably puts this kind of racial jiggery pokery piggledly pookery in the same bucket as all other political gamesmanship, but I don't view it that way. That shit really pissed me off.
http://theweek.com/articles/567774/h...-2008-campaign
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Yeah, back then I started out really on the fence between her and Obama and it's part of what pushed me to Obama. There are some excuses and some apologies, yadda, yadda, but for me the long and short of it is (i) she made peace with Obama and became a big part of his success, so maybe its worth forgiving some of it; and (ii) people sure as shit shouldn't forget it.
I give Bernie credit too for backing Jessie Jackson once upon a time; I think his campaign could use a little more Jessie in it, with his empowerment talk, as opposed to Bernie and his economics lectures. But my real problem at the moment is not what Bernie or Hillary did at any time in the past, its what some asshats are saying right now that makes me want to reach through the internet and strangle them.
