"I didn't leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me"
So said Saint Ronald Reagan in 1962 when he left to become a staunch conservative Republican and the rest is a tragic history that really hurt this country. To many of Hillary Clinton's supporters, I would like to say that is EXACTLY how liberal, Bernie Sanders supporters feel about how far Centrist-Right the party is in 2016 in part thanks to what Bill Clinton did.
1. WELFARE "REFORM" Of course there are always some people who cheat the system, but Bill Clinton fed the Republican narrative that most people on welfare are lazy cheats. The reality is that most people are on welfare for 18 months or less and they are able to feed their kids survive until they find a job. God forbid we do something so human.
2. NAFTA. Bill Clinton boosted the Republican narrative that it's a "global economy" and there should be no trade barriers. Not only did many Americans lose good paying blue collar jobs, but many Mexicans, who were eeking out a living, were hurt by agribusiness.
3. SIGNING THE GRAHAM/LEACH BILL WHICH REPEALED GLASS/STEIGAL. Clinton fed the Republican narrative that there was too much regulation in business and banking and so commercial and investment banking could once again be merged. The result? A financial meltdown that was close to the Great Depression in 2008.
4. DEREGULATING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. The Result? It gave rise to Goebbelsvision, I mean Fox News, which is the free propaganda arm of the Republican Party and has duped millions of dumb asses into voting against their own interests with lies and deception.
So forgive me for not wanting to support Hillary Clinton when she dismisses and mocks the mainstream ideas of the Democratic Party of 40 years ago that Bernie Sanders has the audacity to try and fight for like FDR, Harry S, Truman, JFK, and LBJ.
"The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time, that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democratic". President Harry S. Truman
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