2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton's Corporate Ties Are Exactly What's Needed
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But to the point: one of Clintons greatest assets, and probably the greatest reason I will be voting for her, is because of her corporate connections.
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Similarly, the same can be said for President Obama and his corporate ties. President Obama could not get most of his agenda through Congress. He had to turn to corporations to get assistance making progress on health care, education, and green energy. Trillions of dollars. Without corporations, progressive issues would have gone next to nowhere the last eight years.
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Heres the thing: Clinton is even better connected than Obama.
We are not going to overwhelm the Republicans anytime soon. Even with majorities in Congress, we saw during the fight for the ACA how difficult it is to make anything happen. Progressives desperately need those corporate ties to continue moving our agenda forward with or without the cooperation of wingnut ideologues.
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http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/30/1477342/-CLINTON-S-CORPORATE-TIES-ARE-EXACTLY-WHAT-WE-NEED
Wha ?
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)Let the corporations run things - evidently, that's the Clinton Way.
Not voting for that.
cali
(114,904 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)this is not about being bought and owned by big money. They actually think it is a plus.
I personally think that the big money in campaigns and the corporate connections are one of the biggest problems we have. Oh, well I guess they just want us to get angry and stay home.
I have never stayed home and I am not starting now.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)Someone call Greenpeace; cause fuck jumping the shark, I think they just jumped the goddamn orca here.
cali
(114,904 posts)VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)mmonk
(52,589 posts)At least we have something in common, her corporate ties.
That's enough spin to power a tornado. WOW
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Total capitulation to the corporations. Pathetic.
cali
(114,904 posts)extension of the commonly held views of virtually all of her supporters that her history with corporations is no big deal. They think it's ridiculous to claim this country is a corpocracy.
Broward
(1,976 posts)I know that sounds hyperbolic, but this tent is getting way too big. The corporate wing and the progressive wing are worlds apart.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)are headed in one direction - as has every president since raygun - and us lefties are trying to return to the ideals of a peoples party such as we had from 1932-1979.
I think the play time is over.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)How long have we heard this DLC/Third Way Crap repeated to us.
And what about Party Building? Since Howard Dean's efforts who has worked to help Build the Dem Party? I say this from a Southern State that went for Obama in 2008 and watched as our Dem Party Activists were ignored by the Dem Establishment. There was no money for Party Building and Tim Kaine and DWS did nothing for us except to support a few handpicked Blue Dog Dems who didn't last.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Either you really believe that corporations need more influence in our political system (which is insane) or you will latch on to any argument you can, no matter how insane, to support your candidate (which is kind of depressing)
reformist2
(9,841 posts)caught red-handed.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)In the same way that we need more water in our gas tank to make it cheaper. And more termites in our walls to save on air conditioning.
cali
(114,904 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)mhatrw
(10,786 posts)And Clinton knows so many people in the top 0.1% that she is sure to use their contact information to beg them to give us a few more crumbs.