With a Powerful Essay, Social Activist Tom Hayden Switches From Bernie To Hillary

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Good for Tom. --and thank you. Past time for Bernie to fill in some details of his platform.


Tom Hayden ‏@TomEHayden Apr 12

With a Powerful Essay, Social Activist Tom Hayden Switches From Bernie To Hillary http://bluenationreview.com/famous-social-activist-tom-hayden-switches-from-bernie-to-hillary/ … via @BlueNationRev




And as of today, Hayden is a Hillary supporter. It was her nuanced position on fracking that contributed to his switch — that, and the tactics of California fracking opponents. Hayden explains:

Hillary wants limits on fracking: a ban where individual states have blocked it, like in New York; safeguards against children’s and family exposures; a ban where releases of methane or contamination of ground water are proven; and full disclosure of the chemicals used in the process. Bernie’s position is that he’s simply against all fracking. But Hillary’s position goes beyond what virtually any state has done.

As Hayden points out, Bernie’s fracking ban doesn’t include a strategic plan for implementing his policy.

There is no recognition of the overwhelming wall of opposition from the Republican Congress, which can only be broken on state-by-state organizing. The climate clock is ticking towards doomsday. Where are we moving next, beyond waiting for the overthrow of Citizens United?..

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............The key decision point for Hayden is race, described in this moving passage:

What would cause me to turn my back on all those people who have shaped who I am? That would be a transgression on my personal code. I have been on too many freedom rides, too many marches, too many jail cells, and far too many gravesites to breach that trust. And I have been so tied to the women’s movement that I cannot imagine scoffing at the chance to vote for a woman president. When I understood that the overwhelming consensus from those communities was for Hillary—for instance the Congressional Black Caucus and Sacramento’s Latino caucus—that was the decisive factor for me.

I, for one, am impressed that Tom Hayden not only switched, but did so in a very public forum. Hillary is already building a broad and expansive coalition, one big enough to include Tom Hayden.

Welcome to the club!

(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

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1. What a powerful crock.Tom forgot the internet existed before this year, he was for Hillary all along

Thank you Al Gore!

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2. Here we go again with this BS from 2012.

This is about the 5th time this week and it's already been debunked. Not that anyone in Camp Bansalot cares.

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3. k&r