Why Do Progressives Cling to Hillary?

[LongTomH]

From Common Dreams: Why Do Progressives Cling to Hillary?

1. She's a proven winner?

The only problem with this argument is that the first part does not lead to the second part. There are multiple reasons for why Hillary is winning the primaries, ranging from the order of the contests, the initial strength of the Clinton machine, Hillary’s strong base among African-American voters, as well as the tacit support of President Obama.

Is it even permissible to point out again that Bernie does better against any Republican contender you care to name, and her unfavorable ratings just keep going up?

2. Hillary knows how to get things done?

You would think Hillary progressives would be concerned about many of her past accomplishments. If Hillary wants to take credit for the Clinton presidency when it comes to job creation, she must also shoulder the responsibility for dismantling “welfare as we know it,” the crime bill which helped make the U.S. the world leader in prisoners, and NAFTA which helped to gut good-paying industrial jobs.

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But what if these polls do matter? What if Hillary really is the weaker candidate? What if Trump is able to successfully label her as the candidate of Wall Street?

We already hear the rumblings from the Hillary camp. They will blame Bernie and his idealistic supporters for weakening her in the primaries. They will claim that he provided Trump with all the ammunition needed. And, they will blame young Bernie people for not voting in large enough numbers for Hillary.

But should this nightmare afflict us, Hillary progressives will have great difficulty explaining to others, and to themselves, why they did not back the most progressive and most electable candidate.

I'm sure to get flamed for this........I'm looking forward to it!!!

[tonyt53]

1. Politically naive, aren't ya

[onecaliberal]

2. Winner for the rich, and gets republican things done, nothing for working people.

[QC]

3. They're not progressives. n/t

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

4. Get your fire extinguisher ready....

...here it comes.

Good post.

[sadoldgirl]

5. They just use that label to fool the rest of the people.

[GoneFishin]

6. No life experience specific to recognizing what a high class swindle looks like, and what it looks

like just before you get ensnared in one.