Reply #86: You, as a progressive, will never have a President to your liking. [View All]

[Richardo]

Clinton is a Centrist. His genius was bringing the Democratic Party to the middle in order to be elected. Arguably, he on some occasions went too far right. But given the RW putsch of 1994, the non-stop proctological exam by Dr. Starr, and impeachment, he actually held up pretty well. His highest approval ratings came when he was fighting the RW.

Claiming he is some right wing saboteur is as ridiculous as the wingnuts who claim he is a socialist.

Clinton knows how to play to the middle - and that's where the voters are. The majority of our fellow citizens are by and large a mainstream, middle of the road amalgam of progressivism and conservatism (true conservatism, that is. As in "if the Constitution ain't broke, don't fix it" conservatism. The wingnuts who call themselves "conservatives" are no more conservative than you or I. They are dangerous win-at-all-costs enemies of representative democracy and the Constitution.)

Vote for your candidate of choice. You and another 10% of the electorate will have voted your conscience. But politics is not a religion - there is (or should be) no dogma. It's called a platform, because it is built one plank at a time, and sometimes the planks are changed out.

A big tent requires flexibility.