Reply #60: That is totally the opposite of what I'm saying [View All]

[Armstead]

If you ask for a reasoned discussion, the least you could do is not twist people's responses in a way guaranteed to have the opposite effect.

To be perfectly honest with you, I am opposed to Hillary Clinton BECAUSE I believe GOP policies are bankrupt, and The Clintons have been active suppoerters of the worst aspects of the GOP agenda.

They have been enthusiastic supporters of the same neo-liberal (ultra conservative) "free market" economics that are espoused by people such as Alan Greenspan et' al. "Just take away regulations that cripple markets, and the markets will bring a wonderful bounty to everyone."

The result has been a steady -- AND UNINTERRUPTED -- advance of the right-wing Corportist agenda since the late 1980's. Bill Clinton foisted the "free trade" agenda on us, rather than acknowledging that it was a giant CON game. Bill Clinton -- who promised when he ran to "call on the carpet" corporations that engaged in wasteful and destructive corporate mergers -- presided over a period in which huge corporate monoliths were created with nary a peep from the White House or the Democratic Party.

Still TODAY, Hillary Clinton studiously avoids any talk of real regulation, anti-trust measures or anything else that would actually empower the majority over the corporate elite. She merely proposes using a BB gun against them.

I concede that Obama is basically of the same mold as the Clintons in some respects. But at least he represents a chance to have a break from the status quo, and may be more accountable to the progressives who support him.