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Corporate666

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16. Let's get one thing clear! There is NOTHING AT ALL wrong with...
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 08:52 PM
Jun 2016

.. preferring Hillary to Bernie.

I often see people talking about Bernie's inability to get his agenda passed, or his hard-line stubbornness being an impediment to progress (i.e. it's better to get some of what you wanted than to get none of what you wanted).

That's a bunch of, excuse my language, bullshit.

I prefer HRC. It's not because I don't think Bernie can get his agenda passed, it's because I think his agenda is vastly inferior to HRC's.

I don't think we should "break up the banks". I think "free college for everyone" is a pipe dream that will irreperably harm our world-leading higher education system. I think a financial transaction tax would be harmful just like it was when it was tried in Sweden. I think ditching Obamacare will leave us worse off. I think his plan to increase corporate taxes and add reams of new laws and red tape for businesses will hurt America. I think his plan to make the USA isolationist and be some kind of "robin hood" that goes after the wealthy for social justice is bad politics and bad governance.

There is nothing wrong with thinking that Bernie's ideas and plans are WRONG. I say they are provably wrong. I say he has done nothing but pander to the masses. He tells them they are being screwed over by X, Y and Z and then sells himself as a solution to that problem.

HRC isn't the backup candidate that we are accepting because BS just doesn't have the name recognition, or the support of the party or the media. HRC is the superior candidate. She wants to be a leader for ALL of America, not just the left-most of the left. She doesn't want to wage war on business or classes in America, she wants to work for positive change to move the country forward - together.

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Help with a political disagreement. [View all] redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 OP
yep. They have no idea how hard it really is. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #1
I told her I came out of college in the 70's wanting to change the world. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #3
I know you said she's a very nice young woman, sarae Jun 2016 #11
Does her new utopia just euthanize at 40 or what? Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #12
Some of us had similar thoughts when we were younger wysi Jun 2016 #13
You last few words really are a telling story. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #2
You treated her like an adult. missingthebigdog Jun 2016 #4
I have seen this in my work with students. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #8
This seems familiar. DURHAM D Jun 2016 #5
One of the tragedies of Bernie's revolution is that it focused on stirring up underthematrix Jun 2016 #6
Totally agree, I think they are so angry they don't see the big picture or redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #7
I wouldn't assume that the discussion will have zero effect. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #10
Indeed... wysi Jun 2016 #14
Some of them have their ears perpetually blocked to DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #9
not sure what your field is drray23 Jun 2016 #15
She is a biology graduate student. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #19
Let's get one thing clear! There is NOTHING AT ALL wrong with... Corporate666 Jun 2016 #16
Hey Redstatebluegirl---Please don't beat yourself up about losing your cool. The fact that she was skylucy Jun 2016 #17
Thank you! I'm hoping she is thinking about this. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #18
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