I believe in reasoned debate and positive, uplifting blogging. However, I have to express my admittedly personal, passionate, and extraordinary disappointment in the continuing prattle that Hillary Clinton is the best choice for the Democratic nomination. Simply put, she’s the best choice for the Republican nomination, as she is the most moderate champion of Wall Street that exists currently. Among my circle of friends, as well as among a great many political scholars in my circle of academics, the nicest term I’ve heard used to describe her is a “warmongering Zionist tool of the corporate oligarchy.” I’ll refrain from other phrases, as they might be genuinely offensive instead of merely descriptive.
First example of her commitment to the Billionaire Class. To quote Senator Sanders’ email directly:
Hillary Clinton hosted an outdoor fundraiser in Colorado (a state that already caucused) where "Event Chairs" could bundle $27,000 and "Champions" contributed $2,700.
But a crazy thing happened when she got ready to speak. Her campaign actually "turned on a static noise machine" pointed at the press so they couldn’t hear what she was saying to the financial elite in attendance.
...If Bernie Sanders is elected, he is going to take on a rigged economy held in place by a corrupt campaign finance system. He’s going to fight for universal health care, keep fossil fuels in the ground, ensure no bank is too big to fail and no banker too powerful to jail.
Let’s get specific about key points of difference, quite apart from the rather obvious attempt of Hillary to control any bad press as she plays footsie with the ultra-rich.
Hillary presents herself as a “reasonable” candidate who is “willing to compromise” to get results. I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but modern members of the Tea-Bagger-overrun Greedy Obstructionist Putzes party do not now, nor will they ever again, “compromise” on anything. Even as much as I respect President Obama and his successes, the greatest mistake of the last seven years has been the outdated notion of “bipartisan support” of any progressive idea. Our economy has suffered from the excesses of Reagan, the Son of Reaganstein, and the Son of the Son of Reaganstein (also called “Mini Me”), so much so that the middle class is almost non-existent, the ranks of the poor are swelling, and lest we fail to notice, Hillary is both a part of, and is wildly funded by, the Upper 1% (a.k.a., our Oligarchic Overlords).
Let’s notice a few other points. Hillary claims to be “for women,” while not denouncing Drumpf’s rampant, violence-inciting misogyny, nor providing concrete plans for protecting women’s rights (unlike Bernie) or women’s health (unlike Bernie), nor for fixing the economy to break the glass ceiling and create equal pay in the workplace (unlike Bernie). Hillary seems a bit vague on just how to deal with excessive military spending, particularly the Pentagon (unlike Bernie). Hillary does not seem to want to take effective action against Wall Street’s “too big to fail” policy (unlike Bernie) or “too rich to jail” policy (unlike Bernie). Hillary does not seem to have much to say about how to get the rich to pay their fair share of taxes, perhaps because she’s one of them. In fact, Hillary appears to avoid taking any firm stance on any topic that is in any way progressive… because she isn’t. She’s a DINO who couldn’t lead her husband to the boudoir, much less a country back to greatness.
I expect no sympathy or recommendations for this blog. I “lack facts,” or “speak emotionally rather than engage in proper debate.” However, along with DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s nauseatingly obvious favoritism, this constant cow-towing to Hillary, this intentional obstruction against Bernie Sanders, and the back-stabbing in-house commitment to “put a woman in the White House” is going to prove to be the greatest mistake of the 21st century (immediately after refusing to disavow all votes from Florida in 2000). We will just have to hope that someone will step up, in 2020, who will really lead, who will really effect change, who will really have the courage of progressive convictions. With President Hillary, the best we’ll be able to expect will be four years of not-a-damn-thing-good, with a small side of nothing-too-horrible-yet. We can also expect a huge rally of Republican sympathy in the 2018 mid-terms and the 2020 Presidential race, for “someone who will do something.” Hillary hasn’t the vision, the leadership ability, the progressive instinct, nor the semblance of a real plan that has the faintest chance of working. Pardon the sexist joke, but frankly, Hillary doesn’t have the balls.