Differences Between Sanders and Clinton Are Fundamental

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Monday November 16, 2015 · 7:53 AM PST

2015/11/16 · 07:53

When Bernie Sanders entered the race for President, some pundits predicted that Bernie’s progressive campaign would force Hillary to “move to the left.” Those pundits never made it clear as to whether Hillary would actually adopt the popular policy decisions or just appear to adopt them so that she could appeal to those that are excited about Bernie’s message.

Many on the far left predicted that she would eventually make the contention that there is no important difference between their platforms and policies at all. Then, since she is the “frontrunner” and she has name recognition, she would make the contention that she is the more electable one, and since their policies are the same, she would be the safer vote.

It appears that the pundits on the left were correct because this seems to be the Clinton campaign’s latest strategy. In a recent interview, Sanders stated that he disagreed with Clinton on “virtually everything.” When asked about that quote by a reporter, Clinton denied that there are any substantive differences between the candidates and listed a few issues on which their policies are similar.

SIMILAR BUT NOT THE SAME. The two candidates differ at the foundational level.

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Wednesday November 04, 2015 · 1:41 PM PST

2015/11/04 · 13:41

Hillary Clinton says,

“that unaccompanied minors who crossed the border illegally in a massive influx over recent months ‘should be sent back’ to their native countries…Clinton said the main reason minors are coming is to escape violence in their home countries, predominantly Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Amanpour asked if that meant they should be able to remain in the United States, since it is safer.

‘Well -- it may be safer but that's not the answer,’ Clinton replied.”

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Sunday August 23, 2015 · 4:13 PM PDT

2015/08/23 · 16:13

Last week, Larry Meeker, Chairman of the Democratic Party in Kansas, discussed with the media an idea to “rebrand” the Kansas Democratic Party. He said that Democrats are more conservative and, specifically, more fiscally conservative than our peers in other states. Because of that, he said that we should consider calling ourselves the Red State Democrat Party so that the people in our state will know that we are different.

I am one Kansas Democrat who, with all due respect, could not disagree more.

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Thursday August 06, 2015 · 7:08 AM PDT

2015/08/06 · 07:08

One might think that now that Bernie Sanders has entered the campaign for President, those on the Left would be gleefully supporting him. His platform addresses the most important issues that the Left has been agonizing over for decades, including wealth inequality, government corruption, campaign finance reform and global climate change. His proposed solutions, rather than the timid half-measures of Obama and Hillary Clinton, are boldly progressive to a point where the mainstream press (when they deign to mention his candidacy at all) have labeled them extremist. So you would think that the American Left would be jumping in to work for a Sanders’ Presidency.

If you think that, you are not well-acquainted with the American Left.

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Thursday December 31, 2009 · 6:00 AM PST

2009/12/31 · 06:00

Yesterday I read an unsigned editorial in the NY Times which listed the reasons why we should pass health care reform legislation. To me, it summed up perfectly everything that is wrong with our country and our system of government. The gist is that our healthcare system is broken, people are suffering needlessly because of it, the current bill won't really fix it, but we should support it anyway because at least it's something. Below, I refute every argument that is made in support of passing the current healthcare legislation, which will actually make things worse for most people, not better.

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 1:53 PM PDT

2007/08/14 · 13:53

While watching Harold Ford and Markos Moulitsas discuss the state of the Democratic Party, I kept hearing the word "compromise" creep into the conversation. At first glance it seems like compromise would be a reasonable part of any political discussion. Theoretically, politics involves compromise; especially in a democracy where there are a multitude of different ideas about policies and differing groups have different sets of priorities. It sounds like an atmosphere ripe for compromise. If that were true, common wisdom would hold that all politics involve some compromise on the part of each party. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case.

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