BEWARE: THIS DIARY IS PRO HILLARY. IF you are leaning Hillary or undecided AND you don't have the time to vet the candidates as thoroughly as possible, be happy and take a short cut...let others do the work of painstaking analysis and gathering of facts (as long as those facts check out). Let other gurus help you decide who deserves your vote. Don't sweat it. We know the names we can count on. There are truth tellers out there who can't be bought. They've sounded the alarm before. So I'll indulge in some free association and toss in a few names. No research paper here...just some thoughts you might find helpful...and some links to check out yourself. All of them do a great job of summarizing the facts and presenting cogent arguments.
I don't know about you, but I only have so much time in a day to follow all the charges and counter charges. I certainly don't have time to do as much as I would like. So when in doubt I read those voices who deserve credibility. They are truth tellers who don't misrepresent their facts. Here is a small sample of a few who do impress me and who have come out for Hillary.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.: When it comes to the environment or anything of a truly progressive nature, Robert Kennedy Jr. is always reliable. Therefore he writes in the Huffington Post that FDR and Eleanor were subjected to smear tactics of an unprecedented nature, similar to Hillary and Bill. Wow, what interesting facts can I learn about one of our greatest Presidents and the struggles he faced and the opposition he overcame to enact a landmark progressive agenda. Read this article and marvel at the way history repeats itself. Be forewarned and you will be ready to battle the same forces as they appear again today. RFK Jr. says Hillary is a progressive...and he will cast his vote for her. That's good in my book. If I don't want to do the work...I'll be the dummy and make him my guru for thoughtful analysis. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Eriposte at THE LEFT COASTER: The research is impressive and ready cites make checking the analysis easy. If you like your facts cold and hard and the writing spicy, this is a place to go. If you want to really enjoy incisive thinking, come here. This is a clear thinker. A sample:
"I have been observing this circus for a while and I guess it is time to say this. Another (why another?) fascinating aspect about the Obama-Edwards Reality-Based Straight-Talk CommunityTM is that they make it seem like they have been clamoring all these years for another American President who believes you are either clearly for something or clearly against something. No shades of grey allowed. Someone who believes that you are either with us or against us. That, in a nutshell, appears to be their definition of how true, non-polarizing "progressive" leaders think! The kind of leaders who work together with both sides to get things accomplished - as long as the other side just agrees with you on everything. Sound familiar? Just stop for a minute and think about the implications of that. In other words, there is no real nuance allowed in the world according to the Obama-Edwards Reality-Based Straight-Talk CommunityTM - because, you see, nuance is just a bad word for "triangulating double-talker". Which is why the trash-talking media gasbags like Chris Matthews and the many overpaid clowns like him lap this up like they lapped it up the last 7 nightmarish years".http://www.theleftcoaster.com/...
The facts about the candidates? Served up easy here:http://theleftcoaster
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PROFESSOR SEAN WILENTZ: He wrote the cover article for Rolling Stone entitled "The Worst President in History." http://www.rollingstone.com/... He's a professor at Princeton and leading American historian who made an historical argument. Most progressives were on board and lauded this well thought out analysis. What does he say now?
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/...