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djean111

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4. Clinton moved some rhetoric to the left. That's all that has changed. As was predicted.
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 06:16 AM
Jun 2015

IMO, what the Run Warren Run campaign did is to begin the process of liberals and progressives realizing they don't have to settle for a Centrist candidate. It was never "Warren or nobody", it was, and is "someone like Warren". Another great thing about the support for Warren was that it threw the stupid memes about not supporting Hillary because she is a woman, and the ageist thing, out of the window. Warren is a woman who is also about the same age as Hillary. Sanders has fantastic support, and he is older than Hillary. The gender and age cards can be tossed. It's the (lifelong and sincere) policies, stupid.
I think that conflating Clinton with FDR is the height of hypocrisy. Or the very depth. I do not listen to campaign speeches, though, anyway. Deeds not words. Substance not blather.

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