The "Is Hillary Clinton A Progressive?" Debate

[matthewf]

[Thinkingabout]

1. Actually I am a Democrat, I have progressive, moderate and centrists views. In the DNC

primary race there is not a progressive by even your standards and by Sanders standards. Now that we have that out of the way, I look at the candidates qualifications as a whole, look and listen to the agendas of both candidates, I do not look at whether the candidate is man or woman, but I surely do not discount a candidate because they are either. I read where those who are so intent on progressive brings up the fact Hillary is not a purist progressive but neither is Sanders. He brought up the progressive rules, now he does not pass his progressive rules.

[matthewf]

3. What progressive rules and standards are you talking about? n/t

[Thinkingabout]

4. Sanders rules.

[frylock]

6. Yes, he does.

[jwirr]

2. Neither she or Bill were ever progressives. The Clinton

administration basically hurt many of us more than any other and their economic actions were rw trickle down as much as rayguns.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. She was never a member of the Progressive Caucus....

Bernie is.

As Archie used to say, "Case closed."

[Yo_Mama]

7. I think there it would be a rare Dem candidate who wouldn't be "striped" across the left side

of the ideological political spectrum.

I think it is meaningless to ask if someone is a progressive. It is very meaningful to look at candidate positions.

You can't really elect by categories if they are denominated by name rather than by policy positions.

Probably the question is only coming up because of Sanders, who, let's face it, would have been to the left of most Dem candidates. But even he probably has not held some positions in the past that certain individuals here would claim to be absolutely progressive.

Just my two cents.