2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Interesting Double Standard Here [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... and in the days of the sixties when Bernie was actively protesting segregation in Chicago, Hillary was supporting Goldwater who opposed the Civil Rights Act then. Though she herself isn't on record for having opposed civil rights then, she supported those politically then when they did. Some will say she was too young when a high school senior or a college freshman to know that Republicans were on the wrong side of things then, but aren't we entitled a bit of an explanation of how she evolved her thoughts from those periods to what she is now, just like how she evolved on gay marriage and so many other issues that she's evolved on.
And just being young doesn't cut it. Why didn't she oppose TPP just a few months ago when she could have perhaps affected the TPA bills going through congress that perhaps could have been voted down then if she'd taken the time to have not been in a "pre-evolutionary stage" then. Did she and DOES she now really oppose TPP, or are polls telling her it is just the right time to speak up nebulously against it, the same way that Obama SEEMED to speak out against NAFTA and other free trade bills when he said he would "renegotiate it" when running in 2008, but ultimately wanted to put NAFTA on steroids with the TPP and more recent trade bills along with TPA fast track, that he's pushed even harder than what many wanted in Obamacare such as single payer or a public option.