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In reply to the discussion: Why so many "I'll never vote for Hillary" posts? [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)And that is President Obama in many respects. He is less concerned about his legacy and more concerned about how he can positively affect peoples lives for years to come, not only for the 8 years he is in power. He stands outside and above the Clintons and the Bushes for this reason.
The Bushes and the Clintons are buds. Now I wouldn't expect Bill or Hillary to snob the Bushes off or go out of line of expected protocol but they are just a bit too chummy chum. Bill and the Chimperor and their humanitarian efforts *cough, in Haiti is a perfect example of Neomi Klein's definition of Disaster Capitalism. They feign helping the needy but it's mostly a front to build hotels and investment opportunities for their bud buddies.
Also, Bill and Hillary are pushing for Keystone pipeline, pushing haaaard like a bad labor. Now how is that in favour of the overall needs of Americans? Not many jobs in the overall compared to the risks, contrary to the propaganda. They have their trough set out and ready to go but that damn Obama just might be cutting some dinners short.
I have yet to hear all the accomplishments of the Hillary Clinton who was SoS. I hear a lot of generalities like 'she was the best ever', 'she flew so many miles', 'she is so tired, because she works so hard (compared to whom?) and I also hear her talks about equality and humanitarianism and the deep care for women and children words - coming from someone who supported the Chimp Iraq war and also whose husband caused the suffering and deaths of so many Iraqi women and children during his 2 terms - well, that is a bit hard to accept as something other than empty words.
These things alone, and there are so many others, make her and her husband far more kin to the Bushes than to the Obamas.
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