I do not want Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee.

[MADem]

234. Don't you remember the discussion about the flag burning business here on DU?

Here's the truth--the GOP wanted an AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION to make flag burning illegal.

Sensible heads in Congress thought "Well, that's fucking stupid" but the GOP dug in their heels and wanted to focus on this issue to the exclusion of all others. They voted for it more than once, and only lost out by one vote. They weren't done, though--they WANTED it.

A compromise was crafted so that these idiots could APPEAR to be tough on flag burning without having to actually go through the drama of trying to fuck with the Constitution in a post Nahn Wun Wun world.

The compromise consisted of the bill that Clinton wrote. What does this bill actually say? Why, it says you CANNOT BURN A FLAG ON FEDERAL PROPERTY.

But, guess what? It's already against the law to start fires on federal property anyway--so the "effect" of the law sponsored by Clinton was "Same shit, different day."

She did the equivalent of shaking a rattle at a baby to distract them from the doctor's needle--and she stuck it to them. They patted themselves on the back for absolutely nothing.

That's called political smarts--but here, she gets dissed for it.

I've gotta say, if you want to read misrepresentations of Clinton's record, you don't have to go to Drudge or Newmax or any of those hate sites--there's plenty of that crap being shopped right here. It's rather embarrassing that our own team buys off on the bullshit without doing even a bit of research. Same shit, different day...lather, rinse, repeat. I'm getting a bit tired of it, to be frank.