Posted on 04/22/2015 2:51:39 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
If Bill Clinton had a chief political goal in his two terms as president, it was to win working-class whites and restore the Democratic Party as the home for their concerns. To that end, Clinton and his allies were enthusiastic supporters of legislation such as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,and the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996—laws that spoke to the cultural concerns of lower-income whites.
Clinton didn’t succeed in luring working-class whites back,but he stopped the bleeding,strengthening Democrats in Rust Belt and mid-Atlantic states, where they were crucial. And while this wouldn’t save Al Gore in his bid for the presidency,it would keep Democrats competitive in House and Senate races and contribute to their huge wins in the 2006 midterm elections.
Now the picture is different. Since Barack Obama’s election in 2008, working-class whites—and whites overall—have left the Democratic Party in droves. At the same time,the party has moved to the left, pushed by an Obama-led coalition of young people,minorities,and socially liberal whites. One result is that, under a more liberal Democratic president,those Clinton-era policies have come under sustained assault. Before the Supreme Court struck its key provision, the Defense of Marriage Act was all but abandoned by the Obama administration, part of the rapid march toward broad acceptance of same-sex marriage. Welfare reform is still law,and the crime bill is still on the books, but as with DOMA,a new generation of liberals has challenged the underpinnings of both,with louder calls for state support of families and children and greater skepticism of the criminal justice system.
The fact of this new coalition puts Hillary Clinton, who seeks to succeed Obama on her own merits even as she’s indelibly tied to the first Clinton presidency, in a difficult place.....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Have they released the pic of her on Orgy Island yet?
Read the piece.
It’s quite interesting.
She can’t mobilize votes for her presidency but the MSM and the Left can mobilize hate against us - it’s their only path forward.
This isn’t 1992....with the Internet...blogs...FR....and YouTube...Hillary can try and say what she must to give the illusion that she is somehow qualified to be POTUS....but she is dreaming....and those around are to stupid...lazy..or arrogant...to tell her otherwise...there was a momentum that allowed Barry to get in twice...an opportunity that has cost the US dearly...and now everyone knows it and is experiencing it....if she thinks that the US will continue down this road of desolation. ..well, she is more blinded than the staff she has on hand...if she is allowed to win...then the US deserves what ever is coming for allowing the majority of idiots to grow beyond legal limits....it will be painful....but revolutions are never easy.
There is no way Hillary will win if we run a candidate that the Dems CAN’T whip up hate for.
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Well, so much for Ted Cruz and Scott Walker. The Democrats, the Unions and the Anti-Christ inspired Liberals hate both of them. So, if we let them choose our nominee for us we will end up with a nice man like Jeb Bush.
We shall see.
Too bad for them nobody studies history anymore. When their whites switch sides, they're going to be all surprised.
Why, indeed?P> Bill's motto is his legacy. It served him well for decades. Hillary always supported his motto in every way.
Bill's motto: So many women. So little time.
Menendez co-‘conspirator’ hosted Bill and Hillary at vacation getaway
By Isabel Vincent, Melissa Klein and Jose Ernesto Devarez
April 20, 2015 |
http://nypost.com/2015/04/20/menendez-co-conspirator-hosted-bill-and-hillary-at-vacation-getaway/
Confirms the argument I’ve been making that since her husband was POTUS, the country has taken ten steps to the left. Her party, thirty-five.
What exactly would those be?
She doesn't sweat much for a fat lady?
Regards,
GtG
Lie, lie and lie some more. Once you get in back peddle, back stab and lie some more.
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