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To: VRWC_minion
Yah, see. Hillary is a moderate.

Not exactly, but she is closer to a moderate than most on this board realize.

Sen. Clinton is extremely popular on her party's left. For that reason, she can get away with not pandering to them on an issue like abortion. Like most politicians, she will move as far to the center as her base will allow, and in this case they are liable to allow a fair amount.

Now, why is Hilliary so popular among leftist Democrats? A big reason is all the flack she gets from FR types. So even though all this Hitlery stuff on FR grates on me, objectively it is moving Sen. Clinton, a woman who stands a good chance of being America's next president to the center. So I should be shutting up and giving the floor back to the Hillary-bashers. As I will now do.

54 posted on 05/23/2004 11:42:05 AM PDT by Steve Eisenberg
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To: Steve Eisenberg
Not exactly, but she is closer to a moderate than most on this board realize.

Hillary is an extreme leftist, but she is also a realist. She realizes, like her husband, that winning is more important than ideology. Hillary will use triangulation, like Bill, to advance her own political ambitions. WJC led the Dems into a position of being a minority party in order to keep his hold on power. Hillary will say or do anything to get what she wants.

55 posted on 05/23/2004 11:51:40 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Steve Eisenberg
For that reason, she can get away with not pandering to them on an issue like abortion.

They also know she's lying through her teeth when she pretends to be moderate, especially on the abortion issue. Wasn't she a featured, enthusiastic and disgraceful speaker at the pro-abortion march last month?

83 posted on 05/24/2004 8:31:43 AM PDT by maryz
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