Jimmy Dore: Hillary Presidency worse for progressives & America than Trump

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I'm sure a well off straight white man knows what's best for women and minorities.

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I'm sure a well off straight white man knows what's best for women and minorities.

I'm always amused by how "straight white man" has essentially become such a nasty insult for the left. Even the connotation is negative - it comes off the tongue dripping in dairy-free poison

Not really an insult, just an observation. He couldn't care less about groups that actually would be affected by a Trump presidency because it doesn't make a difference to him personally. A very sad excuse for a "progressive", made all the more ironic by the fact that holier than thou sanctimonious narcissists like him frequently cloak themselves in the mantle of being a True Progressive™.

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Hillary killed the Supreme Court argument when she attacked Bernie for wanting someone more liberal than Garland.

Uh, so then that's an excuse for liberals who supported Bernie to stay home? I really don't care what she said (even if such a statement from her is stupid, which I think it is). This is control of the Supreme Court for a long time we are talking about, and a lasting majority on the rest of the federal judiciary. If you're willing to throw that away because wah, wah, you don't like Hillary, then don't come around saying you actually give a sh**t about the issues, because it would be clear that you do not. The only real shot we have to reverse CU and stop the deluge of conservative bs coming from the courts is by getting a Democrat in the WH for the next 4 - 8 years. So losing this year would completely ruin that and we won't get another chance for most likely a generation.

If she wanted the Supreme Court argument, she shouldn't have made that ridiculous attack on Bernie. Garland is certainly no liberal, so Hillary promised she won't be appointing liberals.  Hillary can not use every scorched earth attack against Bernie and his supporters and expect there to be no consequences in the general election.

It's not like she picked Garland herself. There's nothing wrong with choosing consistency and standing by Obama's choices, and that by no means suggests that she will never appoint a liberal. Imagine for a second that not everything Clinton does is horrible, and that not every policy aspect she disagrees with Sanders on is an attack.

Bernie's argument that he'd appoint someone more liberal to the court, and would ask Obama to withdraw Garland's nomination if he's elected increases the odds that Garland is approved before the election. Hillary on the other hand doesn't seem the slightest bit interested in having someone more liberal.

So how do you explain Satan incarnate Bill Clinton (who is to the right of Hillary!) appointing Ginsberg and Breyer?