Second, America, even if it shifts to the left, will still be a conservative force on the international stage. Mrs Clinton might be portrayed as a communist on talk radio in Kansas, but set her alongside France's Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany's Angela Merkel, Britain's David Cameron or any other supposed European conservative, and on virtually every significant issue Mrs Clinton is the more right-wing. She also mentions God more often than the average European bishop. As for foreign policy, the main Democratic candidates are equally staunch in their support of Israel; none of them has ruled out attacking Iran; Mr Obama might take a shot at Pakistan; and few of them want to cede power to multilateral organisations.
This probably comes to no surprise to those who read this blog, but I thought it was nice to find this statement in a typically conservative media source. After 8 years of Bush, don't we deserve a truly progressive president, not one who is still conservative with respect to what is typically seen in Western countries?
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Excellent article. It is really sad that these two are our "liberal" candidates. Take Clinton, former Walmart Lawyer turned liberal politician. Sam Walton called her his "little Lady". I can not think of a worse company to work for. She voted for the war in Iraq. I really hope Obama and Clinton are not our "left wing" choices next fall.
I can not comprehend how anyone could consider Hillary Clinton a liberal. She is just as republican as half the republicans running for their parties nomination.
And what tops it off is how Hillary and Obama can pick and choose what we remember. Every single mistake they make dies in the media in 2-3 days. Let Dennis make a slip up and they would be mentioning it until the last primary.
One thing that is important from a historical perspective is that Democrats follow social movements, they never lead. If we want Democrats to stop the war, for instance, we will have to raise a lot more hell.
That, by the way, doesn't mean that I advocate supporting Clinton, Obama, or Edwards.
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