The Clintons Are Not Liberal Democrats

Nope, the Clintons are not liberal democrats. And this isn't just someone's political opinion, it has been a fact for two decades. Oh, sure, they belong to the Democratic Party, but by definition they are not liberal democrats. They are, "New Democrats." Of course, they're not new anymore since they've taken over the establishment of the Democratic Party for the last 25 years. But in the early 1990's, the Clintons were not your run-of-the-mill liberal politicians.

The Clintons changed the party. They co-opted the Reagan/Bush platform on law and order, the drug war, and border enforcement in order to appeal to more white middle-class Americans. For his first couple of years in office, Clinton enjoyed a democratic majority in both the House and Senate and still pushed for more conservative policies. By his second term, the Republicans had taken over Congress and the only legislation that got passed were laws that the Clintons and Republicans agreed on-- in other words, we got all of Clinton's conservative side during most of his eight years in office.

The Clintons are as close to Republicans as you can get. Or worse-- they are politicians willing to say and do whatever it takes to get elected, including throwing their own constituents under a bus. NAFTA, marriage equality, incarceration, Don't Ask Don't Tell, immigration, Wall St. deregulation, weakened consumer protections, predatory lending, unprecedented build-up in border enforcement, cruise missile strikes, Rwanda-- please tell me how a Clinton presidency is any different from a Republican presidency.