Is Hillary a centrist? Lets look at her votes

(S)Newsday ^ | 11 / 14 / 2005 | Raymond J. Keating

[Personal Responsibility]

Is Hillary a centrist? Let's look at her votes

President Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, and I'm still trying to figure out exactly what a "New Democrat" is. Specifically, was the phrase anything more than a cynical Clintonian effort to make liberal Democrats appear more moderate?

Looking ahead, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), who must be considered the early Democratic front-runner for the White House in 2008, seems to be adopting a similar strategy. Over the past year, much has been made in various media accounts of Clinton's leaving her liberalism behind in favor of the center.

[Personal Responsibility]

I think we should sit up and take notice when a rag like Snoozeday has an edtiorial with this in it:

Well, it certainly is hard to detect any centrism in her overall Senate voting record. Each year, for example, she has scored 95 percent with the left-wing Americans for Democratic Action.

[Rocky]

Gee, checking her record instead of listening to her baloney? What a concept.

[b4its2late]

Each year, for example, she has scored 95 percent with the left-wing Americans for Democratic Action.

She'll tell us that one needs a 96 percent or above to be considered left wing.....

[Blood of Tyrants]

She will say that means she is in total agreement with 95% of the people.

[ncountylee]

Checked Byrd, he's rated 63% so 95% is a crazy commie.

[johnmecainrino]

Hillary is doing so well in dem primary polls because she would be the most rabid left wing fruitcake ever to be in the White House.

Hillary votes for illegals all the time but then talks differently and people call her a centrist.

Hillary is very scary because the MSM is telling the public she is a centrist when she is a raging liberal.

[KenmcG414]

She is currently on a major "Brainwash America" campaign. Don't ever believe her when she tries to appeal to the right. She is a leftist socialist thru & thru. Should this great nation make her president in '08, we will forever rue the day.

[BamaAndy]

The question is a joke, isn't it? How absurd to even think... the woman's husband appointed to worst Supreme Court "judge" ever--one very telling example in my view. Hillary will do worse, far worse, and we must beat her.

[Personal Responsibility]

Gee, checking her record instead of listening to her baloney? What a concept.

I do not think we should get used to it.

[ssaftler]

95%, eh? Wonder how Barbara Box-car, Teddy "the Drowner" and Chuckie Schumer scored?

[johnmecainrino]

Hillary has had a 0 ACU rating the last few years.

Hillary is allowed to vote like a liberal and score points with her base then she is allowed to talk tough and score points with the rest of the country.

All part of Hillary's triangulation game.

I have even seen here freepers gushing over Hillary on illegal immigration. But if you checked her voting record she sucks on immigration. She votes with Ted Kennedy on illegals all the time.

Can we stop listening to Hillary and see how she votes.

[FerdieMurphy]

Yes. Hitlery is a centrist!

She doesn't stand for anything but Hitlery and has been feeding at government troughs for most of her inane lifetime.

The hog feeding next to her is Billary.

[JeeperFreeper]

Gov. Warner and Gov. Richardson could be a potent Dem team for 2008. My bet, however, is that the way left Dems seat Hillary as the Prez nominee, who will be easier to defeat than Warner/ Richardson. With luck , the Dems will feed on each other like the political scavengers they are.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What is worse is that people are buying it.

[KevinDavis]

Especially people here...

[JohnLongIsland]

that's the equivalent of saying is ruth buzzie ginsberg going to overturn roe vs wade.

[blues_guitarist]

Is Hillary a centrist?

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[bkepley]

Obviously she makes centrist noises occasionally but votes hard-left. She's a sneaky bit@h.

[Old Seadog]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Check her record early and often:

http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=WNY99268

Here are her "Interest Group" ratings:

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=WNY99268

She scores a solid 100% with the pro-abortionists, and ZERO with the pro-life crowd. That's telling enough for me.