Posted on 07/24/2007 2:00:29 PM PDT by DCJeanGrey
n the third televised Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) said she would rather be called a "modern day progressive" than a liberal.
"I prefer the word 'progressive,'" Clinton said when asked if she would use the word "liberal" to describe herself via a YouTube video clip made by Rob Porter from Irvine, California.
Tuesday’s debate, held in South Carolina and hosted by CNN, Google and YouTube was billed as a "historic" event. The sponsors asked YouTube users to submit their questions online in 30-second video clips. The clips were then played for the candidates and moderator Anderson Cooper asked follow up questions.
Clinton lamented that the word "liberal" had been "turned on its head" to be "made to seem as though it’s a word that describes big government, totally contrary to what its meaning was in the 19th and early 20th century."
"I consider myself a modern progressive," Clinton said. "Someone who believes strongly in individual rights and freedoms, who believes that we are better as a society when we're working together."
A few of Clinton’s answers, however, sounded like they came from a big, government liberal.
Clinton used a question about registering women for Selective Service to discuss finding ways to get more young people to serve the government.
"I do think that women should register," she said. "We’ve got to look for more ways for universal national service."
She mentioned a bill she introduced in the Senate to create a public service academy that would provide free college education to more than 5,000 students a year in exchange for a five year commitment to work for the U.S. government.
"We’ve got to get young people back into public service," Clinton emphasized at the debate.
In the course of answering a question about global warming, Clinton discussed a new government program she would create to pay for green energy projects. She said as President she would get money to pay for it "by taking away the tax breaks for oil companies, which have gotten much greater under Bush and Cheney."
At no time Monday evening did Clinton bring up her plan to implement universal health care. She also stayed silent while other candidates were asked to outline their positions on gay marriage. No questions related to illegal immigration were asked of any of the candidates.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It bothers me very much how the media helps the left wing continue to redefine themselves without mentioning that they are doing that. If they insist on constantly renaming themselves, then I think it’s time we need to go back to the age of McCarthyism and make it illegal to be a communnist. Then maybe we can start dealing with these manipulative rats the way they deserve to be dealt with, out in the light of day.
I agree, Hillary is a stupid nerdish fool, just like her mentor Hitler. Whatever it is that Hillary is, because she constantly seeks to redefine who she is for the sake of manipulating the week minded, one thing will never change, she has always been and will always be evil.
What Hillary means by individual rights is she is talking about leftist rights, like having abortions and making legal marriage for homosexuals. She is not taking about the rights of traditional people with traditional values. When Hillary talks about us all working together, she means to work together in government to oppress and persecute people who see her kind for what she really is. This woman is pure evil.
Progressivism started out Ross Perot style, picking up Democrats and Republicans. The Republican Party now has become pretty much the original Progressive Party with a mixture of left and right. The left started hijacking the progressive name in the 1960s. The left has a long history of assuming new brands to confuse the voters. Today there are even many Democrats hiding behind a Republican label. A nest of leftism can't survive the disinfectant effect of a few minutes of direct sunlight.
Thanks for the ping!
Just as it always has since the early 1900's.
Hillary! = LIAR.
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LOL!
Good graphic potlatch!
I forgot about that one! Had to go get it off of my Profile page link.
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LOLOL, you made a PRISONER of her. We could only wish!
Very nice devolve.
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Hillary Exxon Clinton is #2
She’s one of the creeps controlling “The Village”
It takes a Village! You are ‘spot on’ with your graphic!!
The use of the word “Progressive” as a euphemism for Socialist/Communist goes all the way back to the 30’s.
A very unfortunate choice of words for Miz Hillary, unless she meant it as a code phrase for the Far Left.
Queen Jezebel (aka Hilliary) is as red as Stalin’s drawers.
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