Hillary Clinton endorses George Latimer in challenge to unseat Jamaal Bowman (www.politico.com)

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[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago

dems and their classic strategy of spending millions unseating progressives in their party while ignoring races in rural states. just so they can either keep a slim majority and have an excuse to do nothing or lose and have an excuse to allow republicans to adjust the genocide dial

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

It's easier when you think of them as the required "good cop" for the good cop, bad cop routine.

She is the conservative force for some progressives find tolerable enough to abandon more radical measures.

She doesn't want to be progressive, she wants to be conservative, but sees her role as selling that to liberal minded people.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Another analogy I like is that they're the boxer in a fixed fight who's paid to take a dive or the heel in a pro wrestling match who does just enough liberalism to be villains for all the slobbering hogs watching the fight and thinking it's real

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

this is a good one. ive seen ppl (i think chapo) use "kayfabe" in a political context and i like that a lot

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

Funny because I remember people angrily saying that she was more left than Bernie and had real plans for change.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

The change in question being carpet bombing Syria.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Land war in Iran

[-] DickFuckarelli@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

"In Congress, @LatimerforNY will protect abortion rights, stand up to the NRA, and fight for President Biden’s agenda — just like he’s always done."

Your Kween has spoken.

hillary-assassin

[-] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

Can Hilary please just die already

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

Clinton saw a Black man in Congress that wasn't under her thumb and had a flashback to having prison slaves up in the Governor's mansion, dollars to donuts.