Reply #5: depends on what the definition of 'monster' is [View All]

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I wouldn't use that word myself. To me, Lieberman, Hillary and Bill are all moderate Republicans pretending to be progressive Democrats. Although even that is a simplification. The Clintons are socially liberal corporate politicians. Similar to Bush's compassionate conservatism, they pay lip service to the troubles of ordinary Americans, but then don't do all that much to help them. Unless NAFTA, telecom deregulation, and the Iraq war can be said to have been designed to help ordinary Americans. Unless tax credits for those above the median income are guaranteed to trickle down to those below the median income.

From a progressive point of view, that's pretty monstrous, but in the big picture it's not as monstrous as George W. Bush.