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Has anyone besides me been hearing bits of Hilary Clinton's speeches in various places around the world and been startled by the things she's been saying there?
(google is not being my friend. It wants to show me speeches from 2008)
She told Peru that the rich have to pay their share of the taxes and they had to adequately fund their social institutions and protect human rights.
She told Saudi Arabia to support women's rights (well, they are so far from dealing with abortion and medical care access, since the women can't even go outside, so maybe that's not threatening to US interests at home).
Thwere were more of these sprinkled throughout the week, but naturally I can't find them right now. I wish I could: there's a pattern here, and I know what it is, but I don't know what it means.
Almost every time she opens her mouth and says something to another people, she articulates the demands that the US left has been making of President Obama. And then when she talks to US Democrats, she says "don't give up on Obama."
What the hell is she doing? Is she trying to further a progressive agenda by making these outward-directed speeches? Is she trying to paper over the huge cracks in the Democratic platform? Or does she have no idea what she's doing?
(google is not being my friend. It wants to show me speeches from 2008)
She told Peru that the rich have to pay their share of the taxes and they had to adequately fund their social institutions and protect human rights.
She told Saudi Arabia to support women's rights (well, they are so far from dealing with abortion and medical care access, since the women can't even go outside, so maybe that's not threatening to US interests at home).
Thwere were more of these sprinkled throughout the week, but naturally I can't find them right now. I wish I could: there's a pattern here, and I know what it is, but I don't know what it means.
Almost every time she opens her mouth and says something to another people, she articulates the demands that the US left has been making of President Obama. And then when she talks to US Democrats, she says "don't give up on Obama."
What the hell is she doing? Is she trying to further a progressive agenda by making these outward-directed speeches? Is she trying to paper over the huge cracks in the Democratic platform? Or does she have no idea what she's doing?
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