Someone recently texted me saying, “I thought TPP and Libya were
your only concerns about Hillary Clinton. What am I missing?"
Well, I am confused. I don't know which “concerns
about Libya” are referenced. I believe Senator Clinton has been vindicated repeatedly
concerning the Benghazi attack, for instance. Notwithstanding, the covert war activities that precipitated the Benghazi attack might be something worth looking into.
There is much to be said, and, my feelings about Clinton are indeed
mixed. At any rate, no response like this can hope to be complete and exhaustive. Here is some stuff more or less off the top..
There is not only her role in TPP as you mentioned, and in all the
recent wars, and in selling America down the drain through various international trade "deals," there is indeed more.
War-as-industry
As you may know, I am against war-as-industry
as opposed to war-as-defense., so I
don’t like the militarization of Congress, promoted and financed by corporate
war-mongers and mercenaries: Unless I am mistaken, Clinton is deeply embedded in that system. I hope to
come back to that point later.
Unfair elections (fraud)
I believe Clinton exercised/exercises considerable influence over the DNC
and its policies formal and informal. I am quite convinced she could have
stopped the anti-Sanders campaign-within-a-campaign had she chosen to.
Is the election fraud an isolated event, or could it indicate a modus
operandi, in which case, progressive Democrats and Sanders supporters (perhaps
as many as 40 percent of those at the convention), may not be capable of
forcing her hand if she decides later to go back on her promises and thus denies
her newfound "faith" in Bernie's progressive agenda.
Trust
Which brings us to another issue: Can she be trusted to promote our progressive values?
True, sometimes it is
hard to distinguish between fact and fiction on this topic. As stated before, concerning Benghazi, Clinton told the truth, in my
opinion and she did the best she could have done, so I am not
holding that against her.
I do feel uncomfortable with the integrity of Clinton's politics, as should be made clear below..
She has grey areas: Some seem frivolous to me. Others are more serious Did she lie concerning the classified
emails about which everyone is talking? Hillary's denials belie the recent announcement of the head of
the FBI’s top guy, James Comey. As to her truthfulness, however, this is but a
grey area: It seems to me she may or may not have believed the information was classified at
the time she spoke. Some are hoping
her security clearance will be denied. I don’t think that will happen. Given the public statement by FBI Director James Comey, it seems that she needs
a refresher course at the very least. One would hope that she has
learned her lesson.
Background noise
What was Whitewater all about anyway? I did not follow that back in the day, so it
is something I might need to revisit. Either way, Whitewater is still there,
like bees buzzing in a field.
The Art of the (Trade) Deal
I understand that Hillary Clinton has signed on for every rotten trade deal
in the past. We now know how disastrous those were, “killing millions of
jobs," as Sanders famously noted.
I have read elsewhere that Clinton helped negotiate the present TPP deal, was a key negotiator, and now, perhaps due to
pressure from Bernie Sanders and the forty percent of Republicans who support
him, she has backed off causing to question her honesty and integrity. In
short, they don't trust her, and why should they when, according to prominent
commentators, she was set endorse an agreement that does the following:
Circumvents our courts: TPP reportedly gives foreign firms the right to circumvent our courts and
attack our laws
Encourages fracking and leave environmental laws toothless.
Sacrifices jobs, millions of manufacturing jobs.
Leaves our deficits untouched. (Some people worry about deficits. Others may think they are irrelevant.
I am uncertain at this point.)
Increases our drug costs! (As if our drug prices were not too high already, especially compared to
other countries. Allegedly it would also compromise access for many people in
the Pacific Rim.
Favors factory farms. The deal supposedly would also
increase corporate control over agriculture. "The TPP is modeled on past
free-trade deals that have made wildly inaccurate promises about benefits for
small farmers. Under NAFTA, when U.S. corn exports to Mexico increased
dramatically, more than 2 million Mexican farmers were driven from their lands.
But the number of U.S. family farmers fell sharply, too.
Defeats Glass-Steagall restoration efforts. It is said that TPP “market access” rules would
"undermine efforts to limit the size of banks or to establish “firewalls”
between financial activities, such as restoring U.S. Glass-Steagall Act
regulations"
Makes bad laws worse, and forces
them upon other nations The agreement, we are told, will
"force what’s broken with copyright law in the United States upon
other countries." The TPP would "lengthen onerous copyright terms
from a previous trade agreement—keeping information and art locked away from
the public domain for decades and opening the floodgates for further abuse of
copyright laws and censorship."
Are all of the above enough to justify opposing Cllinton?
You will have to decide for yourself, but yes, the TPP is a biggie, not
something to be brushed aside with a flip of a wrist.
Disastrous trade deals are a Clinton legacy. If these were not enough to make me hesitant about election Ms. Clinton, the war deals (not yet discussed) would do it.
In closing: Both Trump and Clinton are artists in deal making. I don't think they are equally bad, but that does not make me feel comfy with the Democratic party at this time.
End
P.S. Yes, I know, I did not get around to writing about the wars: wars, war mongering, innocent deaths, drone killings, innocent children, foreign meddling and more. However, I think I had best cover "Clinton and the Art of War Deals" some other time, however, as I am getting tired now.
I would sign off by noting that the TPP and "the wars" must not be flipped away like shoo -flies. Remind me if you want me to finish this
tomorrow with a section on wars, war deaths, war mongering, war waste, war bed
partners … are you sure you really want to read all of that?
Cheers.
#unfairelections #electionfraud #bernieorbust #hillaryversustrump #politics #artofthedeal
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