Historically she has been on the left; If she wasn't sufficiently to the left at some other point in history it matters not:
The major truth of the article is that we are clueless.
We needed to not play cute and focus on winning and prioritizing what is important for us, not something a candidate said a zillion years ago, or something her husband did, or all the other trite nonsense some progressives served up in a year like this. It is up to us to make the right choices, not fling mud at allies whose positions are generally similar to our aims and goals.
"If Martin Luther King had thought this way, there would have been no reason to march. Civil disobedience would have been absurd in the face of that “reality.” But the truth is, people do change. " - Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement was based on good ole liberal values. I will fight for every American to get decent healthcare and while I understand the pitfalls of racism and why people think the way they do I cannot empathize with those who vote for man whose policies will throw people under the bus. I am not interested in empathizing with someone who scapegoats immigrants and demonizes them, even while I vote to make sure policies get passed which will improve their lives and mine. At some point voters have to own their BS.
P.S And the reference to Sanders in the piece dealt specifically with the reaction to the loss when Democrats and progressives lost their heads and without any evidence helped spread the damaging myth that we had no economic message.
This was false, this was a lie. And any progressive saying it deserves serious side eye.
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