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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been critical of the Clintons for many years. My criticism of Hillary Clinton began as a women's studies undergrad when Bill Clinton was president. So no, this is not about Sanders though I am heartened that such an ethical candidate has come this far. I confess to being quite stubborn but that is not necessarily a bad thing. [/quote]

Yeah, I think that's part of the problem.  You start this thread as a pro-Sanders thread, but it's really just a Hillary Clinton hack-job.  Fine, you've decided you hate her, and so nothing she does will ever be good enough for you.  You're too biased to have a serious conversation.  You've prejudged her on every issue.[/quote]

I don't hate her. I am critical of her political career and I do view Sanders as the real feminist in the race. [/quote]

Great, so tell us what Bernie has actually done to make you consider him more of a feminist than Hillary. Just one thing would do. [/quote]

He has voted consistently in the best interests of women and vehemently opposed Clinton policy and other policy which was severely damaging to poor and working class women and children. [/quote]
In other words, he voted the same way as Clinton, when she had a vote, and mainstream Democrats.

Tell us what he did that sets him apart. He says the biggest voting block in the country is working-class whites, and I think he believes that and it makes him an advocate for working-class whites, but I see nothing that makes him a superfeminist. [/quote]

My post which you quoted above indicates one of the things that sets him apart from Clinton. He vehemently opposed policy which Clinton supported and which damaged poor and working class women and children. African American and other non-white women were also disproportionately affected by those policies. Here is a video which shows Marian Wright Edelman and others talking about the effects of welfare reform.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRngzXr0UPk

If you are interested in what Sanders did to oppose welfare reform here is a video of him in the '90's talking about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUSuqrmOUFw&ebc=ANyPxKqHWXTIh3PBfpGA_dUyJtXu63zJb7ZXapQwJYYc-eesU9a68EFWKF9zdqPvhIuUl9kuy56Y-vSYzPL_jiKO6JQq8zEB2g

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You are undoubtedly not interested in the back story of all that, or how Hillary pushed Bill to do things differently there. So why doesn't Edelman support Bernie, then?

This is your evidence that Bernie is more of a feminist?[/quote]

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