This is what the Clintons do: they play dirty. But...

“This is what the Clintons do: they play dirty. But that doesn’t make it right, and it doesn’t make it good for the Democratic Party.

One of the really admirable things about the Democratic race for president so far has been the absence of the kind of nasty, dirty politics that we see all too often on the other side of the aisle among Republicans.

As a candidate running for major office, Hillary Clinton has every right to point out her opponent’s track record on key issues. But she should do it honestly. She should do so in a way that enlightens the public instead of confusing it.

If her dishonest attack on Bernie Sanders’s CFMA vote is just a preview of where the Clinton campaign intends to take this race, we’re in for a long and very distressing primary season.”

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The Most Disingenuous Attack on Bernie Yet

“The bill that helped deregulate Wall Street, the CFMA, the one that Bernie Sanders was forced to vote for because it was snuck into a bill to prevent govt shutdown at 11th hour. The vote that Hillary hit him for at the debate…HRC campaign Chief Campaign Officer Gary Gensler helped write it.”

Huh. That’s weird. If Hillary Clinton is such a fantastic champion of the things left progressives care about, and is going to be so tough on Wall Street, why in the world would she make such a dishonest attack on Bernie Sanders? And why, if she’s so super duper serious about taking on the banks, is her campaign’s Chief Financial Officer the guy who wrote the fucking bill that let the banks destroy the economy and people’s lives, and get away with it?

Gosh, maybe Hillary Clinton isn’t the genuine progressive she’s pretending to be, as long as it suits her to wear the mask.

(via wilwheaton)