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Former US First Lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose with Samar Badawi of Saudi Arabia as she receives the 2012 International Women of Courage Award during a ceremony at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on March 8, 2012.  . © 2012 Getty Images . ..

democratic socialism and political power

Doing so required the liberal bona fides of Bill Clinton. Example 2: Barack Obama had democratic support for his ‘Grand Bargain’ to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits. ... Barack Obama was elected to repair and restore the carnage wreaked by eight years of George W. ..

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Neal Wolin, up through 2008 a top official of the Hartford insurance conglomerate, now Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Obama, had, during the Clinton administration, supervised a team of Treasury lawyers responsible for reviewing the legislation repealing Glass-Steagall. ..

bernie sanders cannot save us

With the exception of a very few social issues, Obama has done very little that is any different from his right wing predecessor or the neoliberal champion Bill Clinton who preceded George Bush. In part, this is certainly because Obama is not a leftist or even a progressive. ..

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Hillary Clinton's Web site describes her Methodist upbringing and a youth minister who taught her about 'faith in action.' Obama has written of his embrace of Christianity at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. ..

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Clinton joins the right-wing conspiracy. . Attack of the Keller Tomatoes (The American Spectator, May) . ... How Obama and Mrs. Clinton fell for their own good press. . US Has Moved Beyond Racist Past (Australian, Feb. 11) . ..

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