Hillary Rodham Clinton and her supporters will no doubt accelerate their efforts to portray the former first lady as a moderate. While it is easy to understand why most left-wing Democrats run from the liberal label as though it were the plague, Mrs. Clinton's pursuit of this strategy will likely run into the same problem that helped to bury Mr. Kerry in November. She can hardly claim to be a responsible moderate if she reflexively votes like a Teddy Kennedy Democrat.
"In the spirit of the New Deal," Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) rightly styles itself as "America's oldest independent liberal lobbying organization." As early as this week, ADA will be reporting that Mrs. Clinton achieved a score of 95 percent for embracing the ADA position on 19 of the organization's 20 most important votes in 2004. (Mr. Kennedy scored 100 percent.) It will be the fourth consecutive time that Mrs. Clinton has received a score of 95 percent since she entered the Senate in 2001. Mrs. Clinton's four-year ADA average score of 95 percent is not much different from Mr. Kennedy's 98.75 percent
In 2004, both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Kennedy received 100 percent scores from the League of Conservation Voters, an unambiguously liberal environmental organization. (Read here)
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Sunday, January 16, 2005
Hillary is Liberal - Always Remember
This story reminds us that Hillary Clinton is liberal and we should remember this even though she and your handlers will attempt to change our opinion.
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