Discussion

• SamuelAbram :

  Actually, she didn't vote for the Bankruptcy bill because Bill Clinton was in the hospital for that day.

  Sorry, Sirota. I think you're a very insightful blogger, columnist and author. But this is one little detail you got wrong. That's okay, everybody makes mistakes. I'm sure a correction is in order.

  Posted on August 19, 2008 9:47 AM

• Melinda :

  She voted for the 2001 bankruptcy bill but missed the vote on the 2005 bill (although she stated that she was opposed to it).

  I'm a Clinton constituent living in central NY state, and her record is mixed but the trajectory is pretty good. She's brought some fat defense contracts (including the new Marine 1) to the Binghamton area and is largely responsible for revitalizing manufacturing in the southern tier, for which we are *very* grateful. She's also been responsible for some agricultural legislation that's kept families on their farms, albeit at the price of providing support for CAFOs (which tend to be family-owned and operated up here, unlike the big agribusiness concerns in the midwest and plains states). She started off being too cozy with Wall Street and downstate interests, but I'm guessing that one consequence of actually campaigning upstate (unlike Schumer) is that she became more involved in upstate issues.

  On balance I'm really quite happy with her.

  Posted on August 19, 2008 10:41 AM

• cdupree :

  I think Chomksy's right about the way to read news stories like this.

  He says, When they say "jobs", replace the word with "profits" and you'll understand the true import of the statement. When they say "working class", what they mean is "super-rich". They don't give a damn about jobs or the working class.

  Posted on August 19, 2008 1:16 PM

• MarylandSocialist :

  screw clinton, long live international anarcho-socialism and trotskyism

  Posted on August 19, 2008 8:11 PM