‘Left, Right & Center’: A Movement for Peace
Should Hillary Clinton be behaving as the Democratic nominee for president? Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer doesn't think so and wants her to listen more to the progressive side of the party.
The John Lennon Wall in Prague, Czech Republic. (Adam Zivner / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Hillary Clinton went for the kill against Donald Trump during a foreign policy speech this week. Her words were the focus of a discussion with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists, including special guest Joan Walsh, editor of The Nation.
Rich Lowry of the National Review found Clinton’s speech to be one of the “most forceful and effective” she has given. Walsh, a Clinton backer, said it was well-timed, with Bernie Sanders surging in California; but she still thinks Clinton has the Democratic nomination locked up. Scheer disagreed, saying Clinton should be listening more to the progressive side of the party. If she doesn’t, he said, he fears that Clinton will move forward with a neoconservative, pro-war agenda unchecked.
“People like Bob can get some people like me to support some progressive platform planks, but not if they treat us like idiots and say we are passionate and don’t understand things,” Walsh said.
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