Why Hillary Should Avoid Progressives
by Jeffrey McNeil When I turned on my television set New Year’s day, I witnessed something that has caused me great grief. It was seeing the two politicians I most admire, Bill and Hillary Clinton at New York’s City Hall commemorating the inauguration of self professed Marxist and former Castro supporter Bill De Blasio. In attendance was the 86-year-old activist Harry Belafonte, who even at his advanced age can still race-bait with the best of them. He opened the ceremonies with a classic “Down with Whitey” speech by comparing the Koch Brothers to the Klu Klux Klan and denouncing the outgoing mayor’s police force. Then there was radical feminist and legal aid lawyer Letitia James ranting about how the how the rich were taking from everyone and urging the new mayor to spend more of the people’s money for social programs. Bill Clinton tried to bring some sanity with a moderate message and even showed Gotham city's greatest mayor Michael Bloomberg some respect. But his