DNC Day 4: Hillary Clinton the ‘old saw’

Hillary Clinton gave her acceptance speech as the Democratic Party nominee for president on Thursday, July 29th, 2016. During her speech Americans were looking for new ideas, a new way forward. What they got was the “old saw.”

Many who watched and listened to Mrs. Clinton has a sense of deja vu all over again.

In Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, the subject of Hillary Clinton’s college thesis, RULE 11 warns:

The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)

Americans came away from Hillary’s acceptance speech with an uncomfortable feeling that she has no strategy to hold a place at the political table. Here are some quotes from the Mrs. Clinton’s acceptance speech that are “old saw” part of the problem statements:

1. We will not build a wall.
2. We will not ban a religion [Islam].
3. There’s too much inequality.
4. Too little social mobility.
5. We say: “We’ll fix it together.”
6. 20 years ago I wrote a book called “It Takes a Village.” A lot of people looked at the title and asked, what the heck do you mean by that? This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone.
7. A country where the economy works for everyone, not just those at the top.
8. I don’t think President Obama and Vice President Biden get the credit they deserve for saving us from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. [Clinton then states, “And I’ve heard from so many of you who feel like the economy just isn’t working.”]
9. I believe that our economy isn’t working the way it should because our democracy isn’t working the way it should.
10. And I believe Wall Street can never, ever be allowed to wreck Main Street again.
11. believe that climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs.
12. I believe that when we have millions of hardworking immigrants contributing to our economy, it would be self-defeating and inhumane to kick them out.
13. If you believe that companies should share profits with their workers, not pad executive bonuses, join us.
14. If you believe the minimum wage should be a living wage… and no one working full time should have to raise their children in poverty… join us.
15. If you believe that every man, woman, and child in America has the right to affordable health care…join us.
16. If you believe we should expand Social Security and protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions… join us.
17. Let’s make sure this economy works for everyone, not just those at the top.
18. In my first 100 days, we will work with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II.
19. Bernie Sanders and I will work together to make college tuition-free for the middle class and debt-free for all!
20. Now, here’s the thing, we’re not only going to make all these investments, we’re going to pay for every single one of them. And here’s how: Wall Street, corporations, and the super-rich are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.
21. I’m proud that we put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program without firing a single shot — now we have to enforce it, and keep supporting Israel’s security.
22. I’m proud that we shaped a global climate agreement — now we have to hold every country accountable to their commitments, including ourselves.
23. So let’s put ourselves in the shoes of young black and Latino men and women who face the effects of systemic racism, and are made to feel like their lives are disposable.
24. None of us can do it alone.

Each of these statements are “old saw.” There is no compromise in these policies, they are the same policies used by President Obama. Clinton and her colleague Barack Obama are part of the problem, without new solutions.

Embracing these same policies and expecting different results is a form of political insanity.

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