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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Well, it's not as though there would have been any defence spending cuts under Clinton. One of the stranger new political configurations we're seeing is the emergence of an isolationist right that is more likely to cut down on U.S. overseas military commitments than the Democrats.
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There are two faces to this, those that are ideologically printed this way and those that actually get elected and are now, more than ever, beholden to the lobbyists that got them elected. They may say one thing at town halls to make the tea party element fall in line, but when the votes are counted, there they are..
Elected officials are also like any other club or union. When you're new you start at the bottom and vote as you are told.
Clinton isn't interested in cutting the defense budget and neither is anyone else at any elected position in government that matters.
Talk is cheap.