"FUTHIukungalingani kwezomnotho.” "Izigebengu zamaphoyisa." "Champion kubantu baseMelika nsuku zonke." “Owesifazane.” Kucishe kube sengathi ithimba likaHillary Clinton elikhankasa seliqalile ukukholelwa okushiwo amaRepublican ngaye.
Abasebenzi bakaClinton basebenza isikhathi esengeziwe, bamthumela e-Iowa evenini - ukuma ku UChipotle endleleni - ukukhombisa ukuthi uhlobana kanjani nabantu baseMelika abajwayelekile. Kodwa abantu imibono yabo ibalulekile kukhetho lukamongameli yazi kangcono.
Njengoba omunye ummeli wase-Wall Street akubeka, “Uma kubonakala sengathi i-Jeb vs.
Ngempela, uma uClinton ekhuluma namuhla ngokungalingani kwezomnotho ngenkathi ephonsa umqhele wakhe eringini, unobudlelwane obude nobuthembekile nemali namandla. Phakathi kwabayishumi abaphezulu abanikeli emkhankasweni wakhe ka-2008 kwakukhona abasebenzi abavela ku-JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, CitiGroup, Morgan Stanley, kanye neLehman Brothers - izikhungo ezingazuza bonke kubangane abambalwa ezindaweni eziphezulu.
Njengonobhala wezwe, ucindezele ohulumeni ukuthi bashintshe izinqubomgomo futhi basayine izivumelwano ezizozuzisa izinkampani zase-US ezifana ne-General Electric, i-Exxon Mobil, iMicrosoft, ne-Boeing. Uphinde wakhuthaza ukuqhekeka kwe-hydraulic, noma i-fracking, kanye nezinkontileka nezinkampani zikawoyela zase-US ezifana ne-Chevron e-Poland, e-Bulgaria, nakwezinye izindawo.
Kepha mhlawumbe ubudlelwano bakhe bebhizinisi obambisene kakhulu ne-Walmart eyisikhondlakhondla senyunyana. UClinton wasebenza ebhodini labaqondisi benkampani kusukela ngo-1986 kuya ku-1992, futhi inkampani yabameli ayeyisebenzela, iRose Law Firm, yayimele le nhlangano.
Ngaleyo minyaka, UClinton wahlala ethule njengoba iWalmart ibambe impi kubasebenzi abazama ukubumbana futhi balwele amalungelo ayisisekelo emsebenzini. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ku-Walmart akuzange kuntengantenge. Ohambweni lwakhe oluthathu oluya e-India njengonobhala wezwe, wazama ukwenza uhulumeni ahoxise umthetho wakhe okuhloswe ngawo ukuthi kungabi bikho abathengisi bamabhokisi amakhulu.
I-populism entsha kaClinton esanda kutholwa ibingahlekwa ukube bekungengenxa yerekhodi lakhe langempela - ukuhlasela okunonya kwamashumi eminyaka kubasebenzi nabampofu. Kusukela ekusekelweni kwezinguquko zezenhlalakahle kanye nezinqubomgomo eziqinile zobugebengu ngeminyaka yawo-1990 kuya kusheleni wezinkampani zase-US phesheya njengonobhala wezwe, uClinton akakaze aphambuki enjongweni yeDemocratic Party - ukuvikela umgomo webhizinisi waseMelika.
Ngesikhathi sikaBill Clinton eWhite House, uBill, uHillary, kanye neNew Democrats basize ukugudluza iqembu liye kwesokudla, behlale bentshontsha amazwi amaRepublicans bawenza awabo. UBill uphakathi nendawo phakathi kwamaRepublicans aphikisayo kanye namademokhrasi e-liberal ayedumele ngezithembiso zikaClinton ezaphulwa.
Wangena esikhundleni ethembisa ukuthi "uzoqeda inhlalakahle njengoba sazi" - njengoba enzile endaweni yakubo e-Arkansas, ngoMthetho Wokusekela Umndeni oqanjwe kabi. Umthetho Wesibopho Somuntu Siqu kanye Nomthetho Wethuba Lokusebenza wawuhlanganisa izikhathi eziqinile zokuthi abamukeli bangathola izinzuzo isikhathi esingakanani, kanye nemithetho emisha yomsebenzi eqinile.
U-Hillary Clinton, nobudlelwane bakhe obuseduze ne-Children's Defence Fund, usize ukucindezela kwabaphathi kwezinguquko zezenhlalakahle. Lapho ekugcineni kufinyelelwa esivumelwaneni, ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi bexabene noNewt Gingrich kanye neCongress eholwa yiRiphabhulikhi mayelana nezinyathelo zokujezisa ezifana nokuqeda izitembu zokudla, uBill wathi bekungcono kakhulu angakwenza. U-Hillary wabe esesiza ekuqoqeni amavoti.
Ngosizo lwakhe, abaphathi bakaClinton baphathe lokho okungekho iRiphabhulikhi engakwazi ukukufeza, bahlakaza uhlelo olubalulekile Lwesivumelwano Esisha olwaluvame ukusebenza njengokuwukuphela kwento emi phakathi kwemindeni empofu kanye nokuswela okuphelele. Wonke umzamo wawugxile olimini “lomthwalo wemfanelo womuntu siqu,” ukwenza abantu basebenze futhi bangayi enhlalakahleni, kanye “nokuqeda isiko lokuncika” - njengokungathi ubumpofu buwumphumela wokungaphumeleli kokuziphatha.
Kunokuba azisole ngesinqumo sokucekela phansi uhlelo lwezenhlalakahle, njengoba uSenator waseNew York ngo-2002, uClinton wajoyina amaRiphabhulikhi afana no-Orrin Hatch ekusekeleni umthethosivivinywa owandisa izidingo zomsebenzi osezivele zinezijeziso ezibekwe kubamukeli bezenhlalakahle.
Eceleni kowayengumongameli, u-Hillary Clinton usize iDemocratic Party ukuthi iguqule inyunyana yayo esekela abasebenzi, amalungelo omphakathi, isithombe sokusebenzisa imali ngokwezenhlalo, ihlasela izinhlelo zikahulumeni abantu ababezibalile iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha - noma ngabe bazi ukuthi basengathembela kubantu abeseka lezo zinhlelo ukuthi bavote ngentando yeningi.
Umkhakha "wokuguqulwa kwezemfundo" unikeza izibonelo ezengeziwe. U-Hillary Clinton wayelapho esitezi esiphansi, lapho uBill Clinton eqoka usihlalo wakhe weKomidi Lamazinga Ezemfundo e-Arkansas. Ikomidi lisekele ukuhlolwa okujwayelekile kwabafundi, kodwa ikakhulukazi ukuhlolwa okuyimpoqo kothisha. UClinton ugqamisa indima yakhe ekudluliseleni lokhu kuhlaselwa kothisha encwadini yakhe yesikhumbuzo Umlando Ophilayo:
Nakuba lokhu kuyithukuthelisile inyunyana yothisha, izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu kanye nabanye ababebalulekile kuDemocratic Party e-Arkansas, saba nomuzwa wokuthi ayikho indlela yokubhekana nalolu daba. . . . Phakathi nalo mbango, ngema phambi kweseshini ehlanganyelwe yeNdlu yesiShayamthetho sase-Arkansas kanye neSenethi futhi ngavuma icala lethu . . .”
Uhlelo lokuguqulwa kwesikole lwaqalwa ngo-1984. “Walulusa ngokugcwele futhi waba nesandla esikhulu ekwenzeni ukuba sigunyazwe ngenqubo yomthetho futhi samukelwe umphakathi uwonke,” kusho uPeggy Nabors, umongameli wenyunyana yothisha ngaleso sikhathi.
Irekhodi, futhi, likhuluma ngokunqanyulwa phakathi kwenkulumo ka-Hillary Clinton esanda kutholwa abantu abaningi kanye nezinqubomgomo abehlale ezimela.
Muva nje, inhlangano yeBlack Lives Matter kanye nokuvukela emigwaqweni eFerguson naseBaltimore ngokumelene nokubulawa kwamaphoyisa kuphoqe uClinton ukuthi agxeke “inkathi yokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi,” okuyinto eyaqhutshwa enye yezimpumelelo ezibalulekile zokuphatha kukaClinton: umthethosivivinywa wobugebengu wango-1994.
U-Hillary Clinton angase abe namazwi okugxeka namuhla, ngenxa yokwanda kwentukuthelo yomphakathi lapho uhlelo lwezobulungiswa luqondisa abantu abamnyama nabansundu, kodwa phakathi nezinsuku ezinzima zobugebengu zokuphatha kukaClinton, wayehola ikhwelo lezinqubomgomo ezinzima.
Enkulumweni ngaphambili amaphoyisa ngo-1994, wancoma uhlelo lomthetho lokufaka imali eyengeziwe emajele kanye namaphoyisa engeziwe ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu emgwaqweni, ephikisana, "Sizokwazi ukusho, ngokuzwakalayo nangokucacile, ukuthi ngokuphindaphindiwe, izigebengu ezinobudlova, izigebengu - iziteleka ezintathu kanye uphumile. Sesikhathele ukukubuyisela ngomnyango ojikayo.”
Umthethosivivinywa kaClinton wafaka amaphoyisa amaningi emigwaqweni, kanye nezinkulungwane zamadoda amnyama ejele ngamacala amancane, angenalo udlame. Baningi ababoshiwe ngaphansi kukaClinton kunanoma yimuphi omunye umongameli. Njengoba UJim Crow Omusha umbhali Michelle Alexander wabhala ku-2010:
UClinton akazange aneliseke ngokuqhuma kwezibalo zamajele. Yena kanye “Ne-New Democrats” balwela umthetho ovimbela izigebengu zezidakamizwa ezindlini zomphakathi (kungakhathaliseki ukuthi icala lincane kangakanani) futhi benqabela izinzuzo zomphakathi eziyisisekelo, okuhlanganisa izitembu zokudla, ukuphila kwabo konke. Ukucwasa cishe kuzo zonke izici zempilo yezombangazwe, ezomnotho, nezenhlalo manje sekusemthethweni ngokuphelele, uma ubizwa ngokuthi uyisigelekeqe.
Ukubekela eceleni leli rekhodi, kubavoti abaningi kuzoba nesizathu esisodwa sokuthi bazozizwa bephoqelekile, noma bejabule, ukweseka uHillary - ukukhetha umongameli wokuqala wesifazane wezwe. Umkhankaso kaClinton usuvele udingida ukuxhashazwa kwethegi yabesifazane. Kodwa ingabe lobu ngempela ubufazi obebulindelwe ngabesifazane abaningi?
Njengazo zonke ezinye izindaba ezibalulekile, ezikaClinton uphawu lokuhlomisa isilela kakhulu emigomeni engathuthukisa impilo yeningi labesifazane.
Thatha amalungelo okuzala. UClinton userekhodini elisekela ilungelo labesifazane lokukhipha izisu kanye nokufinyelela ekulawuleni inzalo. Kodwa njengobuholi obuningi beDemocratic Party, naye ungowokwenza ukulingana nalabo abamelene nokuhushulwa kwezisu. Phakathi ku inkulumo kubalandeli bamalungelo okukhipha izisu ngosuku lokugubha usuku Roe v Wade ngo-2005, uClinton waphikisa ngokuthi izinhlangothi zombili zenkulumompikiswano yakhe yokuhushula izisu zingathola izizathu ezifanayo zokunciphisa inani lokukhishwa kwezisu, akubiza ngokuthi “isinqumo esidabukisayo, noma esibuhlungu kwabaningi, abesifazane abaningi.”
Cishe ukuvikela okuqinile kwamalungelo okukhipha isisu okudingekayo ukuze kubuyiselwe emuva ukuhlasela kwamalungelo abesifazane okuzala.
UClinton naye usekwenzile inikezwe ubufakazi kwezinye zezimpikiswano zeLungelo, ethi usekela ukuvinjelwa kokukhishwa kwezisu kwesikhathi sekwephuzile, okuhlanganisa "ukukhipha isisu okuyingxenye" - igama elinganembile ngokwezokwelapha elisetshenziswa abaphikisi bokukhipha isisu ukuchaza inqubo esetshenziswa kuphela lapho impilo kamama noma i-fetus isengozini. Useke wasekela nemithetho yezwe yokwazisa abazali, ngaphandle kwezomthetho.
Imikhawulo esekelayo ngenjongo yokuthola into efanayo nabamelene nokukhishwa kwezisu yenze kuphela ukungqubuzana kwamalungelo okukhipha isisu kwaba buthaka. Ukuvinjelwa kwezinqubo zomuntu ngamunye noma imikhawulo efana nemvume yabazali noma izikhathi zokulinda amahora angamashumi amabili nane kwenze ukukhipha isisu kwancipha futhi kwangafinyeleleka kalula. Futhi lapho iDemocrat wesifazane ehamba phambili ikusho lokho, kusiza kuphela ukudiliza amandla okungenzeka aphume futhi abhikishe le mikhawulo.
Ngo-2004 ku-pro-choice "March for Women's Lives" eWashington, uClinton wancoma irekhodi lokuphatha komyeni wakhe. “Akuzange kudingeke simashe iminyaka eyishumi nambili,” eqhosha, “ngoba sasinohulumeni owawuhlonipha amalungelo abesifazane.”
Iqiniso nokho, ukuthi imikhawulo eyengeziwe emalungelweni okukhipha isisu yamiswa phakathi neminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kaClinton eseHhovisi le-Oval kuneminyaka eyishumi nambili kaRonald Reagan noGeorge Bush Sr. Kungenzeka ukuthi akuzange kube namamashi, kodwa akubanga ngenxa yokuthi asizange senze kanjalo. bayabadinga - kwakungenxa yokuthi amabutho okufanele ngabe ababiza, njenge-NARAL Pro-Choice America, awazange ngoba kwakuphethe iDemocrat.
Futhi nakuba uClinton egcizelela ukubaluleka kokuthi abesifazane bakhuphukele ezikhundleni zokuphatha - abesifazane abaningi abaphethe izikhundla zikahulumeni futhi bahlale emabhodini ezinkampani - akazinaki izindaba ezithinta abesifazane abasebenzayo. Eqinisweni, izinqubomgomo zikaClinton zenze izimpilo zabesifazane abaningi zaba zimbi kakhulu. Njengezigidi zabesifazane abathintwe ukuncishiswa kwezenhlalakahle, iMpi Yezidakamizwa, noma izinqubomgomo ezimelene nabasebenzi e-Walmart.
Vele, lokhu akuzange kuvimbe wonke umuntu wesifazane weDemocratic Alliance eSenethi, okuhlanganisa no-Elizabeth Warren, odumile waseMassachusetts, ukuthi asayine incwadi ngo-2013 ekhuthaza uClinton ukuthi angenele. Futhi izincomo ezivela ezinhlanganweni zabesifazane ezijwayelekile zizolandela nakanjani.
Akuwona wonke umuntu ongakawa emgqeni ngemuva kukaClinton okwamanje. IMeya yaseNew York, uBill de Blasio, owayengumphathi womkhankaso kaClinton emncintiswaneni wakhe weSenethi ka-2000, usekugodle ukugunyazwa kwakhe, kanye noSeni waseVermont uBernie Sanders. kumemezela ukuthi uzoba egijima ngakwesobunxele kaClinton.
Kepha yize laba bezombangazwe bethi bangabamba iqhaza ekuphusheleni uClinton kwesokunxele, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bangagcina sebehlanganisa wonke umuntu ngemuva kukaClinton. Ngoba, uma empeleni engenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Alliance ngo-2016, impikiswano enamandla kakhulu iDemocratic Party ezobe iyibeka ngeke ibe ngoba Clinton kodwa ngokumelene noma ngabe yini iRepublican emphikisayo. Konke lokhu kusho ukuthi uClinton ngeke abe ngaphansi kwengcindezi nakancane ukuthi alalele Kwesokunxele.
"Ama-maverick" afana noWarren no-de Blasio - njengoDennis Kucinich noJesse Jackson phambi kwabo - bazohlala bengamaDemocrat aqotho akholisa abalandeli beqembu abakhululekile nabathuthukayo ukuthi babeke eceleni imigomo yabo futhi bavotele ukukhetha okulinganiselwe, "okukhethiwe". Futhi eceleni kwe-liberal Democrats kukhona izinhlangano okuwumsebenzi wazo ukuhlanganisa ukwesekwa ngokuqongelela imali nokubhalisela abavoti - njengeNhlangano Kazwelonke Yabesifazane, eyagunyaza uClinton ngenkathi engenela ukhetho lukamongameli weDemocratic Alliance ngo-2008.
Inkinga akuyena uClinton kuphela, kodwa ukubamba kwensimbi amaqembu eDemocratic and Republicans abambe okhethweni, lapho abazimele ngaphandle kwamaqembu amabili ezinkampani benethuba elincane lokungena. Umkhankaso kaClinton uhluke kakhulu esimweni sengqondo sabantu bazobe behlome bazimisele ukumvotela - bekhungathekiswe ubugovu bezinkampani, amaholo aphansi, nobandlululo lwamaphoyisa, sebeqala ukuhlela izinguquko.
Kodwa u-Hillary Clinton akayena umuntu omele ithemba namaphupho abantu, uyena okhipha lawo maphupho esibhakabhakeni.
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