Since We're The Reality-Based Community, Could We Please Deal In Facts?

Already seeing and hearing that Senator Clinton voted for the Constitutional Amendment to criminalize flag-burning. Not so. Clinton voted against it.

She did support a law that would have criminalized it, in the same way that, for example, hate speech is criminalized (that measure was defeated). I wish she hadn't. It was a clear attempt to triangulate in anticipation of her upcoming presidential bid, but it was wrong and, in the end, won't win her any support from the whackadoodles who think that burning the flag is some kind of big fucking deal (it's not).

As the NYT noted, "With more than half of Democrats supporting the measure, the outcome suggested that Mrs. Clinton's approach had plenty of adherents within her party, and that while she might have tried the patience of her core liberal supporters, she remained within the Democratic fold as she prepared for a possible presidential race.

The divergent views of her position reflect a broader rift in the Democratic Party over whether the key to electoral success rests in winning over centrists or by drawing clear distinctions with Republicans by staking out unapologetically liberal positions." I don't imagine anyone has any doubt about where I come out on this debate.

But could we at least be honest? When it came time to vote, she voted against the amendement.