Ethics

Clinton Won't Sign American Freedom Pledge

By Ed Brayton

Update: This story is wrong. I picked it up from another source and neglected to check the date. The story at the Nation was from October and a week or so later, Hillary Clinton did pledge her support for this campaign. Mea culpa. Please ignore this story.

Hillary Clinton is the only Democratic candidate who has refused to sign the American Freedom Pledge. There are actually two organizations with nearly identical names pushing nearly identical pledges, one from the left and one from the right. The American Freedom Campaign was formed by Wes Boyd, co-founder of MoveOn.org, and Naomi Wolf. The American Freedom Agenda was formed by Bruce Fein, Bob Barr, John Whitehead and Richard Viguerie, all prominent conservatives. And their goals are virtually identical. Both support a bill submitted by Ron Paul, the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007. Here's how the first group describes their goals:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).