Thanks. I’ve reached my limit of tolerance for those people who are unable to understand that Sanders is just as much of a flawed politician as Hillary if not more.
So, here’s why I’m cautiously optimistic, though. Remember how much people loved her after the shitshow Benghazi hearings back in the fall? No one liked any of the old white guys yelling at her and admired how poised she was. Trump, regardless of how he “reforms” for the general election, will be yet another old white…
Finally, I don’t know why I bother. Anyone who calls Hillary a republican lacks even basic critical thinking. What she isn’t is a socialist. She’s a democrat. It’s only Sanders that shits on democrats. And his naïve supporters apparently.
Right? I’m a progressive supporting Clinton over Sanders because I’ve read most of his actual policy proposals and they’re pretty universally garbage. An (underfunded and overpromised) trillion dollar a year health care plan that’s supposed to derive most of its funding from taxes intended wipe themselves out in 15-20…
So I 100% know you understand this, but whenever the ‘94 crime bill comes up I like to remind everyone that if you check the voting records the people who voted against it were reprehensible hyper-racists like Strom Thurmond, who wanted to see something infinitely worse.
I just want you to know that you’re my favorite.
“She shouldn’t accept conditions. But she absolutely should take steps to mollify his voters. She’s going to have to. However, she should do it like someone who’s ahead 57-43 should do it. She should say: Sure, I’ll adopt a couple of your positions. But I have a couple of conditions of my own. If I hear the words…
A lot of what Bernie’s won would have been blue no matter what (although Hillary’s won some reliably blue states as well).
Most of the important swing states (FL, OH) have gone for Hillary with pretty big margins, which is definitely encouraging.
My own research. Sigh.
Where did I criticize you for wanting to move the party to the left? I too want to move the party to the left. And there is nothing wrong with supporting Bernie or feeling passionate about him. There is something wrong with recasting Hillary as a republican or center right candidate or taking her record from the…
So what? She was 16-17 years old. She never said she was “proud to be voting for him. She said that’s what her PARENTS believed and what she believed AT THAT AGE. I think context is really important here. That took a huge turn in college for her. What we are at 17 is not what we are at 69. I find all of this…
You can have a 100 advanced degrees, that does not give you street sense or common sense or life experience.
She was 17 when she supported Goldwater. Please tell me why you think a decision as a teenager is more important than her many progressive votes and causes since.
It cannot BE true per the numbers if her votes are nearly identical to one of the most left leaning members of Congress. Cripes. This is insane.
I get it. I’m more sunny-side-up, myself, but we ARE way the fuck behind most of the rest of the world on both of these fronts.
AND IT ONLY TOOK US (*retrieves calculator*).... uh, 240 years.
Think Benghazi hearings. Hillary can handle Trump. The problem with the GOP candidates were that they could not attack Trump on the issues, because they agreed with him on most of them or did not want to alienate his rabid base. Hillary has no such compunctions. She will handle him much the way a mother deals with a 2…
I KNOW! As bitter as so much of this has been and may yet be, I’m so proud of us for finally breaking the color ceiling AND now the sex ceiling as well! THAT IS PRETTY GREAT.