Last night Clinton exposed the fact that Sanders CAN NOT pass his own purity test
... and neither can a good portion of progressives who've busted their ass's for liberal causes.
But the next day Sanders camp and supporters continue applying this defunct purity test to everyone else!!!
Including Franks!!
John Lewis a sell out too!?
REALLY!!?!?
At what point will Sanders camp stop intimating that Bernie Sanders is pure as the driven snow and can throw stones?
Or is it Sanders is pure and everyone else is stained to be damned and needs to be thrown out of office?
Your take?
tia
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Yesterday, Clinton hit Obama for calling Pennsylvanians "bitter," ground on which he fairly ably engaged.
Today, she's onto the other half of his San Francisco remarks, in which he linked economic frustration to clinging to religion and guns (the part he sought to walk back this morning in Muncie, Ind.).
"Sen. Obama's remarks are elitist, and they are out of touch," Clinton said. "The people of faith I know don't 'cling to' religion because they're bitter. ... I also disagree with Sen. Obama's assertion that people in this country 'cling to guns' and have certain attitudes about immigration or trade simply out of frustration. People of all walks of life hunt — and they enjoy doing so because it's an important part of their life, not because they are bitter."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2008/04/hillary-hits-obama-on-faith-guns-007747
But Clinton hasn’t always been so forceful in her fight for gun control. As the Post highlights, Clinton has dramatically shifted her tone on gun control since the 2008 campaign. While Clinton touted her husband’s record record on gun control (former President Bill Clinton signed into the law an assault weapons ban that has since lapsed) she also heralded personal memories of learning to shoot with her father and defend gun ownership, saying, “there is not a contradiction between protecting Second Amendment rights” and the effort to reduce crime.
You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” Clinton said while campaigning ahead of the Indiana primary, where white working class Democrats propelled her to a narrow victory over then-Sen. Barack Obama. “You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter,” she continued, in a dig at Obama’s remark at a fundraiser that disenfranchised Americans often “cling” to cultural symbols like guns and religion.
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/10/hillary_clinton_goes_bold_on_gun_safety_but_she_sounded_a_different_note_in_2008/
WAUSAU, WIS. -- At a campaign stop this afternoon, Hillary Clinton's focus was on the economy and health care but some in the crowd had other things on their minds. Clinton was asked to discuss gun control which prompted Clinton to talk about her days holding a rifle in the cold, shallow waters in backwoods Arkansas.
"I've hunted. My father taught me how to hunt. I went duck hunting in Arkansas. I remember standing in that cold water, so cold, at first light. I was with a bunch of my friends, all men. The sun's up, the ducks are flying and they are playing a trick on me. They said, 'we're not going to shoot, you shoot.' They wanted to embarrass me. The pressure was on. So I shot, and I shot a banded duck and they were surprised as I was," Clinton said drawing laughter from the crowd.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clintons-hunting-history/
Q: Do you support the DC handgun ban?
A: I want to give local communities the authority over determining how to keep their citizens safe. This case you’re referring to is before the Supreme Court.
Q: But what do you support?
A: I support sensible regulation that is consistent with the constitutional right to own and bear arms.
Q: Is the DC ban consistent with that right?
A: I think a total ban, with no exceptions under any circumstances, might be found by the court not to be. But DC or anybody else [should be able to] come up with sensible regulations to protect their people.
Q: But do you still favor licensing and registration of handguns?
A: What I favor is what works in NY. We have one set of rules in NYC and a totally different set of rules in the rest of the state. What might work in NYC is certainly not going to work in Montana. So, for the federal government to be having any kind of blanket rules that they’re going to try to impose, I think doesn’t make sense.
Source: 2008 Philadelphia primary debate, on eve of PA primary , Apr 16, 2008
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Gun_Control.htm
and I still have no idea what point they are trying to make.
time for the "sexist" meme to roll around again.
I'm just guessing. 
You really are... something.
Sanders OWNS this subject. HRC might as well try to beat Serena Williams in tennis.
Purity tests are good in the OP, purity tests down the thread are bad, and the only purity test that is actually valid is when Hillary Clinton comes out as the 'winner'.
I am as clueless as you are about what in the heck the OP is trying to say.
is a perfectly logical response to a post that makes no sense.
Good to see you Aerows.
Period! Quit the spin!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/4/1390529/-Hillary-s-voting-record
It's sad how Hillary supporters are propping up the apparent talking point how being a progressive is akin to being a Democrat, a generic term, when in fact it isn't. It stands for ideas which are revolutionary. The only thing Hillary is revolutionary in is figuring out new ways to get cash from Wall Street and hide it through her foundation.
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/31/the_cash_donations_hillary_simply_has_no_answer_for_partner/
" Given Bernie's human rights concerns regarding the facility, he likely voted against it because the plans did not address the human rights violations--including being held indefinitely without trial--that he and so many other Americans are most concerned about with regards to Guantnamo." http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Homeland_Security.htm
Meanwhile....
The only thing you can project is the denial of how Sanders called Hillary out on her bullshit.
You seem to forget, this whole issue is larger than what you see it as. You only see the "I'm a progressive" tag but it isn't just that, it's much deeper. It's the whole chameleon coat she wears and how on EVERY issue Hillary has changed her POV.
You say "But Sanders' supporters don't seem to have the same level of sophistication when it comes to the fact that Bernie will have to work with moderates and conservatives in both parties." yet you don't realize what? Republicans LIKE the guy;
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-lifelong-conservatives-who-love-bernie-sanders/417441/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/22/1395700/-Republicans-for-Bernie-Sanders
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/republicans-for-bernie-sanders/
Now you show me something that says Republicans like Hillary in this sort of manner http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/politics/tom-cotton-supports-bernie-sanders/ and this http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/why-surprising-numbers-republicans-have-been-voting-bernie-sanders-vermont and we'll talk. But you won't. Do you know why? Because they along with the majority of America HATE Hillary.
See, they'll never work with Hillary, ever. You want to change shit in the downticket? It's not hard that you need the fire and energy to do so and enthusiasm, only Bernie brings that, not Hillary.
Reality.
and the text, premise and context of your OP?
I'm trying to figure out what point you are attempting to make.
"No one has purity strength".
Your posts here have been great.
I actually thought the Ben Jealous endorsement was a good catch for Sanders but it was not no damn where near the "OMG!! OMG!!! The firewall is COMMMMMING DOOOWWWN!11" stupidity that more than a few folks on this site made it out to be.
But I'm still cracking up at all the folks jumping up and down over a black guy in SC that endorsed Sanders and 2/3 of the thread didn't know who the man was, or if the man was a State Senator, a national Senator, a State Rep or what but for some unknown reason, it was still EXTREMELY good news!
But he had melanin and was endorsing Sanders. That was apparently all that mattered. Who the man actually was was 100% IMMATERIAL to the "revolution."
I predicted all of this would happen about 7 months ago and Lord KNOWS these folks have rendered my prophesy true in great and ever so hilarious abundance.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=18545
Just like most white folk didn't know who Cornel West or Tavis Smiley were UNTIL they started bashing President Obama. Hell, they couldn't even correctly spell West's name or Tavis's first name (as evidenced by referring to him as "Travis"
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What could be more offensive or insulting that throwing so-called prominent black people onstage to lecture other black folk?
They are pathetic that they can't even see how insulting that is---as if black people can't fucking think for themselves.
Bernie Sanders is simply not connecting with the vast majority of black voters. Or even Hispanic/Latino voters. This is something that they'll have to come to terms with.
does not pass my purity test. 
Seems your entire premise is a figment of your imagination or you are just being dishonest. Perfect for Camp Weathervane.
Hillary should stress that speaking of liberal (or "progressive" ideas is one thing. But you have to be able to accomplish something to mean anything.
Here’s A List Of Hillary Clinton’s Accomplishments
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/13/heres-a-list-of-hillary-clintons-accomplishments-so-quit-saying-she-doesnt-have-any/
◾ Even though her major initiative, the Clinton healthcare plan, failed (due to Republican obstruction), you cannot deny that it laid ground for what we have today, the Affordable Healthcare Act, something Clinton supports and would continue.
◾ She played a leading role in the development of State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides the much-needed state support for children whose parents cannot afford nor provide them with adequate healthcare coverage.
◾ She was also instrumental in the creation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and the Foster Care Independence Act.
◾ Successfully fought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and asthma at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
◾ She spearheaded investigations into mental illness plaguing veterans of the Gulf War; we now have a term for it – Gulf War Syndrome.
◾ At the Department of Justice, she helped create the office on Violence Against Women.
◾ She was instrumental in securing over $21 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.
◾ Took a leading role in the investigation of health consequences of first responders and drafted the first bill to compensate and offer the health services our first responders deserve (Clinton’s successor in the Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand, passed the bill).
◾ Was instrumental in working out a bi-partisan compromise to address civil liberty abuses for the renewal of the U.S. Patriot Act.
◾ Proposed a revival of the New Deal-era Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to help homeowners refinance their mortgages in the wake of the 2008 financial disaster.
◾ Was a major proponent of sensible diplomacy which brought about a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, and brokered human rights with Burma.
These are not all of her accomplishments. Her activism on behalf of women a children across the world is renowned. Her activism for raising the minimum wage and combating climate change is stellar. You do not have to support what she does or stands for. But do not say she doesn’t have any accomplishments. The conservatives who say this are the ones who are pushing for Ted Cruz – who brought on a $24 billion shut down. That, to them, is an accomplishment?
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George Will Pretends Hillary Clinton Has No Achievements
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/03/29/george-will-pretends-hillary-clinton-has-no-ach/203078
George Will ignored Hillary Clinton's substantial accomplishments as secretary of state, senator, and first lady in order to suggest that her support from Democrats is due solely to "identity politics."
In his latest Washington Post column, Will describes the Democratic Party as "adrift in identity politics, cling[ing], as shipwrecked sailors do to floating debris, to this odd feminist heroine," and writes that Clinton's "performance in governance has been defined by three failures." Will goes on to cherry-pick instances from Clinton's career, ignoring her achievements in the White House, Senate, and at State to portray her as a failure.
In citing Clinton's time as first lady, he omits, for example, Clinton's role in the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expanded health insurance for children in lower-income households. Will also ignores her pivotal role in the Adoption and Safe Families Act, which eased processes allowing the removal of children from abusive situations.
Clinton also helped to create the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women and used her platform to raise the issue of abuse against women internationally, telling the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women in China that, "It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights."
(more)
more on Hillary Clinton's list of accomplishments:
12 Hillary Clinton Accomplishments That Her 2016 Rivals Can't Match
http://www.bustle.com/articles/76900-12-hillary-clinton-accomplishments-that-her-2016-rivals-cant-match
