2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton Is One of the Most Ethical (and Most Lied About) Political Leaders in America
And that is precisely the intention: Taint her through innuendo and guilt-by-association, throw enough dirt at her that voters develop an instant negative association with her name. Accuse, accuse, accuse until the accusation becomes the reality, and may the truth be damned.
Karl Rove, the Koch brothers, and billionaire conservative moneymen like Paul Singer have spent inordinate sums to paint a malignant picture of Hillary, using sophisticated propaganda techniques to render her toxic to the American electorate.
Sadly, many on the left imbibe and regurgitate these fabricated narratives, spewing falsehoods and filth at Hillary with gleeful abandon. They are joined by mainstream media operatives with personal vendettas like Maureen Dowd and the Morning Joe crew, whose venomous words reveal more about their own failings than about Hillary.
But the fact is this: no one has ever produced an iota of evidence that Hillary has behaved improperly because of a campaign contribution. No one has produced a scintilla of proof that there is a quid pro quo when it comes to her speaking fees. From Whitewater to Benghazi to her emails, nobody can point to a single instance of corruption or purposeful wrongdoing on Hillary Clintons part.
None. Zero. Ever.
more:
http://bluenationreview.com/hillary-clinton-is-one-of-the-most-ethical-and-most-lied-about-political-leaders-in-america/
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)Been disproven multiple times and bluenation is fake.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Aka HNN: when you're entitled enough to have your own media outlet...
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Herman4747
(1,825 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Oh, wait..........
jfern
(5,204 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)carry on.....
BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,720 posts)They will just have to stay miserable for the next four years, while she keeps america on a prosperous, progressive path.
oasis
(49,401 posts)She keeps on truckin'.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)That's endorsement enough for me.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Or rather: a whole list of points. Clinton is shady, just not for the trumped-up reasons the right is keen to tout.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)I'm happy she's so ethical, but it's a shame she seems to have no common sense and has gifted the Republicans with a self-inflicted scandal for the upcoming general election.
PufPuf23
(8,819 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 16, 2016, 11:03 AM - Edit history (1)
This person is unfit to be POTUS or CIC.
Hillary Clinton is bought and paid to preserve wealth and power and military empire.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)do tell!
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)Oh the irony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
riversedge
(70,285 posts)Still waiting for Sanders Returns-not his drip drip 2014 one:
Of the 5 remaining canidates, ONLY Hillary has been candid and forthright a/b Releasing Tax Returns
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)than Bernie does in a year.
Corruption & influence peddling pays, and pays well!
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/15/bernie-sanders-releases-his-2014-tax-returns/?_r=0
Other than that they're pretty boring
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-15/not-quite-the-1-percent-sanders-releases-boring-tax-returns
No setting up fake corporations in other states to avoid paying their fair share of taxes like the Clintons did.
Sucks for you. Must be hard to have such an unethical candidate running against the most ethical in history.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Big banks, the fracking industry, the prison industry, the payday loan industry.
FINE ethical upstanding sources there.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)DU is comedy gold this AM!!
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)speaks of utter desperation. Good to see!
polly7
(20,582 posts)An article entitled Hated By Insiders, Loved by the People Hillary Clinton Is the Great American Populist is compelling, because it addresses a frequent complaint about Hillary. It would be even more compelling if it was from independent media and not an organization owned by her PAC. Its also written by Peter Dauo who isnt a journalist and was the social media manager for Hillary in 08.
Dauo spent most of the past several months writing for a partisan blog called Hillary Men. He doesnt qualify as a reporter, and his articles should be published as collateral by her campaign with full transparency into what it really is and whos behind it all. Clinton surrogate David Brock used his PACs slush fund to acquire Blue Nation Review several months ago, and it has now ramping up with Dauo as his spinmaster, unleashing a deluge of astroturfing on the eve of the Iowa caucus. It recently ran a ridiculous piece of propaganda by Dauo stating that Sanders is the establishment, and the frequency of such articles is increasing as the primary contest intensifies.
Propaganda is undemocratic and undermines the principle of an independent media as the forth estate in our republic. This strategy is nothing more than disinformation, and is a deliberate effort to trick democratic voters to favor Hillary. Wed be unrelenting in our criticism if a republican did this and are responsible to keep our house clean.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/31/1477890/-Blue-Nation-Review-fake-news-blitz
Autumn
(45,120 posts)2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)Lol
dchill
(38,518 posts)Has been boned in the head by Brock.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)The question: What media source is even less credible than Fox News?
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)I was convinced for a long time that this was a real (if idiotic) article!
rock
(13,218 posts)Realized what a danger Hillary was to their defunct and failing party and figured she would be the death-knell. Hey, this may well be the case! It's abundantly clear that if ever thing that Hillary says and does is spun as some immoral or illegal and yet no proof is forth-coming, then the problem lies with the accusers (GOPers, and the BSers who echo those accusations and even sometimes originate them - Thanks Bernie!). That she is accused of so much and found guilty of none, is mighty convincing evidence that your OP is correct. Thanks.