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Hillary 2016 (Original Post) Aerows Jan 2013 OP
Step up to the plate Aerows Jan 2013 #1
maybe give it a rest, its four years away quinnox Jan 2013 #2
Never too early Aerows Jan 2013 #4
No way gopiscrap Jan 2013 #7
No more triangulating, 3rd Way, pro-war Democrats. NT Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #3
I think she comes from the heart Aerows Jan 2013 #8
It worked for President Obama Freddie Stubbs Jan 2013 #48
All that is true, but... sadbear Jan 2013 #5
See, this is what tees me off Aerows Jan 2013 #11
She is an outstanding center-right candidate n/t leftstreet Jan 2013 #14
Where did you get that? sadbear Jan 2013 #16
she also voted for the Iraq war. She's pro war. Whisp Jan 2013 #23
I still love you, Whisp :) Aerows Jan 2013 #33
me you too. :) Whisp Jan 2013 #36
We are friends Aerows Jan 2013 #38
Nothing wrong with those things. Doesn't mean we can't do better. Dawgs Jan 2013 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Maven Jan 2013 #47
Good luck with that. n/t mattclearing Jan 2013 #6
Do you think she is a bad candidate? Aerows Jan 2013 #9
Yes. mattclearing Jan 2013 #21
I didn't mean to be insulting Aerows Jan 2013 #41
Fair enough. n/t mattclearing Jan 2013 #42
Sorry Hillary is not the future, she needs to step aside, maybe mentor and coach younger candidates Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #10
2 posts Aerows Jan 2013 #12
Hillary does not alarm me at all, she is way to conservative for me and she will be way past 60 Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #15
She is past 60 now Flashmann Jan 2013 #17
I am Very Informed and we live in a very shallow nation where looks and age play a big part in Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #25
If you think she is the best one for the job, support her Flashmann Jan 2013 #26
File 13 Aerows Jan 2013 #35
Now you sound like a gun nut becasue I did not name the right part of the gun Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #27
Your circular logic Flashmann Jan 2013 #28
You are funny! BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #29
To make the claim,this far in advance Flashmann Jan 2013 #13
If she wants to run, she can, I don't care nor will I support her in her effort I will support Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #18
Ah...I see Flashmann Jan 2013 #22
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) LeftyDemLibProgress Jan 2013 #19
... sadbear Jan 2013 #20
Ok if you say so, I don't personally know Will Pitt so it is hard for me to judge if he Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #34
There is a troll that is rejoining every few hours and making calling a member WilliamPitt hrmjustin Jan 2013 #43
I searched the name & Will does not seem like a douche but perhaps I have a different standard as to Lesmoderesstupides Jan 2013 #44
Will Pitt is a great poster who is being harassed by this troll. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #45
you should start a website! snooper2 Jan 2013 #24
I'm guessing it would be as welcome Aerows Jan 2013 #30
I deeply respect HRC. Aerows Jan 2013 #31
no more clintons, no more bushes datasuspect Jan 2013 #32
Until they step forward, I still Aerows Jan 2013 #37
just reeks of a lack of imagination datasuspect Jan 2013 #39
Lack of imagination Aerows Jan 2013 #40
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
8. I think she comes from the heart
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:52 PM
Jan 2013

I don't think she is triangulating, so much as she is working to the best of all concerned with the angles presented.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
11. See, this is what tees me off
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:58 PM
Jan 2013

"We could do better" as though Hillary Clinton is the scum on the pond. The lady is fierce, she is eloquent, and has credentials coming out of her ears, yet some folks in the Democratic party want to make those negative traits.

What in the hell is wrong with being a credentialed, well-spoken, passionate President?

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
16. Where did you get that?
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:06 PM
Jan 2013

Pond scum? Certainly, I would not have a problem with a second President Clinton, but the fact is she's not very liberal for a Democrat. Saying we can do better does not mean I thinks she's pond scum. I mean, I like rib-eye steaks, which are very good IMO, but I know I could do better.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
23. she also voted for the Iraq war. She's pro war.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:09 PM
Jan 2013

as is her husband. When George Sr invaded Iraq in Gulf War1, Clinton took over and sanctioned them to hell for his whole two terms, then George Jr takes over when Iraq was weakened from all those years of assault, he took over for the final assault and grand robbery and the PNACers and the Halliburtons ran off with a lot of money and blood. Clinton was part of this chain of events and you can argue separation between Hillary and Bill's ideas, but she does have a habit of denying support of anything Bill did that was not popular and jumping on the wagon saying she helped him with anything that Was popular.

Why do we need a woman president that thinks like all the men presidents before her and has to remind us regularly (or her surrogates) of how 'tough' she is.

sorry, Aerows. I have to really really really disagree with you on this.

The reason white european men were only elected for how long was because of this thinking. That if he's a man he gets the job. I don't want the first woman president to act like all those previous men on that job.

 

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)
46. Nothing wrong with those things. Doesn't mean we can't do better.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 02:50 PM
Jan 2013

She did vote for the Iraq war after all.

Response to sadbear (Reply #5)

mattclearing

(10,091 posts)
21. Yes.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:09 PM
Jan 2013

You might recall that she lost the nomination when it was hers to win. She had her chance, made some poor choices as a Senator (like supporting the IWR for one) and ultimately failed to persuade the Democratic Party and by extension, the American people, that she should be President.

She also had higher negatives than Obama and polled worse against John McCain. If she had won the nomination, you might be complaining about the war with Iran which President McCain couldn't wait to lead us into.

It's also comical and insulting that you should use Obama's line to push a second Hillary presidential run. The facts don't support your cause, and I'm not Mitt Romney.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
41. I didn't mean to be insulting
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:37 PM
Jan 2013

nor comical. I wanted to see what other Democrats thought. I like her. I always will. Jeer me all that you like, but you don't have to vote for her, either.

I made my opinion plain, you disagree. That why we have opinions

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
10. Sorry Hillary is not the future, she needs to step aside, maybe mentor and coach younger candidates
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:54 PM
Jan 2013

Sorry Hillary is not the future, she needs to step aside, maybe mentor and coach younger candidates with getting elected.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
12. 2 posts
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:59 PM
Jan 2013

I can see how Hillary alarms you, since she is more respectable that any 12 Republican offerings.

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
15. Hillary does not alarm me at all, she is way to conservative for me and she will be way past 60
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:03 PM
Jan 2013

by 16.

The party needs younger leaders unless of course your goal is to turn the party into the GOP with nothing but old people running the show.

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
25. I am Very Informed and we live in a very shallow nation where looks and age play a big part in
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:11 PM
Jan 2013

the majority’s decision making for elected leaders.

If you think she is the best one for the job, support her.

I do not think she is the best for the job, nor the party as POTUS.

I would prefer and back with support including cash a liberal and progressive candidate for POTUS.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
26. If you think she is the best one for the job, support her
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:13 PM
Jan 2013

Asked and answered....I now direct you to post #13......

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
27. Now you sound like a gun nut becasue I did not name the right part of the gun
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:15 PM
Jan 2013

no I do not know her exact age but I do know she is over 60 now and will be 4 yeras older in 16 and that is a cold hard fact.

In fact I don't know the exact age of any politician, I know the general age of them, exact age, no.

Nor do I care.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
28. Your circular logic
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:17 PM
Jan 2013

Is tedious and boring,as is your insistence on maintaining a pretense of intellect and informed opinion.....Good day to you....

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
13. To make the claim,this far in advance
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jan 2013

That any potential candidate is or is not the best or is,or not the future seems predicated on disregarding unforeseeable dynamics that are certain to occur.......Wouldn't that be both disingenuous and counterintuitive,not to mention ridiculous?...

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
18. If she wants to run, she can, I don't care nor will I support her in her effort I will support
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:07 PM
Jan 2013

someone else, if she is the party nominee then all she gets from me is holding my nose and voting for her only becasue she has a (D) after her name.

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
34. Ok if you say so, I don't personally know Will Pitt so it is hard for me to judge if he
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:23 PM
Jan 2013

is a douche or not.

He may or may not be but either way it is just your opinion.

How about saying ... In my opinion Will Pitt is a douche...instead and make your case as to why.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
43. There is a troll that is rejoining every few hours and making calling a member WilliamPitt
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:56 PM
Jan 2013

names. people just alert on him when he pops up. Welcome to DU.

 

Lesmoderesstupides

(156 posts)
44. I searched the name & Will does not seem like a douche but perhaps I have a different standard as to
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 02:05 PM
Jan 2013

what makes one a douche then others.

Like what Harry Reid did yesterday that was douchey in my opinion, others will disagree but I also won't start a thread calling Harry Reid a douche either.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
45. Will Pitt is a great poster who is being harassed by this troll.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 02:09 PM
Jan 2013

They think it may be a former member that has a grudge.
Harry Reid is a politician and is acting like one. No surprise there!

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
30. I'm guessing it would be as welcome
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:19 PM
Jan 2013

as a Glen Beck oratory on how to prepare for the end of days.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
31. I deeply respect HRC.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:21 PM
Jan 2013

Many of my friends (love you Whisp) disagree. That is okay. I put this out there.

 

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)
32. no more clintons, no more bushes
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:21 PM
Jan 2013

there are 311,591,917 people (2011 census) in the US, surely someone ELSE is qualified.

 

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)
39. just reeks of a lack of imagination
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:31 PM
Jan 2013

300,000,000 + people.

i just can't get past the hope in all the diversity among that many people to have vestiges of former neoliberal administrations still hanging around like a specter in national politics.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
40. Lack of imagination
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 01:33 PM
Jan 2013

LOL, now there is a concept that I can agree with. 300,000,000+ of us, and we do, indeed lack imagination.

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