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She is measured, bright, and doesn't back down.
I will help draft her for 2016. She is the lady we need.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)to have a good candidate, cher.
the 2016 Presidental Election began on November 7, 2012
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)I don't think she is triangulating, so much as she is working to the best of all concerned with the angles presented.
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)I think we could still do better.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)"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?
leftstreet
(36,098 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)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)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.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)We can agree to disagree.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)I was kinda scared to read your reply tho.
but all's good.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and that means more to me than politics.
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)She did vote for the Iraq war after all.
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mattclearing
(10,091 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Please proceed.
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)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
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)Sorry Hillary is not the future, she needs to step aside, maybe mentor and coach younger candidates with getting elected.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I can see how Hillary alarms you, since she is more respectable that any 12 Republican offerings.
Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)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.
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)You're not doing much to enhance the illusion that you are of informed opinion.....
Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)the majoritys 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)Asked and answered....I now direct you to post #13......
Aerows
(39,961 posts)The round file. Exactly.
Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)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)Is tedious and boring,as is your insistence on maintaining a pretense of intellect and informed opinion.....Good day to you....
Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)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)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.
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Please refer to post #17....
LeftyDemLibProgress
(11 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)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)names. people just alert on him when he pops up. Welcome to DU.
Lesmoderesstupides
(156 posts)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)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!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)as a Glen Beck oratory on how to prepare for the end of days.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Many of my friends (love you Whisp) disagree. That is okay. I put this out there.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)there are 311,591,917 people (2011 census) in the US, surely someone ELSE is qualified.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)like Hillary Clinton. Sorry, I just like her.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)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)LOL, now there is a concept that I can agree with. 300,000,000+ of us, and we do, indeed lack imagination.