When Hillary Was a Republican

[silvershadow]

As a young girl, Hillary Clinton followed in the footsteps of her Republican father, Hugh Rodham, in his support of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/when-hillary-was-a-republican-671953987662

[Hoyt]

1. Then around 20 she saw the light, 30 years before Elizabeth Warren.

[silvershadow]

3. Well she needs to keep moving toward it because she has a ways to go... nt

[Herman4747]

12. Yeah, Always Behind Bernie, Isn't She?

Around the time she was working to help, Goldwater -- who voted against the Civil Rights act -- Bernie was getting jailed for fighting segregation.
And she's been way behind ever since.

[silvershadow]

15. You said it! nt

[Scootaloo]

17. Hard to backstab from the front.

[blm]

2. This Sanders supporter thinks this is irrelevant because EVERYONE is what their parents

are when they are children and not out on their own, usually coinciding with college back then.

I was Catholic because my parents were Catholic.

Show some self-restraint, please, the irrelevancy is YUUUUUGE on this post of yours.

[Hoyt]

4. Exactly. Thank you.

[silvershadow]

5. It speaks to where she really is on the spectrum. I, for example, have been a die hard

yellow dog union labor FDR Democrat for over 50 years. She is Third Way. She will NOT take us in the right direction at this time. She may be a Democrat, but she is "less" Democrat than I am. She is far less Democrat than Bernie is.

[blm]

6. Who first tried to get Universal Healthcare and got the lion's share of blame when

it was obstructed? Some of us Sanders voters refuse to play games of pretend.

Some people stick their necks out and bear the scars for it. I don't particularly care for Clinton, but, I cannot deny she was treated like a punching bag by the GOP for over 3 decades.

Get into the arena and take the spears and punches if you think you would be better at it.

The only people who DON'T make mistakes are people who don't do anything.

[silvershadow]

7. She failed at her efforts, which as it turns out were far less than the ACA or even

what Bernie is proposing. Not only that, but she has stated as much in this campaign- she has no intentions of medicare for all or anything like it. it is all incremental, piece-meal stuff, same stuff they keep trying to do as a band-aid.

[blm]

10. Failed in 1993 to get UNIVERSAL care. Who else put their necks on THAT chopping block?

Since you are so certain YOU could have accomplished that, then why are you selfishly keeping yourself out of harm's way?

[silvershadow]

11. It isn't comparable. That's just something you are conflating. nt

[blm]

14. What YOU say is comparable is comparable and what others say is comparable is not

Got it.

[silvershadow]

16. Good. Now you will know not to share that meme anymore. nt

[blm]

18. What meme? I don't do memes and leave that tact to non thinkers.

However, I do ask questions that less honest types would not want to answer because the answer doesn't fit the narrative they want to project.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I'm not bothered by the fact that she was a Republican as a teenager.

I am bothered by the fact that she still seems to be one now.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

9. ^^^ +1000

[silvershadow]

20. She sure does. nt

[madamesilverspurs]

13. Gawdamitey!

I'm in deep, deep trouble if anyone holds me accountable for anything I did when I was sixteen. Or 17. Or 18.

Hell, I was raised by republicans. But once I chose to be a Democrat . . . Nevermind, I forgot that at DU some things are never ever forgiven.

Blecch.

[silvershadow]

21. She is less Democrat than I am, while Bernie is exactly the kind of Democrat I am.

Easiest decision of my life.

[LuvLoogie]

19. Spooky purist comments by the Talibern.

Condemning the thought crimes of a young girl.