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(3,014 posts)embracing W though? Wow. Just...wow.
forest444
(5,902 posts)I mean, besides Victor Ashe and the Iraq War profiteers.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)Just want to beat whatever R is offered up.
colorado_ufo
(5,733 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)KPN
(15,643 posts)Oh yeah, you placed conditions on her -- support Hillary or you are a traitor. Sort of like what GW did before we waltzed into Iraq.
You people are just too damned much. No wonder you are worried.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Wishfully negative thinking by Sanders supporters.
It's boring and irrelevant. Get out of the bubble.
KPN
(15,643 posts)Seems to me, the only relevance you folks have is to Hillary and the status quo.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Any differences they have are a matter of degree, not dogma.
Sanders was not ready to be CiC. Hillary is more than ready. Easy decision for those not conned by empty promises of free stuff.
KPN
(15,643 posts)where to take the country and how. There is a huge gulf between the two in that regard.
Palimpsestuous
(14 posts)Just because Bernie and Hillary voted the same way on 93% of the votes available to them in Congress, that is NOTHING resembling "agreeing with Hillary 93% of the time." Their disagreements are between a Progressive and a center right Republican. Why, do you suppose it's so nearly impossible for Bernie supporters to switch to Hillary? It's because, relative to Bernie, she is absolutely, without any doubt, a neoliberal neocon, i.e. a DINO acting like a Republican. Hillary Clinton is running against Trump because her husband and Obama pushed Republicans out of their place by acting just like them, except for issues of identity politics and climate change. Hillary doesn't even give a shit about climate change, leaving one category of issues with which she aligns as an actual Progressive.
It absolutely kills me how Hillary supporters actually use the same "talking points" just like Republicans do. If you can't see her as she is, I cannot help you. On the other hand, maybe you're fine with her Republican objectives, attitudes and tactics.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)OwlinAZ
(410 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)This is coming shortly.
It was supposed to be filed this week but is being held until the California data is in. You can howl with laughter all you want but the landslide is coming from every direction.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)still_one
(92,187 posts)now stand with Hillary the presumptive nominee gets attacked by a good number of Bernie supporters here?supporters
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Where you have no worries or questions. All is good. Don't change a thing. Nothing to see here folks, move along. Continue on with the Republican-lite polices.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)Seems they are all ready for the echo chamber ahead of schedule.
Bernie has pulled the curtains back on the dirty secret of the complete control over our politicians and the MSM by the Oligarch's. With DU becoming the "Hillary Cannot be Questioned" site, it seems they are taking over the Internet one Progressive site at a time! They will spend whatever it takes to do it too!
There is no convincing any of the Hillary supporters at this point of the truth, but facts are still facts. We allow legal bribery of our elected officials and leave our electronic voting a big unprotected mess, what do we expect? The media sure don't talk about it except to rank candidates by how much in legal bribes each has raked in. We are supposed to believe every politician who takes money from big donors that it has no effect, when a Princeton study shows that it absolutely does! Do we really even need a study to confirm this?
Viva the political revolution!
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)It's a waste of time.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Do watch the video at the link I provided to you elsewhere in this thread. Trump gets his talking points from her.
smdh.
KPN
(15,643 posts)You folks? Hillary supporters who act outraged that Bernie hadn't congratulated Hillary on victory. He's just staying true to his word. I find it remarkable that anyone here at DU finds that outrageous in progressive politician. It's frankly quite small minded and characteristic of authoritarian persona.
MADem
(135,425 posts)"You folks" doesn't work either.
I'll let Rachel explain it to you:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/you-people-new-generation
If you google the term, you'll get an earful.
No one's outraged at Sanders (that's quite the stretch to even imagine that) --some might be disappointed, or even dismayed, but outraged? Pfffft. He's coming off as churlish, childish, and small-minded, but it's all on him. He can "come with" or he can get left behind. Petty is not a good look and it does not improve with time.
Elizabeth Warren has joined the Clinton campaign and is doing the job Sanders has yet to step up and do. SHE is getting the media attention, HER words are being rebroadcast over and over again.
She was the "preferred progressive" in the first place, anyway. So...whatever.
KPN
(15,643 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)that would go hungry under Trump. I am not worried about myself
at all, I will be fine. Sanders people only care about themselves and
not other American's. Hillary is the only choice to protect others.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)In however many months you have been commenting here for HRC, your comments are so unprincipled and idiotic. I cannot believe I am replying to you, but your comments are on par with a first grader.
It's truly mind boggling!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I mean..... Jeebus on a cracker, for Crrriisssake, come on!
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)speaks well of you.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)Your comments offer nothing of substance ever.
Again, I cannot believe I am even acknowledging you.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)What you don't understand is there are one hell of a lot of Democrats that hate Hillary Clinton because she is not a Democrat
She is a Wall Street puppet.Forget Trump..Hillary could be running against "Anybody but Hillary" on the ticket and lose.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)and if you are hater the DNC don't need you.
OwlinAZ
(410 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)She only cares about herself. That is her real principle
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Up until the convention, I will continue to, as Congresswoman Gabbard is, support Senator Sanders, After the convention, I will support the Democratic nominee for POTUS, which will likely be Secretary Clinton.
Idealist first; pragmatist afterwards.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)And it's not just because I support Bernie, the person. It's because I support every single principle and issue he stands for.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)prin·ci·ple
ˈprinsəpəl/Submit
noun
plural noun: principles
1.
a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
"the basic principles of Christianity"
synonyms: truth, proposition, concept, idea, theory, assumption, fundamental, essential, ground rule
"elementary principles"
2.
a fundamental source or basis of something.
"the first principle of all things was water"
Honk-----------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
Duval
(4,280 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I'd support her.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)of Sanders' demands.
We voted for Hillary's platform, not Sanders'. She won, decisively. There is no reason on Earth for her to adopt policies that mustered only 43% of the vote.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)You're using Republican math. Like Bush winning his second term by 50 to 48 only to call his win a MANDATE!
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Nearly 6 out of 10 voters picked Hillary over Sanders. By any metric you choose, that's a blow-out.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)Just like Sanders' stump speech.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)If there was ever any group of people who deserved to be gloated at it's the insufferable Sanders supporters on DU.
You've earned every second of gloating Hillary supporters can dish out, and then some.
Kokonoe
(2,485 posts)She did pretend.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Are you against the 2nd Amendment? Or just someone who takes pot shots against Sanders? I'm talking about your posts downthread.
Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)I cannot believe the idiocy of his/her posts. Never anything displaying cognitive thought.
"Kill, Crush, Destroy"
Repeat
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Your deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)KPN
(15,643 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)by that I mean Tulsi Gabbard.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)KPN
(15,643 posts)You obviously don't care about the middle class, world peace, corruption in governance/elections, etc., etc.
Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)Unfortunately, that leaves little room for gray matter.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)only talks about it.
KPN
(15,643 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)wisteria
(19,581 posts)We will all do just fine without this malcontent.
McKim
(2,412 posts)Yeah, what's wrong with her, why wasn't she willing to just shut up and go back to Iraq to die for a lie? Why isn't she just laying down in front of the war machine like a good little girl?
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)TRUE Democrat in the U.S. Rep. for Maui.
KPN
(15,643 posts)Intelligent.
Laser102
(816 posts)to weapons. It seems she is more concerned with being in front of the cameras. No matter. My only hope is Madam President Clinton remembers her kindness and support. Perhaps her constituents will as well.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)with her.
brush
(53,776 posts)and she's a supreme opportunist, which is why she quit the DNC and joined the Sanders campaign.
She thought he was going to win and she'd maybe snare VP or at least a cabinet post.
How many Dems do you see bashing a president from their own party? She's done this repeatedly in the past. Maybe that's why she fitted in so well in Sanders campaign.
KPN
(15,643 posts)coming from the Hillary camp!!! Irony at its finest.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)was her father Mike Gabbard:
-Snip-
In 1995, Mike Gabbard co-founded the nonprofit Stop Promoting Homosexuality America,[5] which filed for the trade name Alliance For Traditional Marriage, "to educate the general public about the necessity of preserving traditional marriage".[6] Gabbard served as president[7] until the organization's involuntary dissolution in 2004.
-Snip-
On August 30, 2007, Gabbard switched from the Republican Party of Hawaii to the Democratic Party of Hawaii. His stated reason for doing so was that he believed that he could be more effective to his constituents as part of the majority party in the State Senate, where Democrats have long had a supermajority.[16] This switch in parties has been of some controversy, including repeated complaints regarding his opposition to the Democratic Party of Hawai'i's platform, and possible actions that may impact other Democrats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gabbard
Tulsi has similar rightward leanings as her father -- she is just a little more politically savvy and has huge ambitions.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Heavens! it is Clinton who is in bed with the 1% and Wall Street!!
Even Clinton's precious logo points right...
billh58
(6,635 posts)nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)kind of like how Obama changed his mind on an insurance mandate, only better
Tulsi Gabbard's Moment of Truth
Rumor is that your support of the LGBT community is not genuine. Given your (and your fathers) statements against LGBT rights in the past, why should people believe you've changed?
Tulsi: I've gone through some extraordinary experiences over the last decade, which have led me to realize that I could not, in good conscience, fight for liberty and freedom overseas while advocating something less than that here at home. That was an important decision for me and, in that context, I fully recognize that protecting the equal rights of all Americans, including those in the LGBT community, is an obligation we must strive to fulfill. This personal journey makes sense to most people I talk to.
http://www.expression808.com/home/2012/7/5/tulsi-gabbards-moment-of-truth.html
Also see; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard#LGBT_issues
Tulsi is the future of the Democratic party.
billh58
(6,635 posts)that I know view her differently. She was elected primarily by her father's conservative backers.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)and which of these policies below are conservative?
Just curious
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) restates the need for transparency in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the House floor.
Big Bank Bailouts
On Spying and the 4th Amendment
Tulsi questions "Defense" Secretary Ashton "Goldman Sachs" Carter
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls for labeling of GMO food on the House Floor
Bernie Sanders and the cost of war
Official House Page: http://gabbard.house.gov/
I'd walk over broken glass to elect Tulsi.
billh58
(6,635 posts)with any of those policies, and neither do most Hawaii Democrats. As I said earlier, Tulsi is more politically astute than her father, but she remains a "conservative" Democrat and she is highly ambitious.
I hope you don't cut your feet too badly...
kjones
(1,053 posts)Yeah....she makes comments about "homosexual extremists" and you guys are like, "yeah, just changing her mind"...
Oh but Clinton, she makes a minor shift (relative to that) and calculating and evil?
You guys are all so transparent.
Night Watchman
(743 posts)I couldn't possibly care less.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)I have noticed many people are not just 'taking it' with the press's pressure agenda. They stand up for themselves and answer empowered.
Go Tulsi!
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)I am offended. It is an inappropriate dig.
freebrew
(1,917 posts)The poster you've encountered lies and disrupts constantly.
Always one-line snarks against Bernie.
He must hate life to post some of the things I've read.
Or there's another word for it, TOS prevents typing it.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)against Bernie and Hillary. Maybe it is time for an alert.
freebrew
(1,917 posts)he strictly bashes Bernie. That seems acceptable here, no matter the lie.
If any of the Bernie bashers had said the same of hillary, they would certainly report it.
And yes, it is rude and insulting
It's almost as if someone doesn't want the left to vote for HRC.
Wonder just who would benefit from that?
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Plus, when someone posts like that it is only revealing of them-selves, verses contributing in any constructive way on a thread.
Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)that the poster is one of those corrupted bots that are thrown wildly out to the interwebs in an experiment aimed toward learning how to interract with the general public and has gone completely short-circuited.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)key word would have been in post #17 that would have triggered a response.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Agrees with you. I'm also glad to see standing up to the press as well.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)leave the poor to the mercy of Trumps fascism. That doesn't
matter to Sanders supporter their principles are more important
than people.
KPN
(15,643 posts)Loki
(3,825 posts)Well, I'm not prepared to call you a Democrat Ms. Gabbard, nor will I support someone who doesn't support my values and will not work to defeat the fascist who calls himself Trump. Get the f**k out of my party.
The height of intolerance when you demand unthinking allegiance or else banishment.
Geesh! How very democratic of you.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)earthshine
(1,642 posts)They are the so-called third-way, who greatly favor the rights of corporations over people.
They have little in common with traditional democrats like FDR, JFK, LBJ, and JC.
Why don't YOU get the f**k out of MY party?
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)If she is a genuine Sanders clone, then he has sold a lot of his supporters a bill of goods. Tulsi Gabbard is a Republican in a Democratic uniform.
The good news, though, is that she has a real-life liberal challenger!
http://mauitime.com/news/politics/maui-democratic-party-activist-shay-chan-hodges-says-shes-running-against-u-s-rep-tulsi-gabbard/
This individual appears to have an actual LIBERAL agenda (as opposed to a protectionist, shades-of-right-wing, Let's Bomb Syria and insult my CinC boss "progressive(?)" agenda).
The Darling of Fauxsnooze will probably survive the challenge (since she appeals to conservative Democrats AND Republicans-and she has fooled a lot of new voters with this "progressive" badge, now), but it's probably not a bad idea to let her know that she is indeed vulnerable.
KPN
(15,643 posts)womens rights. We shall see.
MADem
(135,425 posts)include "minority" and "gay" rights) is a flipping CORNERSTONE of a "liberal agenda?"
I'm afraid with Gabbard, you've been sold a bill of goods--she is not a "liberal," and she's not even a genuine "progressive."
It looks to me like Trump gets his talking points from HER--she was a year ahead of him on this screed (courtesy of Fauxsnooze):
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4035947540001/rep-tulsi-gabbard-on-ignoring-ideology-in-the-war-on-terror/#sp=show-clips
The Obama smackdown following the mass murder in Orlando applies to her, too, I'd say.
KPN
(15,643 posts)there are too many so called liberals who support DLC/Third Way/Neoliberal/New Democrat economic theory and policy ... which to my way of thinking, is anathema to real liberalism. And that affects all, not just categories of people. Can't really be one without the other.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Anyone can gripe about "DLC" (organization has been defunct for a half decade now, and dormant even longer, but never mind that), and "neoliberal/New Dem" economic theory all the live-long day, but people who aren't for equality in all its forms are NOT Democrats.
That's the bottom line.
Our tent is big--and it shelters liberal Dems, moderate ones, and (like it or not) conservative ones too--but there are some basic views that are quite frankly, tells. A failure to robustly endorse quality in all forms is one of 'em.
KPN
(15,643 posts)One can support equal rights "in all forms" but not support economic theory/policy that is in the best interest of workers/middle class. Or one can support both. Neo-libs don't support both. Hillary's a neoliberal. DLC ushered neoliberalism into the Democratic Party as the economic theory favored by party leadership -- defunct or not, that's relevant!
In case I haven't been straight-forward enough, I support equal rights among all people 100% and always have. So what's your bone with that?
Squinch
(50,949 posts)deathrind
(1,786 posts)Huge loss for the DHRCNC.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)No insults. No condescension. She has her opinion, and her right to it.
Personally, I have nothing but respect for her delivery. I disagree with her, but total respect. Respect doesn't have to = agreement.
youceyec
(394 posts)a while back kept refusing to condemn Trump for one his outrageous comments. I forgot which. She had to be pushed a several times to even acknowledge the question. Ill never forger that. She isn't a real democrat either.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)pre-pubescent rando.
We know this because she actually accomplishes things, as opposed to, well, this.
:ROFL:
youceyec
(394 posts)not sure why she claims otherwise.
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)yeah baby! These two leaders I can support.
KPN
(15,643 posts)swimming against the current when the current leads in the wrong direction; people with real conviction.
840high
(17,196 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)and is heading into political obscurity with Nina Turner.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)johnp3907
(3,730 posts)earthshine
(1,642 posts)Let's see if you can grasp some nuance.
I will not be voting for Clinton. As I live in NC, my vote will have no effect on the actual outcome. Therefore, I have the luxury of not voting for her. I support neither her nor Trump. I will not have my vote contribute to any delusion-of-mandate that I expect her to assume after winning the election.
The only reason she will win with popular support is that Trump is more awful.
I will be voting for down-ticket dems because the NC government is overrun with republicans and the state needs balance.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." President Eisenhower
SirBrockington
(259 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)HILLARY 2016
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)TryLogic
(1,723 posts)TryLogic
(1,723 posts)I had not seen much from Clinton supporters lately. I am sickened by the hatefulness.
Tulsi is a person who stands up for what she believes, shows good judgment based on experience, is well-spoken, and from what I have seen, walks the talk.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)"Cliff Arnebeck, the chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of Common Cause Ohio said there will be a racketeering lawsuit filed under the Ohio Racketeering law, the strongest in the country and we can bring in every state, our RICO statute is coextensive with the federal RICO statute
So theyre nailed.
The suit alleges that Hillary won by rigging the vote.
It appears there is another similar lawsuit being filed by the Institute for American Democracy and Election Integrity.
I'm getting this from various internet sources.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...and yet found Hilary's win genuine in spite of all that. Do take a look at the video below. I'll add that almost every poster here (that I've read) agrees that the primary rules need serious changing. Hilary and Sanders supports alike. But as you'll see in the video, the problems aren't entirely the fault of the party as states get a say in how they want to do things as well.
As for lawsuits being filed...I'm sure. Lawsuits were filed against Obama being president, saying that he wasn't born in America. They went to the Supreme Court, which decided that they were not true. So, all we're really saying when we point to a lawsuit being filed is that someone believes they can prove something is true, not that something is true.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Wow, are they ever refreshing and different from the Establishment.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Sienna86
(2,149 posts)DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)We all need to be clear about this. This movement is bigger than Bernie or Hillary. A Dem win in November puts it all in motion. Young folks lives will be a living hell with a Trump Supreme Court. So we all need to understand what this is all about.
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)are more concerned about not dying for a mistake instead of partisan politics.
sangfroid
(212 posts)My dad spent WWII in the Pacific. After he came home, he would spend months prior to an election pouring over campaign literature to ensure he was voting for the peace candidate. He told me "I never want anyone to go through that again."