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INdemo

(6,994 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:03 PM Jan 2016

Desperate Hillary attacks Obama as Polls Sink

Her 2016 campaign is now mirrored by her 2008 campaign and attacks on Obama.
Please pay attention link at 1:16 thru to 1:27 and especially the commentary at 1:45

This is is sooooooooooooooooo Hillary and exactly what is happening now.



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Desperate Hillary attacks Obama as Polls Sink (Original Post) INdemo Jan 2016 OP
You're living in the past. Metric System Jan 2016 #1
Actually it's your candidate who's reliving the past Z_California Jan 2016 #3
You dont get the connection? INdemo Jan 2016 #6
How is this living the past. It shows when the chips are down she goes Negative. INdemo Jan 2016 #7
This is sad, and not good for the Democratic Party, but then Hillary cares most for Hillary. highprincipleswork Jan 2016 #2
That was my reaction... Hillary is just sad. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2016 #4
Nobody held a gun to her head and forced her to run tularetom Jan 2016 #5
Speak of the devil Mufaddal Jan 2016 #8
CAN YOU IMAGINE CALLING BERNIE SANDERS THE DEVIL ON DU AND NOT GETTING A HIDE?!? Metric System Jan 2016 #9
YOUR CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN Mufaddal Jan 2016 #10
kick! in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #11

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
6. You dont get the connection?
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:17 PM
Jan 2016

When Hillary is desperate Hillary goes negative. When Hillary goes negative voters sense a weakness and Hillary loses.

You know this is a great link to remind voters just how Hillary operates.Find a link where Hillary is talking about issues without false accusations attacking Bernie>

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
7. How is this living the past. It shows when the chips are down she goes Negative.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:22 PM
Jan 2016

This is Hillary's style.Actually more so than Bill's
Now many times I have asked: Is this really Hillary's 2nd try for the the Democratic nomination or is this her second try for her Third Term?

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
5. Nobody held a gun to her head and forced her to run
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:15 PM
Jan 2016

And nobody forced her to lash out against Sanders.

As far as I'm concerned, whatever bad stuff that happens to her is her own (and Bill's) fault.

Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
8. Speak of the devil
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:33 PM
Jan 2016
As Sanders soars, Clinton goes negative — a bad move

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may be poised to win both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, and as Sanders soars, rival Hillary Clinton is making the worst possible move of launching an all-out attack against him, which is the same mistake she made when she attacked Barack Obama in 2008.

For some time, I have strongly advised people close to the Clintons to not go negative against Sanders. Clinton needs to inspire voters about why she should be president, not become a negative candidate who reminds voters of the kind of politics they want to end.

Remember — and this is a key point — that when Clinton attacks Sanders for the vision and programs he believes in, she is attacking the large numbers of Democrats and independents who believe in what Sanders believes and favor the same changes and reforms that he promotes.

The Clinton attack against Sanders is the worst possible move for her and for Democrats. Because Clinton has low ratings for trustworthiness, whereas Sanders's ratings are high, a Clinton attack against Sanders will backfire.

Even worse for Clinton, the problem is that she has never articulated an uplifting and exciting reason for voters to back her, and her negative attack against Sanders will drown out any positive message she may have, if she has one.

Clinton's attacks against Sanders sounds strangely similar to her attacks against Obama in 2008. She is charging — among many things — that Sanders does not offer a realistic program, which is both condescending and wrong and an insult not only to Sanders, but to the large number of Democrats who are with Sanders.


http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/266749-as-sanders-soars-clinton-goes-negative-a-bad-move
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