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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:08 PM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton's distortions

Bernie Sanders for President

I think it's very important that you read what The Washington Post wrote yesterday about Hillary Clinton's distortions:

"But it's striking that, as Clinton has doubled down on the attacks, she has with some regularity played pretty fast and loose with the facts.

"She'll take a vote Sanders has made during his 25 years in Congress and gloss over most, if not all, of the details about it. The result is a carefully worded insinuation or even outright accusation that Sanders has voted against his base on everything from immigration to the auto bailout to fossil fuels."


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Hillary Clinton's distortions (Original Post) amborin Mar 2016 OP
Playing "pretty fast and loose with the facts." dchill Mar 2016 #1
no ____ amborin Mar 2016 #2
Mendacity! Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #3
"the #1 sucker list"...... amborin Mar 2016 #7
Wow..... If you think Hillary's campaign is tough... gainesvillenole Mar 2016 #4
So Hillary's lying is a good thing then? beedle Mar 2016 #5
they haven't even begun to get started on Hillary; if she's the nominee, she is toast amborin Mar 2016 #6
I hope we find out. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #8
He'd be able to respond to them right off the bat as he should and probably wants to with Clinton, polly7 Mar 2016 #9

dchill

(38,464 posts)
1. Playing "pretty fast and loose with the facts."
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:11 PM
Mar 2016

Where I come from, that will get you called a liar, not a distortionist.

gainesvillenole

(121 posts)
4. Wow..... If you think Hillary's campaign is tough...
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 03:53 PM
Mar 2016

What do you think the republicans would do to Bernie this fall if he were to somehow win the nomination? They rarely say a WORD about him now because they're keeping their powder dry before they try and turn him into their typical distorted view of a Muskie-crying, McGovern-style communist. Dukakis polled well against the republicans at this point in 88 as well..... Then they unleashed the dogs of war against him and he never recovered.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
5. So Hillary's lying is a good thing then?
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 03:57 PM
Mar 2016

The republicans will be bigger liars so we should all praise Hillary's dishonesty?

Okay, so tell me again what makes Democrats better than Republicans?

polly7

(20,582 posts)
9. He'd be able to respond to them right off the bat as he should and probably wants to with Clinton,
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:04 PM
Mar 2016

but so far he's been held back by respect for her, imo.

He will have no problem with republicans. Bernie is tough, smart and genuine. He doesn't need to stall or make up outlandish lies - and truth resonates with most people better than anything. They will have to resort to their crazy antics to even keep up with him and I think people on both sides are really sick of seeing that. They want real and honest answers.

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