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So Hillary supporters want us to believe she led on health care while Bernie was silent? Ahem: (Original Post) beam me up scottie Mar 2016 OP
knr snagglepuss Mar 2016 #1
The Internet is proving to be a thorn NWCorona Mar 2016 #2
The truth has a strong pro-Bernie bias. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #5
I've read many times over the years, how chemicals put in our water supply Cavallo Mar 2016 #156
Curse you, Al Gore! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #13
Too funny! NWCorona Mar 2016 #18
Which is probably why 90% of the millennials are with Bernie. They know the truth. reformist2 Mar 2016 #15
Yup NWCorona Mar 2016 #16
That is a really good point. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #43
Old timers know too. We've heard it all. Time to turn the tide. Paper Roses Mar 2016 #68
It is like her kryptonite GummyBearz Mar 2016 #104
One distortion of the facts after another UglyGreed Mar 2016 #3
By now she knows she will be fact checked passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #42
It is worse than that. She has written off being seen as having integrity. salib Mar 2016 #109
He says he' s fighting for the Canadian system in Vermont. ucrdem Mar 2016 #4
So we don't need to do better? daleanime Mar 2016 #6
Hillary 2016: Because we don't deserve better! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #8
False equivalence. Obama didn't get Obamacare passed when he was a Senator. n/t arcane1 Mar 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author DUbeornot2be Mar 2016 #47
It's a much better system and the only reason the Dems don't get behind it is.... Armstead Mar 2016 #23
the only reason anyone doesn't get behind it is passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #48
Great, so why can't he get it done in Vermont, and what makes you think he could pass it nationally? ucrdem Mar 2016 #59
Because Bernie is a US SENATOR, that's why he introduced legislation in the US Senate. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #63
I forgot that Bernie is a state Senator, not a Federal one. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #66
Then why did he say he was fighting for the Canadian system in Vermont? ucrdem Mar 2016 #67
Your questioned was answered eom noiretextatique Mar 2016 #81
That would be a refreshing surprise. nt ucrdem Mar 2016 #150
So why hasn't the Hilary exceeded Bernie then? Where are her glorious Healthcare accomplishments? Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #78
Here they are: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #82
She is very good at that isn't she? Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #88
Indeed. She excel$ at it. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #89
Bernie got the bill to stipulate a state could choose to go single payer. glowing Mar 2016 #154
Am I imagining things? I swear this has happened before kcr Mar 2016 #7
I think so, then a photo surfaced where she thanked him for supporting universal health care. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #10
Right, I thought so kcr Mar 2016 #12
This one is making the rounds in my facebook world! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #19
They are pissed off because he wants everyone to have healthcare, while she wants everyone to pay Doctor_J Mar 2016 #11
K&R me b zola Mar 2016 #14
Hey you! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #21
She just can't stop lying!nt m-lekktor Mar 2016 #17
And the REASON the 1% doesn't want the rest of us to have good healthcare pdsimdars Mar 2016 #20
Well in all fairness he is just standing behind her quietly giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #22
Did you watch the video? He LED on the issue for decades. Is the new meme, Bernie is too quiet? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #24
I was just making an observation. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #27
you should. Your comment is incorrect roguevalley Mar 2016 #39
It's a meme now that Bernie was there? Hydra Mar 2016 #40
Holy fuck, not my candidate. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #74
Ok, I'll go with it Hydra Mar 2016 #79
Bc I'm a huge smartass & somewhat bored with these primaries. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #80
I have seen you try to be fair at times but this isn't one of them. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #92
I really can't keep track of all the allegations that float around this place giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #98
With all the lies coming out of Hill's mouth, I have to admit that BeanMusical Mar 2016 #103
La la la lala Wilms Mar 2016 #57
Are you really this lame? TM99 Mar 2016 #25
two lies in two days? greymouse Mar 2016 #30
Ooohh you called me lame. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #31
Well since you didn't answer the question TM99 Mar 2016 #34
Generally when someone leads with an insult giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #37
Well your initial TM99 Mar 2016 #41
By making a literal observation of the picture in the OP? giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #51
Please, don't feign ignorance or naivete. TM99 Mar 2016 #60
Many seem to resort UglyGreed Mar 2016 #84
It is just another form of bullying. TM99 Mar 2016 #85
True UglyGreed Mar 2016 #87
I could never tolerate a bully when I was TM99 Mar 2016 #93
I'm with you UglyGreed Mar 2016 #95
THis is all a bit over the top ... poster said it was a sarcastic joke made out of boredom ... brett_jv Mar 2016 #157
Yeah, sarcastic joke made out of boredom TM99 Mar 2016 #158
Alerted and left 1-6 ......... Logical Mar 2016 #38
The result of this lame alert should have been 0-7 to leave it. BeanMusical Mar 2016 #70
She was the First Lady - he was a congressman. It's called PROTOCOL! lol!! jillan Mar 2016 #65
"That's the problem with revising history after the advent of video." restorefreedom Mar 2016 #26
I'm waiting for someone to say it was "edited". beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #29
Photoshop! photoshop! restorefreedom Mar 2016 #32
It's Bruce Rappaport in that video!!1! BeanMusical Mar 2016 #72
Duplicity Is As Duplicity Does cantbeserious Mar 2016 #28
Hillary is running a perfect 1980 campaign in 2016 peacebird Mar 2016 #33
a few years after 1980, in fact--four, by the looks of it MisterP Mar 2016 #77
That's it, in a nutshell. /nt Marr Mar 2016 #121
Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2016 #35
K&R. think Mar 2016 #36
That video with Sanders arguing for health-care was from 1993. Did Clinton miss that? nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #44
She must have missed the entire year: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #46
Bernie could say he doesn't know where SHE was .. polly7 Mar 2016 #49
He should ask where she went after her lark failed. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #53
He did, and she didn't seem to give much of a rat's ass - it's 'totally un-doable' now. polly7 Mar 2016 #54
By tomorrow she may hold a position better than Medicare for all and not only is it Doable Dragonfli Mar 2016 #136
Bernie was ahead of his Time in so many ways. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #45
She is on an amazing streak. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #50
It's like her campaign forgot that Google exists! IllinoisLabour Mar 2016 #52
He wasn't silent kennetha Mar 2016 #55
That was the real fight, not posing for photo ops as first lady then giving up after she failed. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #58
Right even when there is a better path forward kennetha Mar 2016 #61
Better path forward? MILLIONS STILL DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #62
Keep telling yourself that kennetha Mar 2016 #64
Facts suck for Hillary and her supporters, don't they? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #69
she told truth kennetha Mar 2016 #71
The truth? You mean how she $old us out for MILLIONS from the for-profit health care industry? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #73
They can't handle the truth! BeanMusical Mar 2016 #96
Talking Points noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #86
truth hurts doesn't it? kennetha Mar 2016 #90
truth? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #99
+1000 BeanMusical Mar 2016 #105
Nope noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #100
Wouldn't know... Hillary and her staunch supporters don't give us the truth. n/t cui bono Mar 2016 #130
No, the truth feels good to those of us who support Bernie... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #134
Thank you. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #135
k&r krawhitham Mar 2016 #56
She can't be trusted on anything she says. SoapBox Mar 2016 #75
Every time I see clinton's campaign, one thing comes to mind. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #76
Lol! BeanMusical Mar 2016 #106
I am so tired of the same old propaganda and wrong thinking. I want Bernie!!!! highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #83
you can have him all to yourself. kennetha Mar 2016 #91
We don't have to share our candidate with the trillion dollar for-profit health care industry. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #94
Well, not to myself. There are a whole lot of others who agree. Have you seen this video? highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #111
This is one of those days when Hillary makes the thought of holding my nose and voting her difficult Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #97
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #101
Why thank you! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #110
Are we sure that's Bernie in the bottom pic? Dr. Strange Mar 2016 #102
Hard to choose which Hillary Hate remark to respond to--- maddiemom Mar 2016 #107
Wait, wut? The truth is now "Hillary Hate"? And you would actually support Trump? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #108
Before Cruz or Rubio? Hell Yes! maddiemom Mar 2016 #144
How is this thread hating on Hillary? Does the truth have an anti-Hillary bias? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #146
Good for you! maddiemom Mar 2016 #152
NOT EVER as to voting for Trump ( not a primary option for me in PA). maddiemom Mar 2016 #147
Hillary is the one lying about Bernie. How is calling her out on her lies hating on Hillary? liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #114
I've been voting since 1968, Independent, then Democrat, necessary to have a voice in PA primaries. maddiemom Mar 2016 #145
You would actually support Trump before say Jill Stein? That says a lot. liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #115
Says "get real." maddiemom Mar 2016 #143
Sanders was pushing his own plan, not supporting Clinton. Had he, maybe Hoyt Mar 2016 #112
What legislation was that? Link? And why did she thank him then? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #113
Read up on it, he never supported her plan. He was pushing single payer Hoyt Mar 2016 #116
No, you made the claim so you need to back it up. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #117
He was pushing his single payer plan, which had no chance then. Hoyt Mar 2016 #118
What plan did he have in 1993? You need to cite actual evidence. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #119
Can you read? Hoyt Mar 2016 #120
Not only did I read it twice I just cited info you conveniently left out. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #122
Stop info citing you, you, you commie lover!!!! Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #148
She really needs to stop lying, and fire David Brock. Marr Mar 2016 #123
Soooo... one_voice Mar 2016 #124
What on earth are you going on about? Bernie hasn't said a word about her lies. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #125
Um, before you start that with me.. one_voice Mar 2016 #126
I don't need to look up your history, you just blamed Bernie, remember? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #127
And she wants credit.. I blamed both... one_voice Mar 2016 #131
Why did you blame Bernie at all when he didn't do what you accused him of? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #133
Why is it every time I read one of your posts, I keep hearing . . . Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #151
Hillary's sniper fire and healthcare Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #128
Don't forget crediting Nancy Reagan for her work combating AIDS. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #129
Add the auto bailout wowzer. sarge43 Mar 2016 #149
Wow, WTH is she thinking!? blackspade Mar 2016 #132
She forgot that Bernie's supporters know how to use the Google. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #137
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #138
You're welcome, Uncle Joe! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #139
Don't Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #140
I won't! I'm just picking my battles. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #141
K&R! neverforget Mar 2016 #142
She knew where he was then...even wrote him a note about it. . . Triana Mar 2016 #153
Excellent video of Bernie. Cavallo Mar 2016 #155

Cavallo

(348 posts)
156. I've read many times over the years, how chemicals put in our water supply
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 02:27 PM
Mar 2016

affect memory.

I can't argue with that seeing how people have very little memory now a days for even events one year ago.

The internet is the source of finding out and you are dead right - Hillary cannot stand up to anyone using google. Her whole campaign speeches crumble under a quick google of her and the subject. You can watch her on you-tube saying the opposite and promoting the opposite all through her speeches.

Paper Roses

(7,473 posts)
68. Old timers know too. We've heard it all. Time to turn the tide.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:00 PM
Mar 2016

I want to tell you Hillary supporters about my contemporaries. We are all in our 60's and 70'd. None of us support Hillary. We all see her as a continuation of the same old baloney we have had for the past 40 years or more. We want to feel that our children and grandchildren have a chance in this world. All of us support Bernie. Some of these friends have never voted for a Democrat They will now. Times have changed. So have we.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
104. It is like her kryptonite
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:00 PM
Mar 2016

She is stuck in an outdated period where lying non-stop worked because people didn't have information at their finger tips thanks to the internet. There is also that whole thing about her not understanding that government emails with sensitive information should not be kept on private email servers.

It is like her kryptonite. Imagine how scary it would be for superman if 84% of the country had kryptonite in their households, their pockets, their offices, etc... yikes.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
3. One distortion of the facts after another
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:38 PM
Mar 2016

does she not realize this is not the early 90s and we can fact check her statements. Arrogance comes to mind.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
42. By now she knows she will be fact checked
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:28 PM
Mar 2016

She's counting on adult/elderly votes of people who are not on the internet, but get their news from CNN or MSNBC or FOX.

She knows she's already lost the youth vote. But does she know how many of us elderly people use the internet instead of TV for our news? I don't think so. Or, we are a very small percentage and we just don't matter?

salib

(2,116 posts)
109. It is worse than that. She has written off being seen as having integrity.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:27 PM
Mar 2016

Ever since the exit polls from New Hampshire, when she was seen as trustworthy by only about 10% or so, I suspect her campaign simply said "there is nothing to lose so we can now say anything and some of it may stick. It cannot hurt us as there is really no further to sink."

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
4. He says he' s fighting for the Canadian system in Vermont.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:38 PM
Mar 2016

He lost. Meanwhile Obamacare won the entire nation. So we're supposed to think Bernie can do better?

Response to arcane1 (Reply #9)

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
23. It's a much better system and the only reason the Dems don't get behind it is....
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:07 PM
Mar 2016

cowardice and corruption.if the current crop of Democrat "leaders" had been in place in the 1960's, we'd never have anything resembling Medicare.

Bernie should not be among the voices in the wilderness in DC on this. It ought to have been the defaul position of all democrats long ago.


passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
48. the only reason anyone doesn't get behind it is
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:31 PM
Mar 2016

MONEY...the people who have the money that get the congress critters elected, don't want to end the money train of big pharma and Medical insurance and care.

Money is what we are fighting and it's one of Bernie's biggest issues. We need to get the money out of politics. Then it won't matter so much who has the house and senate. Because even Republicans will fight for single payer if it's what their constituents want.

Money is what prevents constituents from forcing their elected congress members to act for the people's interest.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
59. Great, so why can't he get it done in Vermont, and what makes you think he could pass it nationally?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:50 PM
Mar 2016

Answer: Bernie's an expert basher particularly when the bashee is a Democrat but beyond that there's not much to recommend.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
63. Because Bernie is a US SENATOR, that's why he introduced legislation in the US Senate.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:57 PM
Mar 2016

Boy you guys sure do struggle with facts, just like your candidate.

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
78. So why hasn't the Hilary exceeded Bernie then? Where are her glorious Healthcare accomplishments?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:24 PM
Mar 2016

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
82. Here they are:
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:32 PM
Mar 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Single-Payer Pivot Greased By Millions in Industry Speech Fees

Hillary Clinton’s sudden attack on Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan is a dramatic break with Democratic Party doctrine that the problem with single-payer is that it is politically implausible — not that it is a bad idea.

Single-payer, the Canadian-style system in which the government pays for universal health care, takes the health insurance industry out of the picture, saving huge amounts of money. But the health insurance industry has become so rich and powerful that it would never let it happen.

That was certainly Clinton’s position back in the early 1990s, when she was developing her doomed universal coverage proposal for her husband, Bill.

But in the ensuing years, both Clintons have taken millions of dollars in speaking fees from the health care industry. According to public disclosures, Hillary Clinton alone, from 2013 to 2015, made $2,847,000 from 13 paid speeches to the industry.



Source: Public federal disclosures, Clinton campaign

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/


Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Enemies’ In Pharmaceutical and Insurance Industries Have Supported Her Campaigns, Foundation

In 2008, Clinton was the among the three biggest recipients of campaign cash from pharmaceutical-related companies, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. In all, the watchdog group reports that she raised $738,000 from employees of pharmaceutical manufacturers and companies classified as “Pharmaceuticals /Health Products.” The center reports that Clinton also raised more than $1.2 million from the insurance industry -- which includes health insurers.

On top of those campaign contributions, the Clintons and their family foundation have benefited from their ties to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

In 2011, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) -- the primary trade association representing drug companies -- paid Bill Clinton $200,000 for a speech, as the organization was lobbying the Hillary Clinton-led State Department. Last year, the Drug Chemical and Associated Technologies Association, a trade group whose members include major pharmaceutical companies, paid her a $250,000 speaking fee.


Meanwhile, the Clinton Foundation has received between $1 million and $5 million worth of donations separately from drug manufacturers Pfizer and Procter & Gamble, and from health insurers Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. Some of those companies made donations as recently as this year, according to the foundation’s website.

That largesse was part of a friendship forged after those industries opposed her 1993 health care initiative -- and which continued after she won reelection to the Senate in 2006.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democratic-debate-2015-hillary-clintons-enemies-pharmaceutical-insurance
 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
154. Bernie got the bill to stipulate a state could choose to go single payer.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 02:10 PM
Mar 2016

The industry and Obama worked a bit against the idea by saying a system like that couldn't go into effect in 2014 like most of the ACA, but could go into effect in 2017. The state of VT has, in my opinion, an ass hat of a Governor now (only won because of the D behind his name, but quite asshole of a man)... anyway, the legislation gets passed to go single payer, a million dollar study goes into effect (btw with the guy who called voters f-ing morons in regards to the ACA and had to be fired), to check on the costs of starting this or not (hello waste of money for a state that doesn't need million dollar anythings). So, this past year, after legislation has passed this bill and all, the Governor basically cans the single payer project and decides that schools are too small and teachers are making too much and the state needs to make bigger school districts as a cost saving measure... He's a tool.

This is the explanation my Mom gave me...

kcr

(15,315 posts)
7. Am I imagining things? I swear this has happened before
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:42 PM
Mar 2016

Where she had said that and he responded with "I was right behind you" Like, maybe last year. Does anyone else remember? Or is this some weird Deja vu thing happening with me because primary season fatigue is setting in already.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
11. They are pissed off because he wants everyone to have healthcare, while she wants everyone to pay
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:47 PM
Mar 2016

the death merchants. Uhc without insurance profits would cut off some of Hillary's major donors.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
20. And the REASON the 1% doesn't want the rest of us to have good healthcare
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:59 PM
Mar 2016

is because they think if EVERYONE has it, us peons will clog up their system.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
40. It's a meme now that Bernie was there?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:23 PM
Mar 2016

That Bernie was there during the civil rights? Helping Dems in congress out for decades? With Hillary working on Healthcare? Fighting the IWR?

I'm sorry your candidate seems to think she was the only one out there doing things.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
79. Ok, I'll go with it
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:28 PM
Mar 2016

But then I have to ask the question- why are you defending Hillary's blatant lie with with a lazy deflection? You don't think he was just there to take up space, do you?

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
92. I have seen you try to be fair at times but this isn't one of them.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:41 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary obviously lied about Bernie's support of health care reform.

She deserves to be called out on it.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
98. I really can't keep track of all the allegations that float around this place
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:46 PM
Mar 2016

I get really tired of the dumb back & forth from supporters & the our candidate is better than yours crap. I was literally just making an observation about the one picture where he is standing right behind her.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
25. Are you really this lame?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:08 PM
Mar 2016

He was one of the rep's directly involved in working on the 1990's plan. That is why he is there with her.

It must really be getting to y'all that she has been caught and called out now on TWO lies in TWO days.

greymouse

(872 posts)
30. two lies in two days?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:11 PM
Mar 2016

Is that all she's been caught on? I thought it was like that old joke, How do you know X is lying? His mouth is moving.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
37. Generally when someone leads with an insult
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:16 PM
Mar 2016

I've determined they aren't worthy of intelligent discussion.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
51. By making a literal observation of the picture in the OP?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:36 PM
Mar 2016

Yeah, you fuckin go with that cupcake.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
60. Please, don't feign ignorance or naivete.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:51 PM
Mar 2016

You did not make a simple, factual 'observation'. You were deflecting from yet another Clinton lie being exposed.

Now, look who is resorting to the insults. Must have struck a nerve, eh?

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
85. It is just another form of bullying.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

It is passive-aggressiveness. Once called on it, they attempt to feign innocence and ignorance.

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
157. THis is all a bit over the top ... poster said it was a sarcastic joke made out of boredom ...
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 05:43 PM
Mar 2016

Now they're a passive-aggressive bully?

C'mon now ...

 

Logical

(22,457 posts)
38. Alerted and left 1-6 .........
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:19 PM
Mar 2016

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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
53. He should ask where she went after her lark failed.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:40 PM
Mar 2016

He continued fighting while she sold out to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
54. He did, and she didn't seem to give much of a rat's ass - it's 'totally un-doable' now.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:43 PM
Mar 2016

But that was a few weeks ago. Maybe it can be done again. I get confused.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
136. By tomorrow she may hold a position better than Medicare for all and not only is it Doable
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 10:36 PM
Mar 2016
But her plan would be copied from the Canadian system which has fewer flaws and covers more than Medicare for all would, the only catch being is that only she is so beloved by all Republicans that only she and not Sanders can get it to work.

You don't have to keep up because it's almost impossible with her, so don't feel bad, and even the when you finally figure out what her stances are on the issues that day, you need a complicated algorithm to separate the lies, from the half lies, from the occasional "she really means it!"

I think it might be much simpler to go with a wheel or a dart board full of all possible stands on issues and just go by that, or go high tech with a random issue stance generator! Yeah, I think I will write one of those, she can even use the output for her website!
 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
45. Bernie was ahead of his Time in so many ways.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:30 PM
Mar 2016

He practically invented the mussed, I just rolled out of bed hairstyle. How can anyone not love this guy??

 

IllinoisLabour

(86 posts)
52. It's like her campaign forgot that Google exists!
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:38 PM
Mar 2016

You'd think that some lowly intern would say "hey, the top ten results on google debunk our claim" before this stuff goes out.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
55. He wasn't silent
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:44 PM
Mar 2016

He is never silent. Just tilting at windmills again instead of joining the real fight. Same old Bernie.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
58. That was the real fight, not posing for photo ops as first lady then giving up after she failed.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:47 PM
Mar 2016

He's STILL fighting for single payer health care.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
61. Right even when there is a better path forward
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:53 PM
Mar 2016

A hard won path that cost many democrats their seats, he still refuses to come down off his high horse and join the real fight. He is so self-indulgent it is unbelievable

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
62. Better path forward? MILLIONS STILL DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:55 PM
Mar 2016

MILLIONS can't afford doctor's visits or medicine.

Spare me the bullshit. One candidate is still fighting for EVERYONE to have health care, the other sold out.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
64. Keep telling yourself that
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 05:58 PM
Mar 2016

feels good I bet

Biggest progressive achievement in decades and instead of fighting to extend and improve it, Bernie wants to go tilting at windmills in the name of self-indulgent ideological purity totally detached from the real world. Have fun in fantasy land but count me out

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
69. Facts suck for Hillary and her supporters, don't they?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:02 PM
Mar 2016

Y'all are the ones living a fantasy since she was caught lying about his record again today.

Damn the internet!

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
71. she told truth
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:11 PM
Mar 2016

but doesn't seem like you are prepared to acknowledge the truth.

When the chips were down, and the battle was joined, there he was out in left field, picking at daisies instead of having his head in the game. Same old Bernie.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
73. The truth? You mean how she $old us out for MILLIONS from the for-profit health care industry?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:13 PM
Mar 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Single-Payer Pivot Greased By Millions in Industry Speech Fees

Hillary Clinton’s sudden attack on Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan is a dramatic break with Democratic Party doctrine that the problem with single-payer is that it is politically implausible — not that it is a bad idea.

Single-payer, the Canadian-style system in which the government pays for universal health care, takes the health insurance industry out of the picture, saving huge amounts of money. But the health insurance industry has become so rich and powerful that it would never let it happen.

That was certainly Clinton’s position back in the early 1990s, when she was developing her doomed universal coverage proposal for her husband, Bill.

But in the ensuing years, both Clintons have taken millions of dollars in speaking fees from the health care industry. According to public disclosures, Hillary Clinton alone, from 2013 to 2015, made $2,847,000 from 13 paid speeches to the industry.



Source: Public federal disclosures, Clinton campaign

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/


Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Enemies’ In Pharmaceutical and Insurance Industries Have Supported Her Campaigns, Foundation

In 2008, Clinton was the among the three biggest recipients of campaign cash from pharmaceutical-related companies, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. In all, the watchdog group reports that she raised $738,000 from employees of pharmaceutical manufacturers and companies classified as “Pharmaceuticals /Health Products.” The center reports that Clinton also raised more than $1.2 million from the insurance industry -- which includes health insurers.

On top of those campaign contributions, the Clintons and their family foundation have benefited from their ties to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

In 2011, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) -- the primary trade association representing drug companies -- paid Bill Clinton $200,000 for a speech, as the organization was lobbying the Hillary Clinton-led State Department. Last year, the Drug Chemical and Associated Technologies Association, a trade group whose members include major pharmaceutical companies, paid her a $250,000 speaking fee.


Meanwhile, the Clinton Foundation has received between $1 million and $5 million worth of donations separately from drug manufacturers Pfizer and Procter & Gamble, and from health insurers Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. Some of those companies made donations as recently as this year, according to the foundation’s website.

That largesse was part of a friendship forged after those industries opposed her 1993 health care initiative -- and which continued after she won reelection to the Senate in 2006.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democratic-debate-2015-hillary-clintons-enemies-pharmaceutical-insurance

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
86. Talking Points
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

Tilting at windmills - ideological purity - fantasy land. Do you really think we haven't seen those same words from other Hillary supporters over and over? Do you have any comment to make where you can use your own words instead of relying on overused talking points?

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
100. Nope
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:53 PM
Mar 2016

The truth will set you free my friend. Try it sometime. I'm all for SUNSHINE! I have no fear of the truth and neither does my candidate. Yours on the other hand....

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
134. No, the truth feels good to those of us who support Bernie...
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 09:24 PM
Mar 2016

...but what you are spouting here is far from "the truth".

The lies you are peddling don't hurt either, as you simply expose yourself as willfully ignorant and willing to lie for your preferred candidate.

We know that Bernie was fighting for health care way back when. We know that Hillary THANKED him for his help, in written form. We know he stood with her at the Dartmouth speech. We know that he got the health clinics inserted into the ACA to help those who still are not covered, since the public option had been scrapped -- he insisted on that if they wanted him to support and fight for the overall bill without the public option. (BTW, that also shows that Bernie really does know how to wheel and deal in the Senate -- something which again, those of us who support him already knew.)

I'll just stop here before I say something that gets a post hidden.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
94. We don't have to share our candidate with the trillion dollar for-profit health care industry.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:43 PM
Mar 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Single-Payer Pivot Greased By Millions in Industry Speech Fees

Hillary Clinton’s sudden attack on Bernie Sanders’ single-payer health care plan is a dramatic break with Democratic Party doctrine that the problem with single-payer is that it is politically implausible — not that it is a bad idea.

Single-payer, the Canadian-style system in which the government pays for universal health care, takes the health insurance industry out of the picture, saving huge amounts of money. But the health insurance industry has become so rich and powerful that it would never let it happen.

That was certainly Clinton’s position back in the early 1990s, when she was developing her doomed universal coverage proposal for her husband, Bill.

But in the ensuing years, both Clintons have taken millions of dollars in speaking fees from the health care industry. According to public disclosures, Hillary Clinton alone, from 2013 to 2015, made $2,847,000 from 13 paid speeches to the industry.



Source: Public federal disclosures, Clinton campaign

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/13/hillary-clinton-single-payer/


Democratic Debate 2015: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Enemies’ In Pharmaceutical and Insurance Industries Have Supported Her Campaigns, Foundation

In 2008, Clinton was the among the three biggest recipients of campaign cash from pharmaceutical-related companies, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. In all, the watchdog group reports that she raised $738,000 from employees of pharmaceutical manufacturers and companies classified as “Pharmaceuticals /Health Products.” The center reports that Clinton also raised more than $1.2 million from the insurance industry -- which includes health insurers.

On top of those campaign contributions, the Clintons and their family foundation have benefited from their ties to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

In 2011, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) -- the primary trade association representing drug companies -- paid Bill Clinton $200,000 for a speech, as the organization was lobbying the Hillary Clinton-led State Department. Last year, the Drug Chemical and Associated Technologies Association, a trade group whose members include major pharmaceutical companies, paid her a $250,000 speaking fee.


Meanwhile, the Clinton Foundation has received between $1 million and $5 million worth of donations separately from drug manufacturers Pfizer and Procter & Gamble, and from health insurers Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. Some of those companies made donations as recently as this year, according to the foundation’s website.

That largesse was part of a friendship forged after those industries opposed her 1993 health care initiative -- and which continued after she won reelection to the Senate in 2006.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democratic-debate-2015-hillary-clintons-enemies-pharmaceutical-insurance


She $old us out while Bernie is still fighting.

 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
111. Well, not to myself. There are a whole lot of others who agree. Have you seen this video?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:51 PM
Mar 2016


Seriously, you do not respect this man?

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
97. This is one of those days when Hillary makes the thought of holding my nose and voting her difficult
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:46 PM
Mar 2016

But Der Donald has been coming through like a champ today to show that it might actually be very easy to hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton in November,

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
107. Hard to choose which Hillary Hate remark to respond to---
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 07:07 PM
Mar 2016

Thom Hartmann and Bill Maher seem to be the only sane liberals opining theses days. "You don't have to hate Hillary to love Bernie;" but Trump is less scary than his opponents. Actually, he'd be my 3rd choice after Bernie and Hillary

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
144. Before Cruz or Rubio? Hell Yes!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 04:21 AM
Mar 2016

Beside the point because I'll vote Bernie when the PA primary (way late,as are most of the major delegate states) comes up: Hillary if she beats out Bernie in our primary(in which I'll be a major local worker). Have you listened to Thom's take, whatever your opinion of Maher?

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
147. NOT EVER as to voting for Trump ( not a primary option for me in PA).
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 05:47 AM
Mar 2016

Preferring Trump to Cruz ( a creepy and /or phony religious nut) or Rubio ( an obvious and inept sock puppet Republican PTB are obviously promoting)? Yeah! If we're doomed to a Repug POTUS, The Donald should be great fun. Whether his campaign stems from his immense ego or is actually playing off all the Republican prejudices and exposing them to the light of day (who knows after the "birther thing? suddenly making him a right wing nutter). Trump is obviously totally insane, OR being a wealthy player, exposing the idiocracy of our presidential election system and rich enough to play the game on his own. Since his followers are obviously sincere nutters---if Trump is (take the last "debate, in which he obviously controlled the tone--once again) he has found an unusual degree of taking contyol.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
145. I've been voting since 1968, Independent, then Democrat, necessary to have a voice in PA primaries.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 04:51 AM
Mar 2016

I've been active in local, Democratic politics in several states since being a "Kennedy Girl" as a teenager in 1960, recruiting other kids in my very Republican home town. I have NEVER seen supposed Democrats "hate on" one of their own candidates as is being done to Hillary. Yes, I'd much prefer Bernie, but Hillary is my definite second choice. There is some speculation among those involved in more local politics that there are some "shenanigans" going on regarding the Hillary bashing. Is Karl Rove in the house?

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
143. Says "get real."
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 04:10 AM
Mar 2016

I love Jill Stein, But creepy Cruz scares the hell out of me. Rubio is a disoriented sock puppet: Reagan without the excuse of senility. If Bernie and Hillary could be co-POTUS, it would be good. PLEASE NOTE Thom's sensible take, whatever your feelings about Maher.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
116. Read up on it, he never supported her plan. He was pushing single payer
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:02 PM
Mar 2016

which had even less chance then than it does now.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
117. No, you made the claim so you need to back it up.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:04 PM
Mar 2016

Why was he supporting her in that CNN video? And Why did she thank him?

What A 1993 Photo Of Bernie And Hillary Reveals About Their Biggest Fight
Their disagreements with Republicans matter a lot more.

It's easy to forget that Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree on a whole lot.
Bernie Sanders on Thursday tweeted an old photo that undermines Hillary Clinton’s recent attacks on him -- but also, indirectly, weakens a key rationale for his insurgent candidacy.

The photo is from 1993, when Sanders was in the House of Representatives and Clinton was leading her husband’s efforts to pass health care reform. In the picture, Clinton and Sanders are meeting. Below, the first lady inscribed a message: “To Bernie Sanders with thanks for your commitment to real health care access for all Americans.”

That praise matters because health care has suddenly become a major issue in the Democratic presidential primaries. Sanders, now a senator, is a longtime advocate for single-payer insurance, in which most people get coverage directly from the government. Clinton says single-payer is impractical, as politics and policy.

In just the last week or so, the attacks have gotten increasingly sharp and, in some cases, misleading. Inscribed photos don’t always mean that much; politicians give them out all the time as gestures to supporters. But in this case, the impression is accurate. When it comes to the broad goal of “real health care access for all Americans,” Clinton and Sanders actually agree -- more than Clinton’s recent arguments might suggest.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-tweet_us_56986da5e4b0778f46f8eb22

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
118. He was pushing his single payer plan, which had no chance then.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:13 PM
Mar 2016

He was not supporting her plan. His lack of support and muddying the water probably helped her plan die.

Essentially, he was just another lobbyist and purist that did not help move the debate forward.

You gotta read up on it. Here's a good starthttps://theintercept.com/2016/01/16/in-1993-meeting-hillary-clinton-acknowledged-convincing-case-for-single-payer/

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
119. What plan did he have in 1993? You need to cite actual evidence.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:14 PM
Mar 2016

Where is the proof he fought against her "plan"?

This is interesting, from the article:

Another thing that has changed since 1993 is that the health care industry has lavished both Clintons with money. That includes $2.8 million in fees from paid speeches Hillary Clinton gave since stepping down from the State Department in 2013. Her husband continues to give paid speeches, including one to the health insurance lobby this past summer.

The Intercept asked both Himmelstein and Woolhandler what they thought about Clinton’s newfound opposition to the substance of a single-payer program.

“It’s disingenuous,” replied Woolhandler. “She ought to know better. In fact, I think she does know better. What this is is a political ploy that she thinks she can score some points from, apparently.”

The Sanders campaign responded to her attacks on his health policy this week by releasing a photo from a meeting between Sanders and Clinton from around the same time she met with the two doctors. Underneath the photograph, Clinton wrote: “To Bernie Sanders with thanks for your commitment to real healthcare access for all Americans and best wishes — Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1993.”

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
122. Not only did I read it twice I just cited info you conveniently left out.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:19 PM
Mar 2016

Maybe you're projecting your lack of reading comprehension on others.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
148. Stop info citing you, you, you commie lover!!!!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 07:32 AM
Mar 2016

I think the best part is waking up to the reality that Bernie will be the next President of the United States.

I just I "chilled out" like that guy said to do the other day.



 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
123. She really needs to stop lying, and fire David Brock.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:19 PM
Mar 2016

This Rove-style campaigning is a big part of the reason her numbers consistently drop over time. It's a big part of the reason that so many people just don't like or trust her.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
124. Soooo...
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:21 PM
Mar 2016

basically neither are giving credit to the other for this?

That's what I'm getting. Bernie is ticked he wants credit for helping. Where's her credit for doing what he wants credit for...circle back around.

I fucking hate primaries.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
125. What on earth are you going on about? Bernie hasn't said a word about her lies.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:23 PM
Mar 2016
Bernie is ticked he wants credit for helping. Where's her credit for doing what he wants credit for...circle back around.




His supporters are the ones who got fed up and posted the facts.

But I get it, it's tres chic to blame Bernie for everything.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH BERNIE!!!

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
126. Um, before you start that with me..
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:29 PM
Mar 2016

you might wanna look up my posting history. I haven't blamed Bernie for a damn thing, just the opposite in fact.

Know who you're speaking to and what you're talking about before you start with accusations. Mkay.

And what I was saying...was it would be easy enough if each would give credit to the other.

Have a nice evening.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
127. I don't need to look up your history, you just blamed Bernie, remember?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:32 PM
Mar 2016
Bernie is ticked he wants credit for helping. Where's her credit for doing what he wants credit for...circle back around.


How about you stop doubling down since everyone can read your post?


one_voice

(20,043 posts)
131. And she wants credit.. I blamed both...
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:56 PM
Mar 2016
Bernie is ticked he wants credit for helping. Where's her credit for doing what he wants credit for...circle back around
.

Had you asked an not thrown around accusations you would have known that. If you'd taken two seconds to look up my posting history you'd also know you used the wrong brush to paint me with.

you claimed --I was a Bernie supporter fed up with facts blaming him..blah blah blah..I've no idea what 'not good enough Bernie' means, but you keep shouting into the abyss & playing gotcha games if it makes you feel better.

His supporters are the ones who got fed up and posted the facts.

But I get it, it's tres chic to blame Bernie for everything.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH BERNIE!!!



You made accusations that were wrong. You were wrong. Deal with it.


I'm done with you. I've proven my point. Buh-bye.



beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
133. Why did you blame Bernie at all when he didn't do what you accused him of?
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 09:08 PM
Mar 2016

When did he refuse to "give her credit"?

Had you asked an not thrown around accusations you would have known that. If you'd taken two seconds to look up my posting history you'd also know you used the wrong brush to paint me with.

you claimed --I was a Bernie supporter fed up with facts blaming him..blah blah blah..I've no idea what 'not good enough Bernie' means, but you keep shouting into the abyss & playing gotcha games if it makes you feel better.


Wait, wut?

What accusations? And where did I claim you were a Bernie supporter? You haven't made any sense since your first post in this thread.

You made accusations that were wrong. You were wrong. Deal with it.


I'm done with you. I've proven my point. Buh-bye.


What point? That you've been wrong all along?

Glad I could help! You're welcome!

Ciao!

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
151. Why is it every time I read one of your posts, I keep hearing . . .
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 08:11 AM
Mar 2016

. . . the theme music from the movie "Jaws" in my head??

Ya know, when the "dum dum dum dum, dumdum dumdum, dumdumdum dumdumdum" theme music for the shark starts playing faster and faster whenever the great white is near the boat . .

"Ya know the thing about a shark, he's got . . . lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin' . . . until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white . . . and then, ah . . . then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and in spite of all of the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces."




beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
129. Don't forget crediting Nancy Reagan for her work combating AIDS.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:38 PM
Mar 2016

And her own revisionist history regarding the Clintons' support for DOMA.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
149. Add the auto bailout wowzer.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 08:01 AM
Mar 2016

Got to give her points for consistency. Fairly soon we'll need a score card to keep track.

Cavallo

(348 posts)
155. Excellent video of Bernie.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 02:15 PM
Mar 2016

I've watched her go revisionist from topic to topic and sentence to sentence as I was watching her address her supporters the last few months. It's gotten BAD since the end of Nov. She used to try to avoid out right lies. And, they cheered from topic to topic when a quick google or even a halfway decent memory would have shown she did the opposite. They cheered right down to her telling them she's going to redo the campaign finance system and get big money out of it- she said this to hundreds of people who know her superpacs mean she is being financed directly by the lobbyists and represents big money in politics. Not one person could be heard doing anything but cheering like they believed her.

Her whole campaign is a litmus test on informed Democrats or not.

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