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Human101948

(3,457 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 02:48 PM Apr 2016

Hillary's many apologies...could this be one reason people don't trust her?

Hillary Clinton Apologizes for ‘Superpredator’ Remark

http://time.com/4238230/hillary-clinton-black-lives-matter-superpredator/

Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Characterizing Nancy Reagan as AIDS Advocate

http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/hillary-clinton-nancy-reagan-aids-1201728442/

Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Email Setup as Secretary of State

http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-apologizes-for-email-setup-as-secretary-of-state-1441745045

Hillary Clinton Apologizes For 1994 Crime Bill: "Unintended Consequences"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/04/14/hillary_clinton_apologizes_for_1994_crime_bill_unintended_consequences.html

Hillary Clinton Really Regrets Saying She’d Put Coal Miners Out of Work

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2016/03/hillary-clinton-just-walked-back-controversial-statement-about-coal

Hillary Clinton says her Iraq war vote was a 'mistake'

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-iraq-war-vote-mistake-iowa-118109



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HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
1. I don't think so.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 02:55 PM
Apr 2016

For me, it's the fact she apologizes without really apologizing. There is always a little fine print in her apologies, which makes them sound like her stands on the issues. Everything she says has a little escape clause built into it. I guess I shouldn't complain because this is what we get from our candidates now, standard Democratic Party procedure. If I was really offended by it, I would have to stop being a Democrat.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
2. I think you are onto somethig there...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:01 PM
Apr 2016

but I think it is standard politician weaseling. Always have a trapdoor that you can use for an escape.

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
5. On the other hand I don't trust Sanders to the level you don't trust Clinton for a multitude
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:20 PM
Apr 2016

... of reasons but taking out trust of the candidate its a fact that Sanders has NEVER EVER apologized for any of his horrible votes.

That to me says more than what I do or don't trust

Anyone human is going to make a mistake, humans who act like they don't are too insecure to change aren't the type of people who I'd like running the White House

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
8. The sniper fire one is what made me first withdraw any and all consideration of giving her my vote.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:42 PM
Apr 2016

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
4. For me that's a plus, better someone "progressing" to better positions for everyone that voting
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:18 PM
Apr 2016

... to take the cops off the beat like Sanders did with his CFMA vote and NEVER apologizing for it.

A person who changes for the better is good

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
6. And the other Clinton apologized for signing the CFMA...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:36 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary would have voted for her husband's CFMA is she had been in the Senate at the time. Don't kid yourself.

(By the way, the most insidious and final version of the CFMA was worked on by Phil Gramm and Clinton staffers. It was then attached to a must pass appropriations bill.)

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
7. Well that's the point, the Clintons recognize when they fuck up the other guy not so much
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:41 PM
Apr 2016

... I don't want ridged unchanging dogmatic type ...

I did not have a good experiences with Bush who was the same

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