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Billionaires for a continuation of the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama-Clinton plutocracy of the 1%! (Original Post) Attorney in Texas Apr 2016 OP
Every picture tells a story... think Apr 2016 #1
Ha! (Won't change anything.) NurseJackie Apr 2016 #2
So now Obama's on the chopping block? nolawarlock Apr 2016 #3
Yup, it's pretty transparent. JoePhilly Apr 2016 #12
Obama didn't show up rich, but that's changing. Orsino Apr 2016 #13
stop telling the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wendylaroux Apr 2016 #4
Feel better? This does nothing to help your cause OKNancy Apr 2016 #5
Right. The Clintons and Obama did a few good things mixed in with the bad, and the Repubs mainly do GreenPartyVoter Apr 2016 #17
President Hillary Clinton. Sounds nice. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #6
You forgot the crown n/t angstlessk Apr 2016 #8
I've spent two decades listening to a certain group reference her as a queen. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #10
kick & rec #5 Vote2016 Apr 2016 #7
Let's be honest here FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #9
true! Attorney in Texas Apr 2016 #11
Hey, any new primary election predictions, or just gonna carry GOP water now? nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #14
Must-watch video: vintx Apr 2016 #15
Bernie Sanders Admits He Isn’t Sure How to Break Up Big Banks workinclasszero Apr 2016 #16
CT is perfect example of this. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #18

nolawarlock

(1,729 posts)
3. So now Obama's on the chopping block?
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 06:55 PM
Apr 2016

My, my, my, so many '08 Obama supporters here (who curiously didn't think we should all wait for California to vote back then) shredding him now.

He's one of the best presidents we've had in years, in some ways better than Bill, and you're gonna trash him? Whatever. Go back to the Greens.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
13. Obama didn't show up rich, but that's changing.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 11:53 AM
Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton is at least new money, but crept inside the bubble quite a while ago.

Only Sanders is already running the kind of financially clean campain we've begun to realize we need. That would be a fundamental change, and I hope America gets on board with his example.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
5. Feel better? This does nothing to help your cause
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 06:56 PM
Apr 2016

... and putting the Clintons and Obama in the same category as Bush is outrageous.
The two parties are not the same.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
17. Right. The Clintons and Obama did a few good things mixed in with the bad, and the Repubs mainly do
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:01 PM
Apr 2016

all bad stuff.


I guess, really, it all depends on one's tolerance level for a leader who does bad stuff.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
10. I've spent two decades listening to a certain group reference her as a queen.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:28 PM
Apr 2016

She seems to do well without a crown.


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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
16. Bernie Sanders Admits He Isn’t Sure How to Break Up Big Banks
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 11:59 AM
Apr 2016

APRIL 5, 2016 11:01 AM
Bernie Sanders Admits He Isn’t Sure How to Break Up Big Banks

“It’s something I have not studied, honestly, the legal implications of that.”

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has made railing against inequality, Wall Street malfeasance, and corporate greed a cornerstone of his populist campaign. But in a newly published transcript of a conversation between the Democratic presidential candidate and the editorial board of the New York Daily News, Sanders admitted he has not formulated any specific plans to break up the big banks or bring jobs back from overseas.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/bernie-sanders-break-up-banks

Nanjeanne

(4,935 posts)
18. CT is perfect example of this.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:03 PM
Apr 2016

It's true that AAs did vote more heavily for Clinton in areas like Hartford and New Haven but Sanders won quite a number of districts in the state. Where did Hillary make her big gains?

Very large margins in cities like Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien, Westport, etc. the Gold Coast of Fairfield County winning about 70% of the vote. Those millionaires and billionaires can't conceive of not having their tax havens and corporate subsidies and watching their wealth explode at the expense of everyone else.

Even Newtown, where Clinton played the Sanders doesn't care about your children didn't buy it in such large numbers. Those percentages were only 52-45. But the beautiful artsy towns like Bridgewater, Brooklyn, Preston, Haddem, Cornwall, etc all Bernie. And the middle class districts like New Milford, Shelton, etc. all Bernie as well.

Very telling to me as someone who lives in this state and knows the areas well.

http://www.courant.com/politics/elections/hc-connecticut-primary-results-20160426-htmlstory.html

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