Yippee! We might have an enormously rich privileged white woman running for President against Trump

[imagine2015]

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Breaking the glass ceiling at the Presidential Mansion by Hillary Clinton, the former Senator from Wall Street .... if she wins the nomination at the convention.

And if Clinton can somehow beat Donald Trump given her ton of baggage and the enormous dislike and mistrust of her by most people.

[tonyt53]

1. Yep, them grapes are sour with Bernie's supporters.

[elleng]

2. 'Smart,'

call names, do NOT address issues.

[Matt_in_STL]

32. That's the MO for this poster.

I don't put him on ignore simply because it reminds me of the ridiculousness of some.

[Loudestlib]

38. Trump needs about 15% of Sanders supporters to win the GE (less maybe if you look at swing states.)

Something to think about.

[missingthebigdog]

46. and any so-called Sanders supporter who would vote for Trump

was never going to vote for a Dem anyway.

[TalkingDog]

52. It's not a binary decision.

Your state board of elections has a long list of possible presidential candidates from a variety of parties.

I have a strong feeling that there will be an uptick in the votes for 3rd party choices. ....speaking from experience.

[missingthebigdog]

56. While voting for a third party candidate would be unfortunate and unproductive,

the above poster asserted that Trump would need 15% of Bernie's supporters to vote for him.

To the extent that a vote for a third party is a vote for Trump, I stand by my post. True Sanders supporters are not going to risk a Trump presidency.

[qdouble]

47. where exactly did you pull that BS stat from?

[Faux pas]

3. Yep

two 1 percenters taking care of the huddled masses. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Schema Thing]

4. Oligarchy vs Insane-Clownacarchy

I'll take Oligarchy? I guess?


I sure the fuck won't be happy about it.

[anotherproletariat]

5. What's great is that she wasn't born rich. That she worked hard and moved up the economic

ladder. We all dream of this kind of success, and frankly, it is one of the most motivating promises of America.

[imagine2015]

15. You're right. Hillary Clinton works hard for the money. I've pointed that out numerous times!

A quarter of a million bucks per speaking engagement to corporate and Wall Street interests doesn't come easy.

"We all dream of this kind of success, and frankly, it is one of the most motivating promises of America."

Most of us don't dream of becoming a filthy rich corporate CEO or Wall Street tycoon.

So your dream is to become a big time capitalist player on Wall Street or with big business is your dream?
I've never been interested in joining their class. I've always preferred making an honest living without exploiting and taking advantage of people. Your dream is a nightmare for most working class people around the world.

But, she worked hard for the money.

[Lizzie Poppet]

19. "worked hard"

Yeah...she "worked" her list of billionaires and investment firms pretty damn hard.

Oh, and you're a candidate for "most ironic user name" here. Go you!

[peace13]

30. Stepping on the heads of raped 12 year olds ...

......not so cool. Laughing at the death of dead dictators, not good but a step up. Defying the orders of the President she served under ( Obama not her husband)....not cool at all. Looking past the personality of a candidate is very dangerous and we are all about to witness the results of that. Success without integrity is ......priceless.

[stevenleser]

6. Eight days and counting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10136548

[Armstead]

8. That means we ALL have to be civil

[peace13]

31. Pretty sure that's not what they mean.

[Segami]

9. When is the mars launch?,...8 eight days you say?

[jack_krass]

55. Im impressed by your counting ability. Was math your major?

[snooper2]

7. bitter? maybe next time you can imagine2024

[imagine2015]

17. Well, Trump wouldn't be able to run for a third term. That's good.

Maybe an anti-Wall Street feminist could run for President for the first time.

[PJMcK]

10. Really?

I hope your post makes you feel better, imagine2015.

More importantly, I hope you'l be able to support the entire Democratic ticket, from president to dog catcher, this November.

[intheozone]

11. Do you want some cheese and apple with your whine?? nt

[all american girl]

12. Oh, here's the deal....I'm finacially pretty OK..you want to know where I come from

from 5 until I was in 6th grade, lived in a 1 bedroom house...my mom slept on the couch or and the end of my bed. After that, I live in low income housing, and yes, people love to treat you like shit because of your address. I married my wonderful husband, put up with crap in the Army, and now he is a COL...and will retire next year (fingers crossed on that), so yes, I moved up in the world....but because of said world, I voted for Hillary.

[apnu]

13. Wow and Bernie people are complaining that Hillary supporters are being nasty.

[jzodda]

14. Enjoy yourself till next Thursday

Then all this crap comes to a much welcomed end. All the troll threads repeating the same insults over and over and over again.

Done!

[Lizzie Poppet]

20. Enjoy the echo chamber.

[jzodda]

24. I will come here daily to support HRC

against the menace Trump.

I hope that over time as the GE kicks into full gear maybe many of you will consider coming back.

[pampango]

63. Oh Democrats disagree on plenty of issues. No danger of this ever being an echo chamber.

It was no such thing before the 2016 primary. It will not be afterwards either. We do generally support Democrats over the alternative however.

[LanternWaste]

16. This OP will be followed by another asking why Clinton supporters are so mean, rude and uncivil...

This OP will be shortly followed by another OP asking why Clinton and her supporters are so mean, rude and uncivil to everyone on DU.

[imagine2015]

21. I'm not mean to Hillary supporters who don't engage in personal attacks and slanders against Bernie

and his supporters on Democratic Underground.

And I just have a low tolerance for bully's and liars.

How about you?

[Herman4747]

41. And why precisely are Clinton & her supporters that way?

My guess is that her supporters learn the lessons she teaches very well:

[JoePhilly]

49. + 1

They dish it out, but can't take it.

[Ace Rothstein]

18. Grow Up!

[imagine2015]

26. So what did you disagree with in the post? Anything at all?

"Grow up"??????

That's a personal attack which is highly offensive to me!

[Surya Gayatri]

22. June 16th--you might want to mark your calendar.

[ancianita]

23. Knock it off. Goddamned right we're ALL gonna break that glass ceiling and keep it broken.

Hillary is a Democratic woman running for president.

Her opponent is a whiney, entitled bitch...who wants to be king and make you his economic bitch.

[yellowcanine]

25. It is "Yippee."

[imagine2015]

28. Thank you. I've never been a yippee or a hippie so .......

Or is it hippy?

[yellowcanine]

35. Either hippy or hippie. But "yippee" is an expression, not a person.

That would be yippie, as in Youth International Party, founded by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, whose members were called yippies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party

[brooklynite]

27. Drip, drip, drip...

[fleabiscuit]

29. Clever.

Using a childish graphic to reach a desired demographic. It might speak well to those who disapprove of someone born without a silver spoon in HER mouth who just keeps pushing, and working, and collaborating, and unifying, and working, and working until she becomes successful and keeps reaching for a higher goal.

I've learned on DU that in other contexts a correct description of your meme could be called 'she's being uppity.'

[Herman4747]

33. Oh, don't let those $12,000 jackets bother you...

...they're fantastic for giving speeches on income inequality, as Hillary could tell you.

[fleabiscuit]

37. More 'uppity'? eom

[Beacool]

54. How much do Trump's suits cost, how about any other male politician?

In other words, who gives a flying fig?????

Is a former first lady, senator and SOS supposed to dress at K-Mart?

Inane and petty criticism.

[Herman4747]

65. When precisely was the last time Mr. Trump....

...spoke on income inequality? How much does Hillary really care about income inequality when she spends $12,000 on a jacket instead of spending $300 or less and donating the rest to charity? How do you think the electorate would react to someone speaking on income inequality while wearing a $12,000 jacket?

Consider the people who lived to serve humanity. People like Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, and Albert Schweitzer. Do you think any of them would spend $12,000 on a jacket?

This may be news to you, but Mr. Trump is not a Democrat; we have no input over the Republicans regarding who is the best candidate for them to put forward. We do, however, have some say with regards to putting forth the best Democrat. You yourself, if you choose to do so, may be able to persuade Hillary to withdraw her candidacy in favor of someone who is truly liberal. Hillary is, alas, not a liberal -- she runs from that term.

[SidDithers]

34. Get 'em in while you still can...

Tick tock.

Sid

[gollygee]

36. I wonder what percentage of people who have run for president haven't been rich?

I bet it's a pretty small number.

[wildeyed]

48. She wasn't rich when she started.

People here get very bitter about success. And only the success of people they disagree with. Everyone else gets a pass

[jack_krass]

58. Its how she (and many other politicians) get rich that we care about

[gollygee]

61. I certainly can't tell that from the OP. Nt

[procon]

39. Now I understand (smacks forehead) its all perfectly clear.

No Democratic nominee can ever be:

1). enormously rich privileged (Sorry all you wealthy old guys like FDR, Kennedy, Johnson).
2). white woman (Sorry, little girls and young women, stay in the kitchen where you belong).


So, we're left with just a nominee who must be someone without money, non-white, male... who might be qualified?

[gollygee]

40. It is weird

How the same group of people talk about how FDR was the greatest president ever, and how Hillary is too rich to be president.

[procon]

53. The common denominator seems to be predominantly young white men.

Some by small degrees, and others with huge, insurmountable gaps, these youngish men clearly have something against women. The charge stands as they don't seem to have any problem if a man does the same thing they think Hillary is doing.

Perhaps, there might be any number of reasons why they resent women, and maybe they don't yet see -- by omission or deception -- that crippling prejudice within themselves. The would explain the vituperative denials despite the stark evidence in their own words.

Women of enormous power and prestige, women of great stature who are assertive, outspoken, and extremely confident, cocky and intelligent women, are a terrifying threat to the general order of a paternalistic and authoritarian society like ours. That's not an excuse for continuing the sexism and bigotry aimed at women for the 'crime' of not being a man.

[Bobbie Jo]

42. Won't miss these installments. nt

[Orsino]

43. It does not bode well for big change, but it is still opportunity.

We're going to have to make her a better nominee than she was a Secretary of State, and a better president even that that.

We can't afford to fuck around with caretakers anymore.

[ALBliberal]

44. Quite rude and unhelpful.

[Peregrine Took]

45. Huzzah! All hail the elite! May their loyal lackies ever bow before them. n/t

[Beacool]

50. Her wealth bothers you????

You really must have hated FDR, his wife and the Kennedys. Their wealth make the Clintons seem as paupers.

Besides, the guy she's going against is a billionaire.

She'll do fine against the orange buffoon.

[NaturalHigh]

51. Yes, because more people voted for her than Sanders.

That's how a democratic nomination works. Yippee!

[wendylaroux]

60. ahhh,but the general,whole new ballgame.

[NaturalHigh]

62. I have a standing bet of a Coke for anyone who thinks she won't win.

Care to take me up on it? Come on Wendy, I can never have too many Cokes!

[fleabiscuit]

68. YES!

YES! To win the Whitehouse the candidate has to become much more centric to get the extra 35+ million more votes than what was cast in the primary. For BOTH candidates.

[RandySF]

57. This is getting sad.

[demosincebirth]

59. FDR and JFK were privileged, too.

[adigal]

64. Someone just wrote a great response on another site

About how the moneyed and professionals Dems like Hillary because populist ideas are a threat to them. They think that the plebes are going to take all of the houses and toys and cars away. Even the upper middle class resists him for this reason. Which is why we have Democratic presidents who give bailouts to the richest Americans while allowing PayDay loans to continue in their criminal form.

[jamese777]

66. Bernie makes $174,000 per year

Plus fringe benefits and Jane got a $200,000 golden handshake when she left Burlington College.
Yep, just average folks with a $750,000 home on Capitol Hill in Washington DC and another in Vermont.

[NCTraveler]

67. Beautiful picture of Clinton. Nt

[seabeyond]

69. Yea, first woman President. !!!