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noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:01 AM Apr 2016

This Makes Me Sick

I saw this posted in the Hillary thread and quite frankly it made me sick. The Hillary campaign does not care that when they "bait" Trump that it also baits Trump's supporters into lashing out at women. They are gleefully planning to use women as bait to elect her. Could there be a more disgusting campaign? I'm ashamed to be a Democrat.

How Hillary Clinton will bait Donald Trump into making even more women hate him

http://theweek.com/articles/620806/how-hillary-clinton-bait-donald-trump-into-making-even-more-women-hate

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This Makes Me Sick (Original Post) noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 OP
Kickin' Faux pas Apr 2016 #1
As if they all come running to her..... TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #2
god forgive me, I can't decide who I hate worst. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #3
Same here n/t MissDeeds Apr 2016 #5
After watching her race baiting campaign in action noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #15
You know what makes me sick about this? It will backfire. jillan Apr 2016 #4
^^^ This ^^^ Babel_17 Apr 2016 #8
It will end up being the nastiest, dirtiest GE election season dana_b Apr 2016 #13
I don't think noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #16
Division is what Clintons do, and, in fairness to them, it works. QC Apr 2016 #6
This has disaster.. disillusioned73 Apr 2016 #7
Almost every single thing the Clinton campaign has done in this election cycle Nyan Apr 2016 #9
To be honest, this was me about a year ago... Treleana Apr 2016 #10
Welcome to DU noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #17
She becomes more hateful every day..n/t monmouth4 Apr 2016 #11
Win at any cost, even the destruction of democracy itself. nt CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #12
nothing like mudslinging, turning important issues into electoral cards, and trying a MisterP Apr 2016 #14

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
15. After watching her race baiting campaign in action
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 06:09 PM
Apr 2016

against Sanders I would have to agree with you. In addition to not supporting her on a great many issues, I also deplore her campaign's tactics. It's like they don't care who gets hurt as long as they win.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
4. You know what makes me sick about this? It will backfire.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:19 AM
Apr 2016

Were they not paying attention to anything during the primaries? Trump plays dirty. Even dirtier than Brock.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
8. ^^^ This ^^^
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:44 AM
Apr 2016

He's not bound by logic, he'll turn it around to being Secretary Clinton's fault, and then bring up Bill being creepy. "He always gave off a predatory vibe, women were warned about being alone with him" imo will be just one such off the cuff remark by Trump. And he'll continue like that. He'll bring up Brock and what he did to Ania Hill all the time.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
13. It will end up being the nastiest, dirtiest GE election season
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:46 PM
Apr 2016

in modern times.

If she does win the nomination, I'm turning off the t.v. and ignoring all of this crap until after the election. Seriously. I will keep tuned into candidates like Bernie and of course the Senator himself.

QC

(26,371 posts)
6. Division is what Clintons do, and, in fairness to them, it works.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:30 AM
Apr 2016

People keep falling for it.

Remember Sister Souljah? Bill attacking Jesse Jackson. Hillary stoking the birther and Muslim Secret Agent smears?

It works, and it's easier than, you know, actually having a policy agenda.

 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
7. This has disaster..
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:33 AM
Apr 2016

written all over it... but the good thing is I will tune out shortly after the convention - see ya in 4 years..

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
9. Almost every single thing the Clinton campaign has done in this election cycle
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:48 AM
Apr 2016

insults my intelligence. Starting with her first ad, "Dorothy." It was such a shameless pandering, and so transparently disingenuous -Nobody thinks she's running for president because of her mother.
But really. What do you expect from a camp that relies on voters like this?

Treleana

(15 posts)
10. To be honest, this was me about a year ago...
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:07 AM
Apr 2016

But then I watched the 1st democratic debate and Bernie blew my mind. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. An honest and sincere gentleman that held the same beliefs that I did and did not play the same old political rhetoric game. I did more research on Bernie and I just fell in love with him more and more with every C-SPAN youtube video and learning more about his platform.

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
17. Welcome to DU
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 06:18 PM
Apr 2016

Glad you did your research. You are right, his honesty and integrity comes shining through. We really lucked out getting such a candidate to carry our message. I'm proud of him and of all of the people who worked so hard on the campaign. Their work was not in vain. The urgency of the issues we support will cause most of us to continue the fight well past the election. It's too damn important not to do so.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
14. nothing like mudslinging, turning important issues into electoral cards, and trying a
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 02:49 PM
Apr 2016

tactic that blows up in your face among people paying attention to drive your numbers up, eh?

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