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In reply to the discussion: Jeezus, They Aren't Asking For Your Hand In Marriage.. [View all]karynnj
(60,324 posts)10. The Hillary is corrupt meme ignored two things
One, Trump was FAR FAR more corrupt and serious reporters had exposed corrupt business practices. He claimed his taxes for many many years could not be revealed as they were under audit. He was also associated with corrupt people, from Roy Cohn to Roger Stone to Paul Manaford.
Two, there were no examples of corruption - even with the posting of all her emails and the earlier, Chelsea Manning leak of State Dept cables when she was SoS. Her life for decades was an open book.
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Every woman who gets close to the presidency is !!!suddenly!!! revealed to be a cackler....
Hekate
Jun 2024
#33
It's part of the impossible standards for mature women. Teen girls giggle. Witches cackle....
Hekate
Jun 2024
#46
True, and in 2016, the NYT had Patrick Healy to (negatively) explain the Clintons
karynnj
Jun 2024
#16
Our presidential elections are binary with the winner either being the Democratic candidate or the Republican one.
elocs
Jun 2024
#7
To be expected when "journalists" covering elections focus almost exclusively on personality, not policy.
sop
Jun 2024
#11
Voters select presidents emotionally because it's how they've been conditioned by corporate media.
sop
Jun 2024
#19
The farm reports are still there, but their targets are now corporate farms and
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2024
#32
I can't grasp why anyone would rather have a beer with Smelvis over Biden either.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2024
#25
Yes, but the complaints at DU were so all-pervasive that my friends & I spent 8 years in the BOG
Hekate
Jun 2024
#35
Constant Both Sides whining. Barack "third way" Obama, Hillary "establishment" Clinton, Joe "centrist" Biden.
betsuni
Jun 2024
#42
I was bored silly on election day so I figured I'd vote for someone different and exciting..
magicarpet
Jun 2024
#28
I had Sanders supporters tell me they couldn't vote for Hillary due to "criminal investigations."
PeaceWave
Jun 2024
#37
Passionate surrogate for John Edwards whose Iraq war vote same as Hillary, Kerry and
betsuni
Jun 2024
#49