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In reply to the discussion: I'll tell you in 1 word why I won't vote for Hillary [View all]kelliekat44
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There are many reasons to not vote for Hillary. Many. What her child does is not one of them.
Autumn
Nov 2014
#3
Her child does nothing except serve as a conduit for money-for-access. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#13
They are all members of a select club. What Hillary's daughter does is of no consequence to me.
Autumn
Nov 2014
#15
Chelsea hasn't succeeded at squat. She got favorable treatment because she is the scion of royalty.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#23
Exactly what I said, any Presidents or politician child gets then same favorable treatment,
Autumn
Nov 2014
#27
You and I are almost on the same page. What you lay on Chelsea, I lay on Hillary
Autumn
Nov 2014
#33
For starters, people should stop treating Hillary as if she's inevitable and the best compromise.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#49
The POTUS is one branch and should be working with Congress to get issues accomplished.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#181
He has relationships in the Senate galore and has/will compromise. They Bully Pulpit is Teddy
Dustlawyer
Nov 2014
#223
His message has not taken center stage since January 3, 1991, what would be the difference in 2016?
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#225
He has accomplished an enormous for the people who elected him in his own state. He actually IS a
sabrina 1
Nov 2014
#232
What you said!!! It seems that many just want to poke holes at people at least trying to change the
Dustlawyer
Nov 2014
#235
Yes I did forget her and Reagans kids too. But any Presidents or politicians kids get the same
Autumn
Nov 2014
#22
Absolutely! Children of celebrities becoming celebrities? This is ridiculous!!1!
DetlefK
Nov 2014
#10
One thing you left out. Obama is on board with Bush's crimes, the same one's you lay on Hillary .
Autumn
Nov 2014
#105
Problem is it's not a lie. It's not just his ""failure" to politically interfere"
Autumn
Nov 2014
#119
So your stirring moral indictment of the President is that he nominated a guy
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#158
LOL, so your Brennan tack fell apart and now you're on to the next angle.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#203
I thought about responding to the OP with a more substantive response; but ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2014
#19
Generally the term "Progressive" implies a rejection of the status quo. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#39
Is it as quixotic as voting for patronage and political insularity and then expecting reform?
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#44
If corporate patronage of the ruling elite is your only reality then, by gumption, you'll have it.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#238
One can reject the status quo without living in an alternate universe.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2014
#237
Yeah. Binary choices. 300 million people and all we can come up with is
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#243
I don't resent her as a person but I know a quid pro quo scheme when I see it.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#54
No. It means he's realistic. ANYONE who is prominent enough to win the Presidency
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#65
It will be the supporters of the Turd Way that are burying Democrats. They go there and they are
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#221
If she wins the primary, she will have my vote in the general because their nominee will be worse.
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2014
#106
lol - right? Just like that Lewis guy, "Liar's Poker", writing that memoir
closeupready
Nov 2014
#28
Remind me what Chelsea did to merit her tens of millions of dollars as well as TV and magazine time.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#41
Seriously ? Chelsea Clinton is giving you a sad?....she is not on the ballot in 2016 , her Mom
pkdu
Nov 2014
#123
I would rather be angry about the children of Kochs, Adlestein, and the banisters and the Wall Stree
kelliekat44
Nov 2014
#61
Chelsea's fortunes are nothing more than a down payment for access to Hillary.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#104
What other 20-something gets to become a multi-millionaire fresh out of school with no experience?
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#131
Again. Irrelevant. And again, do you really want to inflict a child's sins upon a parent?
longship
Nov 2014
#137
What "sins" are you talking about? The only sin of the parent I'm alleging is
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#146
And that just proves my point that the system is paying to protect itself rather than
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#168
Yeah, because Chelsea is the only politician's kid to ever have her career-track skis greased
Blue_Tires
Nov 2014
#92
I didn't say she was the ony one. In fact, I'm saying she's part of a corrupt system.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#98
But still -- What Chelsea may or may not do with her life should have little to do with
Blue_Tires
Nov 2014
#103
Chelsea hasn't done anything with her life accept become a multi-millionaire so as to
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#107
How dare you knock Chelsea, mother of the year! But, you do bring up a valid point.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2014
#93
I'm sure she's a swell person but she's been showered with millions to buy access to mother.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#116
There are a myriad of good reasons for opposing Hillary. This ain't one of them. n/t
RufusTFirefly
Nov 2014
#118
I think your main point is that the 1% expect something from Hillary, if she becomes POTUS.
merrily
Nov 2014
#130
wow--the animosity you display towards this woman is, to say the least, a bit over the top, and, it
niyad
Nov 2014
#135
A rejection of greed, nepotism, patronage, insularity, undue excess, aristocracy -- but not persnal.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#142
Chelsea, fresh out of college, would have to been managing $3BN in assets.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#143
A good person who made $15 million fresh out of college in a business that MIGHT pay her 0.5%
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#148
Comparing Old Redneck's personal testimony and your screed: you come across as jealous and bitter
Hekate
Nov 2014
#154
No fresh-from-college grad gets to manage $3BN in assets. Let's not kid ourselves.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#163
Yeah, wasn't it a shame when Jimmy Carter's Grandson ran for Governor of Georgia?
brooklynite
Nov 2014
#155
He'll be saying thanks even if Hillary wins. The aristocracy always protects its own.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#164
Do you believe that Hillary Clinton acts as she does because of favors shown to Chelsea?
Jim Lane
Nov 2014
#161
Do you believe an MBA with zero work experience would be given $3 billion to manage because
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#165
"do you think Hillary would be doing anything different in terms of policy or politics?"
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#196
If they stay out of politics, ok. Even the rumors of Jeb running are sickening.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#172
For someone who appears to take umbrage with an OP decrying political dynasties it is peculiar
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#185
You're right. The Clintons are getting classic Tribute from the 1%....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2014
#202
And yet we get no rationale as to why we should embrace this sick system apart from
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#205
My guess the one word was "Bengazi". You know more will come out after she is our nominee.
TheNutcracker
Nov 2014
#206
If it's dirt-digging they'll go all the way back to Whitewater and that time
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#209
Chelsea had every door opened to her, yet chose to be a hedge fund manager
Adenoid_Hynkel
Nov 2014
#215
Chelsea is a non issue in this world of crazy stuff we need to be talking about.
think
Nov 2014
#229
Agree with your premise, but I don't see it as a good enough reaso to put a Republican in the White
world wide wally
Nov 2014
#234