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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I would like to thank the Third Way. [View all]Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)38. Not every time. Check out this argument from a Hillary supporter:
Here's the link to the thread/post.
And here's the argument by BlueCaliDem justifying Hillary's IWR vote:
She was Senator of New York State - the State hit by 9/11 the hardest. Do you think New Yorkers would've understood had she voted against the AUMF Against Terrorists and the AUMF Against Iraq when they believed that Saddam Hussein most likely had something to do with 9/11? Do you think they'd happily re-elect her? Or do you believe her political career would have ended? Think about it.
Hindsight is 20/20 and tanding on the moral high-ground is wonderfully noble, but that and $4 bucks will buy you a latte at Starbucks as a politician in a time when Americans wanted retribution for those attacks. Hillary Clinton was elected by the majority of voting New Yorkers, tasked with representing ALL New Yorkers. They'd been the victims of the biggest attack on American soil in American history and they wanted recompense. Had she voted NO on either bills, she would have been seen as a traitor to New York and her constituents' needs.
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Isn't it ironic that some claiming to be dems are using identity politics against other dems?
Bubzer
Feb 2016
#22
They won't even read it. They avoid the truth like a vampire avoids sunlight. n/t
FangedNoumenom
Feb 2016
#31
The entire MSM is telling Bernie Sanders supporters to give up and give in. Stay and fight!
Todays_Illusion
Feb 2016
#3
A drunk driver apologizes for killing people in a car crash. There is accountabilty.
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
#5
Even tho you have forgone the customary greetings, Merry meet again! from one solitary practitioner
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#18
Bless you both, if you don't mind my saying so. Need much more soul on this site & throughout US.
highprincipleswork
Feb 2016
#23
We could call them that if this were 1980, unfortunately the Republican infiltration is complete
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#15
Or trying to paint things as right-wing smears when a Clinton ideologue said in an earlier thread
VulgarPoet
Feb 2016
#11
Like General Motors, what's good for Hillary is good for country. We all know how that turned out...
whereisjustice
Feb 2016
#19
But they're claiming to be Liberals and Progressives. How can you tell the difference?
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#21
Hillary's foreign policy "creds" are the biggest reason I won't support her in a Dem primary.
Martin Eden
Feb 2016
#30
Except every time this gets pointed out, it's slammed as "right wing smearing".
VulgarPoet
Feb 2016
#36
I doubt very many Hillary supporters would embrace the argument put forth by BlueCaliDem ...
Martin Eden
Feb 2016
#68
I've got facts, vitriol, a notebook, a microphone, and a digital audio workstation
VulgarPoet
Feb 2016
#52