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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary: Don't call me a "Liberal" [View all]TheDormouse
(1,168 posts)42. Really? I kno he said Nixon was more liberal than him. But REAGAN?
You sure about that?
(Nixon more liberal than him *on some issues*).
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She has never referred to herself as a liberal and I have never referred to her as one.
merrily
Mar 2016
#1
"She has never ..." -- well, why not? If 'there's nothing wrong' with the word? Why not? nt
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#3
Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption
cantbeserious
Mar 2016
#4
It's implied. She corrected Matthews when he called her a liberal--and she was RIGHT so to do.
merrily
Mar 2016
#18
Democratic Socialist countries are among the happiest in the world. Th eUS is not.
merrily
Mar 2016
#20
I like to say "progressive." In the same sense that Nixon liked to say "peace loving".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#13
and while we're at it, when did Hillary say that she wants to avoid the so-called negative
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#24
Negative connotations the Democrats colluded with GOP to denigrate the values behind it
Armstead
Mar 2016
#28
That makes me sick -- The DLC/Corporate Democrats are CONSERVATIVES, including the Clintons
Armstead
Mar 2016
#27
Progressive doesn't mean liberal in its current usage. It's a DLC reinvention of the word.
hedda_foil
Mar 2016
#32
smh - I wonder does he really view himself that way, or was he just posturing or making a point?
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#47
She's called herself a progressive, a liberal, a moderate. All depends on who the crowd is that day.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#40
Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich made "liberal" a dirty word in the '90s; I watched it happen.
Hekate
Mar 2016
#45
Interesting thing, Bernie has said he is a progressive not a liberal--but he meant it
TheDormouse
Apr 2016
#50
Yes and then tells Mathews she's a Progressive.. can't trust her.. and I don't want Bill in the WH
berniepdx420
Apr 2016
#54