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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Am I the only one who likes Barbara Boxer AND believes she was in the wrong with the way she acted? [View all]pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)50. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Amen! ^^^^^^^^^^^ and YES, YES, YES!!!
Just like I lost all my respect for those members who were in the civil rights struggle who threw Bernie under the bus and went for Hillary. . . .They lost is all, a whole lifetime of integrity, sold out for something. . .
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Am I the only one who likes Barbara Boxer AND believes she was in the wrong with the way she acted? [View all]
phleshdef
May 2016
OP
She has been on the corporate side of many important issues. This was the clearest example
pdsimdars
May 2016
#54
She was right to stand up the the bullies who were trying to shout her down as she
riversedge
May 2016
#4
If you'd get your head out of the sand and watch some of the videos, you'd know they were booing
Fawke Em
May 2016
#27
Yes you are. Bernie's bullies didn't deserve to be treated with any respect, if they act like that.
CrowCityDem
May 2016
#5
Agree, but if she let's it go, it will taint her legacy, as this was her last YUGE act!
ViseGrip
May 2016
#9
Agree. I HATE that this could be what she's remembered for since she's retiring
yeoman6987
May 2016
#13
No one said anything remotely close to that. Lying doesn't help this situation.
phleshdef
May 2016
#16
She is too establishment to my taste, but there are things one can like about her.
Betty Karlson
May 2016
#17
wow, all that from booing. Sorry, but if one can cheer, one can boo. That's how it works.
aikoaiko
May 2016
#30
Yes, one person called her a bitch. There are better words to describe her behavior/rhetoric at NV
aikoaiko
May 2016
#32
I fully agree and I've campaigned for Boxer and voted for her many times.
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#23
She's dead to me. She'll have to earn her way back into my trust. And she won't be able to
pdsimdars
May 2016
#52
When being called a b* and being shouted down in a party of civility, ya... No, Boxer was not wrong.
seabeyond
May 2016
#25
I was going to say, thank you for actually saying unacceptable, as I read you excuse. wow.
seabeyond
May 2016
#31
I get how easily it is to grab the easy sexist slur to throw at a woman. I dunno.... have seen it
seabeyond
May 2016
#40
Provoked is no excuse at all. Where the hell do people get off with that bullshit? Sexist shit
bettyellen
May 2016
#72
"Provoked" absolutely implies that on some level, those words were well deserved. Whether it is
bettyellen
May 2016
#74
They could have called her an "asshole" and I would be saying the same exact thing.
phleshdef
May 2016
#75
They did not. You're reacting the same to sexist shit as you are non-sexist shit. That is the point.
bettyellen
May 2016
#79
Nope, sexist shit like calling women "bitches" is not okay- especially in progressive spaces.
bettyellen
May 2016
#82
Liked her a lot. The combo of what she said and what *she failed to do* have destroyed
JudyM
May 2016
#38
Our principles matter. Character matters. When these are no longer a politician's compass they
JudyM
May 2016
#53
I agree with you - I am also a Sanders voter who believes that many there were acting badly, and
blm
May 2016
#39
Then you must only read what propagandists want you to read and missed the REAL story:
blm
May 2016
#83
She was out of her element and did not handle the situation like I'd expect someone with her...
phleshdef
May 2016
#47
Sure you can say that. She has been on the corporate side of many important issues.
pdsimdars
May 2016
#63
Accusations of corporatism are starting to lose meaning because such accusations are being abused.
phleshdef
May 2016
#65
I just remember over the years, there would be some important issue the Dems needed to push
pdsimdars
May 2016
#68
so name-calling is now being used as an excuse for voter fraud and corruption
TheSarcastinator
May 2016
#45
This isn't the only time she fell on the side of corporate america. Good thing she's retiring.
onecaliberal
May 2016
#51
I think her goal of getting the first woman president elected clouded her train of thought.
B Calm
May 2016
#70
Barbara was my Senator for years. I am disgusted that she will go along with winning
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#81