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In reply to the discussion: No. Hillary Clinton did not call people on welfare, "deadbeats." (edit: internet slooow) [View all]oasis
(49,321 posts)45. "Deadbeat dads" or plain ol' "deadbeats", you're beating "dead horses" file it
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No. Hillary Clinton did not call people on welfare, "deadbeats." (edit: internet slooow) [View all]
Cerridwen
Jul 2015
OP
It is true. Here is a link to the article in which she call poor people on welfare 'deadbeats'.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#85
But the article you are showing has no context at all. I will look again but that
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#88
A 13-year old quote totally taken out of context (if that article is really accurate anyway!)
George II
Jul 2015
#94
Right....she was almost sarcastically quoting someone else. A Costanza type quote.
George II
Jul 2015
#98
Ok, posters who floated that "welfare deadbeat" assertion, how is this post wrong?
SunSeeker
Jul 2015
#3
I now understand the way Hillary used the word "deadbeat," but something still bothers me.
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#19
I think you put your finger on the issue that troubles me. I don't know where I stand on it.
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#74
Because the important issue here is not what you or I or the mother wants, but the
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#81
Yes. But still I question why we are focusing on that "lazy" woman who stays at home.
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#79
Actually, JD, she did call welfare recipients deadbeats. You can read the 2002
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#44
Because she did say it about those on welfare. The deadbeat dads quote is an
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#43
""deadbeat parents." < Since most work who get these that's just a filthy republican tactic, and any
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#6
I'm not clear on what you're saying. Could you please flesh it out a bit. Thanks. n/t
Cerridwen
Jul 2015
#7
So everyone here on DU who called Joe Walsh a deadbeat dad is a Republican troll?
SunSeeker
Jul 2015
#8
I define a deadbeat as someone who got something they didn't work for. Almost anyone who
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#16
That's very nice however the deadbeats quote was from a 2002 interview not '96'98 or 2000
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#11
There's always been this disturbing tendency among some supporters of 'outsider' candidates to...
wyldwolf
Jul 2015
#12
Actually she did say people on welfare were deadbeats, and not just "dads".
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#15
thanks for the added link however it only covers Talking it over article and for April of 2002 when
azurnoir
Jul 2015
#13
We could go back a few decades and find some pretty ugly things that Bernie Sanders said, you know,
MADem
Jul 2015
#29
She felt the need to pander to the small-government types, so she used "deadbeats."
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#64
Posters who feverishly post hit pieces on Democrats, reveal more about themselves.
oasis
Jul 2015
#22
Except that she was that tactless (link to screen shot of the 2002 article)
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#41
Debunked: People have wrongly claimed Hillary was only referring to "deadbeat dads"
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#42
I see. Republicans, the whole clown car, are perfectly in tune with that language.
delrem
Jul 2015
#69
I realize that Bernie's foreign policy is nearly identical to all the others, D and R.
delrem
Jul 2015
#76
The OP found another, separate context in which Hillary used the word deadbeat.
LiberalAndProud
Jul 2015
#63
So an article about tomatoes in 2000 is identical to an article in 2002 about rocks?
ieoeja
Jul 2015
#68
Here is some better research which proves the OP wrong. Hillary did call poor people deadbeats.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#80