I don't particularly care who the candidates are married to (Reply #21)

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Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:22 PM

21. I don't particularly care who the candidates are married to

I do consider policies, and many of the policy positions on which I have disagreements with Hillary Clinton also happen to be cases where I have disagreements with Bill Clinton. I don't know if that's a product of marriage, but if it were I think it may make me think Hillary is more liberal than she's let on. She's had to give deference to Bill because Americans are fixated on the dumb idea that wives should submit to their husbands' political agendas.

Let's focus on the real issues, not somebody's marriage or who somebody had a kid with or whatever distractions people on all sides would like to bring into the campaign. On the issues, I think Hillary is our second (maybe 3rd, O'Malley is pretty good) best candidate for the nomination. All of our candidates for nomination are miles better than the Republicans.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
I just have to say something about this dynasty crapola [View all]	dsc	Jul 2015	OP
It must be hard for some people to see the Clintons got an education, worked hard to get where	Thinkingabout	Jul 2015	#1
Drive, ambition and knowledge, used to be good qualities	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#61
Yes, she isn't a one trick pony show.	Thinkingabout	Jul 2015	#62
If a Kennedy or Clinton were running on	LWolf	Jul 2015	#2
And the last Kennedy to run for POTUS was Ted. 35 years ago.	hifiguy	Jul 2015	#91
Sanders has positions, true, but a sparse record of achievement	George II	Jul 2015	#95
His record of achievements	LWolf	Jul 2015	#103
The last Clinton elected president was in 1996	LordGlenconner	Jul 2015	#3
And, besides that, LG.. It's sexist and demagogical. Hillary is her own person.. she's not	Cha	Jul 2015	#74
And has her own impressive list of achievements	George II	Jul 2015	#96
Yes, very much so.. thank you, George.	Cha	Jul 2015	#99
Not only all that which is all true, but she could divorce Bill	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#4
Sorry. Not a valid comparison. She would always be know as the	Cleita	Jul 2015	#7
so, she is not related. I true dynasty means a relation	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#20
She will never be Madam President. She has too much baggage	Cleita	Jul 2015	#23
bookmarking	OKNancy	Jul 2015	#24
"Facts are stubborn things..."	DemocratSinceBirth	Jul 2015	#40
Dynasties are passed on parent to child	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#63
He would not be President	treestar	Jul 2015	#112
that's a good comeback	restorefreedom	Jul 2015	#11
If she hadn't been married to a president	artislife	Jul 2015	#54
If Bill hadn't been married to Hillary he may never have been President. We will never know.	Metric System	Jul 2015	#57
We didn't elect her first.	artislife	Jul 2015	#58
lol! Really?	HappyMe	Jul 2015	#59
You have no idea the extent to which she made him a better poltician	dsc	Jul 2015	#68
It's a wonder how progressives are so dismissive	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#73
another desperate attempt	spqr78	Jul 2015	#82
Not that their policies are similar	dsc	Jul 2015	#85
I don't doubt that.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#86
When he lost his first bid for Governor, it was Hillary who convinced him to run again and was his	Metric System	Jul 2015	#79
But if Michelle ran for senator	artislife	Jul 2015	#97
So what do you think of kids of famous people getting jobs over	Cleita	Jul 2015	#5
Jackie hated public life with the intensity of a million suns especially after her husband was	dsc	Jul 2015	#9
My point is that she wouldn't be a public figure except for Bill.	Cleita	Jul 2015	#14
frankly if you take out the sexism of the 70's	dsc	Jul 2015	#16
In the times when we had royalty, the queen had to be as well	Cleita	Jul 2015	#22
running the state department isn't executive experience?	dsc	Jul 2015	#25
True.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#83
Sometimes they had to marry their brothers but I'm not suggesting that either.	Cleita	Jul 2015	#84
If a sister marries her brother...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#88
Such bull	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#30
that's bs	JI7	Jul 2015	#37
I agree with the OP	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#6
well said.	daybranch	Jul 2015	#19
Thanks	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#26
My feelings exactly! Thank You...nt	abakan	Jul 2015	#50
well said.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#94
Teddy Roosevelt was FDR's 5th cousin (once or twice removed); he was Eleanor's uncle.	dflprincess	Jul 2015	#102
You are correct	Martin Eden	Jul 2015	#110
Your first assumption is false and the rest is immaterial	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#8
So was FDR.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#32
I don't see privilege as	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#36
Can America become a kibbutz? Adopt the Amish model?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#72
you've got it backwards	spqr78	Jul 2015	#98
So the President is like a Porterhouse?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#101
no, but the last several presidents have been liars and thieves.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#108
We all hear about how congress has a single-digit approval rating.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#116
Some struggle to see a woman doing the same job her husband did ... and not ...	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#10
This.The double standard is practically slapping the	sufrommich	Jul 2015	#12
Dynasty would apply to the Bush family	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#13
So a former Senator and SecState is unqualified to be President?	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#18
Sure, she's qualified	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#33
But that is not nepotisim.	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#38
Well...	whatchamacallit	Jul 2015	#41
those who see trouble with her '.. being able to be her own person. '	HFRN	Jul 2015	#31
None of that has anything to do with "Dynasty".	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#34
it was a direct response, to a direct quote of yours	HFRN	Jul 2015	#35
LOL ... lame.	JoePhilly	Jul 2015	#39
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service	Tarheel_Dem	Jul 2015	#44
'This is abuse of the system. '	HFRN	Jul 2015	#70
..	Cha	Jul 2015	#75
While I agree it's not germaine to the dynasty subject	tazkcmo	Jul 2015	#49
Good Post.	bvar22	Jul 2015	#42
Did you even bother to see how each of those dollar amounts panned out? of course not..	Sheepshank	Jul 2015	#66
At least some people were concerned	SheilaT	Jul 2015	#46
some of us are worried...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#92
It's a dog whistle. It's exactly the same as the petty rumor	sufrommich	Jul 2015	#15
The dynasties that really need	PATRICK	Jul 2015	#17
I don't particularly care who the candidates are married to	DemocraticWing	Jul 2015	#21
Wal-Mart and Kissinger.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#93
a·pol·o·gist	HFRN	Jul 2015	#27
...	SidDithers	Jul 2015	#113
...	HFRN	Jul 2015	#114
A simple dictionary....	quickesst	Jul 2015	#28
Nice comparison of Jeb and Hillary. But those are not our only choices.	djean111	Jul 2015	#29
"coronation" is also bullshit	Lil Missy	Jul 2015	#43
Good, accurate points made	aintitfunny	Jul 2015	#45
"Hillary's bona fides are unquestioned"	oasis	Jul 2015	#76
Dynasty or not.	tazkcmo	Jul 2015	#47
timing.	spqr78	Jul 2015	#48
Does Bill Clinton become President without having met Hillary Rodham?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#78
sexist?	spqr78	Jul 2015	#87
Admit what(?) is true?	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#89
So much...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#100
"Google: DLC, third way, centrist, New Democrat or Al From"	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#104
The subject, then...	spqr78	Jul 2015	#106
Okay, I can deal with that.	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#107
Little ones in the morning!?!?	spqr78	Jul 2015	#109
The Clintons as a Brand...	LuvLoogie	Jul 2015	#115
100% correct. Hillary Clinton is not a "dynasty" candidate...	Mike Nelson	Jul 2015	#51
Good post.	Popcorn 51	Jul 2015	#52
I certainly can't speak for others but I don't care what or who the relatives of a person running...	BlueJazz	Jul 2015	#53
I don't consider the Clintons as a dynasty... however...	MerryBlooms	Jul 2015	#55
None of that means shit to me.	HappyMe	Jul 2015	#56
I am with LWolf on this ... A fine Oregonian is he ..	Trajan	Jul 2015	#60
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2015	#64
wow calling a gay poster sissypants	dsc	Jul 2015	#65
Jury Results on the hidden post	StevieM	Jul 2015	#67
A couple of jurors (one who voted to hide it and one who voted to leave it)	tblue37	Jul 2015	#69
Bravo. Couldn't have been said better. I'll kick this OP until GE Day.	oasis	Jul 2015	#71
...	Scuba	Jul 2015	#77
Yes how dare that bastard	dsc	Jul 2015	#80
regardless, I've had enough of Clintons and Bushes....	mike_c	Jul 2015	#81
this	Cleita	Jul 2015	#90
She'd have plenty of her own baggage even if she'd never met Bill Clinton	tularetom	Jul 2015	#105
I agree, plus it is not a blood tie	treestar	Jul 2015	#111

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