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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary has spent most of her political career denying she's a liberal [View all]MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)40. Woof! Well it's possible that a later-model Hillary 7.x could bravely come out
against cruelty to dogs, but there are great risks. Dogs have very large droppings that can be seen in public - the optics aren't good.
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Started out her career by wanting to be a corporate lawyer. Not with any activist activity.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#20
Judging by her email name HDR22, she does not even use Clinton, just her maiden name.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#84
I guess she felt she needed a number. Me I try for my full name and have gotten it
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#108
Are you implying she continues to be employed by or pursue that early employer's agenda?
leveymg
Sep 2015
#66
A lot of people learn what is wrong from early jobs and want to correct them, some
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#88
Maybe that is why she is such an advocate for consumers against the banking industry now
passiveporcupine
Sep 2015
#170
His Reply 47 fits the definition of deflection perfectly and the subthread did go OT,
merrily
Sep 2015
#188
Hillary"For goodness sakes, you can't be a lawyer if you don't represent banks.".
Ichingcarpenter
Sep 2015
#58
Hard to understand why anyone's gears would get so grinded based on that 24 year old propaganda?
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#67
actually, my remark was to remove Warren from the discussion. I must have not made that clear.
roguevalley
Sep 2015
#123
Of course you can be a lawyer without representing banks and Hillary know that very well
merrily
Sep 2015
#96
That is the quote I've been looking for for months! It sums up precisely why I abhor third way
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#158
One reason I get so angry at the Democratic "centrists" is their muddying of the debate
Armstead
Sep 2015
#30
She's a politician to the n'th degree. She'll say whatever the polls tell her to..
ion_theory
Sep 2015
#12
actions speak. Bernie has upheld liberal principles throughout his political career
cali
Sep 2015
#14
There shalT be no questions about Sanders during a Hillary Bashing thread /sarcasm
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#78
I hated that sexist song to begin with. Why they remade it and used it for Hillary is beyond my
Autumn
Sep 2015
#19
Woof! Well it's possible that a later-model Hillary 7.x could bravely come out
MannyGoldstein
Sep 2015
#40
So true the optics are not good at all. My daughter has livestock and she has an Akbash
Autumn
Sep 2015
#55
The Bill Clinton Third Way helped to create that problem by pushing for deregulation
Armstead
Sep 2015
#32
that was in 96, right? and that's about when fox started up. RW radio was already strong,
certainot
Sep 2015
#81
hence the emphasis on "who," not "what": she has a vag so she's "the women's candidate"
MisterP
Sep 2015
#114
Well, half of the GOP clowns can beat her. Trump for sure and probably Carson, Bush, Cruz.
HappyPlace
Sep 2015
#51
Your declaratives add little to the conversation. Maybe you could tell us why you feel her lead is
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#161
Would he take back public utilities to public control, or encourage States to do so? I would like that to happen?
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#111
OK. Then the next step...nationalization of oil and one State for profit publicly owned company....Oil America?
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#131
She only had to convince conservatives and wing-nuts that she wasn't a liberal.
Fuddnik
Sep 2015
#70
Does she say she's a liberal now? That's more important than what she did 230jj2j4 yrs ago to me
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#75
That's good, we'll measure her policies.. some of them aren't progressive and some of sanders
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#82
Kinda like pelican denying it's a donkey then putting on fake ears to prove it is a donkey.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2015
#85
"Hung Up On Semantics"! Isn't that what mostly all the outrage is about lately - semantics, while ignoring policy?
Fred Sanders
Sep 2015
#106
She is a center-right hack, who constantly looks at which way the wind is blowing.
EEO
Sep 2015
#110
Hillary says a lot of things, she'll say anything to anyone at any time in her effort to seize power
bowens43
Sep 2015
#132
that's such a vacuous response. he votes as a democrat. he acts like what a democrat
cali
Sep 2015
#162
He stated the truth that he's not a liberal. It is I who call him "liberal on steroids."
senz
Sep 2015
#174
I consider myself a vegetarian but should I expect people to believe me if I eat Big Macs in public?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#192
When you compare her to the real progressive in the race it rings hollow.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#193