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In reply to the discussion: How can thoughtful people even *consider* Hillary for President? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)138. "...vote against a 6-3 or 7-2 Scalia/Thomas/Alito-centric SCOTUS for next 30 years."
Very worth repeating again and again, Lobodons.
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How can thoughtful people even *consider* Hillary for President? [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Oct 2015
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Believe it or not millions of people vote for a candidate based off shit like that alone.
JRLeft
Oct 2015
#5
Hillary is the best person based off of what her Wall Street ties, MIC, PIC, Fossil fuel, or Big
JRLeft
Oct 2015
#96
By the anti-Haillary crowd you would thing Hillary alone voted us into the Iraqi war. She voted on
kelliekat44
Oct 2015
#198
Bernie had the same information, asked intelligent questions about how we would govern
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#208
I disagree. She didn't fall for the lies, no one with half a brain "fell for the lies". She did it
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#213
Bernie Sanders voted for and gave bush all the authorization he needed for war
BlueStateLib
Oct 2015
#228
Sept. 14, 2001 congressional resolution approving military action against terrorism (S.J. Res 23)·
BlueStateLib
Oct 2015
#251
She voted on the same info that caused Sanders and Chafee to vote against it--except she didn't read
merrily
Oct 2015
#226
IMO, her Iraq War vote was not just weathervaning (new verb, I think--I like it!)
merrily
Oct 2015
#263
No, Few are running against her because the DNC discouraged primary challenges.
merrily
Oct 2015
#225
No, it is not: The Party in charge of the Primaries: The Pary is made up of winning Dem's
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#293
Not bad but you need a lot more practice if you want to become a stand-up comedian one day.
BeanMusical
Oct 2015
#113
Hillary owes no one anything but the American people: Your rhetoric is over the top and Silly
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#304
IIRC, the media flap from that haircut story prompted Bunny Mellon to call his campaign
merrily
Oct 2015
#224
Oy Vey! Yes. They like her hair, her pantsuits, her female bits, her laugh, her smile -
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#23
"I wish they'd just come out and then do the right thing" Me too, senz, me too.
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#91
Even the most ignorant GOP voter can recognize the truth when it is presented to them. The problem
Vincardog
Oct 2015
#177
Doing a pretty good job of trying to make mincemeat out of Hillary, I'd say.
SammyWinstonJack
Oct 2015
#247
Well, as a bald American, I like Bernie's hair style. Can you imagine him with a hip..
aidbo
Oct 2015
#27
Hillary's $600 Haircut Shuts Down Elite Bergdorf Goodman Salon In New York City
Divernan
Oct 2015
#148
They have. 'Congress doesn't control Corporations, Corporations Control Congress'. Now we have a
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#15
*Only if we vote for dems that aren't wholly owned subsidiaries of multinational corporations. eom
leftupnorth
Oct 2015
#25
That tired silliness is not impressing anyone over 8 years old. Give it a rest already.
merrily
Oct 2015
#264
Hillary has been in leadership of Dem for almost 30 years: The GOP Hate's Hillary!
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#76
She stands for the Dem's: She gains nothing personally: She has enough money herself!
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#154
Hillary and Bill were in debt when they left the White House: You are the one implying things!
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#294
The scary part is she doesn't need to be bought she is in line ideologically and in world view.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#302
If think Hillary a person is the same thing as a company: Then Hillary should have joined GOP
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#296
I understand. I wouldn't have known how to put together such a graphic at all. (n/t)
Jim Lane
Oct 2015
#221
Well, Manny, your post was alerted upon, and here are the results: (I was Juror #5.)
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2015
#20
so she's not even in the realm of consideration? and you question anyone who even thinks so?
unblock
Oct 2015
#29
Wall Street wants her. DoD contractors want her. NSA wants her. She trades favors for donations to
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#44
Holding politicians responsible for leading us in to illegal wars is being 'holier than thou'?
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#102
The Zeal To Elect A Female President Has Overshadowed The Good Judgement Of Many
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#52
I want to elect a female president. I just want that female to be Elizabeth Warren.
reformist2
Oct 2015
#53
Well I cannot understand how someone can consider an old, New England socialist
Persondem
Oct 2015
#68
I just had someone tell me I only care about war-slaughtered children in order to hurt Clinton.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#82
Wow, have they have lost there collective minds? All of a sudden the war is okay with many here.
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#110
"...vote against a 6-3 or 7-2 Scalia/Thomas/Alito-centric SCOTUS for next 30 years."
Hortensis
Oct 2015
#138
Why don't you spend more time helping your candidate and less time insulting others.
RandySF
Oct 2015
#85
Funny, because the VA health system imploded while Sanders was chair of SVAC.
NuclearDem
Oct 2015
#144
Because his ideas are sound, is why. Party labels are nearly meaningless. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2015
#107
I see---the 18 MILLION Democrats who voted for her in 2008 were "thoughtless"
brooklynite
Oct 2015
#142
But she'll be DIFFERENT from Obama because she's not a Black Man. For some, that's all it takes.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#152
because we all know there's not a dime's worth of difference between Al Gore and George Bush
greenman3610
Oct 2015
#175
Yes, she enthusiastically participated in the world's worst crime this century.
cpwm17
Oct 2015
#176
Because she will beat Bernie and any republican who they put up against her
FloridaBlues
Oct 2015
#179
More Americans support Clinton by comparison to Sanders according to National polls.
c588415
Oct 2015
#185
Dude, you're the one reproaching others per a litmus test for the Presidency. (Again.)
OilemFirchen
Oct 2015
#220
It's delusional to think Hillary has US on the top of her Agenda, History .
orpupilofnature57
Oct 2015
#202
No, this is about the primaries as the ( Forum ) indicates, and the question posed was valid, so far
orpupilofnature57
Oct 2015
#206
It's a challenge to answer a simple question, absurd reasoning, " He Can't win " " the polls say "
orpupilofnature57
Oct 2015
#320
Still no answer, debate , rebuttal or " Intellectual discussion " just more insults and accusations .
orpupilofnature57
Oct 2015
#322
just because she signed off on killing a million Iraqis & pursued foreign policy that laid waste to
yurbud
Oct 2015
#214
If Hillary Wins The Primaries, How Could A Thoughtful Person NOT Vote For Her?
Vogon_Glory
Oct 2015
#222
She who claimed she "dodged sniper fire" at an airport, who said "we came, we saw, he died"?
peacebird
Oct 2015
#252
Forgot about the dodging sniper fire lie. Collectively, these things will do her in as nominee
EndElectoral
Oct 2015
#256
A thoughtful person will consider Hillary Clinton 100 times better than Trump or
UCmeNdc
Oct 2015
#255
For every thoughtful person, there are ten impacted by feeling, and feeling is easily manipulated.
EndElectoral
Oct 2015
#257