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cpwm17

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58. The best test for a liberal is The Golden Rule.

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Tue Oct 20, 2015, 04:49 PM

Oct 2015

Last edited Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:56 PM - Edit history (1)

The worst violation possible for The Golden Rule is war. Hillary loves war. She is no liberal.

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Hilary Clinton is a liberal. [View all] MohRokTah Oct 2015 OP

She's a neoliberal, but thanks for playing. n/t winter is coming Oct 2015 #1

I love when extremism comes through. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #3

TREAD WINNER!! wilsonbooks Oct 2015 #33

Lol! whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #2

Thanks for the proof of my thesis. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #4

"Hillary Clinton is a liberal" is your thesis whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #10

Someone needs a dictionary. n/t winter is coming Oct 2015 #22

It's not entirely inaccurate as a statement whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #32

what a bunch of BS Robbins Oct 2015 #5

Thanks for proving my thesis. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #8

Yep Go Vols Oct 2015 #86

Most who attack Hillary are not left or liberal, they are just adamant about their pocketbooks. randys1 Oct 2015 #6

Yup. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #11

No the Big Picture is this... Armstead Oct 2015 #20

Not if you are Gay or a Woman or Black randys1 Oct 2015 #21

Many of those problems stem from that Armstead Oct 2015 #28

Let's look at the private prison industry, which we all agree should be abolished. You put this very Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #67

I am not going to get into a competition over "social" versus "economic" issues Armstead Oct 2015 #105

This! msrizzo Oct 2015 #126

I have respect that not all of the disenfranchised U of M Dem Oct 2015 #39

Are you saying Hillary is bad for people's pocketbooks? Dawgs Oct 2015 #29

What happened to the guilty moderate face? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #7

More proof of my thesis. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #9

How so? She said she was guilty of being moderate. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #14

Hillary supporters don't give a fuck about facts. JRLeft Oct 2015 #16

They do care about parroting whatever line the Hillary Campaign has just put out. reformist2 Oct 2015 #90

She can say she's to the right of Mitch McConnell and they would still cheer her on. JRLeft Oct 2015 #98

You missed the thesis. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #17

Apparently, your thesis is weak. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #46

^^ this nt artislife Oct 2015 #85

+ 1 Myrina Oct 2015 #114

+1 Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #127

Not sure you understand what a thesis is. morningfog Oct 2015 #102

At least until the Convention itsrobert Oct 2015 #12

Well, I was gonna doubt you, but... Jester Messiah Oct 2015 #13

Depends on how you define liberal Armstead Oct 2015 #15

She's a social liberal. RichVRichV Oct 2015 #18

Nailesd it. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #47

I am a Liberal and she represents my standards...makes her a Liberal n/t Sheepshank Oct 2015 #19

Thanks for the laugh. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #23

Hehe gearhead12 Oct 2015 #37

if you say so then it must be true gearhead12 Oct 2015 #24

More proof of your thesis I am sure. TM99 Oct 2015 #25

Poisoning the well. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #26

"And their disagreement with me proves I'm right!" LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #41

True . . . for now. Vinca Oct 2015 #27

she won't Robbins Oct 2015 #31

No chance she would govern as a liberal. None. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #104

You may want to remind her of that, since she can't seem to make up her mind. arcane1 Oct 2015 #30

So you've decided that saying something over and over again makes it true. Avalux Oct 2015 #34

I'm on my way to work in a little while and needed the laugh by the OP anyways gearhead12 Oct 2015 #35

Sorry your incorrect but thanks for your opinion. YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #36

Clinton denied that "fact". Does that make her extreme left? jeff47 Oct 2015 #38

+1 Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #49

oh, not this bullshit again Doctor_J Oct 2015 #40

Hillary Clinton is a liberal until she locks up the nomination. Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #42

so you agree with Ted Cruz and Fox news Doctor_J Oct 2015 #43

So, I guess Hillary "is as extreme on the left as those extremists on the right John Poet Oct 2015 #44

She is a neo-liberal. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #45

You keep using that word thesis which you don't have a clue what it means Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #48

And most of all, I do not think it means what she thinks it means. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #50

OP giving a speech gearhead12 Oct 2015 #74

... out of his/her ass mindwalker_i Oct 2015 #83

Oh? pinebox Oct 2015 #51

Hillary is a self-described moderate. rateyes Oct 2015 #52

Hillary Clinton Was The 11th Most Liberal Senator workinclasszero Oct 2015 #53

Mostly by looking at the shitty methodology in claims like that. jeff47 Oct 2015 #57

Did you miss this? pinebox Oct 2015 #60

I'll take the #11 that can be elected workinclasszero Oct 2015 #65

Again pinebox Oct 2015 #66

So we must let the republican party pick our nominees? workinclasszero Oct 2015 #73

Actually, all the polls are showing he'd do far better than her in the general. eom Fawke Em Oct 2015 #72

Clickity click polls? workinclasszero Oct 2015 #76

*crickets* BlueCaliDem Oct 2015 #129

Nobody but the desperate trust those spammable polls workinclasszero Oct 2015 #133

Yep. + 1000 eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2015 #135

Wait a minute-- weren't you the one who wrote Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #108

Great find. n/t Dawgs Oct 2015 #115

Who was The 1st Most Liberal Senator? frylock Oct 2015 #69

With the Black community, sensible gun laws are very important since, well, they're BlueCaliDem Oct 2015 #132

She says she is a moderate AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #54

Wrong. She's neoliberal. She is in no way liberal in the vein of FDR. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #55

Which Hillary(sic) Clinton are you referring to? berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #56

The best test for a liberal is The Golden Rule. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #58

So, not preferring Hillary in the primary Bettie Oct 2015 #59

Now you are putting words into my keyboard. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #61

She's a neo-liberal Third Wayer hifiguy Oct 2015 #62

More proof of the thesis. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #63

You sound extremist in your centrism. Broward Oct 2015 #80

I believe you have fallen victim to a logical fallacy. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #81

What happened to the moderate she claimed to be? Autumn Oct 2015 #64

Jeb! Bush also claims to be a moderate. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #68

So she lied? frylock Oct 2015 #71

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #95

The why did Hillary say she was? Are you saying she fibbed? Autumn Oct 2015 #97

You should tell her then. She can't seem to make up her mind. Broward Oct 2015 #70

She called herself a moderate, so she must be as extreme as a Bush. Motown_Johnny Oct 2015 #75

Well, yeah, I am on the extreme left... Hepburn Oct 2015 #77

Hillary Clinton is not a liberal and Jeb Bush is not a conservative Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #78

The claim she is not a liberal is ridiculous treestar Oct 2015 #79

reality Robbins Oct 2015 #84

Talk to regular people and Republicans treestar Oct 2015 #88

So, the republican definition is what we should use for liberal, not actual liberals. Dawgs Oct 2015 #116

There is something objective about it treestar Oct 2015 #118

If by liberal you mean corporatist neocon then sure she's a liberal. Broward Oct 2015 #87

Regular people and voters don't ever use language like that treestar Oct 2015 #89

Another OP The River Oct 2015 #82

I'll take another crack at this and challenge the actual premise. RichVRichV Oct 2015 #91

Brilliant post - well said, it won't matter to the cone of silence dwellers but good post. nt. Juicy_Bellows Oct 2015 #99

Thank you for that IDemo Oct 2015 #125

She's not a liberal nor does she claim to be One of the 99 Oct 2015 #92

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #93

You saying it doesn't make it so. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #94

Most (though not all) of the right wingers won't fess to what they are which are regressives and TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #96

She's not even close to being liberal. cui bono Oct 2015 #100

Bookmarking. Lol. morningfog Oct 2015 #101

I don't think you understand the words "liberal," "extremist," or "thesis." morningfog Oct 2015 #103

Wha... WillyT Oct 2015 #106

Or as the ones who claimed Humphrey was conservative. McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #107

Hillary is a liberal in the same way that Bristol Palin is a virgin. Scuba Oct 2015 #109

Yes she is.... BooScout Oct 2015 #110

She herself admits she's a centrist Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #111

... BooScout Oct 2015 #112

That's just par for the course for the extremist leftist Bernibros. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #113

. Agschmid Oct 2015 #120

ROFL! MohRokTah Oct 2015 #122

I think you know... Agschmid Oct 2015 #123

. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #124

until we lose in 2016 ibegurpard Oct 2015 #131

Your OP looks to be leaning to the right. PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #117

She calls herself a moderate Gore1FL Oct 2015 #119

Right? She said herself that she's "moderate", "center". Its on video for the world to see. RiverLover Oct 2015 #121

Mrs. Clinton is a run of the mill "political hack". She seems to void of ladjf Oct 2015 #128

ROFL Hepburn Oct 2015 #130

4,487 American soldiers who were killed in Iraq don't get to vote on how liberal she is. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #134