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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Hole in Hillary’s Flip-Flop Excuse [View all]kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)59. She has been running for president for literally years.
I think she had time to get her positions fight last April. Her TPP and XL flops were only changes she made running into the debate because she didn't want those questions on the table.
And it worked. Sanders and O'Malley actually had to bring it up in their answers to other questions during the debate. There wasn't much time spent on trade or the environment.
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Yes - The Flip Flopper In Chief - Has - Flopper Flipped - One Too Many Times To Be Credible
cantbeserious
Nov 2015
#1
We knew what was going on with Bush and Iraq after 9/11. We knew what was behind the Iraq war drums
Autumn
Nov 2015
#2
War was for the profiteers, not the people. In 2011-12, Clinton and her team helped remove
DhhD
Nov 2015
#17
Adding several links to the destruction of PEMA. Clinton delivered Mexico to the TPP.
DhhD
Nov 2015
#58
Yes. But, when she makes a "Hard Choice" to flip she looks "presidential". According to some.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2015
#4
With all "Trials and Tribulations" it makes one wonder what could possibly motivate
FreakinDJ
Nov 2015
#8
+1 Is there a single issue that she wouldn't flip-flop on if the polls were saying that it would
BeanMusical
Nov 2015
#41
Meme du jour, and for the rest of the campaign because that is all there is left for the right wing.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#22
Name recognition, people have been familiar with the name Clinton for a couple of decades nationally
That Guy 888
Nov 2015
#31
Because she's the candidate of Big Money, and everyone in the DNC is on board with Big Money.
reformist2
Nov 2015
#38
"a fat history of taking the wrong position in the early going and then requiring a re-do"
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2015
#33