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LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:30 AM Feb 2016

Do we want someone to be president who has been arrested?

HRC though is so pure that she has never done anything that she could be arrested for.

Whereas the old Jewish man seemed to always be involved in breaking the laws & rules of our land.

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Do we want someone to be president who has been arrested? (Original Post) LiberalArkie Feb 2016 OP
Yes. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #1
Arrested for fighting against injustice? EmperorHasNoClothes Feb 2016 #2
Do we want some one who has never been arrested to take on Injustice in America FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #3
Is this the latest "concern" over LiberalElite Feb 2016 #4
oh yes Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #5
I LOVE this fact about Sanders! Boomer Feb 2016 #6
Well.... daleanime Feb 2016 #7
I've been called a "thief" right here on DU because of my own arrest record, so... stone space Feb 2016 #8
wow this made my morning thanks berningman Feb 2016 #9
Arrested for protesting injustice? Abso-freaking-lutely! HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #10
We may not have a choice nxylas Feb 2016 #11
Astute observation! (eom) mak3cats Feb 2016 #23
lol tk2kewl Feb 2016 #24
Oh please tell me that's the latest argument. noamnety Feb 2016 #12
Why yes, yes we do. nt truebluegreen Feb 2016 #13
Oh, I forgot to add my view. I sure do, in fact I prefer someone who went to battle. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #14
Is this a joke? Green Texan Feb 2016 #15
The man has courage Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #16
Rats I forgot about W. I was trying ti get a snarky thread going before LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #17
And I can then compare it to a former President that... SoapBox Feb 2016 #18
Wasn't the big one: "it depends on what "is" is"? I can't remember what the word was LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #20
Hillary 'tries' not to lie Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #25
And Chelsea keeps telling us she's "worried"...then lies. libdem4life Feb 2016 #29
OMFG! RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #19
You know something like that is coming. How about "He knows nothing about financial matters, LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #21
Hillary so pure 2pooped2pop Feb 2016 #22
Yes. A demonstration of values! oldandhappy Feb 2016 #26
I respect people arrested for... artyteacher Feb 2016 #27
Well, we've had enough WH occupants who... 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #28
Boggles the mind. libdem4life Feb 2016 #30
I wouldn't be suprised if this was a new talking point from the Hillary camp. TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #31
Hillary was shunned once for wearing white after labor day. wendylaroux Feb 2016 #32
I'd rather have a president that's been arrested than a president that is being investigated jillan Feb 2016 #33

Boomer

(4,168 posts)
6. I LOVE this fact about Sanders!
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:36 AM
Feb 2016

He's a man of principle and always has been. He doesn't just talk the talk, he puts himself on the line for what he believes in. He's strong enough to face the punishment for high ideals.

Wouldn't you want a president who has backbone in the face of injustice? I sure do.

 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
8. I've been called a "thief" right here on DU because of my own arrest record, so...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:38 AM
Feb 2016

...it will likely surprise nobody that I vote "yes" on this.


nxylas

(6,440 posts)
11. We may not have a choice
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:43 AM
Feb 2016

Come October, it's highly likely that the Democratic candidate will have been arrested, whoever wins the nomination.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
12. Oh please tell me that's the latest argument.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:46 AM
Feb 2016

If they come out as opposed to the civil rights movement, that will be perfect.

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LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
14. Oh, I forgot to add my view. I sure do, in fact I prefer someone who went to battle.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:54 AM
Feb 2016

It seems that a person who was not arrested or had their head bashed in during the 60's just must not have been that involved with the battles of that era.

Green Texan

(31 posts)
15. Is this a joke?
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:54 AM
Feb 2016

I like Bernie even more because he was arrested in the civil rights protest. Hillary's supporters have reached a new low lately. Looks like all that Hillary and Hillary's supporters have left is desperate attacks.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
17. Rats I forgot about W. I was trying ti get a snarky thread going before
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:19 AM
Feb 2016

someone from an opposing viewpoint tossed the line into the fracas.

But can Bernie govern if he only wins 90% of the vote?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
18. And I can then compare it to a former President that...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:32 AM
Feb 2016

1. Claimed, "I didn't inhale."

2. It wasn't really sex.

I'll take Bernie proudly.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
20. Wasn't the big one: "it depends on what "is" is"? I can't remember what the word was
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:36 AM
Feb 2016

that started the battle.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
19. OMFG!
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:33 AM
Feb 2016

Are we scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel on this one, or what?
If they try to use that attack, I am going to lose my temper and break things!

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
21. You know something like that is coming. How about "He knows nothing about financial matters,
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:39 AM
Feb 2016

that is why Goldman Sachs has never invited him to give a speech" ?

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
22. Hillary so pure
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:41 AM
Feb 2016

Lol

She keeps just under the law mostly because of who she is. She is not innocent or pure.

3catwoman3

(23,987 posts)
28. Well, we've had enough WH occupants who...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:49 PM
Feb 2016

...should have been arrested (but never were) for things they did while in office, things that actually harmed/killed people. Why should we have a problem with Bernie being arrested for being socially enlightened and taking a principled stand against injustice?

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)
31. I wouldn't be suprised if this was a new talking point from the Hillary camp.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:09 PM
Feb 2016

We know her views on whistleblowers, marijuana prohibition, and capital punishment.

wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)
32. Hillary was shunned once for wearing white after labor day.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:10 PM
Feb 2016

those Wellesley girls were horrible!!!

Hillary has known pain dammit!!!

jillan

(39,451 posts)
33. I'd rather have a president that's been arrested than a president that is being investigated
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:11 PM
Feb 2016

by the FBI.

Bernie's arrest was in the past.

Hillary's investigation is on-going.

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