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retrowire

(10,345 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:46 PM Mar 2016

I want to bang my head against a wall EVERYTIME I read one of these statements...

"Thank god for Bernie, at least he's pushing Hillary to the left."

"If not for Bernie, Hillary wouldn't be running as progressive a campaign as she is right now."

"I'm glad Bernie is running because now Hillary is focusing on true progressive values."


GIVEN HER HISTORY OF EXPEDIENCE, HER MANY YEARS OF FLIP FLOPPING, WHICH I SEE NO ONE DENYING, WHY THE FUCK DOES ANYONE REALLY BELIEVE HER?

Sorry for shouting.
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I want to bang my head against a wall EVERYTIME I read one of these statements... (Original Post) retrowire Mar 2016 OP
I certainly don't. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #1
I don't believe her shift to the left Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #2
Just tell me WHY anyone would believe she is actually going left?! retrowire Mar 2016 #4
I think it's because Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #17
#stealthebern indeed. retrowire Mar 2016 #21
She says she is centrist, and she is, IF the center is now moderate Republican. peacebird Mar 2016 #16
Correct. -none Mar 2016 #48
Oh, did someone mention Reagan? Obama did, in admiration. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #104
Obama's done and said plenty of stuff bvf Mar 2016 #106
Speaking of real democrats... Correct? -none Mar 2016 #107
Excellent! It's all in the "message" - and HRC/DNC is heavy into messaging! erronis Mar 2016 #127
+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #62
Centrist today is way right of moderate Republican. debunction.junction Mar 2016 #66
In a heartbeat! marew Mar 2016 #25
IF kacekwl Mar 2016 #110
You are right - I always picture her laughing merrily and uncontrollably at that. djean111 Mar 2016 #3
I'm just scared that there are actually people stupid enough to believe it. nt retrowire Mar 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #20
Mmmm. Hatchling Mar 2016 #85
It's vital to the One Percent that Americans be kept to poor to travel abroad Divernan Mar 2016 #100
Drives me nuts too bernbabe Mar 2016 #5
She's got a proven RECORD of inconsistency! retrowire Mar 2016 #7
Oh, no. She's consistent. PWPippin Mar 2016 #41
She's a political chameleon... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #8
It's her nature. Downwinder Mar 2016 #12
I don't get it either. It's baffling. Rebkeh Mar 2016 #9
If her lips are moving.. peace13 Mar 2016 #10
Yep. agracie Mar 2016 #13
Yeah me too.... ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #11
I just saw that on Facebook - TBF Mar 2016 #14
Ah ha! You said it! I knew someone else caught on! retrowire Mar 2016 #19
I'm already in line Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #28
It is completely bogus. She is pandering to progressives, but will pivot back to the right for GE peacebird Mar 2016 #15
It's mainly corporate media pundits saying that. TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #22
People are funny... TheProgressive Mar 2016 #23
Progessive campaign? Old Codger Mar 2016 #24
There are different philosophies on life. Gregorian Mar 2016 #26
Not Ellison _Russell Simmons silenttigersong Mar 2016 #67
Yes. Now where did I hear it. Gregorian Mar 2016 #73
Me too, me too!!! Kittycat Mar 2016 #27
I don't see many of her supporters ejbr Mar 2016 #29
^This is spot on. bvf Mar 2016 #111
True ejbr Mar 2016 #114
Agreed. nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #30
K&R Mbrow Mar 2016 #31
We don't. cer7711 Mar 2016 #32
Keep shouting retro, and dont stop. we need to keep pushing litlbilly Mar 2016 #33
You are so right, Retrowire. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #34
I'm with you. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #35
Watch. Rinse. Repeat. tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #36
Anybody making those statements is like Charlie Brown from the comic strip Peanuts BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #37
And one of these days, Charlie is gonna get growed up Volaris Mar 2016 #71
It's called "whistling past the graveyard." malthaussen Mar 2016 #38
Late to evolve, Likely to betray. nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #39
For me it's her stance on the TPP... Tragl1 Mar 2016 #40
Bernie undeniably "changed the conversation", but you're right: he hasn't changed Hillary one whit 99th_Monkey Mar 2016 #42
Please, shout loud and clear! n/t Paper Roses Mar 2016 #43
Kick warrprayer Mar 2016 #44
she is only saying this to get elected dana_b Mar 2016 #45
We've already seen this before Hydra Mar 2016 #46
I certainly don't sarge43 Mar 2016 #47
And she doesn't need to make those little fibs. Hatchling Mar 2016 #86
This Citizen Believes Nothing Said By That Candidate cantbeserious Mar 2016 #49
"I'm against the TPP as it is currently written" - paraphrasing Hiilary 90-percent Mar 2016 #50
And my favorite one, from the very first debate. retrowire Mar 2016 #52
Embiggen is what Bernie wants Paulie Mar 2016 #74
lol yes. nt retrowire Mar 2016 #75
I KNOW that she will do anything to get votes RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #51
You are correct. What she SAYS is a matter of no consequence whatsoever. nt Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #53
She is also under investigation by the FBI, and the denial around here is epic. LS_Editor Mar 2016 #54
I don't believe her. angrychair Mar 2016 #55
What's really interesting to me, unless I've missed it, there isn't one Hillary supporter cadaverdog Mar 2016 #56
They probably won't respond to this thread retrowire Mar 2016 #57
This bears repeating over and over: bvf Mar 2016 #116
I think I remember that some Democrat (I wish I could remember who) once said Marie Marie Mar 2016 #58
Yes, it's not that zentrum Mar 2016 #59
^ BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2016 #109
she will say anything to get a vote, why on Earth people believe that is beyond me completely azurnoir Mar 2016 #60
She could take a lot of the mystery out of her campaign, platitudipus Mar 2016 #61
If Hillary wins though she will shift back to center/right before she takes INdemo Mar 2016 #63
How fortunate we are to be pandered to so.... Blue State Bandit Mar 2016 #64
Yep, just shut up and be thankful she's at least SAYING the things we like to hear! nt retrowire Mar 2016 #65
She should have to say "Brought to you by Brawndo". Blue State Bandit Mar 2016 #72
Hillary doesn't get pushed ANYWHERE... dchill Mar 2016 #68
Kicked and recommended! You have identified the problem. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #69
I don't believe that for a second. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #70
Ditto. I don't give a shit what words come out of her mouth. Words don't mean shit from Turd Wayers. GoneFishin Mar 2016 #76
And NONE of them will say "If not for Bernie, Dem turnout would be 3 times as dismal as it is" arcane1 Mar 2016 #77
That's a fact I didn't think about myself. retrowire Mar 2016 #78
I have never been fooled by her constant evolving. Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #79
Untrustworthy. SamKnause Mar 2016 #80
I don't. blackspade Mar 2016 #81
Excellent thread retrowire !!! erlewyne Mar 2016 #82
It's Like If You Believe THIS, The I Have A Bridge To ChiciB1 Mar 2016 #83
I don't believe her for a nanosecond nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #84
Words Mean Nothing billhicks76 Mar 2016 #87
If Hillary wins the nomination, I will wholeheartedly vote for her, like Bernie and Thom Hartmann. Akamai Mar 2016 #88
This is how I feel as well... but my OP is dividing no one and I don't see how your post retrowire Mar 2016 #90
The post following yours demonstrates why I made my statement. Go Bernie! Akamai Mar 2016 #128
The thing is, I don't consider Hillary a Democrat. Fawke Em Mar 2016 #121
Unfortunately, Thespian2 Mar 2016 #89
K&R yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #91
You tweeted my op? :D nt retrowire Mar 2016 #92
I believe minus zero what Hillary says. 840high Mar 2016 #93
No one believes her. Seriously, not even her fans. She is a liar. Brings NOTHING whereisjustice Mar 2016 #94
Disagree LiberalLovinLug Mar 2016 #96
I have a deep well founded distrust for filthy rich people. Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #95
my well is deepening everyday. nt retrowire Mar 2016 #112
The ones that get me is when a Hillary supporter treats "the radical left" as the enemy. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #97
If she can get pushed to the left... Beartracks Mar 2016 #98
She is already gone back to the right Helen Borg Mar 2016 #99
Great question retrowire! monicaangela Mar 2016 #101
she will triangulate to the rich and the righties mdbl Mar 2016 #102
I don't believe her nor do I trust her. Not sure why anyone would. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #103
'I meant it when I said it...' is her go-to conscience mode - she's made her supporters islandmkl Mar 2016 #105
We don't want to see you get Traumatic Brain Disease, retro.. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #108
I agree. Any populist rhetoric from her is counterfeit Populist_Prole Mar 2016 #113
I'll say it again: Lorien Mar 2016 #115
Thanks, Lorien! nt Duval Mar 2016 #125
KICKETY KICK! secondwind Mar 2016 #117
Bernie Sanders is Hillary's top advisor sammythecat Mar 2016 #118
I believe her as much as Donald PatrynXX Mar 2016 #119
No she will... basselope Mar 2016 #120
"I like Hillary, But..." For Hillary skeptics/undecideds, check out... imwithher16 Mar 2016 #122
This is the Bernie group.... retrowire Mar 2016 #123
that website didn't say anything I didn't know mdbl Mar 2016 #129
I do not believe her at all. Duval Mar 2016 #124
Hillary would be farther to the right or just as far to the right as Romney INdemo Mar 2016 #126

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. I certainly don't.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:48 PM
Mar 2016

It just means she's talking farther left briefly, while campaigning. It certainly won't affect her time in office, if she gets there.

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
2. I don't believe her shift to the left
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:50 PM
Mar 2016

She has said she is a centrist and a moderate. I believe she will, if she is the nominee, shift back to the center.

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
17. I think it's because
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:05 PM
Mar 2016

....Hillary and Bill are starting to parrot Bernie. They see the results Bernie is getting so they are trying to #stealthebern in order to gain votes.

We've all seen the "shift" and we know it isn't real.

Caveat emptor would be an excellent campaign slogan for Hillary.

-none

(1,884 posts)
48. Correct.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:56 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary has never been Center. She is to the Right of Obama and he is Right of Center also. Oh, did someone mention Reagan?

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
106. Obama's done and said plenty of stuff
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:38 AM
Mar 2016

that I find appalling, but in all fairness, I don't think he was speaking of Reagan admiringly when he called him "transformational," if that's what you're referring to.

JMHO.

-none

(1,884 posts)
107. Speaking of real democrats... Correct?
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 10:14 AM
Mar 2016

We finally have one running on what used to be the Democratic platform. A platform with the people in mind, and we are being told he is not a real Democrat. We are being told that nothing Bernie wants to do can work. By whom? The ever Rightward drifting backers of the 1% and the status quo, claiming to be the real Democrats.
Bernie is more of an actual Democrat than anyone running for President since ??? Carter? Kennedy? Eisenhower? Truman?

Eisenhower was the last true Republican to become President. Every single Republican President elected after him, are guilty of impeachable crimes against the American People... Often deserting of prison time, though none have been tried.

66. Centrist today is way right of moderate Republican.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:10 PM
Mar 2016

Eisenhower and Nixon would be flaming liberals by today's standards. Even Reagan would be to the left of today's moderate or centrist Democrat.

marew

(1,588 posts)
25. In a heartbeat!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:08 PM
Mar 2016

Donors will be calling in their chips! It has happened before.
http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187

The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, including at least one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/10/hillary-clintons-favors-to-foundation-donors-stret/?page=all

While Hillary Was Secretary of State, Foreign Corporations in Favor of TPP Paid Bill over a Million Dollars
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/while-hillary-was-secretary-state-foreign-corporations-favor-tpp-paid-bill-over

kacekwl

(7,024 posts)
110. IF
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:08 AM
Mar 2016

Hillary gets the nomination we must continue the revolution by not letting her get away with moving to the right which we know she will. It is still our country .

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
3. You are right - I always picture her laughing merrily and uncontrollably at that.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:50 PM
Mar 2016

I hate that some people think we are stupid enough to believe that utterly baseless bullshit.

Response to retrowire (Reply #6)

Response to LiberalArkie (Reply #18)

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
100. It's vital to the One Percent that Americans be kept to poor to travel abroad
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 06:34 AM
Mar 2016

and too xenophobic to read foreign newspapers/news outlets on the internet. Then they can still tell themselves that the U.S. remains as respected and loved as it was at the end of WW II.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
7. She's got a proven RECORD of inconsistency!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:53 PM
Mar 2016

She has been vetted! And still, people are believing she's being sincere this time?!?

Welcome to DU btw!

PWPippin

(213 posts)
41. Oh, no. She's consistent.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:47 PM
Mar 2016

Consistently looking to see which way the wind blows.
Consistently adjusting her talking points dependent on the audience.
Consistently shifting her positions on policies.
Consistently claiming her current stance is the one she's always held.
Consistently living up to her record of being untrustworthy.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,751 posts)
8. She's a political chameleon...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 04:54 PM
Mar 2016

There's no way I'd ever believe her. Lying is as natural to her as breathing.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
11. Yeah me too....
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:00 PM
Mar 2016

Cuz you know all the lefty talk she is giving now, the reality will be not that. She wont go after banks, will allow the TTP, Keystone and still be anti union, pro offshore...And still be pro oil wars.

TBF

(32,116 posts)
14. I just saw that on Facebook -
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:02 PM
Mar 2016

on the page of someone I admire, but find extremely naive.

No, he hasn't pushed her to the left. As soon as the nomination is in her little hands she will run back to her banker friends.

They are saying this so that we think "well Bernie tried" and then obediently fall in line.

And they can kiss my ***.

So, that is how I feel about that.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
19. Ah ha! You said it! I knew someone else caught on!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:06 PM
Mar 2016

"They are saying this so that we think "well Bernie tried" and then obediently fall in line."

It is a "pat on the back" oh well, at least Hillary supports what he supports! See?! It's not so bad! And it's all thanks to you and your candidate! Now get over here! D

As Bernie said, "Don't insult their intelligence." And that's clearly what they're doing.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
15. It is completely bogus. She is pandering to progressives, but will pivot back to the right for GE
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:03 PM
Mar 2016

Btw - she openly has NRA lobbyist doing fundraiser for her.

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)
22. It's mainly corporate media pundits saying that.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:08 PM
Mar 2016

They don't believe her, they just think their audience is dumb as shit.

 

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)
23. People are funny...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:08 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders has held and fought for progressive values and issues his entire life.

Clinton has held and fought for republican values most of her life until she started
running for president and then all of a sudden she's a progressive.

Who do you believe will hold and fight for democratic progressive values if they are president?

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
24. Progessive campaign?
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:08 PM
Mar 2016

She is running an echo weathervane follow the leader chameleon campaign and only til she wins it then back to the right with her repug pals , fortunately she won't win..

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
26. There are different philosophies on life.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:10 PM
Mar 2016

Good for profits; bad for society. That sums up what I heard on Richard Wolff's latest podcast. And this is exactly the results of unconscious people taking advantage of the system in order to gain wealth.

I don't think it's malicious. And people can start out poor, become wealthy, and then become unconscious people. Who is that recording magnate who just tried to use Bernie as his platform for animals? Ellison. He offered his endorsement to Bernie if in exchange Bernie would promote his animal related platform. It sounds like a good platform, but, Bernie didn't think it is what the people want, said no, and Ellison went on his way. He then endorsed Hillary Clinton. So I imagine we'll be hearing from Clinton about her new plan which regulates some kinds of animal farming.

So I think when you are irritated by what you say in your post, it is probably from this political direction. One is financial, and the other is people. One is put first before the other. When in reality, we are a community of humans. Animals. That's what we are, and we should be conscious of that. The money is in the wrong direction, although we have been trained to behave as though it is the essential. So when we hear Bernie putting humane propositions on the table, we are filled with glee.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
73. Yes. Now where did I hear it.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:38 PM
Mar 2016

From Jane. I found it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511415708

I think I might even be in that thread saying something general about how money makes some people behave weird.

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
27. Me too, me too!!!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:14 PM
Mar 2016

If she makes it to the GE, she'll slide to the right of her challenger. Just wait.

#whichhillary

ejbr

(5,857 posts)
29. I don't see many of her supporters
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:30 PM
Mar 2016

caring if she calls herself moderate or progressive; they will support her either way. The scheme is to convince the media to reduce Sanders candidacy as unnecessary since she supports the same things. Then, when he is out of the picture, she can pivot to the things her donors want. If not on the campaign, then once in office.

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
111. ^This is spot on.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:19 PM
Mar 2016

No one ever accused Goldman Sachs, et al. of being stupid.

One quibble: I don't think the media needs any convincing. With few exceptions, they're firmly in her pocket.

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
35. I'm with you.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:39 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary hasn't truly adjusted to a more progressive set of values and beliefs, she's only adjusted her campaign rhetoric.

Hillary is further to the right than many Republicans of our near past regardless of the bullshit she spouts off during this primary.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
37. Anybody making those statements is like Charlie Brown from the comic strip Peanuts
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:41 PM
Mar 2016

Every fall, Lucy would swear she would hold the football for him to kick and would not pull it away. Every fall, she would tell him she wouldn't do it again. Every fall, he would end up on his back again.

Volaris

(10,275 posts)
71. And one of these days, Charlie is gonna get growed up
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:32 PM
Mar 2016

kick Lucy in the side of the head, and say
Sorry, I was aiming for where the football usually is.

Keep pushing, were closer everyday.
Go, Bernie, GO!

malthaussen

(17,219 posts)
38. It's called "whistling past the graveyard."
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:41 PM
Mar 2016

What is more ironic, IMO, is that so many of those who say such things have no concept of holding Mrs Clinton accountable after the fact.

It's oddly similar to those who praise negotiations because "at least they're talking." It's a real confusion of form with substance.

-- Mal

 

Tragl1

(104 posts)
40. For me it's her stance on the TPP...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:47 PM
Mar 2016
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/press.html

Basically, she's adopted the populist position, I fear she will flip on this pretty much from the first day in office. If you care about the environment and about workers in this country not driven to compete with slave wage economic states i.e. Vietnam. You can't risk a vote for her, I'm going to be fair, she is a thousand times better than any republican, but let's really analyze who she is. She is a centrist, corporate "democrat", she is not "progressive."

Anyways, great point.
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
42. Bernie undeniably "changed the conversation", but you're right: he hasn't changed Hillary one whit
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:52 PM
Mar 2016

Just watch her pivot hard-Right on a fucking dime, if she becomes the nominee.

Which will be a much more accurate predictor re: what she'll do if elected POTUS.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
45. she is only saying this to get elected
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:55 PM
Mar 2016

and she knows that she needs us in order to do so. If she wins the GE, she will go back to being the corporate-loving, talking out of both sides of her mouth, flip flopper that she is.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
46. We've already seen this before
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:55 PM
Mar 2016

And whatever you can say about Hillary, she's consistent on her stances regardless of what she chooses to say at any given time.

She is not a progressive. She doesn't support LBGT equality or any other human rights. She's against economic justice. Social justice is just a buzzword to her and her peeps. She supports the Bush Admin stances on war and gov't powers.

She's just supposed to abandon her core values because some nutty socialist from Vermont is getting some traction? Plz...Whatever it takes to win, Team Hill has said so.

sarge43

(28,946 posts)
47. I certainly don't
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:55 PM
Mar 2016

I have to break in a new crap detector. She broke mine when she spun, "I wanted to join the Marines, but they were mean to me."

Yes a tiny fib when compared to some of her wowzers. However, enough small pieces add up to a complete mosaic. She doesn't seem capable of telling the truth. This is far worse than merely the bs treatment.

Finally, there's nothing funny about the death of another human being, no matter how benighted that person was.

Hatchling

(2,323 posts)
86. And she doesn't need to make those little fibs.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:45 PM
Mar 2016

She's certainly had an interesting enough life without having to make up marine and sniper fire fibs. :tsk

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
50. "I'm against the TPP as it is currently written" - paraphrasing Hiilary
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

"Take out that one comma and I will fully support it" - hypothetical Hillary.

Just practicing my weasel wording techniques.


-90% Jimmy

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
52. And my favorite one, from the very first debate.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:04 PM
Mar 2016

Cooper: "Hillary, would you expand Social Security?"

Hillary: "I would... (pause to think about how to word the answer to a fucking YES OR NO question) ENHANCE Social Security."

What the fuck?? The question is, WOULD YOU EXPAND IT. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN, ENHANCE?

Might as well say, "I would.... Embiggen Social Security."

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
51. I KNOW that she will do anything to get votes
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:03 PM
Mar 2016

then when it comes to doing anything, she will side with big business, as she usually does most of the time.
I do not want to play roulette and hope that she puts through some of the things that are good for the people, I want to be SURE that my candidate will do whatever is possible to get the things through for WE THE PEOPLE, no them, the corporations!

LS_Editor

(893 posts)
54. She is also under investigation by the FBI, and the denial around here is epic.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:16 PM
Mar 2016

This is not right-wing mythology like Benghazi.

There is a criminal investigation being conducted by the FBI focusing on Hillary Clinton's private email server, and the person responsible for setting the server up has been given immunity by the Justice Department.

cadaverdog

(228 posts)
56. What's really interesting to me, unless I've missed it, there isn't one Hillary supporter
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:29 PM
Mar 2016

responding to this OP. Could it be that they have all given up on denying the obvious? Nah.

Hillary learned from the best: both Billary and Barack made grand promises while campaigning, and then did major, in-your-face flips once they were in office. Why in the world should we expect her to be any different?

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
57. They probably won't respond to this thread
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:32 PM
Mar 2016

because they've convinced themselves that somehow, we the Bernie group ban every single person who doubts Bernie in here, which isn't the case. Though, I know we've tightened the rules lately.

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
116. This bears repeating over and over:
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:52 PM
Mar 2016

For a good laugh, compare this group with the HRC group in terms of number of subscribers to blocked members.

The HRC group has nearly twice as many blocked members as it has subscribers. I think they'll hit the magic two-for-one threshold within a week or so.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
58. I think I remember that some Democrat (I wish I could remember who) once said
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:37 PM
Mar 2016

something to the effect of: You campaign to the left and govern to the center. Or that you campaign the primaries to the left and the general to the center. Anyone else remember this and can clarify this meme?

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
59. Yes, it's not that
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:53 PM
Mar 2016

…she means it. Not at all. But Bernie has now made it the conversation to have. He's legitimized an entire set of ideas that, before, were brushed off like dandruff by the MSM and their candidates.

He is the 99% in at the microphone for the first time. The Baggers got about 7 candidates and a terrified Republican Congress for their efforts but the 99 got nothing—until Bernie.

This is scant consolation, but for this corporate nation, it's been like turning an ocean liner in a storm.

Movements take relentless work and commitment.

We can't tune out on politics if Bernie is not the candidate. His candidacy is the closest we've gotten to the prize in 50 years.

 

platitudipus

(64 posts)
61. She could take a lot of the mystery out of her campaign,
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:00 PM
Mar 2016

if she would tell us who she would put in her cabinet.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
63. If Hillary wins though she will shift back to center/right before she takes
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:04 PM
Mar 2016

the oath of office. Her cabinet appointments will be the first sign that she is truly not a progressive or anywhere near the left.
Obama convinced us he was a progressive but we sure found out in a hurry he was not and paybacks was his first priorities..
Sec. of Treasury,Budget Director ,the left overs from Bush era...No Hillary will be much worse..
She only talks about being a progressive like when she has said she was "never for NAFTA"
Now that was a hell-of-joke...

Blue State Bandit

(2,122 posts)
64. How fortunate we are to be pandered to so....
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:05 PM
Mar 2016

pathetically.

And they compare us to Trump supporters.

Sheeesh....

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
78. That's a fact I didn't think about myself.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:03 PM
Mar 2016

If Bernie wasn't involved and getting all us newcomers in the game, I'd be sitting back and watching. I'd think BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS ASSURING ME AS MUCH, that Hillary will be fine.

But then.... Trump.

It's a good thing that Bernie got me interested in politics to begin with, OTHERWISE, no one would have my vote. ever.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
79. I have never been fooled by her constant evolving.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:07 PM
Mar 2016

She flip flops more than an ocean full of fish out of water.

erlewyne

(1,115 posts)
82. Excellent thread retrowire !!!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:08 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary talks shit!

How could Trump be any worse? than Hillary !!!


We have to do this together.

DNC, MSNBC, CNN, FOX ... all think we are so gullible.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
83. It's Like If You Believe THIS, The I Have A Bridge To
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:28 PM
Mar 2016

SELL YOU! Problem is, it's MSM who's doing so much of it ALL THE TIME! Hear it over and over and HEY, it MUST be true!

Truth be known, people will believe what they want to and IF they support the issue or person the message is embedded in their brain! All objectivity goes out the window. Then, go out and talk the talk and OBVIOUSLY it must be true!

This country has been fed an overabundance of this SHIT for way too long, and far too many have become brain washed. There can be no other explanation for why people here who are actually shown real facts REFUSE to accept it.

For this, WE WILL ALL SUFFER!

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
87. Words Mean Nothing
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:55 PM
Mar 2016

It's all lies and obfuscation from the Clinton camp. It's just a game about power with them. They do not care about the people. How else could they support mass incarceration while sipping champagne?

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
88. If Hillary wins the nomination, I will wholeheartedly vote for her, like Bernie and Thom Hartmann.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:21 PM
Mar 2016

I have given money to Bernie (tonight I gave 60$) and will give more, but if Hillary wins the nomination, I will support her totally.

People seeking to divide us may well be Republicans, mischief makers.

As Democrats, we should be ABSOLUTELY pledged to wholeheartedly support our candidate. Anything else leads to supporting the Republicans.

Go Bernie!!!


retrowire

(10,345 posts)
90. This is how I feel as well... but my OP is dividing no one and I don't see how your post
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:23 PM
Mar 2016

relates to the topic on hand.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
121. The thing is, I don't consider Hillary a Democrat.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:26 PM
Mar 2016

I've been well aware of the Party's rightward lurch, but the contrast that Bernie brings to the table makes it so clear, that I've made the decision to leave the Party if he's not the nominee.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
89. Unfortunately,
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:21 PM
Mar 2016

Many Americans do not recognize a Lie when they hear one, especially when it is a Clinton talking...

Go ahead Dems, nominate Her Royal Highness and watch when the Repugs kick her ass...

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
94. No one believes her. Seriously, not even her fans. She is a liar. Brings NOTHING
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:58 AM
Mar 2016

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to the party except greed, corruption, lack of ethics and tall tales.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,178 posts)
96. Disagree
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:11 AM
Mar 2016

Her minions seem to believe every new evolved position she scrambles to. So why wouldn't she pursue this tactic? It worked well for the current President, who used that tactic against Hillary herself and won with it.

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
98. If she can get pushed to the left...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 04:17 AM
Mar 2016

... she can spring back to the right.

Or, put another way: If she HAD to get pushed to the left, she WILL spring back to the right.

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monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
101. Great question retrowire!
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:24 AM
Mar 2016

Those very same people will call you stupid for not voting for her, even though they know her record. They appear to be blinded by the right....Trump that is, and the rest of the clown car that appears to have them so frightened they can't seem to think straight, either that or they just want to see somebody in the white house with name recognition, regardless of their past history and record of lying to the public, or, it's because she's a democrat, and it appears many have been trained to believe democrats can do no wrong, well after all, they will hurt you less than a republican. Key two words are "hurt you," but they seem to skip over that thinking the pain will be slightly less. Which in effect means they'll suffer slowly rather than be dealt with right away, same difference as far as I am concerned.

islandmkl

(5,275 posts)
105. 'I meant it when I said it...' is her go-to conscience mode - she's made her supporters
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:48 AM
Mar 2016

accept of 'the soft comfort of lies' her whole public life...

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
113. I agree. Any populist rhetoric from her is counterfeit
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:36 PM
Mar 2016

Because it sounds so much better than "Who else are you going to vote for? Republicans? Ha ha ha ha ha!".

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
115. I'll say it again:
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:41 PM
Mar 2016

A few of the reasons why I can't vote for Hillary, but will vote for Bernie:

Iraq
TPP
KXL
Pro arctic drilling
Pro for Profit Prisons
Pro Monsanto
Bankruptcy bill
Voting for a border fence
Saying child migrants should be sent home
Using her position as SoS to push fracking on the rest of the world
Wall Street donations
Six digit speaking fees
Taking money from weapons deals
Honduras
Comments about nuking Iran
Voted to raise credit card interest rates
NAFTA
DOMA
DADT
Opposing gay marriage in New York State
Brownbeck Amendments
Glass-Steagall
No living wage
No free college
No universal health care (ACA coverage gap....ACA will never provide UHC)
No medical Marijuana
Supports mandatory sentencing
Says that she's "proud of" the way Walmart does business
Libya
Yemen
Syria
Egypt
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Free trade - Oman agreement
Voted FOR Gitmo. --- Hillary voted against the Byrd ammendment and against a large majority of democrats to reduce Guatanamo funding by $36,000,000. She joined the republican majority against the majority of democrats in supporting Guantanamo.
Pro death penalty
Pro cluster bombing
Clinton policies lead to the largest mass incarceration of human beings in the history of the world
and the list goes on...

Hillary wants to attack Iran: http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-if-im-president-we-will-attack-iran/5460484

Hillary pushed Fracking on the rest of the planet: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron

Hillary and childhood poverty: http://www.salon.com/2015/10/15/the_worst_thing_hillary_clinton_has_ever_done/

What Hillary calls "feminism" : https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/03/hillary-clinton-womens-rights-feminism/

How women workers faired at Walmart when Hillary was on it's board:



Hillary's campaign had a gender pay gap: http://freebeacon.com/politics/hillary-clintons-campaign-has-a-gender-pay-problem/

Hillary takes millions in campaign cash from her "enemies": http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/14/hillary-takes-millions-in-campaign-cash-from-enemies

Hillary on Gay marriage in 2004:
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Hillary open to raising the retirement age and reducing SS benefits: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/10/hillary-clinton-indicates-she-is-open-to-raising-the-retirement-age.html

Bernie has a MUCH better record of accomplishments as Senator than Hillary does: https://pplswar.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/fact-bernie-sanders-got-more-done-in-the-senate-than-hillary-clinton/

When you ask me to vote for Hillary: https://medium.com/@Lookingforrobyn/when-you-ask-me-to-vote-for-hillary-174becdb5ccc#.2ixs3cg5o

Hillary's legacy of pushing the party to the right: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33869-hillary-clinton-s-ghosts-a-legacy-of-pushing-the-democratic-party-to-the-right

Chomsky: Democrats are now moderate Republicans:http://trofire.com/2015/09/23/noam-chomsky-dems-are-now-moderate-repugs-republicans-are-now-off-the-spectrum-of-reality/

The political compass finds Bernie to be the most centrist candidate, Hillary falls into the right wing Authoritarian spectrum:: http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016

Bernie rejects big fundraising events: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-03-26/bernie-sanders-hates-money-in-politics-the-very-thing-he-ll-need-to-beat-clinton

Debunking the "Bernie has a Super PAC" lie: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/debunking-the-big-bernie-sanders-has-a-superpac-lie/

Elizabeth Warren on Hillary Clinton: https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/videos/986305904741661/

A comparison of bills put forth by Bernie and Hillary: http://giphy.com/gifs/clinton-vs-sanders-bills-passed-according-to-congressgov-3o6gaQaIZcGAW7hCfu

Hillary helps a bank, which then funnels millions to the Clintons: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/

Under Sanders, incomes and jobs would soar:http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/08/news/economy/sanders-income-jobs/

Electing Bernie would usher a wave of "Bernie Democrats" into Congress: https://newrepublic.com/article/129047/bernies-army-running-congress

Bernie vows to stop disastrous TPP deal: http://ecowatch.com/2015/10/05/sanders-stop-tpp-deal/

Bernie's foreign policy positions are solid and through: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/bernie-sanders-foreign-poicy-213619

Hillary's foreign policy record is dismal: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-ritter/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy-record_b_9221284.html

Bernie has plenty of foreign policy knowledge: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/bernie-sanders-foreign-poicy-213619

Hillary's foreign policy record is a disaster: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-ritter/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy-record_b_9221284.html

Top economist, UN advisor and climate activist: "Clinton is a danger to world peace" http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485382/-Top-economist-UN-advisor-and-climate-activist-Clinton-is-a-danger-to-world-peace

The pragmatic case for Bernie Sanders: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/the-pragmatic-case-for-bernie-sanders/462720/

Who could beat Trump? Bernie by a wide margin, while Hillary could lose against him: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-destroys-donald-trump-by-13-points-6-more-than-clinton-_b_8936840.html

Bernie Sanders would beat Donald Trump 51-38 in a general-election: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/poll-against-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-would-get-schlonged-20151223#ixzz3zvCwk44J

Poll shows that Hillary could easily lose to Trump in the General election: http://www.inquisitr.com/2667052/poll-shows-hillary-clinton-could-easily-lose-to-donald-trump-in-general-election/

Hillary voted to allow more carcinogens in drinking water: http://usuncut.com/news/hillary-clinton-groundwater-pollution/

In Europe, Sanders would be Center-Right: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-19/in-europe-sanders-would-be-center-right

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
118. Bernie Sanders is Hillary's top advisor
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 02:44 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie says something and people seem to respond...well, then she'll say that too. Very simple formula. Whatever they like to hear, say that's what you're going to do. Whatever that may be. If Hillary was a Republican she'd be talking about building a giant wall and having Mexico pay for it.

WHATEVER! "Tell me what they want and I'll promise to give it to them. Tell me what they don't like and I won't like it either." Politicians make promises all the time and then do whatever the hell they want once they get in. It's what they do and she knows that and does it as well as anyone. Bernie Sanders has never done that. He has been fighting the same fight to enable a better life for all Americans throughout his career.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
119. I believe her as much as Donald
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 02:47 PM
Mar 2016

there's no way he's not stopping the outsourcing of jobs to Mexico etc

imwithher16

(5 posts)
122. "I like Hillary, But..." For Hillary skeptics/undecideds, check out...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:29 PM
Mar 2016

"I like Hillary, But..." For Hillary skeptics/undecideds, check out [link:http://www.ilikehillarybut.com|

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
123. This is the Bernie group....
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:31 PM
Mar 2016

Promoting the candidate that we don't support here and are decidedly not supporting is... not very productive.

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
129. that website didn't say anything I didn't know
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:58 AM
Mar 2016

What I want to know is will she pledge to block every assault on the middle class that is going to come from the right whacked out congress or will she invite them to lunch? That's the difference.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
126. Hillary would be farther to the right or just as far to the right as Romney
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 04:38 PM
Mar 2016

The only thing I care about with a Democratic President is the SCOTUS appointments and a National Right to Work law and I don't trust Hillary on either one..
She owes Corporate America so much if they push National Right to Work law Hillary would probably say how great that would be for labor...
She is going to approve the TPP and Keystone so look for her to give the Corporate Mafia what they wish for.

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