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In reply to the discussion: The debate over whether Hillary should be our candidate is over... [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)104. That would be OK if she weren't running for presient and if Walmart were not supporting her.
She is usually strong on women's issues. Do you have any inside information about how she stood up for the women Walmart hired while on that board? Do you know any specific information on that? Do you have any information about the treatment of women who work at Walmart?
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The debate over whether Hillary should be our candidate is over... [View all]
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
OP
I will be voting for the Democratic nominee because I know just how important the SC is, and will do
still_one
Dec 2014
#134
If the Democratic party has strategized themselves into a one issue party, then shame on them.
CrispyQ
Dec 2014
#197
Although Hillary would not be my top pick, I think we will need a moderate to win
searchfortruth1
Dec 2014
#199
The next president will determine the direction of the supreme court. There is no doubt in my mind
still_one
Dec 2014
#137
and you were right. However, now there won't be just a court that leans right, if a republican wins
still_one
Dec 2014
#138
Whoever is the Democratic nominee is better than the republican period. All one needs to do is look
still_one
Dec 2014
#144
Voting for the lesser of two evils has gotten me what I was voting against in the first place.
CrispyQ
Dec 2014
#156
The Supreme Court is not the lessor of two evils, and if you cannot see the difference on that
still_one
Dec 2014
#162
If she runs and wins the nomination I suspect you won't spend much time at the Democratic
still_one
Dec 2014
#163
Couldn't agree more. We would be better off with any Dem but Hillary & have an easier time crushing the Rethug nominee.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2014
#167
And to pretend that Third Way Democrats will defend the Constitution at this point,
woo me with science
Dec 2014
#145
Absolutely! That's why Hillary should not be our candidate. We need a liberal president who will
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#185
So, you're saying that Bader-Ginsberg and Steven Breyer are wishy-washy moderates? Really??
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2014
#203
I can't say if I will vote against her in the primaries since I don't know who is running.
zappaman
Dec 2014
#201
Yeah, I'm sure she's waiting for the environmental impact studies.....
ForgoTheConsequence
Nov 2014
#9
I think the real "crock" (nice "civil" discussion, there, pal) comes from a mindset
MADem
Nov 2014
#27
Well, I'll go with those members of Congress who signed on to the claim made
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#10
Everything she did is stale at this point. But it will ALL be fresh again when
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#14
What in the world could the "government impact study" say that would influence her
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#21
That doesn't answer my question. Does she think it's cool now and maybe the study will reveal
rhett o rick
Dec 2014
#102
You mean like McCullough deferred to the Grand Jury. I think she should be able to
rhett o rick
Dec 2014
#154
Really? Being the first female board member there EVER? Forcing the corporation to
MADem
Nov 2014
#35
She was the junior token on a board that didn't WANT her there in the first place.
MADem
Nov 2014
#57
That would be OK if she weren't running for presient and if Walmart were not supporting her.
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#104
Just another nail. But I can't imagine any possible GOP canidate that I'd vote for against her.
marble falls
Nov 2014
#23
Primaries come before the generals, so you'll have a few Democrats on the menu. nt
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#38
Like I said, I won't vote for her in the primaries but I won't vote against her if she gets the nod.
marble falls
Nov 2014
#41
I personally helped her with her husband's gubernatorial race so that you are
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#66
Why should she be our candidate and how is it a given and how is it about time? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#34
Yes, I was here and i know. That doesn't answer my questions. So, you're saying
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#42
Women and men ought to wait for the right candidate, not vote on their reproductive parts.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#46
Thank you. Hillary supporters, please walk us through your rebuttal of this graphic....
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#44
Looking upthread, would I be wrong in guessing that your guess is "sexism"?
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2014
#111
You would have to be blind not to see rampant sexism in today's society incuding on DU. n/t
SylviaD
Dec 2014
#112
Sure, at least to the former, but that's the answer to a different question. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2014
#115
Left-wing politics, and the desire for a more left-wing candidate, in the main. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2014
#110
You are not addressing the accusations, but a strawman that she is a Koch favorite instead
karynnj
Dec 2014
#151
The senator lost me when she voted with the credit card companies in personal bankruptcies...
Octafish
Nov 2014
#40
Is that supposed to be another argument as to why Hillary should be president? Because...
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#70
Wow!! Are you my arch nemesis? A super-villian unbeknownst to all, until now??
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
#89
the racist shit the Clintons tried in '08 is enough for me to tell them to fuck off
LawDeeDah
Nov 2014
#59
And the sexism she was subjected to, that doesn't register, right? Of course not. n/t
SylviaD
Nov 2014
#85
so the sexism she was subjected to cancels out the racist shit her campaign employed?
cali
Dec 2014
#108
the debate was over for me a long time ago. I will not vote for Hillary.
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2014
#73
Hillary in 2016 and Jeb in 2020 then Hillary, Jeb, Chelsea.......................
jalan48
Nov 2014
#76
I will vote for my best candidate in the primary and also in the general election.
bullimiami
Nov 2014
#91
That single issue (no, it's not my only issue with her) shows that she sneakily works
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#155
I have edited my post and thanked geek tragedy for bringing this to my attention. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#184
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have edited to OP to account for this discrepancy.nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#183
She was third behind Edwards in Iowa. She lost one primary already. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#168
Yea, if what you need is a Wall Street/MIC country, then I guess she is qualified. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#171
Deleted above post. Realized someone, instead of debating my comment, would instead
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#161
Wasn't referring to your post #157. Was referring to my post #159 in which I made a comment
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#200
I don't support her has our nominee. Since I'm the author of the OP, in which I declare
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#218
They're welcome to go start their own party and website. Or, keep it simple and go ahead
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#180
Everyone said Hillary was a lock to be the nominee in 2008. It didn't happen though.
TeamPooka
Dec 2014
#188