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In reply to the discussion: Vote for whomever you want [View all]BainsBane
(53,016 posts)144. Why would you say I don't want her to be more progressive?
In reality, I suspect discussion on DU amounts to very little. I suppose all the empty Clinton bashing just bugs me. It bothers me that so many attribute so much to a single individual and in the process miss how serious the problem really is.
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A lot of that is being on at least a national discussion and the other races are local.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#171
If Obama and Hillary wont give me all that I want, I will support their opponent and get nothing
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#202
Excellent post, NO, the system will NOT change in our lifetimes, and it will CERTAINLY not
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#204
Terrible disappointment. Gay rights, SC justice nominees, ACA, getting us out of republican wars
still_one
Mar 2015
#230
The answer to your question is yes. She has been a driver of such policy not a hostage
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#205
or they may have been one of the 100,000+ registered Dems in FL that consciously voted for Bush..
frylock
Mar 2015
#6
And we will expose the lack of nuance in those objections and hypocrisy where appropriate.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#33
that nose analogy? what is this, 2002? right before the IWR passed the Senate on Dem votes?
MisterP
Mar 2015
#121
Yes, the right to vote for whomever you like is a freedom we have. Having said this elections also
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#11
OK, but being 100% certain that I have never voted for a Republican in my 30+ years of voting...
bluesbassman
Mar 2015
#14
If you don't believe a moderate like Warren can be elected then no way you believe
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#206
Your standards = pitiful. You just high fived a tantrum taking credit for
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#241
Look, I know it pisses you off that people have the right to say "well said" to a post that they
Number23
Mar 2015
#244
I'm not angry, that would be you. I just don't buy anyone could think passing
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#240
I don't believe you'll find me insulting anyone over their choice for Dem nominee
BainsBane
Mar 2015
#50
I have many people who hurl personal attacks on ignore, so maybe I'm not seeing some of it.
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#70
Something truly sick is going on at DU. No other candidates are being extolled,only Hillary-trashing
Hekate
Mar 2015
#18
She has evolved all the way to a slight walk back after years of stubborn defense
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#103
I mean that her statements and patterns since the vote give no reason to think
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#164
I said it was a bigger break from his perceived norm, both cite the same absurd rationale.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#161
Maybe check your auto-trash. You must have Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in there
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#125
I'm not being selective. I really hope for a robust primary. But all the noise here...
Hekate
Mar 2015
#139
been going on that way for a while. I saw posts blaming Hillary for not speaking up quickly enough
still_one
Mar 2015
#238
We have a vocal minority who genuinely prefer 4-8 years of legitimate whining
LadyHawkAZ
Mar 2015
#26
Could you show where 'it's clear that a number of people on this site ..... prefer to see
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#36
Oh come now. There are links too numerous to mention that include faithful DUers who say just that
Hekate
Mar 2015
#43
Then it should be easy to link to some of them. So, what do YOU think about our 'proxy wars'
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#58
Yes, I would like to keep the discussion on the ISSUES. But apparently that is not
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#174
Links please, to my 'going on for years' about CLINTON. If you meant 'policies' that's entirely
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#66
"I voted in Texas, and my presidential vote meant squat. The electors go to the GOP"
Rex
Mar 2015
#60
With all the self appointed philosopher kings and queens on this site...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#51
But this begs the question of why nominate someone with so much baggage. It's as if
rhett o rick
Mar 2015
#54
The entire political debate is in the same space so no sense in discussing any of it, right?
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#89
Obamacare is one of the differences imo. Also his hiring of more minorities than any prior WH
Rex
Mar 2015
#133
BTW, I am curious where you would put Obama, Clinton, and Warren on a ideological plane or circle.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#142
I took both tests...The latter test said I was a tad bit closer to Clinton than Sanders
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#148
That was the point of my response. If the grouping means it is an irrelevant debate of minor details
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#169
No, but if a person doesn't like Candidate X even though he or shares the same ideological space...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#107
Again, almost the entire political debate is in the same area and an area few of us share
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#167
The research indicates that the candidates do cluster together with the national Democrats...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#170
The differences are all marginal, why are you focusing on marginal differences only a moment later
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#173
The fact that Ms. Clinton, Mr. Obama, and Ms. Warren all fall in roughly the same place...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#84
An examination of the issues that tries to accurately capture what it attempts to measure ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#102
If you believe there are substantive differences and not stylistic or rhetorical...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#120
Your denial of a basic fact demonstrates one of the points that I made in my post.
delrem
Mar 2015
#128
You must be talking to someone else, I've said a million times I will vote for her
Rex
Mar 2015
#193
I don't see her as the Devil incarnate. I'll definitely vote for her if she's the nominee.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2015
#157
It's becoming increasingly difficult to vote while holding nose and carrying barf bag.
hobbit709
Mar 2015
#162
Inevitable Hillary will defeat herself, as she did against Barack Obama in 2008.
closeupready
Mar 2015
#166
Past performance is a good predictor of future performance. She lost. Predicting another loss
closeupready
Mar 2015
#195
A. why is this the first I am seeing this thread and B. how is it not hidden yet?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#201