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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: "Everyday Americans Need A Champion, And I Want To Be That Champion" [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)12. 11th rec! And our march to Marxism proceeds!
Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2015, 02:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Rated as MIXTURE From Snopes:
Claim: List reproduces various "Marxist" statements made by Hillary Clinton.
Example: (Collected via e-mail, August 2007)
A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said it?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) " We) ... can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
Be afraid. Be very, very afraid and vote! Anybody (woman) that would vote for her just because they think it's time for a female president has got to be out of their lunatic mind!
All the explanations in context are at Snopes, but essentially, they are what Hillary Clinton actually said. There's a lot more at the link:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/marxist.asp
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Pic Of The Moment: "Everyday Americans Need A Champion, And I Want To Be That Champion" [View all]
EarlG
Apr 2015
OP
So we have a real presidential candidate posting on DU in his own name. *just kidding*
freshwest
Apr 2015
#46
Not if a republican gets into office in which case just bend over and kiss your butt goodbye. nt
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#27
Actually, I liked some of those statements better before I read the contexts.
Jackpine Radical
Apr 2015
#18
And 'ultra progressives' will still not embrace her for those quotes, will they? n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#45
It's easy and doesn't leave misconceptions laying about. See ya later, Cha! n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#78
Before you call others RW, check their posts and Journal. Not going for it. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#84
You should not write freshwest is like faux news.. it's ridiculous. You had a chance to edit out
Cha
Apr 2015
#86
Then by all means make sure you ask jeb bush for it. Or ted cruz. Or marco rubio. Or rand paul.
calimary
Apr 2015
#42
http://nativemobile.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Dont-Pity-the-1-Percent-Tapdaq-CMO-Seek
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#79
That is vapor talk. What is her position on the American family destroying TPP, or taxing the rich,
grahamhgreen
Apr 2015
#80