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H2O Man

(73,333 posts)
49. Not good.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

If one is opposed to abortions, then work to make sex education and birth control readily available. Expand people's option, rather than restricting them as republicans would.

Compromise on abortion? Sure. Fine. Run with that Sec'y CLinton. mikehiggins Feb 2016 #1
SHe''ll put Social Security on teh CHopping block too Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #29
Giving up ground must be a part of her "winning" strategy... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #36
I do not beleive that SHE sees it as "giving up ground" Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #40
...Or perhaps, it's the corporate money... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #45
She isn't even against Citizens United Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #47
I thought she was... Bohemianwriter Feb 2016 #52
She's always been a conservative passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #66
Triangulation. jwirr Feb 2016 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author zigby Feb 2016 #120
This seems to sacrifice a woman's right to choose Depaysement Feb 2016 #2
That's why I'm throwing it out there KamaAina Feb 2016 #3
Wow Depaysement Feb 2016 #8
Thank you. 840high Feb 2016 #82
No. Demobrat Feb 2016 #67
She was speaking of late term abortions. Republicans want to abolish them all together. nt Fla Dem Feb 2016 #86
You are reading it incorrectly. Defending late term abortion for women whose lives are in danger emulatorloo Feb 2016 #89
Must triangulate. (eom) HassleCat Feb 2016 #4
Exactly. Beowulf Feb 2016 #62
Muuuust Triangulate....Muuuuuust Triangulate..... scottie55 Feb 2016 #96
Women's rights UglyGreed Feb 2016 #5
That's hilarious! valerief Feb 2016 #27
^^^ True. Duppers Feb 2016 #35
CApe weathervane Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #42
Come on now. That was September of last year! TCJ70 Feb 2016 #6
It's called "evolving." Get with the program n/t nichomachus Feb 2016 #59
It's called bullshit. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #60
Yeah, but they call it "evolving" nichomachus Feb 2016 #64
more like REvolving /nt demwing Feb 2016 #109
Her comment of "safe, rare and legal" has always had a sanctimonious tinge Arazi Feb 2016 #7
I thought that was her husband's comment KamaAina Feb 2016 #9
No, its hers Arazi Feb 2016 #14
It's both. I've heard Bill Clinton use that phrase before, can't remember if it was before or after yodermon Feb 2016 #19
Ok, still means she owns it and is using it Arazi Feb 2016 #20
remember, she was against gay marriage until she had to roguevalley Feb 2016 #21
Glad she did, like most of the country. Sparkly Apr 2016 #130
Exactly, it's just none of her damn business, at all. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #31
Exactly...see my post number 66 passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #76
Great minds and all that Arazi Feb 2016 #101
Well, there goes that argument. nt bunnies Feb 2016 #10
Weasel words. nt ladjf Feb 2016 #11
She is not Faux pas Feb 2016 #12
this was an honest handmade34 Feb 2016 #15
does it now change her statement about supporting a roguevalley Feb 2016 #23
It doesn't change what she said passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #79
this is in response handmade34 Feb 2016 #13
Abortion should never be put on the table. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #16
And she used right-wing phraseology - "partial-birth" abortions. kath Feb 2016 #18
any allowances is all they need to close the door. she is a roguevalley Feb 2016 #24
PP CEO's daughter works for Clinton campaign. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #73
Exactly - Why they HELL did they endorse her, when she is willing to compromise on abortion for kath Feb 2016 #98
Not her business Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #34
Third term abortions are and always were extremely rare. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #88
that makes it worse Kalidurga Feb 2016 #126
WTF? AzDar Feb 2016 #17
Exactly my response ybbor Feb 2016 #87
Way to win that young woman vote DebbieCDC Feb 2016 #22
Attacking WOMEN'S RIGHTS now?! That's going to go over like a loud stinky fart in church. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #25
More people would sign up for the military if there was a constitutional restriction on valerief Feb 2016 #26
She is digging her hole deeper with a bigger shovel. n/t Paper Roses Feb 2016 #28
And she was endorsed by NARRAL a several days ago. Duckfan Feb 2016 #30
that's why she thinks she can say these things--she can get both bases covered MisterP Feb 2016 #41
There's no issue she won't triangulate. None. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #32
THIS. kath Feb 2016 #99
Gets endorsement from abortions rights groups, puts abortion on table. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #33
She's such a good christian. nt m-lekktor Feb 2016 #37
How about politicians - Dems or Reps - just keep their noses out of women's private choices? Vinca Feb 2016 #38
UNTRUSTWORTHY! CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #39
Oh hell no!!! AllyCat Feb 2016 #43
I think that this is a distortion. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #44
This post is misleading. The title line implies that Hillary was talking about all abortions. StevieM Feb 2016 #46
Then why would she bother to throw the right a bone? KamaAina Feb 2016 #48
They are never going to vote for her, EVER, no matter what she changes her positions to LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2016 #85
+1000 stupid 3rd way strategery eom noiretextatique Feb 2016 #117
it's a very slippery slope she is stepping out on. yourout Feb 2016 #50
This doesn't matter! colorado_ufo Feb 2016 #68
Some very good points passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #83
+100000000 farleftlib Feb 2016 #95
It's about a national policy on ABORTION being written into the Constitution kristopher Feb 2016 #75
my daughter developed pre-eclamsia in her 3rd trimester (it's called HELLP Syndrome) CTyankee Feb 2016 #103
What an absolutely perfect thing to have in New Haven! KamaAina Feb 2016 #107
Well, he's in the Los Angeles area. His mom is trying to found a language academy for CTyankee Feb 2016 #112
What fuckin difference does THAT make?! zigby Feb 2016 #121
Not good. H2O Man Feb 2016 #49
There is already a Constitutional ruling, with restrictions in place. blackspade Feb 2016 #51
There is a special place in hell for any woman who doesn't support women's tblue37 Feb 2016 #53
+1 Political_Junkie Feb 2016 #105
yet most of my anti abortion friends PatrynXX Feb 2016 #54
Wow. I thought that was an old position statement. It isn't. kristopher Feb 2016 #55
There is nothing and no one That Woman will not hifiguy Feb 2016 #56
"I could compromise if..." Merryland Feb 2016 #57
She is a "Democrat"? REALLY? Moostache Feb 2016 #58
Not really. Pro-choice republican...until she's willing to compromise on choice. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #74
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #61
I read that as "I could go with outlawing all abortions as long as the medical necessary ones LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #63
Oh. My. God. Demobrat Feb 2016 #65
Ah, yes, a true champion of women's rights Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #69
You need to understand, this is South Carolina Scalded Nun Feb 2016 #70
This needs to be spread far and wide. onecaliberal Feb 2016 #71
Can someone now explain Cecile Richards' endorsement? kristopher Feb 2016 #77
HRC is defending late term abortions, GOP wants those women to die emulatorloo Feb 2016 #94
I don't think that is what she is doing, so no, it doesn't help at all. kristopher Feb 2016 #113
It's on MSNBC's page Praxxus Feb 2016 #119
Thank you. I saw it with the help of someone in another thread. kristopher Feb 2016 #122
She knows which side her bread is buttered. onecaliberal Feb 2016 #116
The Feminist Candidate! fbc Feb 2016 #72
" this posts has been hidden by a DU Jury" DanTex. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #78
Horrors! Hillary will let women have an abortion provided that the JDPriestly Feb 2016 #81
Sorry, Charlie. She's defending late term abortion for mothers whose lives are in danger emulatorloo Feb 2016 #90
Geez, she's talking about LATE TERM ABORTIONS! Not all abortions. She never said compromise. Fla Dem Feb 2016 #84
we know FreedomRain Feb 2016 #91
So? gollygee Feb 2016 #100
Perhaps then you can explain... Oilwellian Feb 2016 #110
Have you really not been paying attention? zigby Feb 2016 #123
Abortion doesn't belong on the table, ever. No compromise, no quarter. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #128
She sounds like she expects republican votes. Kablooie Feb 2016 #92
Like I've been saying all along, Hillary Clinton is a 3rd-Way conservative Democrat. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #93
Oh please! peggysue2 Feb 2016 #97
The headline words are her words...exactly. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #102
Perhaps you can explain it Oilwellian Feb 2016 #111
Why did she say that, then? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #114
So she'd risk revising the constitution....WHY?! zigby Feb 2016 #124
This is not a feminist POV felix_numinous Feb 2016 #104
Um.. God aborted Antonin Scalia at 79 years !!!! vkkv Feb 2016 #106
Abortion is always about the woman's health. End of discussion. Bad Thoughts Feb 2016 #108
she's the moderate pro-choice progressive pro-life corporate union DOMA marriage equality candidate tk2kewl Feb 2016 #115
NARAL is a joke organization for endorsing her over jfern Feb 2016 #118
She's losing me. zigby Feb 2016 #125
Two possibilities I see loyalsister Feb 2016 #127
If it were decided that abortions could occur through 9 months Sparkly Apr 2016 #129
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