2016 Postmortem

Bluenorthwest

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63. There's a saucy point laden with irony

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 11:21 PM

Mar 2016

She's big on the Saudis....they execute LGBT. Also flogging. It depends.

"The Clinton Foundation has dropped its self-imposed ban on collecting funds from foreign governments and is winning contributions at an accelerating rate, raising ethical questions as Hillary Clinton ramps up her expected bid for the presidency.

Recent donors include the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/02/18/foreign-donations-to-hillary-clintons-foundation-raise-major-ethical-questions/

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What life was like for LGBT Cubans when Bernie Sanders was praising Castro [View all] bigtree Mar 2016 OP

There's selective outrage afoot. Metric System Mar 2016 #1

I'm Gay and won't throw Bernie over the bus for this. PyaarRevolution Mar 2016 #102

Gay baiting and Red baiting at the same time, a true classic. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #2

What a load of drivel. Beacool Mar 2016 #54

A general comment inclusive of the Nancy Reagan Revisions, the OP's work, your own attitude Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #60

That is the Clinton campaign as we know it: Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #110

Red baiting and gay baiting from the Daily News? How low will you go? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #3

Thank you Beam me up scotty dr60omg Mar 2016 #55

The op is exploiting lgbt rights by citing that rag and also by editing the title. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #57

Not to mention.. the author of the piece, opiate69 Mar 2016 #58

Oh do tell, I'll have to check it out and see who and what he brought back here... beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #62

... opiate69 Mar 2016 #65

Whoa. He wished her kids dead? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #66

Bingo... opiate69 Mar 2016 #67

It's a badge of honour to be bashed by assholes like this. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #68

OP's original title: Hiding Cuba’s crimes behind gay rights lies Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #4

the truth hurts bigtree Mar 2016 #6

Your strawman is pathetic. You post nothing of substance, there is no truth to what you posted. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #9

you folks also 'change titles' to suit your politics here bigtree Mar 2016 #21

The irony. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #24

If you would not have quoted an opinion piece from the NY News that lied about Arenas dr60omg Mar 2016 #59

Maybe but the truth has never come close to the Clinton campaign. The hubris of the Big Money rhett o rick Mar 2016 #17

For all too many years bluestateguy Mar 2016 #5

You mean the pass we gave them catnhatnh Mar 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author BillZBubb Mar 2016 #8

When I was young I was more communistic ... Onlooker Mar 2016 #10

Get back to me when he praises Castro for fighting AIDs in the 80s tk2kewl Mar 2016 #11

Hillary lied and you try to create a faux outrage over a false inference? BillZBubb Mar 2016 #12

she apologized and reversed her statement, full stop bigtree Mar 2016 #19

She said she 'misspoke' but she did not clarify by speaking accurately about the actual Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #26

You want to talk about the ME regimes katsy Mar 2016 #88

Not only that melman Mar 2016 #93

Why are you surprised? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #90

Your candidate crusaded against marriage equality and praised Nancy Reagan for her "work" on AIDS: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #13

A fundamental misunderstanding of Latin America and Capitalism AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #14

Your posts made a lot more sense when you were an O'Malley supporter Fumesucker Mar 2016 #15

It's disappointing to watch... TCJ70 Mar 2016 #16

that's the problem bigtree Mar 2016 #20

So you honestly think Bernie Sanders loves Cuba's mistreatment of gay people, Bigtree? Scootaloo Mar 2016 #23

that's not written ANYWHERE on this thread bigtree Mar 2016 #29

Riiiiight. You just re-titled the piece you're linking to by mistake. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #33

A simple mispost. morningfog Mar 2016 #64

. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #74

"Sanders LOVES Cuba's mistreatment." -which words/phrases can you contort to even try and mean that? pkdu Mar 2016 #80

When are you willing to come off your high horse and respond to things that you post? Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #44

You were pro-O'Malley, now you are clearly anti-Sanders Fumesucker Mar 2016 #25

we've been at this long enough bigtree Mar 2016 #36

Hillary is the opponent du jour so it certainly would appear that way Fumesucker Mar 2016 #51

you are free to operate inside of your own head bigtree Mar 2016 #76

I think maybe some O'Malley supporters feel he would have had a shot if Bernie TwilightGardener Mar 2016 #43

I posted my own reasons here bigtree Mar 2016 #48

Yup. I stand by my statement, though. TwilightGardener Mar 2016 #50

Yep. Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #28

pfft... ibegurpard Mar 2016 #101

Let's say I was skeptical Fumesucker Mar 2016 #104

total b/s and you know it. juxtaposed Mar 2016 #18

You very regularly post advocacy for Palestine. Do you know how they treat LGBT in Palestine? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #22

Now that is interesting. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #30

Never mentions LGBT in Palestine, although Bernie can't say Cuba without owning all they do... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #34

Interesting double standard there. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #37

Oh it is a full tilt exploitathon around here. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #41

No sense of shame, even when confronted by DU's lgbt members. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #47

Same standard should apply for Hillary. BS supporters make her own everything she ever came near Jitter65 Mar 2016 #72

Oh and because it is such recent news: Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #39

In 1972 Bernie called for the abolishment of all laws against homosexuality and the op wants us beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #45

+1. OP, do you care to respond? Barack_America Mar 2016 #108

K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #27

Is that the same Cuba that Obama just reopened relations with? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #31

not at the time Sanders was praising life in Cuba under Castro bigtree Mar 2016 #38

No bigtree 1985 was deep into Ron and Nancy's Years of Silence on AIDS, so this notion that LGBT Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #40

I like O'Malley. I think he could have an important role in a Sanders cabinet Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #42

O'Malley strongly advocated for Palestine. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #56

Apparently, the OP does not know how to take the beam out of his own eye. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #61

OP can not manage Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #69

that's a standard Sanders defense bigtree Mar 2016 #82

It's you employing a double standard so glaring as to be obscene. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #86

What was life like for LGBT folks in the U.S. in 1985? And not so fucking Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #32

This was 1985: Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #46

And we are still waiting for answer to your very astute question re Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #49

OP apparently takes no questions from LGBT..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #84

Moving photo in the article of a woman remembering victims of the Holocaust: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #35

What's life like for women in Saudi Arabia when Hillary was hugging on their leaders? boomer55 Mar 2016 #52

There's a saucy point laden with irony Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #63

Oh Please spare me dr60omg Mar 2016 #53

Why won't you answer Bluenorthwest's question? You are an avid supporter of Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #70

+1. Bluenorthwest's question was honestly posed and reveals a seeming contradiction. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #75

that poster has baited me for the last time bigtree Mar 2016 #77

Attacking me personally, smearing me for calling you on your moutain of bullshit. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #81

Okay. But he still has good question, You are a great advocate for Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #85

that premise has a problem with the truth bigtree Mar 2016 #94

So it's different when you do it in 2016? Bernie should not say a 1985 word about Cuba however? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #111

Where are you bigtree? You have Palestine and Saudi Arabia to account for. Step up and do so. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #71

Careful now. Behind the Aegis Mar 2016 #103

The OP is of course personally attacking me as cover for his inability to explain his own actions. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #107

k&r DesertRat Mar 2016 #73

Your silence reminds me of Ron and Nancy Reagan's 7 Year Silence about AIDS which your candidate Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #78

Did you know that in Saudi Arabia homosexuality is punishable by Autumn Mar 2016 #79

Saudis are patrons of the Clinton Foundation..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #83

I had forgotten about that. I guess any justification for what she said Autumn Mar 2016 #89

I cannot believe you went there, bigtree Aerows Mar 2016 #87

In 08 bigtree was the most fair and decent poster towards the other candidate and their supporters. Autumn Mar 2016 #119

Not that the Daily News ever cared about gays before this. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #91

oh, so it's ok for YOU guys tp use right-wing sources? n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #92

"Before Night Falls" mentioned in your piece is an excellent film! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #95

One of my favorite films ever. closeupready Mar 2016 #120

Time for a rewatch I believe! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #121

Still crickets on Palestinian & Saudi atrocities again LGBT folks w HRC? Arazi Mar 2016 #96

exactly what Palestinian atrocities against LGBT? azurnoir Mar 2016 #97

are you speaking of the West Bank where Jordanian law applies or Gaza? azurnoir Mar 2016 #98

Jordan repealed laws against private sexual acts, public 'displays' are still arrestable and there Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #112

So Cuba is like countless other countries that do not have full rights for LGBT people. PoliticalPothead Mar 2016 #99

Are you going to claim that the Miami/Bastista LGBT people had it better? Todays_Illusion Mar 2016 #100

That's what I was thinking...nt artislife Mar 2016 #105

Just look at how well hemophiliacs with AIDS were treated in FL Laughing Mirror Mar 2016 #106

You're right there with them: Sanders, Redbaiting and the ‘Denouncing’ Double Standard Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #109

as proud as you must be trying to suppress my opinion with 50's era deflections bigtree Mar 2016 #117

Bullshit, what you have failed to do is present evidence Sanders was an apologist of any kind Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #118

Life for gays was about the same as it was in America at that time beedle Mar 2016 #113

Ronald Reagan was a defender of South African Apartheid, he vetoed a Congressional sanction against Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #116

Cuba Leading the Way in Rainbow Rights polly7 Mar 2016 #114

The Failure to Act: The Reagan Administration's Deliberate Failure to Address the Aids Epidemic Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #115