2016 Postmortem

Cosmocat

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51. I don't get

Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:43 AM

Mar 2016

how she put herself into the mess in the first place.

No reason to go all bubbly over Mrs Reagen in the first place, say the usual generic things and leave it at that.

Past that, she was there, she knows they were POS about it AND she knows how contentious it with within the GBLT community with them being the asshats they were about it.

Making thoughtless mistakes is bad enough, but this one is mystifying.

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Hillary elaborates: "I’ve heard from countless people who were...hurt & disappointed by what I said [View all] bigtree Mar 2016 OP

"I'll get it right, eventually." revbones Mar 2016 #1

Wow, she did it. I said her apology wasn't enough. joshcryer Mar 2016 #2

She still has only apologized for "misspeaking", not inventing whole-cloth the basis for her praise JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #3

Eh, it's easy to keep moving the goalposts. joshcryer Mar 2016 #5

I haven't moved any goalposts. As it stands, that excerpt I pasted is the only sentence of relevance JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #6

Yeah, that's not happening. joshcryer Mar 2016 #8

You know what, I had a change of heart, you're right. joshcryer Mar 2016 #30

This tweet is for you--- Come over 2 #LoveandKindness riversedge Mar 2016 #84

Did you read my post? JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #85

Assumed the Reagans would have done? How? These words were spoken at DCN 92 prime time by Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #37

Exactly, this is a wonderful statement written by a staffer Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #16

Just like if I sucker-punched a stranger sammythecat Mar 2016 #69

I don't get Cosmocat Mar 2016 #51

"Faux Scandals" hootinholler Mar 2016 #56

Reasonable? joshcryer Mar 2016 #80

Pretty much. Number23 Mar 2016 #82

Too little and far too late. But thank you dear, still the same. 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #4

Bless her little heart.... peacebird Mar 2016 #36

bless her very little heart berningman Mar 2016 #61

KNR Lucinda Mar 2016 #7

Hillary "lost friends and loved ones to AIDS"? SMC22307 Mar 2016 #9

She lost no one to AIDS Fearless Mar 2016 #11

Exaggeration after lies - wonderful Madam Mossfern Mar 2016 #45

Me too!!!! Oh Me too!!!! farleftlib Mar 2016 #46

She dodged sniper fire on her way to visit her friend with AIDS. Nt peace13 Mar 2016 #78

First rule when digging a hole. STOP nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #88

NOT GOOD ENOUGH, HILLARY !!! WillyT Mar 2016 #10

Yep. And this one is leaving a mark. (n/t) SMC22307 Mar 2016 #64

Hillary Newsflash = The Reagans Were Horrible People PatriceKelly Mar 2016 #12

So in other words she misspoke in her first apology? Is this what this is? jillan Mar 2016 #13

So, who are those lost friends and loved ones? Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #14

why don't you ask everyone to reveal their pain for you to judge? bigtree Mar 2016 #15

Really? Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #17

Yes, it would be great if she exploited the deceased to defend herself Onlooker Mar 2016 #18

Give me a fucking break Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #19

Some of my best friends had AIDS Onlooker Mar 2016 #20

Exploiting. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #22

No, her comments were the same sort of fluff that Sanders said about Nancy, but Hillary's were worse Onlooker Mar 2016 #23

Wait Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #25

No, the better comparison is to Bernie's ghetto remark Onlooker Mar 2016 #28

Ah, the real Hillary supporter comes out Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #31

I agree with you-- that is not a mistake you could make if you actually had loved ones who Marr Mar 2016 #83

I think you're right that she was repeating Ron Reagan's remarks MBS Mar 2016 #24

No, it does not. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #27

Be real Onlooker Mar 2016 #32

Hillary praised Ron and Nancy on their AIDS advocacy, when what they did was the opposite. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #42

But how is it you don't know about all the projects in which people say and show the names of our Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #38

Are you sure about that? Barack_America Mar 2016 #48

Absolutely Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #74

The New Yorker: HRC's correction to AIDS comment also misguided Divernan Mar 2016 #21

Thank you so much for the levity of your remarkls about the Clinton staffer going through those Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #55

"Her conversion came when her husband plunged into the darkness of the disease." SMC22307 Mar 2016 #63

Yeah, I don't think that kind of advocacy is at all 'rare in the Conservative world'. Marr Mar 2016 #87

"This issue matters to me deeply." Scootaloo Mar 2016 #26

Of course it does.. Else You Are Mad Mar 2016 #66

A lot of people died during the 80s. I lost several people I knew and PatrickforO Mar 2016 #29

She 'misspoke'. The story of her career in public speaking. sorechasm Mar 2016 #33

Bless your heart (nt) bigwillq Mar 2016 #34

DU's Gay Baiter in Cheif posting more baited hooks. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #35

Laughable. RedCappedBandit Mar 2016 #39

Video links to two full speeches from Democratic Convention 92, Elizabeth Glaser and Bob Hattoy Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #40

Adding the New York Times obituaries for Bob Hattoy and for Elizabeth Glaser Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #41

Outside the WH in October of 1992: The Ashes Action Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #43

That's not an apology, it's a stump speech farleftlib Mar 2016 #44

^^^This^^^ n/t ljm2002 Mar 2016 #58

good one! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #75

Hillary, please. This is a DECADE of history. Barack_America Mar 2016 #47

As brother West would say NWCorona Mar 2016 #49

That was well said Dem2 Mar 2016 #50

It's not hate Kalidurga Mar 2016 #52

Please proceed Dem2 Mar 2016 #53

She hasn't apologized. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #54

This is nothing but pandering. Avalux Mar 2016 #57

Exactly Else You Are Mad Mar 2016 #67

I lost one of my dearest friends to AIDS. thucythucy Mar 2016 #59

That happened to my uncle Kalidurga Mar 2016 #73

I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. thucythucy Mar 2016 #77

I am sure it's brought back a lot of pain for a lot of people. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #79

What a horrific gaffe for someone who should have known better. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #60

It was a deliberate statement, not a gaffe. She pandered to Reagan Democrats. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #68

So If She Knows All This noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #62

So the question boils down to, why does she make shit up? Vinca Mar 2016 #65

So much wrong with this statement: Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #70

Good work....... UglyGreed Mar 2016 #71

She needs new writers for her CYA attempts. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #72

Hey Hillary: We don't need the history lesson, YOU do. n/t arcane1 Mar 2016 #76

An elegant and timely apology. Well done. I have alot of respect for her for doing this. Number23 Mar 2016 #81

It is a bad sign that I could not guess what your OP was about without opening the thread because Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #86

enough, with the overblown outrage! lets get back to GDP's normal issue-oriented discussions, like Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #89