2016 Postmortem

appalachiablue

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92. +1 NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BILL.

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 08:16 PM

Jul 2015

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"Bill Clinton’s Apology: Not Accepted!" [View all] RiverLover Jul 2015 OP

K&R. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #1

Do not let the oligarchy fool you again FlatBaroque Jul 2015 #2

That Rhodes Scholarship came with a price. PeoViejo Jul 2015 #3

All Presidents... For Freddie Jul 2015 #16

Arrrg! nt haikugal Jul 2015 #82

I get your drift PeoViejo Jul 2015 #87

Going from bragging about to apologizing for devastating policy is quite a journey. AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #4

Really bad. If it comes up, I wonder if he'll also apologize for cutting funds for state RiverLover Jul 2015 #6

Or appologize about this: marble falls Jul 2015 #10

Wow. It really was a media black-out on this. I had no idea. Thank you mf. RiverLover Jul 2015 #20

the media does not 'play into their hands' HFRN Jul 2015 #40

OK. You nailed it, and RiverLover Jul 2015 #43

Thank you - in other words they promised much and gave nothing. Now that I look back I cannot jwirr Jul 2015 #53

no, it's not HFRN Jul 2015 #35

No, he's evolved. Honest Doctor_J Jul 2015 #88

+1 NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BILL. appalachiablue Jul 2015 #92

I have not forgotten. TM99 Jul 2015 #5

I hope to FSM that I NEVER have to do that again! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #13

Amen! Paka Jul 2015 #19

Especially when they come so late and when it will benefit the one apologizing. jwirr Jul 2015 #57

yes, the thought of that is quite repugnant. nt m-lekktor Jul 2015 #80

K&R. n/t bvf Jul 2015 #7

NAFTA classykaren Jul 2015 #8

....Welfare "reform", repealing Glass-Steagal, China PNTR, Outsourcing, Telecommunications Act. RiverLover Jul 2015 #12

"supremely belated", in-fucking-deed. jomin41 Jul 2015 #9

And when we ask how many lives were ruined we must not forget that it was not just the jwirr Jul 2015 #58

"The Clintons are counting on the forgiving nature of Black people...." Hoppy Jul 2015 #11

NO!!! HE IS NOT! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #22

Just noticing your sig pic for the first time....It makes me uncomfortable, I as a white person randys1 Jul 2015 #77

Damn, I forgot what it was, R1! LOL! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #84

A stark reminder of where we all live randys1 Jul 2015 #85

The First Black President! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #28

they're counting on the forgiving nature of tech workers too HFRN Jul 2015 #33

But this will get NO media attention because she has already been selected nt 7962 Jul 2015 #14

I decided a while back that I will not vote for another Clinton. djean111 Jul 2015 #15

No, you don't have to leave DU if Hillary is the candidate. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #23

Thanks. djean111 Jul 2015 #26

Don't try to figure it out. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #34

Nailed it...n/t zeemike Jul 2015 #39

So Clinton supporters are a "cult of personality?" Adrahil Jul 2015 #45

It's particularly rich given how Bernie supporters have behaved in the wake of BLM stevenleser Jul 2015 #55

Apologizing for instating bad policy seems to be a greater virtue than fighting against bad policy.. frylock Jul 2015 #72

Also I am doing what I can to help Bernie win including donating money. If he loses I will not jwirr Jul 2015 #61

Clintons "co-presidency" produced Bill & Hilary's "incarceration nation" Divernan Jul 2015 #17

THANK YOU Divernan for posting this excerpt! Its probably more relevant than the portion RiverLover Jul 2015 #24

stage 2: Post-incarceration plus the war on drugs virtualobserver Jul 2015 #29

"the difficulty of getting a job as a felon." passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #93

Rhymes with strangulation. GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #37

And now Clinton's Letter To The United Daughters Of The Confederacy? Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #18

Thanks Thespian2 Jul 2015 #31

Hillary and Bill Clinton's behavior in 2008 was deplorable. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #21

I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention, but SusanCalvin Jul 2015 #86

Tried to tell many people this, but DU has blinders on. They simply ignore how devastating Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2015 #25

NAFTA, MFN-China, H-1b visas HFRN Jul 2015 #36

Yup. He did something Ronnie Raygun couldn't accomplish d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #66

yup, he created a 'service economy' - then immediatly insourced (H-1b visa) and outsourced it to HFRN Jul 2015 #70

DOMA, DADT Doctor_J Jul 2015 #89

DADT was a bridge policy HFRN Jul 2015 #90

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #75

K & R Thespian2 Jul 2015 #27

What a bunch of "told you so's" Suziq Jul 2015 #30

I don't think these are told you so statements. A lot of us fell for them twice. And some of us jwirr Jul 2015 #63

Remember Willie Horton? ericson00 Jul 2015 #32

Stop talking reality on DU! Metric System Jul 2015 #65

I thought talking unreality ericson00 Jul 2015 #79

article 'The Overcriminalization of America' HFRN Jul 2015 #38

How much money sulphurdunn Jul 2015 #41

'The Clintons are counting on the forgiving nature of Black people...' HFRN Jul 2015 #42

Pres. Clinton pardoned his own cocaine-sniffing brother. Divernan Jul 2015 #44

Perhaps he'll promise pardons galore if his wife hughee99 Jul 2015 #50

His giving George W Bush credence and legitimacy revolted me Ichingcarpenter Jul 2015 #46

No kidding. RiverLover Jul 2015 #51

Just the thought of him Plucketeer Jul 2015 #59

Conservative Democrats masquerading as liberals. jalan48 Jul 2015 #47

Yep. RiverLover Jul 2015 #48

LOL jalan48 Jul 2015 #54

Yep. haikugal Jul 2015 #83

This. kath Jul 2015 #56

In the U.S. as in North Korea, whole families also suffer by association w/ criminals Divernan Jul 2015 #49

K&R SamKnause Jul 2015 #52

I really wish the supporters of Sanders would stop attacking the Clintons. Galraedia Jul 2015 #60

I explained what was going on when this all first started. It was Bernie fans attacking Hillary stevenleser Jul 2015 #62

Shh...Facts and history don't matter. Metric System Jul 2015 #64

Shhh....Conservatives' spin of facts & history isn't appreciated here. /nt RiverLover Jul 2015 #68

Many on the left during that time knew better. It wasn't the right thing then, nor now. RiverLover Jul 2015 #67

That still didn't change the tough-on-crime rhetoric of the 1990s or public opinion. Galraedia Jul 2015 #71

RIght. One can't blame a weathervane for the actions of the wind. delrem Jul 2015 #81

That's all they got. Beacool Jul 2015 #100

I'm not real anxious to forgive and forget on that either. Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #69

Yes, a first lady, senator and SOS should just spit at people she doesn't agree with......... Beacool Jul 2015 #101

It's my signature line Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #102

That's what it takes to be a politician and a diplomat. Beacool Jul 2015 #105

Forgive and forget: LWolf Jul 2015 #73

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #74

It's a adolescent tactic and they all do it. Phlem Jul 2015 #76

"Not good enough"? Capt. Obvious Jul 2015 #78

He's got a lot more to apologize for than that ibegurpard Jul 2015 #91

+1 n/t Oilwellian Jul 2015 #94

Nor should it be. Hillary is going to have a Minority problem once people learn sabrina 1 Jul 2015 #95

No, she won't. Beacool Jul 2015 #98

Sad to see Dems eat their own uwep Jul 2015 #96

Sad to see Democratic leaders enacting republican policies. Over & over. /nt RiverLover Jul 2015 #97

Tune them out. Beacool Jul 2015 #99

because DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #103

And minorities will vote for her. Beacool Jul 2015 #106

Some will DonCoquixote Jul 2015 #111

Hang in there, in time, things will settle down around here oasis Jul 2015 #110

Do you remember what prompted that change to the law? napi21 Jul 2015 #104

All those spoiled rich party girls doing primo lines in the bathroom... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #108

Not ONLY THAT. White guys convicted of holding or selling cocain were napi21 Jul 2015 #112

That 3 strikes was often waved for white kids. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #113

Sorry. That part I didn't know. I assume it was waved in the cases of the "connected ones" napi21 Jul 2015 #114

KnR chknltl Jul 2015 #107

The Clinton campaign is afraid in other words. Fearless Jul 2015 #109