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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Memo To Progressives: Hillary Clinton Is Lying To You - Salon [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)42. In fairness, media is making a bigger deal of this than Hillary's words warranted.
Reminds me of how they overblew the Pope's "Who am I to judge?" comment about homosexual Catholic priests, who are supposed to be celibate, anyway.
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Salon is lying about Hillary: Hillary made room for Obama's out of respect for Obama
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#199
Pro-war, pro-Wall Street, pro-fracking, pro-Keystone XL, pro-H1B Visas, pro-TPP.That's a "real Dem"?
Scuba
Oct 2015
#212
Her plan is to have Obama get it shoved down our throats and then oppose it all the way to the WH
Vincardog
Oct 2015
#58
the voting is over and the winners declared before we close up shop in my state
roguevalley
Oct 2015
#16
if it helps, from end to end, we stretch from New York to California in total length. :D:D:D
roguevalley
Oct 2015
#121
I don't think in the part of PA where I love the Democratic party even has a bench
Pakid
Oct 2015
#196
Voting against her opponent and supporting her are two different things.
Motown_Johnny
Oct 2015
#154
Perhaps you should ask your co-Hillary supporter, journalist Steve Leser about Hillary's lies.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2015
#79
This should be posted in an OP of its own, along with someone ELSE'S takedowns of Hillary...
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#120
One of my proudest moments was when I got banned from the Hillary group for pointing out some
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#140
No it makes sense, evolving seems to be their norm, at least for their leader. n/t
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#148
How about consulting the union workers in Mexico after Clinton worked to priviatize the
DhhD
Oct 2015
#95
To me, that's a Republican. Screwing latinos, workers, the poor. Deceiving the electorate.
senz
Oct 2015
#168
Regarding her calling the TPP "the gold standard", there are a number of sources available that
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#117
So she was against it before being for it and now (supposedly) against it again.
NealK
Oct 2015
#135
So instead of simply saying nothing, she lied to the public about supporting it.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#39
Hillary is a liar! Hillary is a liar! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#28
Stever Leser, in 2008, concluded that Hillary lied about her stance on NAFTA
Luminous Animal
Oct 2015
#83
There are some AWESOME quotes in this article from the Fox Contributor... some of my favorites:
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#122
From the reading up thread Steve Leser could answer those questions for you. n/t
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#146
If he knows about this thread... he's avoiding it like the plague.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#149
In fairness, media is making a bigger deal of this than Hillary's words warranted.
merrily
Oct 2015
#42
DUers are stone cold ignorant about trade policy politics, the records and views of the official
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#47
Why not post the truth about NAFTA when she did not llike the deal before it was passed?
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#53
Thank you for posting about Hillary being a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning.
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#60
Why is it a memo to progressives? I don't think there are any in her camp. All the progressives and
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Oct 2015
#61
Yeah... might as well go back to her group, or that other site, and let them know people are talking
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#123
She totally hates TPP now... despite negotiating portions of it and promoting it for years...
EEO
Oct 2015
#92
K&R. She has been talking out of both sides of her mouth on a number of issues for years.
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#99
wow, another Hillary bashing article from salon. Salon media group, not worth the 13 cents a share
still_one
Oct 2015
#101
Oh no! Do you mean Wall Street isn't impressed with Salon? Heaven forfend!
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#104
nope, they are a bunch of inept folks who are going bankrupt, and have been losing their good
still_one
Oct 2015
#128
yeah, an anti-hillary asshole who works for Salon, and get attention by calling her a liar.
still_one
Oct 2015
#132
most posts slamming Hillary on DU get recs. When a DUer said President Obama was a "POS"
still_one
Oct 2015
#175
Alert on me, if you believe that is what I was doing. You are doing Bernie real proud
still_one
Oct 2015
#178
What does S_O mean. I don't know all the acronyms. Is it "Shout Out"? Not trying to be snark on
still_one
Oct 2015
#182
Alex Cockburn did this better and his shtick got stale while Bill was still in office.
ucrdem
Oct 2015
#141
Noncommittal: "I don't believe it's going to meet the high bar I have set."
grahamhgreen
Oct 2015
#181
I wonder what else she'll change her mind about when Bernie's numbers continue to creep up?
Lunabell
Oct 2015
#184
I like it that she is hedging her bets here--it gives me hope that maybe we can--
eridani
Oct 2015
#192