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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sorry Clinton - you are no Progressive.... [View all]Skidmore
(37,364 posts)103. The word is meaningless when used by
self styled progressives. It literally has become tortured and hackneyed.
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Nice statement but can you actually back it up? She wasn't progressive when she bowed to George
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#193
Hillary has history with Dem party" the liberal party": Hillary is very progressive
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#199
Yes I am merely a Sanders supporter, looking for a change from the status quo
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#228
And she wasn't looking out for the 99% when she voted for the bankruptcy bill
dflprincess
Oct 2015
#206
Certainly she has made some progressive votes, but that doesn't make her a progressive.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#230
The Statment is easy to back up just go to your lib, check out some books on HRC
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#249
She lost all chance of being considered a progressive when she turned her back on her Party, the
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#253
HRC was not fooled by the likes of George Bush. She knew full well that the AUMF
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#264
And once again we go for the distraction. Sen Sanders is a progressive. HRC is a conservative.
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#196
Lieralism is really the only valid form of response to bumper-sticker philosophies...
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#251
All that says is Hillary is easily duped while the people knew what was going on.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#147
Yes, but as I mentioned the Dem Party has moved so far rightward that being #13
cui bono
Oct 2015
#152
That doesn't make any sense and if you think you're insulting me with that stupid comment,
cui bono
Oct 2015
#157
Obama was tied for First place as the Senate's most liberal voter, during his term.
Utopian Leftist
Oct 2015
#164
The word is meaningless when she uses it and then turns around and publicly and happily calls
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#87
You're comparing an opinion to something that can be backed up by policy positions and associations.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#149
So how does she measure up to Bernie and Martin when it comes to the issues?:
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#25
Sorry, got my links mixed up, that quote is from Vermont reporter Jim Condon.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#56
How the fuck can Bernie arrest protesters? Or "order" them arrested?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#48
That lie has been posted here for months and they still can't prove it.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#62
Hillary eventually got it right. It took her until 2013 to support marriage equality.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#82
Sorry, I can't let you float a term like "Third Way Progressive" without challenging you.
Bonobo
Oct 2015
#19
I think others burned it after the blm thingy. I am merely the arson investigator.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#208
I have to take care of my two young black daughters and get my classes done. See ya!
bravenak
Oct 2015
#212
I did not think you cared at all. Thank you for proving it. You told me about yours, I reciprocated.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#215
I've lived with an abusive republican too. My step dad. Committed suicide in front of my mom.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#221
It was me. I like it. It explains so much. The color blindness. Not noticing whether you hire blacks
bravenak
Oct 2015
#96
I'm reading your post but not following how it relates to calling Clinton a progressive.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#108
He should address it with the journalists who asked him to. Send a message of tolerance.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#135
Concerns are laughed off by the guilty parties. They pretend they do not remember
bravenak
Oct 2015
#169
I think you're trying really hard to make that "THIRD WAY PROGRESSIVE!!!" nonsense into a thing.
Scootaloo
Oct 2015
#134
I had to do this. Nobody treats me like that. Not without get back. They were so cocky.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#178
You know these attempts at defining Hillary are getting nowhere. I know they support
upaloopa
Oct 2015
#28
Are you saying Bernie supporters won't support Hillary Clinton when she's the nominee?
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#43
So that's a "no". Sanders supporters won't vote for Hillary when she's the nom.
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#121
It's easy to stay out of trouble if you use the trash thread and ignore buttons.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#46
That's fine. Just as long as DUers don't have to read post after post trashing Hillary Clinton,
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#122
Would voting for every single war funding bill be considered by you as cheerleading for war?
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2015
#123
The DNC DLC Third Way Establishment Is Apoplectic About A Bernie Presidency
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#51
To go forward is simply to travel in the facing direction, no matter what that direction is
Scootaloo
Oct 2015
#83
I can think of one exception: In 1993 as First Lady, she tried to get Universal Health Care for the
Cal33
Oct 2015
#112
Maybe this shows that Nixon of the 1960s wasn't as bad as the average Neo-con and
Cal33
Oct 2015
#258
Progressives do not support: FRACKING, THE TPP, THE XL PIPELINE, WALL ST. GREEDY THIEVES,
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#113
She was too conservative for me in 08 and continues to be too conservative for me now.
emulatorloo
Oct 2015
#139
BINGO! He'll win number 15 too to become the nominee. Then he'll win number 16 next November, 2016.
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#162
Hillary is a proud Democrat who advocates for Democratic issues, she will continue to work for those
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#154
Sorry, Hillary is a progressive: and She has been working leading progessives
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#167
She WAS a self proclaimed Progressive for a week or so before backtracking to her "moderate" label.
NorthCarolina
Oct 2015
#174
They voted 93% the same way, so if Hillary is no Progressive, neither is Bernie
still_one
Oct 2015
#203
I can understand the mental convenience of ignoring everything but the seven percent.
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#252
I'll be accused of "boasting", but since you apparently haven't heard this...
brooklynite
Oct 2015
#229
I pretend to have an absolute knowledge of what a Progressive is and is not
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#250