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rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 08:44 PM Sep 2013

Citizens United will probably help Ms. Clinton become the next president. Ya gotta love the irony.

The question is, how is the left going to stop big money from pushing Ms. Clinton into the nomination? Maybe we should make a disparaging film against her. Or maybe we could get the use of Citizens United's film. Just sayin.

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Citizens United will probably help Ms. Clinton become the next president. Ya gotta love the irony. (Original Post) rhett o rick Sep 2013 OP
Interesting gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1
yes Skittles Sep 2013 #5
Hey...I think things are playing out very differently these days than the KoKo Sep 2013 #2
I dont disagree but the Powers To Be will want a Democratic candidate they like. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #16
And once the Search Engines reveal the PAST...it will make many wonder KoKo Sep 2013 #3
i don't think it's ironic at all. She's a corporatist being supported by corporate dollars. Th1onein Sep 2013 #4
Heads they win, tails they win. wilsonbooks Sep 2013 #6
The irony dreamnightwind Sep 2013 #7
Citizens United was a case where corporate dollars were being used to disparage rhett o rick Sep 2013 #9
i doubt that...wait..she is running for president? madrchsod Sep 2013 #8
So you going to support Christie? nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #10
nope...warren madrchsod Sep 2013 #11
Good, as do I. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #21
i know many on the left who are actually supporting her JI7 Sep 2013 #12
I wonder if we are talking about the same "left". For reference who in Congress would you describe rhett o rick Sep 2013 #13
i'm talking about activists, people who volunteer , most recently it was those involved JI7 Sep 2013 #14
A lot of pragmatic-centrists have supported equal rights for same sex partners. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #17
if you discount those who support her than there really aren't many of what you consider "real left" JI7 Sep 2013 #18
I am guessing you have no contact with anyone on the left. I think you think that Obama is rhett o rick Sep 2013 #19
i assumed they were from the left based on the work they were doing JI7 Sep 2013 #20
Recommend......! KoKo Sep 2013 #15

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
2. Hey...I think things are playing out very differently these days than the
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:02 PM
Sep 2013

"Shoe In" votes for Hillary that she thought were there.

America and it's Workers are in a very different place than we were a few years ago.

Hillary might have a tough time...

Just Saying...

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
16. I dont disagree but the Powers To Be will want a Democratic candidate they like.
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:52 PM
Sep 2013

As I see it that will be Ms. Clinton. She will be getting the big dollars. We must fight that as if our lives depend on it. And they might.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
3. And once the Search Engines reveal the PAST...it will make many wonder
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:08 PM
Sep 2013

who they are voting for and the AGENDA they are voting for..

AGAIN...this isn't Clinton's America of the "Big Dog" we had to Protect at all Costs from the STARR Commission.

There's a lot of road that's been run since those days...and much revealed about those times that the younger of us are very aware of.

And...they see the future as different from voting "Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama/Clinton.

Their FUTURE doesn't fit that....I'm thinking FWIW....

It wouldn't fit my thinking if I was their age...either. I wouldn't put up with it!

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
4. i don't think it's ironic at all. She's a corporatist being supported by corporate dollars.
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:10 PM
Sep 2013

Where's the irony in that?

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
7. The irony
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:41 PM
Sep 2013

is that Citizens United, before it was a court case, was an anti-Hillary movie (never saw it, but that's what I've heard). Apologies if you were aware of that, from your post I didn't think so.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
9. Citizens United was a case where corporate dollars were being used to disparage
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 10:08 PM
Sep 2013

Ms. Clinton. The SCOTUS ruled that corporate dollars could do whatever they wanted. Now those same corporate dollars that were trying to sink her bid, will probably be in her support.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
13. I wonder if we are talking about the same "left". For reference who in Congress would you describe
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:03 PM
Sep 2013

as on the "left". Do you think Obama is on the left?

JI7

(89,241 posts)
14. i'm talking about activists, people who volunteer , most recently it was those involved
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:08 PM
Sep 2013

in getting support for same sex marriage.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
17. A lot of pragmatic-centrists have supported equal rights for same sex partners.
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:59 PM
Sep 2013

I still am not convinced that anyone on the real left supports Ms. Clinton. Ms. Clinton is not a leftist by a long wayz. If I remember right she kissed Georgie Bush's ass when he ask for support to kill 100,000 Iraqi children. Those deaths are on her head. Just sayin.

JI7

(89,241 posts)
18. if you discount those who support her than there really aren't many of what you consider "real left"
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 08:07 PM
Sep 2013

that are around.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
19. I am guessing you have no contact with anyone on the left. I think you think that Obama is
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 08:15 PM
Sep 2013

a representative of the left. Am I correct?

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