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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

thereismore

(13,326 posts)
2. It's true, mostly they just say
Thu May 12, 2016, 07:15 PM
May 2016

she has experience, she knows how to get things done.

Because saying she's a woman or it's her turn does sound stupid. None of these reasons have anything to do with plans policies or ideas.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
4. ...knows how the get things done,
Thu May 12, 2016, 07:42 PM
May 2016

but whenever I ask what those "things" are that she will get done, I never get an answer.....
just "things".

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
6. Here's how Hillary gets things done:
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:30 PM
May 2016

Incrementally!

She does incremental things that make things better incrementally. She doesn't do big things that don't make things better incrementally, because that wouldn't be incremental. Incremental is always incrementally better.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
8. Unless you are an innocent Libyan raising a family in the most advanced country in North Africa,
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:36 PM
May 2016

...and a Hillary Freedom Bomb falls on your house killing all your children and maiming you for life. Freedom Bombs are not incremental....

Now a case could be made that Hillary's Cluster Bombs are incremental because they can lay dormant for years, and then blow the arms off of a child who picks one up out of curiosity years after any hostilities have ended.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
10. Incremental is in the eye of the beholder.
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:40 PM
May 2016

One bomb is incremental. A thousand bombs is big. Incremental is better (except if you are under the bomb, but Hillary will never be under the bomb, so it is all good).

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
7. They have a hard enough time trying to defend the crap she's done.
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

It's pretty hard to convince someone to support a candidate who you have to spend all your time defending. Especially when the defense is so weak and desperate that they lose all credibility.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
9. Has ANYONE experienced this?
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:37 PM
May 2016

Like really, I share King's experience, I've never had anyone try to convince me to support Hillary on the basis of Hillary. They've harangued and belittled me fore supporting Bernie, then demanded I switch to Hillary. They're used every Republican in the stable to threaten me into supporting Hillary. But I've never heard "You ought to support Hillary Clinton because she believes / proposes / supports..."

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
11. You should support her because she is winning! She believes in WINNING!
Thu May 12, 2016, 08:44 PM
May 2016

Don't you want to support the winner? Don't you agree with Hillary that winning is good for America and the children? Plus, winning is more fun than losing. Did I mention Hillary is winning? Don't support the loser, support the winner!

Convinced yet? How could you not be?

TexasBushwhacker

(20,175 posts)
17. I do think that a lot of people want to be on the "winning"
Thu May 12, 2016, 11:01 PM
May 2016

team. I think that is part of Trump's appeal as well. He's winning. Sign me up! Look, he's rich! That makes him a winner too!

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