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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:45 PM Jun 2014

I've changed my mind: now I'm Ready for Hillary! [View all]

Last edited Mon Jun 9, 2014, 02:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Dear friend:

Hillary Clinton's searched her soul and concluded that her 2002 vote to invade Iraq was a mistake. I know - we all know - how difficult it is to admit to any mistake, and few of us will ever feel such remorse in our soul as Hillary must feel from that awful vote that caused such horror.

I believe that Hillary's change of heart humanizes her, shows us that she's big enough to think things through based on better information, rather than clinging blindly to previous positions out of stubbornness or insecurity. I respect that, as much as I respect Hillary's long history of fighting for the 99% and winning tough battles.

So, today, I find myself in the surprising position of throwing my support behind Hillary. Should she run for the 2016 presidency in 2028, I believe that she'll do a superb job of making the right decisions based on data from 12 years before, just as she's done on Iraq.

Until 2028? Since most Congressional Democrats voted the right way in 2002, perhaps we should try to make someone else the Democratic nominee in 2016.

Manny is... Ready for Hillary! (As soon as we have a time machine.)

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BUT-- Jackpine Radical Jun 2014 #1
You've changed your mind, and now you're ready for Hillary. OnyxCollie Jun 2014 #2
I haven't changed my mind. I am not ready for Hillary. LoisB Jun 2014 #3
I would love to hear your alternative, and I am being serious randys1 Jun 2014 #51
I realize you are being sarcastic, but welcome to the party, pal quinnox Jun 2014 #4
I tried to rec it; really I did. woo me with science Jun 2014 #5
She is brilliant!! RobertEarl Jun 2014 #6
Seriously. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #7
On the contrary, life long Democrats like Manny, want to see their party continue to be the party of sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #20
Nothing odd about it. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #21
On the contrary again, it is VERY ODD. Also odd is the resort to personal attack. Here's why, if sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #25
Personal attack. Where? nt. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #30
Manny is consistently one of the most progressive posters on here quinnox Jun 2014 #24
Yeah. So I'm told. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #27
+1 Well said. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #50
Not true JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #26
Reagan supporter. Not surprised. nt. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #28
Full disclosure... MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #33
Thanks JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #34
So you're a Reagan Democrat Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #36
Was. nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #37
"Didn't you say you would have overturned the election of Obama? " ProSense Jun 2014 #39
Reagan made stupid respectable. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #47
Argle blargle. woo me with science Jun 2014 #45
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Jun 2014 #48
so who will run as the democrat lol nt msongs Jun 2014 #8
And Liz Warren decided in 1995 to stop being a Republican. Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #9
Kerry RobertEarl Jun 2014 #13
Are Warren's and Hillary's mistakes of the same magnitude? nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #14
That would depend upon how much damage one thinks Reagan and HW Bush did (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #29
If Warren starts talking like a Republican, what makes you think anyone who now supports her would sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #22
No chance in hell. You have my support right up till the time you decided decide my Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #53
Exactly. But for some reason there are people here who think that 'loyalty' will trump everything. sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #56
My politician is simply the tool by which I bring my voice to bear on policy. If my voice is no Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #57
And Hillary was a "Goldwater Girl" tularetom Jun 2014 #54
Regardless Manny, In her book she is talking the right talk on more than just the IWR. Global lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #10
I'll be overjoyed to vote for her...in 2032. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #11
Wall Street is also ready for Hillary! Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #12
No time machine needed! MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #15
Exactly! Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #18
Say, Manny, thanks for letting us know. MineralMan Jun 2014 #16
I suspect this means betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #17
If she is the only choice to vote for, I plan on having Waffles that day. Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #19
That is dangerous territory here so watch out betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #23
We've already got our first gallon of strawberries prepped Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #32
Yum! betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #35
unrec. Whisp Jun 2014 #31
Interesting, isn't it? ProSense Jun 2014 #38
Ever since that gefelka fish mockery put up Whisp Jun 2014 #40
And now I'm mocking the Jews! MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #43
... Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #46
'lifelong Democrat' bigtree Jun 2014 #52
Manny is.... Skidmore Jun 2014 #41
To be conscious is not to be in time, Dragonfli Jun 2014 #42
And you're already a donor to her campaign!... SidDithers Jun 2014 #44
Hey, she's smarter than Rick Perry and to the left of Icky Ricky on social issues. Scuba Jun 2014 #49
High bar to hurdle. Pretty impressive. Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #55
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