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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please DON'T CALL Hillary A Progressive [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)78. Saying she does without explanation is rather useless!
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Your claims would be more persuasive if you could show viability for sanders in general election
Gothmog
Oct 2015
#127
Have you missed all of the posts about how craaaaaaaaaazy Sanders suppoters are getting?
Armstead
Oct 2015
#135
Yes Clinton is rich and she can buy the nomination. Maybe her millionaires will...
Armstead
Oct 2015
#252
It's all relative. I personally view Hillary as unelectable and as unable to serve as president.
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#144
And how do you overcome being outspent by the RNC candidate and the Koch brothers?
Gothmog
Oct 2015
#172
I would love to see how we can ever attain a true representative democracy as long as the
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#166
We need a constitutional amendment combined with chsnges in state laws changing the definitions of
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#233
Actually Sanders has been quite competitive in several polls that measured his
totodeinhere
Oct 2015
#206
This might come as a shock to you; but, while those issues might matter ...
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#116
We all do that. It's human nature. Especially for those who are passionate about issues
Armstead
Oct 2015
#164
If she wins the nomination and she's up against any of those candidates the GOP is fielding
LynneSin
Oct 2015
#175
You have a point but IMO it's just a stale sequal to a movie that's getting old
Armstead
Oct 2015
#177
Ironic that those that hate the far left want to believe that HRC is progressive. She is a neolibera
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#197
There is only one box. Each orbital can contain up to two electrons. Which electron decays first?
DhhD
Oct 2015
#98
She has Keystone lobbyists on her staff. She pushed for TPP 45 times, the Iraq war
think
Oct 2015
#15
I don't think you can call it "opposition" if she's been on both sides of an issue.
Jester Messiah
Oct 2015
#95
Two words come to mind. "Gold Standard" - Hillary Clinton on the TPP prior to a final bill.
Bubzer
Oct 2015
#182
"she has a habit of stealing Bernie's positions and claiming them her own..."
BeanMusical
Oct 2015
#228
I'd like to add her signing the Bankruptcy "Reform" Act. NOTHING "pgrogressive"
CharlotteVale
Oct 2015
#8
She's been consistent on one issue... NOT PROGRESSIVE on supporting H-1B quota expansion!!!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#60
Mostly on issues that don't cost the wealthy and the corporations anything
dreamnightwind
Oct 2015
#160
Give it time, we'll also be dictating the clothes you wear, how you think and what you eat
LynneSin
Oct 2015
#176
Calling her a progrogressive is another trick like Republicans using bogus names on legislation.
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#35
Who said she's a Progressive? Even Hillary herself confirmed that she is firmly
NorthCarolina
Oct 2015
#42
Fine, let's stick to Democrat and Independent, the terms that actually matter. nt
ucrdem
Oct 2015
#43
He's running as a Democrat, and finally gives REAL Democrats someone to vote for...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#87
If you ever tuned to Thom Hartmann the way most PROGRESSIVES do these days...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#107
Which is why those trying to blame Nader for losing should support Instant Runoff Voting...
cascadiance
Nov 2015
#258
She may not be as progressive as you like, but anyone may choose to consider her progressive
ToxMarz
Oct 2015
#64
Is their no bad policy that Hillary supporters won't ignore to elect her President?
Maedhros
Oct 2015
#149
I'm not demanding you not say something, but that you back up what you are saying...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#113
Yes, with the "Progressive" Policy Institute, and the "Progressive" Coalition for American Jobs...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#101
I consider Hillary supporters to be my political opponents, in a larger sense than just
Maedhros
Oct 2015
#152
IMO she is at best a centrist more accurately a I'll say whatever will get me a vote ist
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#132
You are entitled to your opinion on this issue and we are entitled to our opinion
Gothmog
Oct 2015
#136
We might want to figure out how to stand together ... or we will surely hang seperately
NotHardly
Oct 2015
#178
Ironically those that spew hatred toward the "far left". They are so easily fooled. nm
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#198
yesterday the proprietor of the new hate site proclaimed that progressives are the worst enemy
Doctor_J
Oct 2015
#189
How about "please don't call Clinton a progressive during the primary"? Clearly, she is no
Attorney in Texas
Oct 2015
#194
So you say her stand on SS isn't progressive? Just because it sounds like the same shit
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#223
It would take a special kind of idiot to call Hillary Clinton a progressive.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#235
I don't think half the people on this site would call Hillary a Progressive. SHE doesn't btw. I
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#236
I refuse to accept defeat before a single vote is cast. Obviously, some politicians disagree n/t
JonLeibowitz
Oct 2015
#247
I call Hillary a corporate conservative, always have but she now seems to have gone
Todays_Illusion
Nov 2015
#254
Her election campaign sell out was pretty obvious, first she was moving left along with Bernie, then
Todays_Illusion
Nov 2015
#263