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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:43 AM
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Poll question: Has Hillary's campaign tactics made you stop supporting her?
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 10:43 AM by LoZoccolo
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Kaylee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:44 AM
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1. I have lost my respect for her, but I would vote for her in the GE over McCain.
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CPschem Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:44 AM
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2. +1
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:46 AM
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3. I didn't support her from the beginning
Her campaign tactics have cost her my respect, fwiw.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:48 AM
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4. Did Obama's Swiftboating of the Clintons on Race make you stop supporting him?
Flamerbaiter™
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:51 AM
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5. Oh please
They (the Clintons) dug their own hole on that one.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:07 AM
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8. Obama is doing what Bush did in 2000 and 2004
Claiming to be 'above the fray' while his supporters and the media have a blanket party on his rival

In 2000 the media, at the behest of the republicans, dug through every statement that Al Gore had ever made, took them out of context, and painted him as a 'serial liar.' The media, too lazy to actually do their jobs, didn't bother looking at the efficacy of the stories, instead running with them day in day out. Meanwhile Bush received kid glove treatment and almost no scrutiny whatsoever.

Obama has everyone from Olberman and Tweety to Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller doing his dirty work for him, all in his name. Obamas supporters have a pack mentality.

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/08/28/moore_rove_swift_boat/">Pure Rovian smear artistry

"Rove developed a template for smearing opponents. The goal was to have his candidates hover above the fray while urging their opponents to concentrate on issues, thereby constantly putting them in a position of having to play defense and deny unfounded accusations. Eventually, the Rove client, according to the script, would step out to demand an end to the ugliness. Of course, Rove wrote the narrative of these plans in such a way that calling for a truce would not occur until the damage had already been done to his opposition."


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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:10 AM
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11. Good post, thanks!
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oviedodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:52 AM
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6. If did for me. Her unprovoked insinuations and subtle attacks against Obama
is the reason why.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:03 AM
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7. Her campaign has CONFIRMED my negative opinion of Hillary...
Before the campaign, I didn't like her Iraq-war vote or her refusal to admit it was a mistake--when
Kerry, Edwards and others came forward to denounce their vote.

I didn't like that her husband spent time working on fundraisers and playing golf with the Bushes, a family
that is destroying America.

I didn't like that the Clintons seemed to destroy anyone who got in the way of their career goals and I
suspected that their slash-and-burn tactics would be used against a Democrat.

I didn't like Clinton's presumed "inevitability." I thought it was myopic and self centered.

I didn't like her overly-managed, closed-down style of campaigning that seemed to blow off the voters
and give us a stale, impersonal, Rovian campaign.

When the campaigns blew into Iowa, I was hoping to like Hillary and get to know her better. When the candidates
come to Iowa, before the caucuses, we usually get to know them fairly well as they participate in town-hall meetings
and meet with small groups of voters. Biden, Richardson, Obama and Edwards all did this. Clinton never did.

I was disappointed in her, as she seemed to skate through the state with her inevitability and her endorsements
from local DLC politicians.

Her campaign has only confirmed my suspicions about her. The lies, the dirty tricks, the self-centeredness, the win-at-any-cost mentality. Trying to strong arm Super Delegates and cheating with Michigan and Florida. She's not a nice person.

I could care less about Hillary Clinton anymore.

I don't need to see anymore. Let's just hope she drops out. She's an embarrassment to our party.
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Independent-Voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:08 AM
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9. Indeed. Never even considered her to be honest.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:26 AM
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13. Kerry did not denounce his vote, on the contrary, he said given same circumstances...
...he would do it again.

Bill Clinton is destroying america by playing golf?

Your not very honest at all....I stopped reading after your second assertion.
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rniel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:10 AM
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10. re
I ran away from hillary as soon as Faux News decided she was going to be our nominee.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 11:23 AM
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12. I never liked Hillary from the time she was First Lady.
I found her to be phony and insincere...and also cold. With her offensive conduct in this campaign, I sincerely and deeply dislike and distrust her. In fact, I loathe her. Hate is a bit strong of a word...yet. If she is the nominee ~~ gawd forbid ~~ in November, I will go to the polls, hold my nose, vote for her and gag all the way home. The ONLY reason that I will do this is because John McCain is worse than she is...but not by much. In fact, they are more like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum than they are dissimilar.

Under NO circumstances will I work for her if she is the nominee. Nor will I donate time or money in any manner. I just am not able in any manner to reconcile myself to working in support of someone who has blood from the Iraq War all over her hands.

If Obama wins....that is a different story. He gets my time, money, efforts and support. I will gladly go to the polls in November to vote for him. I used to be an Edwards supporter ~~ started out with DK long ago and worked for him in 2004. I cannot support Hillary under any circumstances. She is so DINO that I find her totally unacceptable.
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