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Why should I vote for an Imperialist / Hawk? (Original Post) AZ Progressive Apr 2016 OP
Well, Hillary Supporters??? Herman4747 Apr 2016 #1
About whom are you speaking? MineralMan Apr 2016 #2
you shouldn't .. in my honest opinion... berniepdx420 Apr 2016 #3
Because you have no choice. Your other option is the devil himself. Avalux Apr 2016 #4
You shouldn't. Punkingal Apr 2016 #5
Don't. Stay home. JoePhilly Apr 2016 #6
Supreme Court! Octafish Apr 2016 #7
Don't then. If you can prosper in a Trump presidency then go for it. hack89 Apr 2016 #8
No one gives a fuck who you vote for. woolldog Apr 2016 #9
Actually "no one" is a large tent. I care who he votes for. EndElectoral Apr 2016 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #27
I do believe you can only really speak for your own self. djean111 Apr 2016 #19
Obey me? woolldog Apr 2016 #20
Welcome to "full ignore." n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #26
"I", "I", "I'. That pretty much says it all. Trust Buster Apr 2016 #10
Are you referring to Hillary Mnpaul Apr 2016 #23
Yes, I was wondering that too... Herman4747 Apr 2016 #34
he has consistently voted to pay for lots of war and killing and can get you some lockheed jets msongs Apr 2016 #12
You don't like the neighbor's kids. Downwinder Apr 2016 #13
Vote for whomever you damn well please. N/t Godhumor Apr 2016 #14
Trump will nuke the Middle East Dem2 Apr 2016 #15
Stay home. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #16
Vote for who you want Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #17
Hmmm......"insignificant points"? seekthetruth Apr 2016 #18
You shouldn't. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #21
nice to hear from another Republican "for" Bernie Bill USA Apr 2016 #22
"Anti war" is now out of favor... actslikeacarrot Apr 2016 #24
You shouldn't. LWolf Apr 2016 #25
Why should we? Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #28
You shouldn't. You should vote for Hillary. But if you are saying you don't want to, then don't. Squinch Apr 2016 #29
To break the glass ceiling. clg311 Apr 2016 #30
Or answer this (I saw posted this AM) pdsimdars Apr 2016 #31
You shouldn't. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #32
You should never do that. Too bad a lot of Democrats have and will. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #33

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
4. Because you have no choice. Your other option is the devil himself.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 03:58 PM
Apr 2016

At least that's what people are telling me when I ask that question.

I hate it.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
7. Supreme Court!
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:03 PM
Apr 2016

Think if another Justice Kagan gets on there how long Gov. Don Siegelman will have to stay in prison.

hack89

(39,181 posts)
8. Don't then. If you can prosper in a Trump presidency then go for it.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:04 PM
Apr 2016

I can't imagine him starting any wars, can you?

 

woolldog

(8,791 posts)
9. No one gives a fuck who you vote for.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:05 PM
Apr 2016

Stay home if you like. Who cares?

I'm tired of these "look at me" threads where Sanders supporters pout about how impure Clinton is and solicit Clinton supporters to prostate themselves before the poster and beg for the poster's vote, all of these reasons the Clinton supporter will cite the poster already knows and will inevitably reject.

Stay the fuck home if you want to. No one is going to beg you for your insignificant vote.

EndElectoral

(4,213 posts)
11. Actually "no one" is a large tent. I care who he votes for.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:09 PM
Apr 2016

If you lost people in a misguided war, you tend to understand his question.

Response to EndElectoral (Reply #11)

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
19. I do believe you can only really speak for your own self.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 05:14 PM
Apr 2016

Just don't click on the OPs, would be a good solution. No one is gonna obey you, you know that, right?

 

woolldog

(8,791 posts)
20. Obey me?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 05:38 PM
Apr 2016

Where did I order anyone to do anything? I told him he can do whatever the hell he wants. And he can. But don't think for a second that you or the others threatening not to vote for Clinton because your e-feelings are hurt amount to a hill of beans.

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
23. Are you referring to Hillary
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:06 PM
Apr 2016

because she is nonstop I,I,I. I counted 14 times in two minutes in one opening statement.

msongs

(73,754 posts)
12. he has consistently voted to pay for lots of war and killing and can get you some lockheed jets
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:13 PM
Apr 2016

Stuckinthebush

(11,203 posts)
17. Vote for who you want
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:33 PM
Apr 2016

Why would I vote for a one-issue guy who has no experience as a Democrat and very little support on either side of the aisle?



But I'll vote for him if he wins the Dem nomination. Yep. Gladly with a lot of gusto.

For the primary? Nah.

 

seekthetruth

(504 posts)
18. Hmmm......"insignificant points"?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 04:36 PM
Apr 2016

I would say that a vote for a disastrous war and support for further fracking, which releases a gas some 60% more toxic to our atmosphere than CO2, is not "insignificant" facets on one candidate's platform.

You shouldn't support, if you're a progressive, a "Hawk" or an "Imperialist", and anyone who says that you should just to keep <fill in the blank Republican> out of office isn't a true progressive.

I read on another post that those of us who support Sanders and refuse to tow the party-line gave us Bush back in 2000 when people supported Nader. The problem with that logic is that I would take a President Gore any day over a President H. Clinton. I do not support unnecessary wars, and I do not support those who vote for such wars.

My vote is my voice, and yours is too. Use it to your voice your beliefs, otherwise what in the hell is the point?

Plus, if Hillary thinks that inserting Warren into her campaign as a running mate is going to help her capture us Progressives to "unify" the <corporate> party, she's going to experience some true backlash.

I would be sorely disappointed in Warren if she aligned herself with H. Clinton, but something tells me that Warren has true values that cannot be swayed with the temptation of power. H. Clinton, on the other hand, can be. Just look at the bankruptcy legislation that Warren opposed that sided with single mothers vs. the banking industry. H. Clinton supported Warren, but when it was politically advantageous to switch her allegiance, she didn't hesitate one moment to take that corporate cash.

A shame!

actslikeacarrot

(464 posts)
24. "Anti war" is now out of favor...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:08 PM
Apr 2016

...in the dem party. Painfully obvious during this primary.


On edit: also, nobody is making a case. A lot of "fuck you's" and "vote for whom you want". Speaks volumes.

Squinch

(59,522 posts)
29. You shouldn't. You should vote for Hillary. But if you are saying you don't want to, then don't.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:24 PM
Apr 2016
 

clg311

(119 posts)
30. To break the glass ceiling.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:28 PM
Apr 2016

That has kept women Imperialists/Warmongers out of the oval office. Women should have the same right as men to kill innocent civilians. That's what the suffragettes fought for.

 

northernsouthern

(1,511 posts)
32. You shouldn't.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:28 PM
Apr 2016

Most of us didn't vote for Hillary for that same reason in 2008. No reason to think she has gotten better after playing chess with Libya.

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