I expect Clinton to lose West Virginia.

[Sparkly]

The same reason behind much of her opposition: misleading tactics, twisting her words out of context.

She said coal needs to be replaced by clean energy. That means we'll be putting a lot of people out of jobs. So we need to make sure they get new jobs.

Sanders said the same thing.

BUT her words about putting people out of jobs got plucked, replayed and distorted out of context as if to say, "She's going to make us lose our jobs and be unemployed!!!!"

Always a double standard.

[Autumn]

1. Maybe they just see how she flip flopped and will decide she's not trustworthy enough.

[Sparkly]

4. You made my point.

Thanks.

[Autumn]

19. Poor Hillary, her words came back to bite her. She must not have been aware that West Virginia

hadn't voted yet.

[casperthegm]

34. Maybe it was just a poor choice of words?

People make mistakes. The problem for HRC is her "trust issue." It might have been easier to dismiss if she didn't already have that tag. It's a shame she hasn't chose to be more transparent and forthcoming. This might not have come back to haunt her like it has. It's a real shame

[Autumn]

37. She seems to do that often. I remember in 08 when her gun stance changed

and she got all Annie Oakley, as Obama called it. I supported her then and that was my first WTF.

[casperthegm]

39. We could make a game of this; how about the gay marriage flip flop?

If we made a drinking game out of this we'd be drunk in fifteen minutes

[Autumn]

43. Now she's lurching to the Left on heath care, It's no longer "Medicare for All, No we can't " to

perhaps younger Americans,could voluntarily pay the full cost to join the program. No drinking game to her flip flops.

[tonyt53]

2. But she said it in front of coal miners

Bernie didn't have the guts to, he held his rally in a safe location in front of supporters. A real leader doesn't run and hide from adversity. HRC/Bernie won't carry WV anyway. Difference today is that those safe Bernie supporters will show up to vote. Come November they would be swamped by Trump voters.

[Sparkly]

5. True. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Tonight's episode of the blame game has begun.

and it's not even 6 o'clock EDT

[Sparkly]

6. Just sayin'.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. She said that her misstatement was taken out of context!

What more do you people want?

[Sparkly]

10. That's all she could do.

It's harder not to say ANYthing people could take out of context unless you keep repeating four main themes over and over and over again.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. "Context" apparently means "the audience I was talking to"

Saying "A" in an A-friendly audience is in context. Reminding people who don't want "A" that she was in favor of it last week is apparently "out of context".

[Sparkly]

17. No, it means giving the whole quote for accurate meaning.

[Sparkly]

22. Yup -- she's not as rehearsed as some

and she goes beyond four main themes repeated with supportive audiences, actually speaking with people and taking questions.

There's nothing wrong with what she said.

[beedle]

38. This is the presidential race you know?

Usually it is expected that the candidates, when it comes to the specifics of their policies, should actually be seriously damned "rehearsed".

Do you really think that when she claimed to want to close down the coal industry she didn't realize that this meant putting people out of work? If she didn't, then she sure as hell is not qualified to run a country.

[Buzz Clik]

8. If she stays within 35%, Bernie's road remains very steep.

[Sparkly]

12. Yup.

[NurseJackie]

9. You can't please everyone. (Bernie still won't be the nominee.)

[Sparkly]

13. And it's West Virginia, so...

There's that.

[NurseJackie]

20. Nothing against WV...it's lovely. Charming folks. It's just too small to benefit Bernie very much.

And it doesn't make sense for Hillary to chasing after a handful of voters (that would probably never vote for her anyway) at the expense of losing much more reasonable voters.

Odd that they prefer Bernie although he has an almost identical policy that Hillary does regarding coal.

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. Oh come on........

That was cheap.

[Major Nikon]

27. Results...

On Tue May 10, 2016, 05:07 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

And it's West Virginia, so...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1936550

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Disparaging an entire state is uncalled for.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Tue May 10, 2016, 05:09 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Not necessarily disparaging.
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Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
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Explanation: No explanation given

[Sparkly]

29. Wow.

I thought Bernie dissed the whole south as irrelevant.

[Punkingal]

11. Deservedly so.

[Sparkly]

15. I see.

She deserves a double standard.

Okey dokey.

[Punkingal]

18. i don't know how you can talk about a double standard when the deck is and has been stacked

In her favor from the very start. If she had any standards she wasn't willing to flip on she wouldn't get herself in trouble by opening her mouth.

[Sparkly]

23. I never saw the deck stacked in her favor.

On the contrary. It's been stacked against her for 35 years.

She didn't "flip." What she said made sense, but was taken out of context to distort its meaning.

Sorry there's such a problem with her "opening her mouth."

[Punkingal]

40. She sticks her foot in it often, and that's why I don't trust her.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

24. A presumably deft and experienced politician -- the sort Hillary is purported to be --

would not have provided the opportunity to have her words used against her. Perhaps the faith in her political prowess is misplaced.

[Sparkly]

28. She speaks.

She answers questions from audiences who aren't all supporters.

She is not a "natural politician" in the retail sense. She's a brilliant, hardworking leader, though.

[silvershadow]

26. If a candidate loses, the blame belongs squarely on that candidate. nt

[Sparkly]

30. Okay.

I'll remember that. Hope you do, too.

[silvershadow]

32. The collusion between the DNC and the HRC campaign, notwithstanding (Debbie-gate), and

the Great Coast to Coast Disenfranchisement Tour also.

[arcane1]

31. She is, of course, completely blameless in her loss. Yeah right.

Always playing the victim

[silvershadow]

33. She is always the victim, don't you know? It appears it has metastasized to her supporters as well.

[thesquanderer]

35. re: "Sanders said the same thing." "Always a double standard."

AFAIK, it is not Sanders making an issue of her quote (or taking it out of context). From what I read, it was being used in a Supreme Court race.

[dchill]

36. EVERYTHING Hillary says...

is Bernie's fault. Got it.

[Tarc]

41. I expect her to as well, because now Trump minions are free to come over

and skew the results.

[beaglelover]

42. Does not matter if she loses. She can lose all the remaining primaries and she'll still be the D

nominee! That makes me very happy!!