The enemy of my enemy is my friend

[upaloopa]

By using repub scandals to support your candidate makes the repubs your friends.
Why do dirty work when they will do it for you.

[Hortensis]

27. Just remember, empowering enemies means big blow-back.

[liberal N proud]

2. The way lies get propagated on this board makes me wonder sometimes

I wonder just who or where some of the posters come from.

[oasis]

6. I don't wonder. I'd say at least 1/3 would not vote

The Dem ticket in 2016, no matter who was on it.

[NanceGreggs]

21. At least one-third ...

... at this point, probably more than that.

The same posters who have talked trash about the Dem Party since joining are still doing it. The same people who posted nothing but anti-Obama posts now post nothing but anti-HRC posts.

There are people here who have never posted anything positive about any Democrat.

Funny how you always see DUers saying, "If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck ...," but supposedly never see the ducks among them.

And now DU is full of alleged BS supporters - who use that alleged supporter status to trash Hillary (and every Dem who supports her) as cover for doing so on a "Democratic" board.

[Capt. Obvious]

23. Some people say that's typical of cult behavior

amirite?

[NanceGreggs]

30. What is typical ...

... of cult behaviour is immediately embracing someone who you believe is on your side solely because they profess to have an enemy in common with you.

A lot of RW trolls were accepted as True Progressives (TM) here simply because they posted the same anti-Obama screeds that the progressier-than-thous posted. "You cant stand Obama, too? You must be one of us!"

Remember BetterBelieveIt? He posted anti-Obama/anti-Dem bullshit for over three years and 18,000 posts - and was declared a "true progressive voice" by the PTTs - until he let his guard down and was outed as what he'd been all along: a RW troll.

Pretending to be a BS supporter here provides great cover for bashing the front-runner, any Dem who supports her, and the Party as a whole, while maintaining one's board cred as a "Democrat".

[Andy823]

33. Exactly nt

[oasis]

25. Us Democrats have what it takes to prevail here at DU, and beyond.

[brooklynite]

31. -I- think a lot of people talk a good game...and will be pulling the D lever next November.

[daleanime]

3. Republicans are talking about Hillary's pro-war record?

I think I just hurt my jaw.


Is there anything else that they are making sense about? Or is that an isolated item?

[Autumn]

4. You still sad Bernie supporters talk about issues?

[Fred Sanders]

5. There no issue talked about more than bashing Clinton with RW propaganda. As proven daily.

[Autumn]

7. The RW didn't twist Hillary arm to make her do what she chose to do with her email. .

So I don't consider any discussion over that to be RW propaganda. I'm positive she did nothing wrong but she made that an issue, no one else .

[Fred Sanders]

8. Sure. Just like "it was her fault" for making Bgazhi an issue? If that is what one believes.

EGazhi = BGazhi.

Brought to by the same folks.

And some new ones lately.

[Autumn]

12. Bgazhi was a RW smear, Hillary's email and her handling of it was an issue of her own making.

If you have issues with Democrats discussing it, take it up with Hillary.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027209985

The Democratic frontrunner said such questions are “fair game” and that she takes full responsibility for the controversy.
“It was my choice,” Clinton said. “It was a mistake back when I did it, and I’m trying to do the best I can to answer all of the questions that people have.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Some questions are fair game, the speculation and breathless outrages over daily zilch are....zilch.

Supporting RW zilch at DU used to be avoided, not cheered.

And now that the Howdy Gowdy Get Clinton Kanagaroo Court is in session, who will be cheering for that bit of sophistry to again try to take down the overwhelming favorite to win the WH for a single party for an unprecedented 3rd straight term?

Bengazhi, Phase 2.

Who will cheer?

[hifiguy]

18. IMO the email issue is a real but probably minor one.

Benghazi has never been anything but RWNJ bullshit.

I have never mentioned either in my strong criticisms of Clinton. There are plenty of real issues on which she is a complete failure and I stick to those.

[Autumn]

19. I agree with you on both, but when it come's up I will feel free to discuss it.

I think it shows a problem with her judgment, she knows just what the republicans do and how they do it. She gave them a gift to go after her with. She knew better and she did it anyway.

[hifiguy]

20. It's just another reflection of her arrogance

not a huge one, but it does reflect badly on her judgment.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. Telling the truth about what happened is not supporting a Repub scandal.

If your candidate can't stand up to the truth, how will she/he stand up to the lies that the GOP slime machine will roll out for the General Election?


If your candidate is so weak that the truth hurts, then maybe you should consider a different candidate.

[restorefreedom]

22. +10000 nt

[oasis]

10. You won't shame that bunch into doing what they know is right.

They have no problem holding Hillary to a standard they blatantly ignore.

[NCTraveler]

11. The right wing media is trying to bring her down.

Absolutely nothing new about it and we all know about it. The only difference between the right wing media and many of the posts here? The right wing media offers page six retractions. There are no retractions here for the dishonesty.

There is zero difference in promoting the email thing and promoting Gowdy. Those promoting it are his supporters. No difference.

[Cheese Sandwich]

13. It's not cool for government officials to do public business on personal email servers.

I don't know why on this earth anybody would defend that.

It's not a republican scandal. It's just a case that shows the arrogance of power and how some people think they don't have to follow the rules.

It could have caused a serious problem. Also they keep changing the story making like they are trying to cover it up.

[Snap the Turtle]

14. What the hell are you saying?

Seems like someone is speaking in tongues....

[LostOne4Ever]

15. The enemy of my enemy

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Though in seriousness, I don't support using bull scandals to support my candidate. I just like focusing on the issues.

I also don't believe in using false dichotomy fallacies either.

Peace.

Edit: Beside, the other democratic candidates are not my candidate's enemies, but rather rivals.[/font]

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. Yawn x2

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. " The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a Mafia dictum.

/thread

[Darb]

26. No Shit. It's pathetic.

I like Bernie, but come on Bernie's people, quit taking cues from the Baggers. WTF?

[Cosmic Kitten]

28. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" so...

Hillary supporters are now "friends"
with the right-wingers in their
hate for Bernie and his minions?

[brooklynite]

32. Care to share ANY reference here to someone "hating" Bernie Sanders?

...because finding someone who hates Hillary Clinton would be very easy.

[Andy823]

34. I agree

Nobody here hates Bernie, it's some of the phony self proclaimed Bernie supporters that people don't like, and they are pretty easy to spot if one really wants to see them.

[Decoy of Fenris]

29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more nor less. n/t