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yardwork

(61,608 posts)
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:03 AM Dec 2015

I support Hillary and I'm delighted that Trudeau won in Canada.

I remember when his father was in office.

I think it's wonderful that that right wing jerk Harper was defeated.

I don't know a single person who is unhappy that Harper was defeated. All the Democrats I know - Hillary and Bernie supporters alike - are pleased with the Canadian election results. The Republicans I know seem unaware of the election, as they are unaware of most actual current events (bless their hearts).

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I support Hillary and I'm delighted that Trudeau won in Canada. (Original Post) yardwork Dec 2015 OP
WTF is this all about? RandySF Dec 2015 #1
I hope my thread will get 243 recs yardwork Dec 2015 #2
Well, it should. One from me. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #5
Thank you! We have a long way to go. yardwork Dec 2015 #6
K and R--and thanks riversedge Dec 2015 #69
An earlier thread where a ceertain DUer said we all like Harper. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #8
They're so desperate.. they have to have something to hang onto.. "Hill supporters wanted Cha Dec 2015 #16
Its getting freaking ridiculous workinclasszero Dec 2015 #23
It's hilarious! Cha Dec 2015 #31
Incredibly stupid lie. okasha Dec 2015 #107
Yes.. all it did was expose who approves of such insipid smears. Cha Dec 2015 #108
You can't fix stupid--and that was beyond stupid riversedge Dec 2015 #98
There was a delusional OP by a Canadian who said Hill supporters had a sad that harper didn't win.. Cha Dec 2015 #45
Thanks, Cha. I didn't bother with that thread until R B Garr Dec 2015 #52
We were as Happy as this!!!! Cha Dec 2015 #55
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Dec 2015 #54
So Happy! Cha Dec 2015 #59
Great picture!!! still_one Dec 2015 #61
Read GD:P for the past two days. treestar Dec 2015 #74
I have strategically hidden just a few individuals from GD:P wildeyed Dec 2015 #83
There was an idiotic thread recently MoonRiver Dec 2015 #119
Same here. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #3
Are you Canadian? yardwork Dec 2015 #4
And how is Hillary the the Left of Harper? MannyGoldstein Dec 2015 #7
Your the expert on Canada, MrWendel Dec 2015 #9
Here's how: MannyGoldstein Dec 2015 #11
They will figure you out one day, Manny. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #13
Not that hard at all. NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #27
I would actually struggle to find a policy issue where she isn't. Zynx Dec 2015 #26
Hillary is to the left of both Harper and Trudeau on the Keystone Pipeline. pnwmom Dec 2015 #47
I'm with you! nt MADem Dec 2015 #10
Thanks! yardwork Dec 2015 #36
DU rec...nt SidDithers Dec 2015 #12
Thank you! yardwork Dec 2015 #33
Honest we didn't want harper to win, Sid.. LOL Cha Dec 2015 #41
Yup! Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #14
Hi sweetie! yardwork Dec 2015 #35
Always a pleasure to see you! Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #63
Excellent yardwork! Of course we were so happy! He's going to the White House next Cha Dec 2015 #15
Handsome man. Maybe a WH dinner and the Clintons will be on the dinner list Iliyah Dec 2015 #28
How Cool would that be?! Freaking Just Dessserts! Cha Dec 2015 #34
That is wonderful! yardwork Dec 2015 #30
Yes! In fact when it was on LBN.. I posted my appreciation for this.. So proof. let them chew on Cha Dec 2015 #39
Well I hope you're not expecting to get 300 recs with the truth. Not in this place. Number23 Dec 2015 #17
One would think there would never have to be thread like this.. telling we're glad Justin Trudeau Cha Dec 2015 #19
Thank you! Appalling, isn't it? yardwork Dec 2015 #32
I haven't seen any support for Harper murielm99 Dec 2015 #18
Of course not.. that's delusional. Cha Dec 2015 #21
Because it is not true. The fact is, HRC supports Prime Minister Trudeau Iliyah Dec 2015 #25
Thanks! yardwork Dec 2015 #29
I think those types of alerts murielm99 Dec 2015 #44
What were they claiming? pnwmom Dec 2015 #48
Alerter deliberately misstated the meaning of her post. yardwork Dec 2015 #70
I saw the Cha Dec 2015 #64
I disavow those Sanders "supporters." joshcryer Dec 2015 #20
Thank you, josh~ Cha Dec 2015 #22
I know you do, Josh. yardwork Dec 2015 #37
... NurseJackie Dec 2015 #76
Add me to the list. eom lunamagica Dec 2015 #24
Thank you! yardwork Dec 2015 #38
.. Cha Dec 2015 #65
Same here. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #40
Thank you! yardwork Dec 2015 #42
Absolutely! Bobbie Jo Dec 2015 #43
.. Cha Dec 2015 #62
I say this bluntly. They just got overly excited at coming up with a new name betsuni Dec 2015 #46
I think you're right. Just an excuse to link Hillary R B Garr Dec 2015 #50
"PHONY" ... Precisely! NurseJackie Dec 2015 #78
Thanks, betsuni- nice to have the perspective to be able to laugh at it. NBachers Dec 2015 #51
I've also seen comparisons to Hitler, and, most recently Enron! yardwork Dec 2015 #71
Santorum, too. She was compared unfavorably to Santorum. yardwork Dec 2015 #80
"I say this bluntly".. LOL Cha Dec 2015 #84
I think you nailed it! mcar Dec 2015 #88
I am up voting you ...thank-you for you comments...your fellow HRC supporter mgmaggiemg Dec 2015 #49
I came out against Justin Beiber gwheezie Dec 2015 #53
It was you! Lol! yardwork Dec 2015 #72
Thanks also to yardwork for highlghting this R B Garr Dec 2015 #56
Thank you! yardwork Dec 2015 #75
Same Here Hal Bent Dec 2015 #57
Hillary Doesn't Deserve To Be Equated With Trudeau billhicks76 Dec 2015 #58
"Whaaaaaaaa! Rickyyyyyyy!" NurseJackie Dec 2015 #81
Wonder What The Next Slimey Tactic Will Be billhicks76 Dec 2015 #110
Hillary and PM Justin Trudeau are going to get along great together.. Just like him and Cha Dec 2015 #60
I know right? ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #66
This Hillary supporter supports Trudeau too. Skidmore Dec 2015 #67
Smears ALWAYS get trotted out as gospel DFW Dec 2015 #68
Me too. treestar Dec 2015 #73
Of course Clinton supporters AND most liberal Democrats are happy..... George II Dec 2015 #77
It's a bizarre assertion. yardwork Dec 2015 #79
I'm right there with you William769 Dec 2015 #82
Thank you, Bill! yardwork Dec 2015 #85
Always grateful to help out with a truthful OP William769 Dec 2015 #90
Yet indeed ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #89
Rec. nt LexVegas Dec 2015 #86
K&R mcar Dec 2015 #87
Hey, up to 60 recs! yardwork Dec 2015 #91
Big K & R from me... Spazito Dec 2015 #92
Thanks! yardwork Dec 2015 #93
all smiles KMOD Dec 2015 #94
Nice pic! Iliyah Dec 2015 #96
Great photo! yardwork Dec 2015 #100
i kinda feel like if you're happy about Trudeau retrowire Dec 2015 #95
That's your opinion and others do not have to share it. The other OP had no proof of his Cha Dec 2015 #99
It's a reasonable question. My OP, however, is in response to something else. yardwork Dec 2015 #104
no i know what its in response to. retrowire Dec 2015 #105
Yes, it was a baseless accusation. Thank you for saying so here. yardwork Dec 2015 #106
Sanders still hasn't outlined what he's going to do different enough that someone should take a uponit7771 Dec 2015 #112
ITP: a user states Bernie hasnt outlined a plan retrowire Dec 2015 #113
Not talking about a "plan", objections to voting for Sanders has been stated enough around here uponit7771 Dec 2015 #115
I stopped taking you seriously retrowire Dec 2015 #116
The word "plan" is not even in my post you responded to, you know that right? 6 months later and... uponit7771 Dec 2015 #117
I stopped taking you seriously retrowire Dec 2015 #118
K & R DURHAM D Dec 2015 #97
You are beautiful. yardwork Dec 2015 #101
I am a Clinton supporter and I am thrilled that Trudeau won Gothmog Dec 2015 #102
Canada really won out didn't they!? Rex Dec 2015 #103
... Cha Dec 2015 #109
Time to Get this Winner to the TOP! Cha Dec 2015 #111
Thanks! yardwork Dec 2015 #114
You're Welcome~ Thank you, yardwork~ Cha Dec 2015 #120

Cha

(297,240 posts)
16. They're so desperate.. they have to have something to hang onto.. "Hill supporters wanted
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:45 AM
Dec 2015

Harper".. really? I'd say I've heard it all but I'm sure they haven't scraped the bottom yet.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
45. There was a delusional OP by a Canadian who said Hill supporters had a sad that harper didn't win..
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:48 AM
Dec 2015

No proof whatsoever.. of course being so desperate to smear .. it got a lot of Recs.

Here's a post from Dec 8th in LBN that shows how happy I was that Justin Trudeau won.. as if I needed it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1284428

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
52. Thanks, Cha. I didn't bother with that thread until
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 02:37 AM
Dec 2015

looking now. Thanks for your explanation. Nailed it.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
83. I have strategically hidden just a few individuals from GD:P
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 09:24 AM
Dec 2015

I don't hate the posters or anything. They just post sooooooo much partisan smack that it drowns out the rest of the board. And the funny thing is, I have seen almost nothing about this, other than response threads. So it must be just a few instigating.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
119. There was an idiotic thread recently
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:55 PM
Dec 2015

That claimed Hillary supporters wanted the righting nut to win in Canada. That's what I think this refers to.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
3. Same here.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:11 AM
Dec 2015

I will also say that while I endorse strategic voting to keep the Cons out (vote NDP over Con), I am a supporter of the Liberal Party
and would be a member if I were a Canadian and I prefer Trudeau over Muclair, but Muclair over Harper, Horse Manure over Harper...
and most other things over Harper.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
7. And how is Hillary the the Left of Harper?
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:15 AM
Dec 2015

I mean historical Hillary, not sudden life-long Progressive Hillary.

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
47. Hillary is to the left of both Harper and Trudeau on the Keystone Pipeline.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 02:21 AM
Dec 2015

Which they support and she doesn't.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
15. Excellent yardwork! Of course we were so happy! He's going to the White House next
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:43 AM
Dec 2015

Year! President Obama and PM Justin Trudeau.. Historic!



Under new leader Trudeau, President Obama may start hailing 'O Canada'

MONTREAL — Canada's surprising election of the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau as prime minister means both the United States and its northern neighbor can expect increased cooperation during President Obama's last year in office.

"I think Justin Trudeau is certainly going to reach out to Obama," said Donald Abelson, political science professor at Western University in London, Ontario. "They share a lot of similar interests in terms of protecting the environment and advancing certain progressive policies on the world stage."


More..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/20/canada-trudeau-harper-analysis-united-states/74277862/

So happy.. and anyone that claims otherwise doesn't have a clue.. not one clue what they're talking about.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
17. Well I hope you're not expecting to get 300 recs with the truth. Not in this place.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:53 AM
Dec 2015

Not anymore.

But I'll give you mine.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
19. One would think there would never have to be thread like this.. telling we're glad Justin Trudeau
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:02 AM
Dec 2015

won PM.. we'd be wrong.

He's coming to the White House next year!

President Obama and PM Justin Trudeau.. Historic!



Under new leader Trudeau, President Obama may start hailing 'O Canada'

MONTREAL — Canada's surprising election of the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau as prime minister means both the United States and its northern neighbor can expect increased cooperation during President Obama's last year in office.

"I think Justin Trudeau is certainly going to reach out to Obama," said Donald Abelson, political science professor at Western University in London, Ontario. "They share a lot of similar interests in terms of protecting the environment and advancing certain progressive policies on the world stage."


More..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/20/canada-trudeau-harper-analysis-united-states/74277862/

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
18. I haven't seen any support for Harper
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:54 AM
Dec 2015

by HRC supporters or any other Democrat here. I think we all know that.

K&R, yardwork.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
25. Because it is not true. The fact is, HRC supports Prime Minister Trudeau
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:08 AM
Dec 2015

Seems that falsifying statements against HRC supporters goes rampant just like RWers.

yardwork

(61,608 posts)
29. Thanks!
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:20 AM
Dec 2015

By the way, that was a rotten alert on you. I was one of the leave votes. Very dishonest alert.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
44. I think those types of alerts
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:45 AM
Dec 2015

have become the norm here. We just have to wait it out, until the primaries are over.

yardwork

(61,608 posts)
70. Alerter deliberately misstated the meaning of her post.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 07:26 AM
Dec 2015

A majority of the jurors were confused or biased and voted to hide.

betsuni

(25,525 posts)
46. I say this bluntly. They just got overly excited at coming up with a new name
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:56 AM
Dec 2015

to fill in the blank here: "I see no difference between Hillary Clinton and ______" (Kissinger, Reagan, Cheney, Thatcher, Bush, the beasts from the Book of Revelation, etc.). They'll soon get tired of playing with their new toy.

NBachers

(17,110 posts)
51. Thanks, betsuni- nice to have the perspective to be able to laugh at it.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 02:34 AM
Dec 2015

I'm afraid that my response to the offending posts was neither good-natured nor humorous. Thanks for lightening things up.

What's next for the Hillstompers?

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
58. Hillary Doesn't Deserve To Be Equated With Trudeau
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 02:52 AM
Dec 2015

Trudeau is legalizing weed, doesn't invade countries or does Wall St and NSA's beckoning. He isn't the pet of the Bush family either.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
60. Hillary and PM Justin Trudeau are going to get along great together.. Just like him and
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 03:02 AM
Dec 2015

President Obama!

President Obama and PM Justin Trudeau.. Historic!



Under new leader Trudeau, President Obama may start hailing 'O Canada'

MONTREAL — Canada's surprising election of the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau as prime minister means both the United States and its northern neighbor can expect increased cooperation during President Obama's last year in office.

"I think Justin Trudeau is certainly going to reach out to Obama," said Donald Abelson, political science professor at Western University in London, Ontario. "They share a lot of similar interests in terms of protecting the environment and advancing certain progressive policies on the world stage."


More..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/20/canada-trudeau-harper-analysis-united-states/74277862/

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
67. This Hillary supporter supports Trudeau too.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:02 AM
Dec 2015

And I'm sick of the right wing smears being trotted out as gospel.

DFW

(54,379 posts)
68. Smears ALWAYS get trotted out as gospel
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:12 AM
Dec 2015

No one is going to create a smear and trot it out as a smear, are they?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
73. Me too.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 07:35 AM
Dec 2015

I think some people are getting themselves into this bubble way outside reality. They've made this fictional Hillary and now fictional Hillary supporters..

George II

(67,782 posts)
77. Of course Clinton supporters AND most liberal Democrats are happy.....
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 08:39 AM
Dec 2015

....to see Trudeau in and Harper out.

Sad that some on this site would think otherwise and make the blanket accusation that Clinton supporters would prefer the extreme right winger Harper as Canadian prime minister.

Spazito

(50,338 posts)
92. Big K & R from me...
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:00 PM
Dec 2015

All the Hillary supporters I know, both Canadian and American, are thrilled with Trudeau's win.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
99. That's your opinion and others do not have to share it. The other OP had no proof of his
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 04:55 PM
Dec 2015

accusations but was Rec as if it were true.. we're here to say as Hillary supporters we are Thrilled that Canada elected Justin Trudeau as their PM.

yardwork

(61,608 posts)
104. It's a reasonable question. My OP, however, is in response to something else.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 07:12 PM
Dec 2015

My OP is in response to the allegation that "Hillary Clinton and her supporters" are all disappointed that Trudeau won the election. That's simply not true, and my thread makes that point.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
112. Sanders still hasn't outlined what he's going to do different enough that someone should take a
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 04:43 AM
Dec 2015

... chance on him.

Tradue had a path

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
113. ITP: a user states Bernie hasnt outlined a plan
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:36 AM
Dec 2015

and attempts to look serious when discussing politics. XD

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
115. Not talking about a "plan", objections to voting for Sanders has been stated enough around here
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:27 PM
Dec 2015

... its pretty clear what he's up against

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
117. The word "plan" is not even in my post you responded to, you know that right? 6 months later and...
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:14 PM
Dec 2015

... people still don't have enough inclination to listen fully.

Gothmog

(145,242 posts)
102. I am a Clinton supporter and I am thrilled that Trudeau won
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:26 PM
Dec 2015

I was very pleases with this victory in that Harper was a real jerk and was beginning to try to emulate some of the voter suppression tactics of the GOP

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