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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:05 AM Jan 2016

Hillary Is NOT A Progressive! - Hillary Clinton Says Her Beliefs Are NOT Democrat or Liberal


Hillary: "...I went to Wellesley,....STILL a Republican,....but a different kind of attitude and a different sort of inquiry of what it was I believed....."




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Hillary Is NOT A Progressive! - Hillary Clinton Says Her Beliefs Are NOT Democrat or Liberal (Original Post) Segami Jan 2016 OP
I guess people never change... brooklynite Jan 2016 #1
The difference... Armstead Jan 2016 #6
And if Warren were running for Prez against St. Bernie, she'd be getting the same treatment. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #20
So, you would give Elizabeth Warren "the same treatment" Segami Jan 2016 #23
For sure! tazkcmo Jan 2016 #30
I would support her just as I support Sanders -- unconditionally. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #46
I will never support any candidate unconditionally... ever. More importantly, neither do you. Bubzer Jan 2016 #71
Sanders supporters are in love with their concept of who they want him to be. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #79
I wholly disagree with you that ... tex-wyo-dem Jan 2016 #92
hillary is your first choice, yes? Bubzer Jan 2016 #98
LOL! Yes, my comment is saying that I will vote the for Dem nominee. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #101
I'd probably vote Warren over Sanders. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #33
If she had run Mbrow Jan 2016 #41
That's it in a nutshell. Paka Jan 2016 #43
Agreed 100% ++ pangaia Jan 2016 #50
+1 GoneFishin Jan 2016 #110
I agree. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #63
Sanders vs. Warren is a tough call thesquanderer Jan 2016 #59
Warren lacks the many years of experience that Sanders has (and Clinton has). DhhD Jan 2016 #73
It probably wouldn't happen, but if it did, she would NOT get the same treatment Armstead Jan 2016 #37
No. I think that if Warren were running, Bernie wouldn't be. PatrickforO Jan 2016 #52
I don't think "St. Bernie" would have run if Warren had.... daleanime Jan 2016 #64
Many Sanders supporters moved to him when Warren didn't run thesquanderer Jan 2016 #65
Maybe there's a Fourth Way... or a Fifth Way. If there is, surely Hillary will find it. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2016 #24
"Where There's A Hil, There's A 'Way'"? Ken Burch Jan 2016 #111
lol... good one! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2016 #120
" The Clintons/DLC hijacked liberalism and turned it into an amorphous nothing ("centrism") that was kath Jan 2016 #29
Most don't tazkcmo Jan 2016 #34
Warren's transformation went beyond social change..... raindaddy Jan 2016 #39
Hillary is still a third way- free market capitalist daybranch Jan 2016 #62
I'd be careful comparing Clinton to Elizabeth Warren CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #74
"evolve" ? ish of the hammer Jan 2016 #84
Paid Hillary troll Loudestlib Jan 2016 #89
What an ignorant thing to say. randome Jan 2016 #99
But as a 1%er, I thought I didn't need to be paid... brooklynite Jan 2016 #114
Fascinating, is it not? Hekate Jan 2016 #117
Warren has loudly rejected the right wing policies and principles. Hillary is endorsing most of them Ferd Berfel Jan 2016 #113
Links to credible sources please. Hekate Jan 2016 #118
The Democrat Centrist Mantra for 30 years -- "We're not liberal" Armstead Jan 2016 #2
we can't really define what we are = nonsense HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #3
She has ambition. Bernie does not have that. He is not doing this for Bernie, unilke Clinton. Gregorian Jan 2016 #4
Oh, yeah. People with zero ambition run for president all the time ... are career politicians. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #7
Sorry. I couldn't help myself. Gregorian Jan 2016 #45
+1000 nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #15
Bernie is in it for all of US (and the U.S.)... what more does one need to know? InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2016 #28
Perfect !!! pangaia Jan 2016 #53
Then why do I feel guilty. Haha. Gregorian Jan 2016 #106
Here's a word I like: context. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #5
Context Armstead Jan 2016 #8
That isn't context. Sorry. That fits one of two other words: Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #11
Yes, a rationalization to avoid the principles of the democratic party JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #81
It was a non sequitur. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #85
YES. Once again, you nail it, Armstead. kath Jan 2016 #32
Do you know how to write? Segami Jan 2016 #10
Heh heh heh. Your video has no context, irrespective of your juvenile attempt to turn this around. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #12
If you want juvenile, see post #5 Segami Jan 2016 #13
This is what you bring: "I know you are, but what am I?" Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #17
I think you left out the word "know'' YOHABLO Jan 2016 #22
He took it out of context BillZBubb Jan 2016 #36
Here's a word i like: Bernie!!! ... here's another: authentic. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2016 #31
I think you look very desperate and foolish posting an old quote without context riversedge Jan 2016 #9
What else have they got? NurseJackie Jan 2016 #16
Childish behavior, name calling, divisiveness. Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #19
... and HA Goodman. NurseJackie Jan 2016 #21
Uh, that should be NOT much. betsuni Jan 2016 #26
We have Bernie Sanders. pangaia Jan 2016 #56
+1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #18
It's a mix, in terms of context. thesquanderer Jan 2016 #47
She comes across like a moderate RepubliCON much like Obama does today. fasttense Jan 2016 #51
The context is perfectly clear to me. pangaia Jan 2016 #57
K&R nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #14
Jim Hightower: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos YOHABLO Jan 2016 #25
Burn her! randome Jan 2016 #27
Hyperbole. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #35
I'm not interested in syncing my posts with anyone else's. randome Jan 2016 #44
Using Sanders excuse about his atricle on women's sexual fantasy Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #38
Point taken, and I agree with your post, some of these attacks are defeating IMPO AuntPatsy Jan 2016 #54
Apples and oranges. pangaia Jan 2016 #60
Yes, quiet different subjects, you may have missed the point, Sanders said he was young, Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #66
It has nothing to do with young old... pangaia Jan 2016 #67
Got it, then Sanders excuse of being young is not acceptable, then so be it. Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #76
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2016 #40
Kicked and recommended! Thanks, Segami. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #42
K&R!!!! Phlem Jan 2016 #48
Hillary is so out of touch. Why would anyone vote for her when we have much better choices? whereisjustice Jan 2016 #49
I agree. Why settle for less? Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #119
"Not Democrat" Cary Jan 2016 #55
Yes, that was jarring. Sometime it's like listening to Rush around here. SunSeeker Jan 2016 #94
Good. I don't want an ideologue as President. firebrand80 Jan 2016 #58
I am a Clinton Democrat. NCTraveler Jan 2016 #61
They aren't Democrat, Liberal, or Conservative... vi5 Jan 2016 #68
Total nonsense Cary Jan 2016 #88
Huh? vi5 Jan 2016 #104
You will have two choices. Cary Jan 2016 #109
Ah....fear mongering..... vi5 Jan 2016 #112
What a load of crap Cary Jan 2016 #115
Once again, you offer a glimpse of times past and MineralMan Jan 2016 #69
She didn't mean any of that! Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #70
Is it really necessary to dig back decades to find stuff like this to attack Clinton? Interesting.. George II Jan 2016 #72
I noticed that too. NurseJackie Jan 2016 #75
No word about Bernie either. ucrdem Jan 2016 #77
"her beliefs are not democrat." Cary Jan 2016 #78
+1 Buzz Clik Jan 2016 #80
Problem is she still spouts this stuff Armstead Jan 2016 #82
Not really. Example? George II Jan 2016 #86
The problem is that we have too much at stake Cary Jan 2016 #87
We do have too much at stake to keep repeating the same old stuff that got us into this mess Armstead Jan 2016 #91
I've seen your "same old stuff" many times Cary Jan 2016 #96
What better way to contribute to DU than bash and trash Democratic candidates? JTFrog Jan 2016 #93
"Democrat Party" Cary Jan 2016 #97
Clinton is a progmoderate! and don't you forget it! ish of the hammer Jan 2016 #83
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT! n/t JTFrog Jan 2016 #90
LOL nt SunSeeker Jan 2016 #95
"I evolved my own political beliefs... Ino Jan 2016 #100
Hillary is whatever she thinks is convenient at the moment. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #102
her supporters don't WANT a liberal president Doctor_J Jan 2016 #103
OMG!!! Armageddon!!! Lil Missy Jan 2016 #105
Well, America isn't very progressive, either. Orsino Jan 2016 #107
Glad to see quoting a candidate doesn't violate the TOS Babel_17 Jan 2016 #108
MISLEADING and out of context thread title. BUT you KNEW that ALREADY. Hekate Jan 2016 #116
The epitome of desperately searching for a zinger on Hillary Sheepshank Jan 2016 #121
Next up: Home Movies of Hillary's 5th Birthday Party postatomic Jan 2016 #122
 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
1. I guess people never change...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:08 AM
Jan 2016
Liberal favorite Elizabeth Warren admits she was a Republican

Elizabeth Warren, a favorite of the left, admitted that she was once a Republican.

In an interview with The Daily Beast released on Tuesday, Warren, 62, who recently began a bid to unseat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) admitted that up into her early 40s she was a Republican.

"I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore," Warren said. "I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/189657--liberal-favorite-elizabeth-warren-admits-she-was-a-republican
 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
6. The difference...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:22 AM
Jan 2016

Warren had a clear position and changed her mind, and states why.

The Clintons/DLC hijacked liberalism and turned it into an amorphous nothing ("centrism&quot that was -- and is -- merely a cover for a kinder gentler form of corporate conservatism.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
20. And if Warren were running for Prez against St. Bernie, she'd be getting the same treatment.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:38 AM
Jan 2016
 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
23. So, you would give Elizabeth Warren "the same treatment"
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:41 AM
Jan 2016

if she were running for Prez against Hillary?

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
30. For sure!
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:46 AM
Jan 2016

Sen Warren would be under the bus as anyone who dared challenge the Anointed One would be.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
46. I would support her just as I support Sanders -- unconditionally.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:41 AM
Jan 2016

You cannot say the same.

Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
71. I will never support any candidate unconditionally... ever. More importantly, neither do you.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jan 2016

No one supports any candidate unconditionally... hillary supporters like her for reasons that escape me. Bernie supporters like him for the change from the establishment that he represents. The simple fact that we're all planning on voting for a democrat because we refuse to vote for crazy (a republican) constitutes a condition.

My point being you're not presenting a reasonable argument by claiming unconditional support.
It's a fine point, I know, but considering the context of the discussion, it's also a pertinent one.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
79. Sanders supporters are in love with their concept of who they want him to be.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:38 AM
Jan 2016

He is narrow in his experience and limited in the issues he understands. But, as with Warren, I will support him if he is nominated. Warts and all.

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
92. I wholly disagree with you that ...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:10 PM
Jan 2016

Sanders "is narrow in his experience and limited in the issues he understands" in that his record and experience totally contradicts your assertion.

I also agree with Bubzer above that no one should unconditionally support any candidate or political establishment. This belies free-thinking and rational thought. I support the Democratic Party because they (usually) more align with my position on issues, but they continue to test my support by their continued and constant shift to the right. I support Sanders in a big way because, more than any other candidate in my lifetime, he represents the positions I've held ever since I can remember. If it came out tomorrow that he is a fraud (highly unlikely), then he would lose my support.

My point is that loyalty oaths are for non-thinking republican types.

Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
98. hillary is your first choice, yes?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:26 PM
Jan 2016

I presume some of your reasons would be "He is narrow in his experience and limited in the issues he understands".
Sure, you'd vote for him under the... condition... that she did not receive the nomination.
As I suggested, your support is absolutely conditional.

His "narrow experience" is dramatically less checkered that Hillary's. Her experience is rather dubious... she doesn't exactly have a wonderful track record on judgment. Sander does have "limited understanding", he doesn't understand why giving big banks and corporations more tax dollars is acceptable and why allowing the rigged system to continue is acceptable. He doesn't understand why supporting the TPP 45 different times is okay, nor why voting in full favor of the Iraq War is somehow permissible. He has limited understanding in the realm of corruption, backroom deals and corporatist philosophy. Hillary certainly has experience there.

Lastly, your premise works for hillary supporters too... take a look:
hillary supporters are in love with their concept of who they want her to be.
It works just the same... let's not pretend that reasons for support are any less valid just because it's not your candidate.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
101. LOL! Yes, my comment is saying that I will vote the for Dem nominee.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:44 PM
Jan 2016

I would not write in anyone.

I notice that you said she "supported TPP 45 times." Are you suggesting she voted for it?

Your second paragraph is just a projection.

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
33. I'd probably vote Warren over Sanders.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:48 AM
Jan 2016

Basically the same policy positions and generally people focused but younger, more over all Democratic appeal and she could have Sanders as her running mate.

Paka

(2,760 posts)
43. That's it in a nutshell.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:19 AM
Jan 2016

He is running simply because there is a need for him to run, not because of an avidity to be President. He is doing this for
'we the people" because the country needs a revolution.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
50. Agreed 100% ++
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:52 AM
Jan 2016

I don't like it when people say --
"I've said this before and I'll say it again." BUT.
I have said exactly this before and I'll say it again,

Bernie is running because he feels, SOMEBODY has to, and because he is a servant of human beings, NOT because he wants to be president. THAT is the difference between Bernie and almost every other presidential candidate in my life time, including Clinton... BOTH of them.

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
63. I agree.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:09 AM
Jan 2016

He didn't want to but felt he had to because no others stepped up and there's a real need.

thesquanderer

(13,006 posts)
59. Sanders vs. Warren is a tough call
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:06 AM
Jan 2016

I prefer either to HRC. I think I would have taken Warren, because I think she'd have a better chance of getting the nomination, which is very much a long shot for Sanders. That said, I think Sanders might make the better president.

Sanders has the negatives of having called himself a socialist, of having been an independent rather than a Dem (though honestly, I think that's minor... I think anyone making an issue of that isn't someone who was going to vote for him anyway), of being Jewish, of being 75 (by inauguration day), and, this year, I'd even say the negative of not being a woman (because I think that many women could be okay with either Sanders or Clinton, but Clinton's gender is a factor that tips the scales in her direction).

OTOH... Warren's resume is thin. Sanders has way more experience than Warren. In fact, he has more experience than Obama, Bill Clinton, or Jimmy Carter did when they took office. We haven't had such an experienced Dem in the White House since LBJ. And although ultimately taken down by Vietnam, I think LBJ was overall a more effective president than Obama, Clinton, or Carter. Essentially, while I think Warren would have an easier time getting the nomination compared to Sanders, I think Sanders might be the more effective president. Admittedly, that's moot if he can't even get the nomination.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
73. Warren lacks the many years of experience that Sanders has (and Clinton has).
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:31 AM
Jan 2016

Warren being a professor understands learning. I believe that she is in a learning process that she wants to be in. So she sends out letters saying something like, it is your turn to run. (Not, it is your turn to be President, as that is decided by the American people.)

She probably sent out Holiday cards to many, meaning: This is America. Enjoy your traditions, rights and freedom to run for President.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
37. It probably wouldn't happen, but if it did, she would NOT get the same treatment
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:58 AM
Jan 2016

1) Neither Bernie nor Warren have a burning desire to be President just for the sake of being President. They are in it to influence the course of the country. Sure they're politicians and enjoy the "game,", but they are not in it primarily for personal ambition to be President. Bernie only stepped in when it was clear there would otherwise be a lack of competition to Clintonism.

2) You are making the common mistake of seeing this in totally personal terms. It is not that millions of people are supporting Sanders simply because they are enamored of him. It is what he stands for, his values and message and goals..... A lot of people are opposed to Clinton not because they think she is an awful person-- they do not like the type of elitistist status quo politics and governing she stands for and the interests she represents.

Feel free to disagree. But it would be helpful if you do not misrepresent the motives or beliefs of Sanders supporters.

PatrickforO

(15,426 posts)
52. No. I think that if Warren were running, Bernie wouldn't be.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:56 AM
Jan 2016

I think Bernie's doing it because he thinks someone needs to be advocating these positions on behalf of the American people because we've gone pretty darned far down the path to oligarchy/corporate government, and because of corporate propaganda are in danger of going even further - through TPP and increasing Republican fascism.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
64. I don't think "St. Bernie" would have run if Warren had....
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:09 AM
Jan 2016

If you remember one of the things he waited on before announcing his candidacy was her.

And I like that you admit that Bernie's too good you.

thesquanderer

(13,006 posts)
65. Many Sanders supporters moved to him when Warren didn't run
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:10 AM
Jan 2016

Sanders supporters are often big Warren fans. Not so much big Hillary fans. So no, I don't think she'd be getting the same treatment, as a rule.

Also please see my post #59.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,518 posts)
24. Maybe there's a Fourth Way... or a Fifth Way. If there is, surely Hillary will find it.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:41 AM
Jan 2016

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

kath

(10,565 posts)
29. " The Clintons/DLC hijacked liberalism and turned it into an amorphous nothing ("centrism") that was
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:46 AM
Jan 2016

-- and is -- merely a cover for a kinder gentler form of corporate conservatism."

TRUTH. That so many here refuse to admit.

raindaddy

(1,370 posts)
39. Warren's transformation went beyond social change.....
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:00 AM
Jan 2016

Warren wants to break up and regulate banks that have become so big and powerful they control congress and can take down our economy. Protecting the public from predator banks and deregulated corporations was once a hallmark of the Democratic party. And she's proven herself over and over again....

We need more than 3rd way lip service... Can't imagine Warren trying to sell the voters "cut it out" as a policy to deal with fraudulent banks...



daybranch

(1,309 posts)
62. Hillary is still a third way- free market capitalist
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jan 2016

as is her rich oligarchy of donors. Why do you think she always tries to dampen enthusiasm for an significant progressive measure? You want $15, she says 12 is enough. You want family leave, she says too much of a tax increase. You want Medicare for all, she says too expensive and wants to retain health insurance profit paying in system. You want free public college paid for by Wall Street taxes, she wants , like Christie, you to work 10 or more hours a week at the school. She is already working for her rich donors.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
74. I'd be careful comparing Clinton to Elizabeth Warren
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:32 AM
Jan 2016

Warren has evolved into an outspoken champion for the middle class who has bravely rallied against Wall Street abuses and corporate corruption.

Clinton, on the other hand takes money from these powerful Wall Street interests. They've invested heavily in Hillary, knowing damn well that she'll allow them to continue destroying the middle class.

Hillary Clinton has also gone full neocon.

Elizabeth Warren fights against Wall Street, very publicly and with tears in her eyes.

You should be ashamed to compare these two women. Elizabeth Warren makes Hillary look like a chump.

Loudestlib

(980 posts)
89. Paid Hillary troll
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jan 2016

Always trying to get that first post on anything about Hillary or Sanders.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
99. What an ignorant thing to say.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:26 PM
Jan 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
114. But as a 1%er, I thought I didn't need to be paid...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 03:59 PM
Jan 2016

I assume that the insult is because you couldn't think of an actual response to my point?

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
117. Fascinating, is it not?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 07:18 PM
Jan 2016

I've asked the jurors to clarify whether this kind of discourse is now truly acceptable here. I eagerly await their response.

Update: Apparently this is appropriate discourse, but I was called out for being "rude" myself, so I guess I better be careful.

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
113. Warren has loudly rejected the right wing policies and principles. Hillary is endorsing most of them
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 03:53 PM
Jan 2016
 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
2. The Democrat Centrist Mantra for 30 years -- "We're not liberal"
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:10 AM
Jan 2016

The GOP are consistently "proud conservatives."

That requires a clear opposition.

"Well, we're not really liberal. We can't really define what we are."

No wonder the country was steadily pushed right for three decades under this kind of simpering crap.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
3. we can't really define what we are = nonsense
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:14 AM
Jan 2016

They new very well how their politics lay... dissembling is a key component of the politics of pragmatism.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
4. She has ambition. Bernie does not have that. He is not doing this for Bernie, unilke Clinton.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:18 AM
Jan 2016

For the Clintons, this is about them (to some degree, any of which is too much). For Bernie, this is about fixing a broken system.

Hillary wants to win. Bernie wants a better economy.

All of this stuff is conjecture. We can argue all day if we want. For some of us this is academic and transparent. Hillary is no Trump, but she's also no Bernie.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
7. Oh, yeah. People with zero ambition run for president all the time ... are career politicians.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:22 AM
Jan 2016

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,518 posts)
28. Bernie is in it for all of US (and the U.S.)... what more does one need to know?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:45 AM
Jan 2016

Go Bernie!!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
106. Then why do I feel guilty. Haha.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:12 PM
Jan 2016

I don't know what will happen if either is elected.

Bernie is shouting loud and clear, to me anyways, that he's serious about a job that's crucially important.

I think the problem is that we don't live in a world of Dems. There's a large part of our society who are just on a rampage of stupidity and destruction. So who is going to be better at getting things done with the Dingbats and their lighters, burning up every idea we try to pass through Congress.

So I feel odd about my certainty. I could go on, but I'm not even sure this post was even needed. Cheers.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
8. Context
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jan 2016

"Conservatives are winning. Liberalism is having a difficult time. So let's throw liberalism under the bus, court the same Big Money crowd as the GOP and the same anti-liberal biases the GOP and corporate America created in the public zeitgiest and win."

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
11. That isn't context. Sorry. That fits one of two other words:
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:27 AM
Jan 2016

"Rationalization" and/or "bullshit"

But, thanks for playing.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
12. Heh heh heh. Your video has no context, irrespective of your juvenile attempt to turn this around.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:28 AM
Jan 2016
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
17. This is what you bring: "I know you are, but what am I?"
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:37 AM
Jan 2016

I really, really like Bernie Sanders. But, that is despite the hideous, childish, boorish behavior of his fans on DU.

betsuni

(29,078 posts)
26. Uh, that should be NOT much.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:43 AM
Jan 2016

Because capitalizing NOT seems very important here. For what reason I do NOT know.

thesquanderer

(13,006 posts)
47. It's a mix, in terms of context.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:43 AM
Jan 2016

The new-ish video clip at the end is somewhat out of context. The particular quote the OP included under the video is also somewhat out of context, not entirely accurate (the transcription there is not verbatim), and editorialized (by capitalizing the word "still&quot .

BUT... there is plenty of context in the video itself, in terms of the main clip. It's not damning, but it does basically describe why many liberals do not see Clinton as one of their own.

And then gradually, over time, in college and law school, I evolved my own political beliefs, which frankly, are in some ways, neither easily defined.... they're not dogmatically republican, dogmatically democrat, easily defined as liberal or conservative.

There's a little verbal stumble there... she presumably was either going for "not easily defined" or "neither liberal nor conservative" -- but her meaning is plain.

Getting back to the newer clip, here it is in context, where I think it is not quite as bad:



though what I think is really funny about that clip is what she says afterwards:

you try to figure out, how do you bring people together to get someting done, instead of just standing on the opposite sides yelling at each other

...which is very much what Sanders was saying when she essentially accused him of being sexist.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
51. She comes across like a moderate RepubliCON much like Obama does today.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:55 AM
Jan 2016

The difference is that Obama sounded like a real liberal when he ran for office. She sounds like a moderate RepubliCON now.

What will she sound like once she's in office? They seem to morph into more conservative NOT more liberal. So, she will end up being more RepubliCON then Obama.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
25. Jim Hightower: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:42 AM
Jan 2016
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
27. Burn her!
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:43 AM
Jan 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)
35. Hyperbole.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:53 AM
Jan 2016

See your fellow Hillary supporter's comment about childish and boorish behavior, Kettle.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
44. I'm not interested in syncing my posts with anyone else's.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:23 AM
Jan 2016

And my hyperbole is only a rebound to the OP's hyperbole. No context and an old quote.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
38. Using Sanders excuse about his atricle on women's sexual fantasy
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 09:58 AM
Jan 2016

He was young, a thirty year old young, if that works then Hillary was young when she said she was a Republican, a young twenty year old. You can choose to excuse both for their youthful decisions or choose to excuse neither.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
60. Apples and oranges.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:06 AM
Jan 2016

Or maybe more like... jiaozi and uni to ika no temaki.

---two totally different things.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
66. Yes, quiet different subjects, you may have missed the point, Sanders said he was young,
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:14 AM
Jan 2016

Hillary was younger by ten years, if the excuse of "young" is acceptable, then it is in both cases.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
67. It has nothing to do with young old...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:19 AM
Jan 2016

I guess the context is between the lines.. in what is not directly stated in the OP.. in the silence...

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
76. Got it, then Sanders excuse of being young is not acceptable, then so be it.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:34 AM
Jan 2016

His article is offensive.

Response to Segami (Original post)

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
42. Kicked and recommended! Thanks, Segami.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:16 AM
Jan 2016

The terms centrist, liberal and even conservative have lost much of their meaning.

I sure don't want anyone representing my party that promotes themselves as a centrist.

When we examine where we are as a nation, we don't need no stinkin' centrists. We are in desperate need of a reformer. We need someone that will put an end to Wall Street rule in no uncertain muddy terms.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
119. I agree. Why settle for less?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 07:37 PM
Jan 2016

It's like we get to choose from among three doors, like on Let's Make A Deal.

Behind Door Bernie is a new car.
Behind Door Hillary is a goat.
Behind Door Republican is a festering heap of garbage.

So there is one grand prize, and 2 zonk prizes. Of course, one of the zonk prizes is much better than the other one.
But I'd much rather have the grand prize.

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)
94. Yes, that was jarring. Sometime it's like listening to Rush around here.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:12 PM
Jan 2016

You would think people who post here would know the name of our party is the Democratic Party, not the "Democrat Party."

firebrand80

(2,760 posts)
58. Good. I don't want an ideologue as President.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:04 AM
Jan 2016

This is the same thing that appealed to me about Obama.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
61. I am a Clinton Democrat.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jan 2016

I get that labels are the most important thing to you.

We will see who the people side with very soon. The voice of the people is what matters. I have a feeling they aren't as concerned with labels as you either. We will know the truth soon. Very soon. I'm beyond excited.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
68. They aren't Democrat, Liberal, or Conservative...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:22 AM
Jan 2016

They are whatever you want them to be. Seriously what is it you want, support, or like right now? Because you can rely on the fact that whatever it is that most of you support, that's what she is for. Just let her know, and if they change then no biggie she can change too. That's what's great about her. She's so willing to work with us.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
88. Total nonsense
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jan 2016

Do you want another George W. Bush?

How about someone even worse?

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
104. Huh?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:05 PM
Jan 2016

No, I want someone with the strength of their convictions and commitment to core principals of the Democratic party. Not someone who tells people what they want to hear and votes whichever way the political winds are at the time.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
109. You will have two choices.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:53 PM
Jan 2016

And while I don't agree with your judgment, you will most likely have to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Granted, it could be Cruz or Rubio and an outside chance of someone else who is either like George W. Bush, or worse.

Of course you can try to spin Hillary Clinton to be as bad as "conservatives" want you to believe her to be but then you're really aiding and abetting those "conservatives." And I've heard how that aiding and abetting is spun here at DU. You're just aiding and abetting.

Those are the facts of life. Sorry.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
112. Ah....fear mongering.....
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jan 2016

Sorry, didn't work when Hillary supporters tried it in 2008 and it's not going to work now.

Wasn't "You're either with us or against us" one of W's big tactics?

MineralMan

(151,269 posts)
69. Once again, you offer a glimpse of times past and
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:23 AM
Jan 2016

conflate that with this year's election. To what end, Segami? What is your goal?

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
70. She didn't mean any of that!
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:23 AM
Jan 2016

She a progressive. Fuck, she's even a socialist! Don't listen to the words that come out of her mouth, just trust me, HRH is the mostest progressiveist politician evvvvvvaaaaaa!!

George II

(67,782 posts)
72. Is it really necessary to dig back decades to find stuff like this to attack Clinton? Interesting..
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:26 AM
Jan 2016

...that this is "good" but old stuff about Sanders is hidden.

Also interesting to see you say in your title, "her beliefs are not democrat", not "democratIC". That's what republicans do. Comment?

Cary

(11,746 posts)
78. "her beliefs are not democrat."
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jan 2016

Indeed. That is very, very telling.

I noticed it (see above). <spits>

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
80. +1
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:39 AM
Jan 2016

A lot of the rhetorical style is being borrowed from groups for whom I have no respect.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
91. We do have too much at stake to keep repeating the same old stuff that got us into this mess
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:08 PM
Jan 2016
 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
93. What better way to contribute to DU than bash and trash Democratic candidates?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:11 PM
Jan 2016

I mean, c'mon, this poster is just "vetting" our candidate for us. Not spreading right wing propaganda. Not undermining a Democratic candidate during election season... it's just "vetting".

*cough*bullshit*cough*

You Better Believe It!



Ino

(3,366 posts)
100. "I evolved my own political beliefs...
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:44 PM
Jan 2016

which, frankly, are in some ways, neither easily defined. They're not dogmatically Republican, dogmatically Democrat, easily defined as liberal or conservative."

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
102. Hillary is whatever she thinks is convenient at the moment.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 12:50 PM
Jan 2016
Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins
He's eatin' bullshit!


Bob Dylan
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
103. her supporters don't WANT a liberal president
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:02 PM
Jan 2016

Most of them, at least ar du, want republican solutions to problems. So while it's true that she is a conservative, that's what the dlc wants.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
107. Well, America isn't very progressive, either.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:13 PM
Jan 2016

I think the many abuses of Wall Street and the military-industrial complex might tip the race to Sanders, who fearlessly addresses these issues, but Clinton aligns nicely with our hawkishness, and her name recognition made her look inevitable. It will come dow, I think, to a question of whose promises we think we can believe.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
108. Glad to see quoting a candidate doesn't violate the TOS
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:48 PM
Jan 2016


This is what the primaries are for, in part, to help us make an informed choice. Whoever you choose, we don't want there to be buyers remorse down the road. When the primaries aren't a purifying forge, you get a weaker candidate than otherwise. Look at Romney. He got a pass on lots of silly reasoning and then once their nominee he got tripped up just by expressing some of the nonsense he thought was common sense.

You won't see Clinton, O'Malley, or Sanders, likely to make such unforced errors as we're a too sharp eared and sharp eyed bunch of consumers of politics. We put our candidates through a process that determines what's what.

Should a campaign be unwilling to participate in that, there's likely to be negative consequences. Trying to rig the system to preempt this process will also likely have negative consequences. Sometimes the blowback is immediate and obvious, other times it takes longer for the consequences to be felt. (Gary Hart comes to mind, and so does John Edwards, when it comes to the truth finding its way out)

Maintaining the Democratic party as we know it depends on this kind of process. If we are instead evolving into a different kind of party, one that has "turns" for their nominees, and one that has a commandment about critiquing our aspirants to the Presidency, we'll risk having candidates who, like Bob Dole, and Mitt Romney, can't seal the deal with the American public.

That our party is likely to be facing a doomed from the start Republican opponent is no reason to abandon sensible practices for conducting our nominating process.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
116. MISLEADING and out of context thread title. BUT you KNEW that ALREADY.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 07:15 PM
Jan 2016

Ow, my finger hurts from hitting the caps lock.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
121. The epitome of desperately searching for a zinger on Hillary
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:17 AM
Jan 2016

While every Bernie supporter is all over Warren as their bestest best friend and hopeful nominee for Bernie's running mate...they don't even realize they have thrown Warren under the bus already. Let's not forget, Hillary never actually voted Republican....just how many dozens of Republicans got Elizabeth Warren's vote before her conversion?

postatomic

(1,771 posts)
122. Next up: Home Movies of Hillary's 5th Birthday Party
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:20 AM
Jan 2016

Thanks for posting this. I'm a hopeless Nostalgic Romantic.

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