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TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:50 PM Mar 2016

So, Hillary DUers are leaving to find "real democratic values?"

WTF?

What in the hell are "real democratic values?"

As far as I'm concerned, Hillary's campaign is about establishment politics and getting the first woman elected.

I just can't go there. Sorry.

Other than women's rights (which are very important), I just don't trust Hillary to nominate judges that would overturn Citizen's United or that she will do anything to help the 99%.

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So, Hillary DUers are leaving to find "real democratic values?" (Original Post) TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 OP
Maybe they plan to work with the Republicans that Trump has displaced. jalan48 Mar 2016 #1
They should feel right at home. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #8
That unfortunately is true. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #18
Well, not quite Jack Rabbit Mar 2016 #68
Records like Clinton's suggest that those pro-gay reDuLiCans are in the minority. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #72
yes Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #20
Yes. Aside from (limited) women's rights and a recent warming to gay marriage Lorien Mar 2016 #81
As far as I am concerned, they ARE the Republicans that Trump has displaced. corkhead Mar 2016 #14
And How yup, yup, yup DeGreg Mar 2016 #41
almost said they'd probably work for him but PatrynXX Mar 2016 #66
This message was self-deleted by its author artyteacher Mar 2016 #2
Apparently you are lost - TBF Mar 2016 #7
oh i am so sorry. artyteacher Mar 2016 #12
Thank you ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2016 #42
I have been voting for Democrats my whole life EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #11
If one is leaving to find "real democratic values" TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #15
I'm guessing it's the "party before country" types nxylas Mar 2016 #3
I suspect it's not even about Party. merrily Mar 2016 #31
Probably so but Walmart, Tyson and Kochs donate a large amount of money to NPR LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #37
I do not doubt you at all, but the conversation was about what motivates people to support Hillary. merrily Mar 2016 #43
Oh Totally, They want to get a job with the Gov for a bit, or some agency something they can LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #49
People who work for the DNC, people who work for Hillary, her PACs or the Clinton Foundation are merrily Mar 2016 #55
Kasich is Toast in Ohio also. I heard some people in Ohio talking and it did not seem that LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #62
Isn't NPR corporate? I know PBS is. Duval Mar 2016 #45
My point was about supporting Hillary out of self interest. merrily Mar 2016 #47
Thanks, merrily. It's really sad. nt Duval Mar 2016 #60
You mean National Plutocrat Radio? I agree! Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #77
The chairperson of PBS is a Republican Lorien Mar 2016 #82
The Obama Administration has cut Public Employees to a new low, bvar22 Mar 2016 #78
Correct, but, if you were convinced that she could win the general and Bernie could not......... merrily Mar 2016 #79
It's an entirely "sports fan" like mentality Lorien Mar 2016 #83
...and in a pantsuit. Raster Mar 2016 #86
By the looks of her logo TBF Mar 2016 #4
Aside from the echo of the Goldwater campaign symbol, it's a very corporate logo. merrily Mar 2016 #48
"real democratic values" = voting for Hillary. djean111 Mar 2016 #5
They must mean real corporate conservative values. ananda Mar 2016 #6
Just two years ago this group was largely behind single payer TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #9
+1!! Exactly. "Single payer healthcare should be the least that we offer our citizens!" FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #29
Real Democratic values? BillZBubb Mar 2016 #10
HRC has a terrible record on reproductive rights nashville_brook Mar 2016 #13
Not sure it's appeasement nxylas Mar 2016 #38
Yes. bvar22 Mar 2016 #80
Hah, leave after pooping all over the Democratic party nc4bo Mar 2016 #16
pooping all over *DU* too: we're supposed to be a mass of people who would've gone MisterP Mar 2016 #30
Is that where they all went? A quest, eh? I had wondered what happened. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #17
Ha-ha-haaaa Plucketeer Mar 2016 #19
What in the hell are "real democratic values?" AlbertCat Mar 2016 #21
Fracking and offensive warfare apparently. fbc Mar 2016 #23
"real' democratic values.... Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #22
Do those women's right include the right to health care, education, and economic security? if so, Gene Debs Mar 2016 #24
Hillary has said she woud negotiate a Constitutional amendment about choice. Not sure what to think merrily Mar 2016 #25
PUMA redux n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #26
I wasn't a member at the time TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #28
Republican lite is real democratic values to the Hillary camp. Cleita Mar 2016 #27
Yes - I did, too. 840high Mar 2016 #32
+1 For me, it's not about FDR, but about New Deal politics, but I get your point. merrily Mar 2016 #33
If by "Real Democratic Values" they mean: d_legendary1 Mar 2016 #34
Unfortunately, those aren't even American values as framed in our founding documents: Cleita Mar 2016 #39
Absolutely correct! d_legendary1 Mar 2016 #52
The Phase.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2016 #35
Anti-FDR www.hillarypineradicals.org??? Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #36
Aw! Helen Borg Mar 2016 #40
Where ever they go... SoapBox Mar 2016 #44
Hillary loves throwing crumbs at average Americans cprise Mar 2016 #46
••• Results of Jury ••• tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #50
The swarm has attempted to weigh in. stranger81 Mar 2016 #51
0-7 means they can take some time out, yes? tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #53
Yes, thank dog. stranger81 Mar 2016 #54
too much coffee and not enough distraction in life tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #56
Yes, but it's a team sport for them. merrily Mar 2016 #58
they eventually eat their own tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #61
I meant alerters, but yes, "Senator McCain and I are ready for that 3 am phone call. Senator Obama merrily Mar 2016 #67
I laughed at your explanation! Good one! Duval Mar 2016 #65
If they find them, we'll see them back here. Duval Mar 2016 #57
"What in the hell are "real democratic values?"" greiner3 Mar 2016 #59
"Real democratic values" is when the important people get to decide. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #63
Where did they say that? Matariki Mar 2016 #64
Not Trusting Hillary JGug1 Mar 2016 #69
The email thingy could very well get worse, Beowulf Mar 2016 #74
I'm so sick of this "But X is unknown" newsflash EVERYONE used to be unknown! MidwestTech Mar 2016 #76
Why is the purge not working? Bettie Mar 2016 #70
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME? ellennelle Mar 2016 #71
Apparently "Real" Democratic Values are the GOP values of the 1970s. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2016 #73
Real Democratic Values are RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #75
We all have a "hatred problem." Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #84
yes, we hate liars dana_b Mar 2016 #85
I don't even trust her on women's rights. noamnety Mar 2016 #87
I can't trust anyone who spoke in favor of a constitutional amendment restricting abortion rights-- eridani Mar 2016 #88
They must be joining Bernie's campaign! cui bono Mar 2016 #89

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
68. Well, not quite
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:27 PM
Mar 2016

The DLC/Third Way is made up of not only pro-choice Republicans, but also Republicans who support gay rights.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
72. Records like Clinton's suggest that those pro-gay reDuLiCans are in the minority.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:42 PM
Mar 2016

2004: "I would have voted for DOMA. To talk about DOMA now is divisive."

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
81. Yes. Aside from (limited) women's rights and a recent warming to gay marriage
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:34 PM
Mar 2016

the DLC is firmly right wing. Pro-war, pro-GMOs, Pro-Citizen's United, Pro for-profit prisons, pro Walmart business practices, anti-immigration, pro-spying on citizens, anti-environment, anti- Glass Steagall, pro-fracking, pro-fossil fuels, pro regime change in every weaker Nation with profitable natural resources, anti-union, etc. Hillary is even limited on her "pro-choice" stance, did not support equal wages for women while on the board at Walmart, and has not said that supports the ERA. She is for all intents and purposes a Reagan or G.W. Bush Republican, so why not join forces with moderate Republicans?

 

DeGreg

(72 posts)
41. And How yup, yup, yup
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:57 PM
Mar 2016

Their politics are Republican and insisting that's not the case is nothing but denial, and they ought to seek counseling for the way they are processing their reality.

So get... go form The Establishment Party with all the other people who have been manipulated by FEAR

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
66. almost said they'd probably work for him but
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:26 PM
Mar 2016

considering people who don't like Trump, but will vote for him before Hillary the same probably would go with Hillary Supporters. they'd support anyone on the otherside except trump. Except that particular guy (Rand Paul) dropped out. Only one I'd compare to Bernie from the right. (hey Ron Paul coulda run come on ) But if Rachel is friends with Roger Ailes I can see where this would go

Response to TexasMommaWithAHat (Original post)

TBF

(31,919 posts)
7. Apparently you are lost -
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:57 PM
Mar 2016

you are in the Bernie Sanders group.

Most of us have voted for dems for years. Even though I personally think of myself as more leftist in nature I have voted for EVERY dem candidate for president since 1992.

So, you can take your crap elsewhere.

Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
42. Thank you ...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:58 PM
Mar 2016

... for the very civil reply and for following through ...

... I wish all correspondence were this civil ...

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)
11. I have been voting for Democrats my whole life
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:08 PM
Mar 2016

Including for Bill Clinton. So have the vast majority of Bernie supporters on this board. And I have been on this board since 2004 unlike some who joined six months ago.

The problem isn't that we aren't Democrats, it's that the party establishment keeps trying to be Republicans.

But you just go ahead and appoint yourself as the arbiter of who is a real Democrat.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
15. If one is leaving to find "real democratic values"
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:21 PM
Mar 2016

something is terribly, terribly wrong.

You can argue that you think Hillary has the better chance, but single payer healthcare and affordable or free college have been democratic values on this board for as long as I have been reading here - which is a long, long time.

ETA - replied to wrong post, but will leave this post, anyway.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
3. I'm guessing it's the "party before country" types
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:56 PM
Mar 2016

The ones who would vote for Sauron if he had a (D) after his name.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
31. I suspect it's not even about Party.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:32 PM
Mar 2016

Yesterday, someone posted about an npr employee who said npr is afraid of being eliminated if a Republican becomes President. They thought (assumed) Hillary had a better chance of winning the general. Ergo, they stabbed Bernie in the back.

I think a lot of government employees and others who benefit personally from having a Democrat in the Oval Office operate similarly. IOW, as so often happens, "Follow the money," is great political advice.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
43. I do not doubt you at all, but the conversation was about what motivates people to support Hillary.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:02 PM
Mar 2016

My view is on that subject was that's self interest, in one way or the other, and often relates to money.

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
49. Oh Totally, They want to get a job with the Gov for a bit, or some agency something they can
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:12 PM
Mar 2016

benefit themselves. I knew several that went to DC with Clinton. Very good item on their resume. It was always "what can my country do for me, not what they can do for their country".

merrily

(45,251 posts)
55. People who work for the DNC, people who work for Hillary, her PACs or the Clinton Foundation are
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:16 PM
Mar 2016

in that bag, but so are so many others. To paraphrase Mel Brooks, "It's good to be the establishment candidate."

On the other hand, it didn't work well for Jeb! and Marco seems to be going down the chute, too. Trump and Cruz are batshot and nasty to boot. Kasich?

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
62. Kasich is Toast in Ohio also. I heard some people in Ohio talking and it did not seem that
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:21 PM
Mar 2016

they had anything pleasant to say about him. It may have been just those people I don't know. But I really feel it will come down to Trump and whoever the RNC wheels pick to run.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
45. Isn't NPR corporate? I know PBS is.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:07 PM
Mar 2016

I stopped donating and watching/listening to PBS years ago.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
47. My point was about supporting Hillary out of self interest.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:10 PM
Mar 2016

NPR was only an example of that. However, I agree that public television and radio are nothing like they used to be.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
77. You mean National Plutocrat Radio? I agree!
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:06 PM
Mar 2016

They're so bad I keep trying to come up with the best name for it. I think I just did.

(I had some others: National Puke Radio, National rePublicrat Radio...)

NPR was ruined by Republicrat defunding, and Corporate stepping in.

They are re-e-e-e-e-e-e-ally bad!

I gave up TV long ago, but have few choices on my commute so I tune in our (very good) community radio station. The only time they're NOT good is when they run frigging NPR. And you know why they do that--to the objection of many, many members and listeners? Debt! Management got them into debt to NPR, which they have to pay off before they can drop them!

It's just so typical of how our Corporate Rulers control everything. It sucks! We gotta change this.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
82. The chairperson of PBS is a Republican
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:36 PM
Mar 2016

NPR is a little less so. I have some friends who work for them and they claim to be politically neutral, though they are a good bit more conservative than I am.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
78. The Obama Administration has cut Public Employees to a new low,
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:12 PM
Mar 2016

and "privatized" many former government responsibilities.

It was DLC/Centrist Bill Clinton who echoed Reagan when he proclaimed that "The era of big government is over!!!"

If I were a government employee in fear of losing my job, the last Democrat I would support would be any Clinton or other 3rd Way Centrist.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
79. Correct, but, if you were convinced that she could win the general and Bernie could not.........
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:15 PM
Mar 2016

Your alternative would not be Bernie but a Republican.

For how long did some of our fellow DUers try to tell us Hillary had to be the nominee or "say hello to President Cruz." If I saw that once, I saw it 200 times.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
83. It's an entirely "sports fan" like mentality
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:41 PM
Mar 2016

The issues really don't seem to matter to them. It's all about brand loyalty and personal identity, no different than the average hardcore sports fan. I see much of the same on the GOP side. Labels and branding is everything, issues and policy positions are just inconvenient details that are kind of boring to them. It's all about the "win", not the effect that it has on us or the planet. I guess that's what we get for living in a consumer culture for the past Century!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
48. Aside from the echo of the Goldwater campaign symbol, it's a very corporate logo.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:11 PM
Mar 2016

I dislike it for both reasons.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
5. "real democratic values" = voting for Hillary.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:57 PM
Mar 2016

No actual values involved except blind loyalty to a brand. IMO and all that.

ananda

(28,779 posts)
6. They must mean real corporate conservative values.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:57 PM
Mar 2016

The only candidate with real democratic values is Sanders!

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
9. Just two years ago this group was largely behind single payer
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:02 PM
Mar 2016

Now, that's not a democratic value? Seriously? WTF?

I call it vagina blinders. The candidate has a vagina, so it's ok to wear blinders in order not to see what Hillary really stands for.

We are the richest country in the world. Single payer healthcare should be the least that we offer our citizens!

 

FighttheFuture

(1,313 posts)
29. +1!! Exactly. "Single payer healthcare should be the least that we offer our citizens!"
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:30 PM
Mar 2016

The LEAST we offer!!!

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
10. Real Democratic values?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:04 PM
Mar 2016

Like actual government programs that help people. The kind the republicans always scream are pie in the sky, unrealistic, idealistic, socialistic, too expensive?

Like putting people before corporations? And welcoming the scorn of the rich and powerful, not telling them how wonderful they are.

Like favoring the rich paying their fair share of the tax requirements?

Bernie has those REAL values. Hillary, not so much.



nashville_brook

(20,958 posts)
13. HRC has a terrible record on reproductive rights
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:19 PM
Mar 2016

her history is finding "compromise" to appease religious conservatives.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
38. Not sure it's appeasement
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:46 PM
Mar 2016

Isn't she a member of some scary dominionist group? I wonder if her pro-choice rhetoric isn't the appeasement, to mask her true beliefs.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
80. Yes.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 08:20 PM
Mar 2016

She has regularly attended "The Family" Prayer Breakfasts in the past.
I don't know if she still does.
"The Family" is very secretive, and very creepy.


The "Family" - Who Really Is Behind This Secret Organization?

What if someone were to tell you that your Congressman routinely bandies around phrases such as "Jesus plus nothing," used to mean the complete rule of Jesus, and compares the desired reach to that of Hitler or Ho Chi Minh? If this makes you at all apprehensive, then Jeff Sharlet's "C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy" is a must-read.

"Jesus plus nothing" is the mantra of the Fellowship, also known as the Family, a secret, fundamentalist Christian organization peopled primarily by devout policy makers and high-ranking individuals. Though the nonbeliever's view of religion can often be dismissive when faced with such catchphrases, in "C Street," a nonfiction account of the extended reach of the Family, these phrases fuel moral crusades with real, and terrifying, impact.

Sharlet first introduced the world to the unseen hand of the Fellowship in "The Family" in 2008, in which he reported on the organization's beginnings in the 18th century, uncovered the role of the Family in America's legislative system and uncovered the role of religious fundamentalism in our supposedly secular nation.

<much more>

http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/93642:the-family--who-really-is-behind-this-secret-organization

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
16. Hah, leave after pooping all over the Democratic party
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:38 PM
Mar 2016

Messy corporate carpet buggers ain't even litter box trained.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
30. pooping all over *DU* too: we're supposed to be a mass of people who would've gone
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:31 PM
Mar 2016

to Trump otherwise

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
19. Ha-ha-haaaa
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:18 PM
Mar 2016

I could lead them RIGHT to what they seek - and they wouldn't recognize it. Once they became intoxicated with their own farts - there's no hope that they can think straight and discern what's what.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
21. What in the hell are "real democratic values?"
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:19 PM
Mar 2016

Pant suits?


Of course one super duper Dem value is being able to speak your mind, even if it criticizes another Dem. This excellent value is prominently displayed in the Hillary Group, which is a beacon of tolerance!











 

Gene Debs

(582 posts)
24. Do those women's right include the right to health care, education, and economic security? if so,
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:21 PM
Mar 2016

I don't see why anyone would vote for Hillary even then.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
25. Hillary has said she woud negotiate a Constitutional amendment about choice. Not sure what to think
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:24 PM
Mar 2016

about that!

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
28. I wasn't a member at the time
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:28 PM
Mar 2016

But I well remember the PUMAS. I've been reading here since I supported John Edwards. I won't be taken in again by a hypocrite regardless of what comes out of the mouth.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
27. Republican lite is real democratic values to the Hillary camp.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:26 PM
Mar 2016

I'm going for FDR malt myself. Those are the real democratic values I grew up knowing.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
34. If by "Real Democratic Values" they mean:
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:39 PM
Mar 2016

-Start wars and overthrow regimes while our men and women fight these wars

-Keep the big banks operating at a healthy profit while people are nickel and dimed out of their savings

-Maintain low wages so that people have to live off the government

-Give tax incentives to corporations for giving their employees a bone to munch on

-Work with like minded Republicans in destroying the middle class

-Selling off parts of government to private firms so they profit off tax payers and give sub-par service

-Bring HB1 visa help to displace hard working Americans

-Embrace Free Trade


If these are the values that they embrace then they can have my share. Refusing to support a crooked politician in the primaries is the most Democratic thing about our way of life. I've got more important things to worry about than voting for a self serving politician who only remembers the people when its time to be elected for office.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
39. Unfortunately, those aren't even American values as framed in our founding documents:
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:47 PM
Mar 2016

*The Declaration of Independence.

*The U. S. Constitution

*The Bill of Rights

Everyone of the above documents has something to say that's against your list. The wording may be quaint and broad brushed but it's there.

Wars are to be fought in defense of the country and only when authorized by Congress.

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as posited in the Declaration of Independence as well as those listed in the Bill of Rights covers the rest.

None of our American values says that corporations will run the government for their benefit, nor raid and plunder other nations for their profit and with the aid of our military.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
52. Absolutely correct!
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:13 PM
Mar 2016

I think they meant that they've lost their Democratic values instead of finding them. Thanks for pointing this out.

cprise

(8,445 posts)
46. Hillary loves throwing crumbs at average Americans
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:10 PM
Mar 2016

It makes for very good publicity while she's handing the country over to corporations and Saudi princes.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
50. ••• Results of Jury •••
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:12 PM
Mar 2016

REASON FOR ALERT

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

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Meta. Plain and simple. I will alert admins also

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Explanation: I've seen worse than this in another protected group that was not hidden.
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Explanation: call the waaaambulance
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Explanation: It's up to the Bernie group hosts to decide how much meta to permit in this group. I think this post is completely acceptable. And I sure wish the HRC crew would agree to occupy their time with something other than policing a protected group they disagree with. A hobby, or something. I hear knitting is a nice pastime.
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tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
61. they eventually eat their own
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary tried to damage Barack Obama in the general, which I'll be posting some info on later, so I have no doubt once she's done getting what she wants, she'll ignore everything she said to get there and play ball with the ones with money

She's proven it

merrily

(45,251 posts)
67. I meant alerters, but yes, "Senator McCain and I are ready for that 3 am phone call. Senator Obama
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:26 PM
Mar 2016

is not" was a jaw dropper. I don't know if she meant to hurt him in the general as much as she was trying to prevent him from getting as far as the general by terra-izing his supporter. I know of no other instance in which a Democratic nominee for President endorsed the Republican nominee over another Democrat running for POTUS. Which is what raises all the Hillary loyalty oath stuff to the nth degree of silly.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
57. If they find them, we'll see them back here.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:17 PM
Mar 2016

Reminds me of:


There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See:
• According to the ‘Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings’ this proverb has been traced back to 1546 (John Heywood), and resembles the Biblical verse Jeremiah 5:21 (‘Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not’). In 1738 it was used by Jonathan Swift in his ‘Polite Conversation’ and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 ‘Works of Thomas Chalkley’. The full saying is: ‘There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know’.



Matariki

(18,775 posts)
64. Where did they say that?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:23 PM
Mar 2016

And will this primary leave DU a ghost town?

Seems both 'sides' are finding other places for discussion.

JGug1

(320 posts)
69. Not Trusting Hillary
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:28 PM
Mar 2016

Seriously? You can't trust her to nominate liberal judges? I'm incredulous. There is NO question that she is more hawkish than Bernie and I have really appreciated what he has brought to the campaign because he has pushed her more left (and I don't think it is a temporary thing) but to not trust her to nominate liberals seems a huge stretch. Here's were I am on the nomination: There are pluses and minuses to both candidates. There was a fair discussion on Democracy Now this morning on the two of them. My major concern regarding Bernie is that he is an unknown. By that I mean that the stuff in his baggage has not been exposed and there probably are some dynamite items in there. His comments regarding Castro have now been brought out. Those will be exploited by the Republicans and there may very well be far more. That isn't the case with Hillary Clinton. Her stuff is already on the table. No, the email thingy isn't going to become worse. She did what others before her had done. I think that makes her a stronger candidate. I don't like her being more hawkish but if she is like her husband (and I think she is) we should remember that he did not take us into a ground war.
I'm going to try to enjoy the rest of the campaign and vote for the one left standing, with a tip of my hat to the loser.

Beowulf

(761 posts)
74. The email thingy could very well get worse,
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 05:01 PM
Mar 2016

much worse, and no, past SoS's didn't do the same thing. She took it to a whole other level.

MidwestTech

(170 posts)
76. I'm so sick of this "But X is unknown" newsflash EVERYONE used to be unknown!
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:00 PM
Mar 2016

The ONLY reason we know of Hillary is because of Bill.
NO ONE knew who Bill Clinton was until he miraculously won the nomination.
NO ONE knew who Dan Quayle was when he was picked as VP.
A few people had heard of Gore when he ran in the primary then as VP
NO ONE had heard of Barack Obama before he ran.
When W ran he was mistaken for that 'other' bush at first... the savings and loan scandal guy.

So ... yeah "he isn't known" is a complete bullshit argument recently invented.

ellennelle

(614 posts)
71. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 04:32 PM
Mar 2016

this whole business here has left me so baffled and flummoxed.

this culminated in a post earlier today by lonepirate - who said s/he was a bernie supporter - offering apologies to the hillary folks for bernie supporters' nastiness etc. which i thought was a great thing, so i tried to comment.

but, i was blocked. it was a longstanding block from something i never understood and of course was unable to defend.

so my question is, WTF? was lonepirate posting on the hillary group intentionally? fair enough. but what of the numbers of folks they've blocked - and i'm sure there are lots - who have valid and valuable contributions to make to their own discussion? are they so thin-skinned they require a bubble to feel secure?

i don't get it. and now they're fleeing?

i really don't get it.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
75. Real Democratic Values are
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 05:24 PM
Mar 2016

not "Third Way" values. They are not RepubliCLOWN values.
They should be within the vein of the values set by FDR and his second bill of rights, or JFK.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
87. I don't even trust her on women's rights.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:01 PM
Mar 2016

She supports increasing federal restrictions on abortions; I assume she'd appoint a judge that agrees with her.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
88. I can't trust anyone who spoke in favor of a constitutional amendment restricting abortion rights--
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 04:08 AM
Mar 2016

--as a trustworthy advocate for women's rights.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
89. They must be joining Bernie's campaign!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 04:29 AM
Mar 2016

And btw... you can't trust Hillary on women's rights either. She would sell them out to get into the White House. She said she would compromise on a woman's right to choose, to control her own body.

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