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Jitter65

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June 5, 2016

When does "contested" = "process?"

When Bernie keeps saying it does.

Superdelegates voting is just the simple part of the PROCESS...that's not contested. It is a dog whistle to keep the party divided.

June 5, 2016

Hillary opens herself up to critics on her foreign policy so

that she can set the record straight, give insights the media has worked hard to keep from the public, and to be able to define who is really a "patriot" and who isn't but just use faux "patriotism" to further their racist, misogynist, homophobic, sexist agenda.

Libya hasn't yet been talked about in full...just the throw-away comments about how bad Hillary is. The statistics on the entry into the Iraq war demonstrate that the majority of Americans (rightly or wrongly) were behind the Bush administration actions AT THE TIME. The Iran nuclear agreement will go down as one of the best moves this administration has made and the Iranians were bought to the table largely with her help.

When the questions are brought up, she will have answers. BUT her main focus now needs to be on the economy and JOBS!! BUT the jobs picture needs to be explained in reality-based solutions which must include training and education in skills and knowledge for the 21 century. I am confident that she can do this.

June 5, 2016

People need to understand that the Reagan growth rate of 4% happened under a nation

with about 20 million people less. You just can't create jobs in an environment of high tech and automation, will the growth of population that we have now. Someone needs to do some explaining to the voters. The only answer is infrastructure jobs but that takes investment from Wall Street and other folks we don't like. But Hillary may have more influence with them than Bernie or Trump.

June 5, 2016

Time for Hillary to pivot to the economy and beat both Trump and Johnson to the punch.

The job numbers were not good last month but the picture of jobs growth since 2009 is good and she needs to focus on what the Dem President did to save us and how she will be vigorous in building on what we need. She needs to talk about jobs, jobs, jobs...let the deficit and the rest of the financial bull go to the GOP...the average voter rolls their eyes over such talk. SS expansion, job,jobs,jobs, clean water, etc. Down to the wire, people are more concerned about domestic issues than foreign issues. She did a lasting job on Trump on foreign policy and the ads can continue this every now and then but job, raising minimum wage, improving our health and safety infrastructure, health, clean water etc.

June 3, 2016

Are there any members of the NRA out there who would honestly support Hillary and her

push for more rational and stronger gun control? It would be nice to have one or two, if they exist, campaign with her. Gun violence and gun related deaths are epidemic in this country now, rivaling auto-related deaths.

June 3, 2016

I'm thinking that those super PACs for Hillary ought to be producing ads that not only attack Trump

but also educate the voters about reality politics.

The so-called "establishment" needs to be explained honestly...the good the bad the ugly. The good far outweighs the bad and the ugly and voters ought to told.

Sure, Wall Street and vulture bankers are greedy and out for the bottom line. Sure the system is rigged but it has been rigged from the beginning ever since only the landed-gentry were the only one who could vote.

But the "establishment" Democrats are who bought us Social Security, Medicare, voting rights, civil rights, consumer protection laws, support for education, Pell grants, student national defense loans, the VA and unemployment insurance and payments. Are these systems perfect? NO!! But they are in many cases what stands between life and death, homelessness, sickness, and help for millions of citizens and others in this country. We need to work to change what is bad and ugly and that won't happen with a revolution. It will only happen with hard work, cooperation, and a unified government working for the people. Obama never had that luxury and that is too bad. But people need to stop playing the blame game and the demon game that only Trump and Bernie seem to be playing right now. That is the big difference and that is what people need to know!!

June 3, 2016

I just hope Hillary has some good spokespeople out there to answer what the Trump camp

will come back at her with. I hope they can set the record straight on Benghazi and Iraq. It is time to lift the entire burden of the Iraq war off Hillary's shoulders. They need to show more of her Senate floor speech on the Iraqi vote. It was also brilliant and folks need to be reminded that it was a tough decision for ALL those who voted for it.

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