Can you spell tone deaf? H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. Hillary Clinton: We Were 'Dead Broke' Upon Leaving WH

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218. Yes. You know, I'm generally not ever going to leave here to be critical of Mrs. Clinton.

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Similar to the way I'm not terribly critical of the president over at Discussionist or Facebook or in the company of my low info mother or racist stepfather and ignorant brothers. I'm usually defending him from attack.

This place here is where we keep ours in check. I truly believe that any BOG-like acquiescence to any sense of infallibility of our candidates and our politicians that takes place here is a bad thing. Any diversion from our principles and ideals should be rebuked harshly here so that we can maintain our moral rudder by virtue of the fact that our candidates do walk the walk. We don't tolerate bad behavior from our candidate, therefore our candidate is worthy of a higher level of trust than the puke candidate.

They live in a happy fiction. Their party has evolved into an echo-chamber of uselessness and it has not gone unnoticed. When they present a united front while repeating pre-scripted Lunz talking points, it might slide by a few voters who aren't paying attention, but I seriously believe it hurts their party in the long run. That's why when I am in the presence of other democrats I am comfortable to rail the loudest against deviations from what makes democrats better.

Again, the ODS or whatever the fuck cutesy name you want to put on it when democrats express disgust over NSA overreach, droning, gitmo, etc. that you find here in the company of democrats is, in my mind not much brought up in mixed company or in places where the general public that composes the mushy middle voting block live. I wish people would understand that. We're not torpedoing our party when we call them to task in the confines of our home for their transgressions. Instead I see it as maintaining integrity.

Also, I feel as though we know once they are the candidate, for we know for whom we need to cast our vote.

Also, it's pretty easy to avoid criticism. Do you find much criticism if the populist-progressive wing of the party here? No. Warren and Sanders are pretty much lionized because they act with integrity and with the courage of their progressive convictions. The recipe is simple. Work for the people. Remain humble. Don't feign poverty when dining at a 10k per plate fundraiser while being served by $2.35 per hour waitstaff and you're usually going to be alright.

Also, if my friend or coworker has a booger on his nose or has parsley in his teeth, I'm going to tell him until he gets the message. (Get the shit out of your teeth lest you'll look like an unkempt slob)(fix your bad behavior because you sound like an idiot right now).