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In reply to the discussion: The question is not 'would I support Hillary'? [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)31. Well, that's certainly the "lesser of two evils" con game
that corporatists in both parties keep using on us.
Red vs. Blue = Oligarchy Theater for the masses.
Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Selling off swaths of the Gulf of Mexico for drilling? Both parties support it.
Drilling along the Atlantic Coast? Both parties support it.
BUT, we are reminded by sneering corporate Democrats, Republicans will do all of this to us, too, PLUS inflict transvaginal ultrasounds!
What a vicious scam by both parties to justify relentless, predatory evil. To demand that we vote for our own sellout and exploitation and the dismantling of our democracy itself.
You know what? At a certain point it becomes necessary to say no to deliberate evil. To refuse to bow to the scam and the manipulation. *Even* when it is waving its claws and protesting that there's even scarier evil over there.
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You're right on target: the answer for most of us common folk is "no"; "yes" if you're a major corporation...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#89
For me, the most important thing is that I think Hillary would at least maintain the
Cal33
Feb 2015
#123
The US's losing 800,000 jobs to NAFTA began looking good in 2008, when the impact of repealing
merrily
Feb 2015
#127
You mean "It doesn't even make sense" to me. In other words, you don't get it.
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#98
Meaning: you've joined the groupthink and antiHillary is perfectly logical...
Buzz Clik
Feb 2015
#106
I decided quite on my own in 2002 that HRC couldn't be trusted. She betrayed us and doesn't
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#109
I decided who would be a strong leader when given a historical opportunity to
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#118
If HRC was a ship's captain and ran her ship aground killing between five hundred thousand
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#132
I'm with you. Hillary is a .1 percenter, who's not interested in the issues I care about - only in lining her own greedy pockets.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#91
That question answers itself. We need someone who will stand with those of us on mainstreet, not Wallstreet.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#92
That little exchange tells me all I need to know about Hillary Clinton and her candidacy.
Enthusiast
Feb 2015
#63
Thanks for that reminder who Hillary is fighting for, ie, the upper class making six figures...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#93
No. But, she'll say she will. Unless she decides she was "misled" by Bush.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#7
After reading this, how anyone with half a heart can support Hillary is beyond me.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2015
#97
The real question: will you support the Democratic nominee in the general election against the Rethug?
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#24
In the general, I'd vote for Hillary in preference to whatever GOP assclown is running...
backscatter712
Feb 2015
#27
+100000 Bernie is the only potential candidate telling the truth about oligarchy.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#34
Hillary. Wal Mart Board member (1986-1992) and former "Goldwater Girl."
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2015
#33
Well I am sorry you feel that way. i hope eventually she can prove herself to you.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#53
I think she is the favorite and thst Democrats want to win and see her as a winner.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#59
I agree the polls will change but at this point who can beat her in a primary?
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#69
That's not what I said. We need to work for the best interests of the whole country and not
totodeinhere
Feb 2015
#96
Aren't you guys and gals scared of losing the White House or do you think it doesn't matter?/NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#112
Only one party has held the White House in three consecutive elections in the post WW ll era.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#115
I'll vote for ANY Democratic candidate who will appoint liberal judges
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2015
#130