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mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
57. And in response:
Sun Mar 22, 2015, 10:23 AM
Mar 2015

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn


The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. ~Adlai Stevenson

nitpick? marym625 Mar 2015 #1
Calling her out for being pro-war and cozying up to war criminals is just nitpicking. Yeah, sure. Scuba Mar 2015 #12
yep. silly us. marym625 Mar 2015 #14
It's not that she's not perfect. It's that she's bad. Awful. cali Mar 2015 #2
I respect your opinion. mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #4
thank you, and I respect yours. cali Mar 2015 #5
I don't understand marym625 Mar 2015 #7
I am so not busy today so......I invite you to asiliveandbreathe Mar 2015 #56
I have read it marym625 Mar 2015 #70
Great! opinion respected...my fear is a Republican in the WH asiliveandbreathe Mar 2015 #89
Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #99
There is a Repub that is liberal on social issues? sheshe2 Mar 2015 #152
sheshe, marym625 Mar 2015 #153
Yes we can, marym. nt sheshe2 Mar 2015 #154
Thank you, with respect! eom marym625 Mar 2015 #155
I'm with you and if the Dem Party loses it will be the fault of the leadership not the voters. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #124
Damn straight it will! marym625 Mar 2015 #127
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! 1monster Mar 2015 #97
Thanks! marym625 Mar 2015 #98
Every voter has their own idea of "best." treestar Mar 2015 #107
Let's hope. marym625 Mar 2015 #109
...^ that 840high Mar 2015 #116
Maybe you can convince Warren to run. Or maybe Mr Tax O'Malley leftofcool Mar 2015 #9
O'Malley is almost certainly running. I support him n/t cali Mar 2015 #27
Well, she may be a lousy candidate but, joshdawg Mar 2015 #51
I invite you, whom I respect here at DU asiliveandbreathe Mar 2015 #55
Compared to Ted Cruz... Mike Nelson Mar 2015 #3
Compared to Ted Cruz... Scootaloo Mar 2015 #156
There’s A Reality About Hillary Clinton That Many Liberals Need To Face Article... riversedge Mar 2015 #6
Is this really the best argument? Agschmid Mar 2015 #8
How about not having a President that thinks he is ushering in the End Times..that do it for you? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #11
Yes that's exactly what I said... Agschmid Mar 2015 #60
Sorry, intended to respond to the post you responded to. Apologies. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #63
She will not win the GE if we are unfortunate enough to have her as our nominee. RiverLover Mar 2015 #20
Warren is not running. Who is your next best choice with the best chance of preventing Armageddon? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #45
Hillary Clinton is not running either. Marr Mar 2015 #87
Bernie Sanders who has pledged to run on the Democratic ticket if he annonces. 1monster Mar 2015 #101
MY TWO LARGEST HILL CONCERNS ARE TPP AND WAR/PEACE...CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT, JUST CAN'T drynberg Mar 2015 #80
The polls say otherwise treestar Mar 2015 #106
Same stupid browbeating argument, different day. 99Forever Mar 2015 #10
Will not vote? The RNC gift basket is in the mail. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #13
Another stupid assumption. 99Forever Mar 2015 #16
If she is the nominee you will not vote for her? What will that accomplish...says Obama? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #17
You picked the wrong person to play that bullshit card on. 99Forever Mar 2015 #23
Aren't you tired of that 840high Mar 2015 #117
Ever? What are you doing WhiteTara Mar 2015 #21
I will vote my conscience. 99Forever Mar 2015 #26
There is someone upset and it is not any of the posters, or Obama, all begging you not to throw away your vote. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #30
Voting my conscience is not "throwing my vote away." 99Forever Mar 2015 #33
To me, it's a question of where one's conscience is placed. cab67 Mar 2015 #47
Then you buy the lie. 99Forever Mar 2015 #49
what part of what I said is a lie? cab67 Mar 2015 #129
I did not say you lied. 99Forever Mar 2015 #131
I wasn't being defensive. cab67 Mar 2015 #136
Go Ralph Nadir. WhiteTara Mar 2015 #32
Same stupid browbeating argument, different day. 99Forever Mar 2015 #34
Yes and we know how Ralph's position helped WhiteTara Mar 2015 #38
Ralph who? 99Forever Mar 2015 #40
My, you certainly seem WhiteTara Mar 2015 #73
Bye bye. 99Forever Mar 2015 #79
lol WhiteTara Mar 2015 #81
Exactly. And not voting with that ticket is precisely the entire Republican game plan. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #35
Who is Ralph Nadir? Do you mean Ralph Nader? A Simple Game Mar 2015 #88
Well, we got the greatest evil WhiteTara Mar 2015 #91
Here's the problem with your thinking. A Simple Game Mar 2015 #100
The holier than thou argument treestar Mar 2015 #110
You know what knocks me about this tired old attack? Marr Mar 2015 #142
I've noted that also. 99Forever Mar 2015 #144
You're wasting your time with these folks. They are unpersuadables... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #75
You are so right. WhiteTara Mar 2015 #77
I don't doubt the good intentions of those that warn of the dangers of a Republican presidency... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #82
No good deed WhiteTara Mar 2015 #84
I believe you inadvertently upset the fella. I will be your friend tho. Have a great day./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #90
you must have love the 8 years of bush.... beachbum bob Mar 2015 #62
You Hillary Goldman Sachs Clinton folks need to come up with some fresh material. 99Forever Mar 2015 #66
An argument is usually fun. Thespian2 Mar 2015 #71
This argument is boring and fruitless. 99Forever Mar 2015 #78
I'm another one that gets it. A Simple Game Mar 2015 #93
Thanks Thespian2 Mar 2015 #146
I'm probably too old to live to see it but enough people will finally A Simple Game Mar 2015 #150
Thanks Thespian2 Mar 2015 #147
Hey, thanks for the insult, Thespian2. classof56 Mar 2015 #111
You are welcome Thespian2 Mar 2015 #145
Juror results: 4-3 to keep. I was juror #7 stevenleser Mar 2015 #113
I was juror #8 and I agree with juror # Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #119
Thanks Thespian2 Mar 2015 #148
I'm not a fan of Hillary but.... Lazy Daisy Mar 2015 #103
Hold your nose then. 99Forever Mar 2015 #112
Because you claim to be the better one Lazy Daisy Mar 2015 #118
Make shit up much? 99Forever Mar 2015 #120
And what is it I'm making up? Lazy Daisy Mar 2015 #122
If you say so. 99Forever Mar 2015 #123
Every voter should take into consideration which political party has done the lumpy Mar 2015 #137
I do take that into consideration. 99Forever Mar 2015 #143
I am not a scientist, but.... Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #121
Her Wall Street purity and arrogance is going to set us back another decade. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #15
President Christfukuistan will send the world back to the Stone Age....black hat or white hat Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #18
You think a singular candidate created in a Wall Street laboratory isn't dangerous? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #48
Black hat/white hat thinking and ad hominem is what is dangerous...and loved by Republicans. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #50
Political monopooly is what is dangerous. I don't want a cadidate who was built like a lego set. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #52
I'll vote for her cause I love the oligarchy too. L0oniX Mar 2015 #19
I don't understand why so many DEMOCRATS... NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #22
No doubt. I ask myself the same...look at the selection on the other side of the equation! Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #24
because Hillary is a piss poor choice. If she is the best we can do we should lose. bowens43 Mar 2015 #69
The main reason is a fact that some Clinton supporters cite incessantly: current poll standings. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #114
They fail to look at the whole picture of political reality/history of this country. lumpy Mar 2015 #139
Anyone who is not committed to voting for the Democratic nominee redstateblues Mar 2015 #158
K&R! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #25
So she's your first pick..... daleanime Mar 2015 #28
President Cruz? Vice-President Perry? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #29
Is that the only way you can avoid a real discussion? daleanime Mar 2015 #31
That IS the discussion! Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #36
That "Hillary" answers all questions? daleanime Mar 2015 #37
One more 'emoticon' line, to substitute for words....... and you would have won the debate! Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #39
No, words? That's strange.... daleanime Mar 2015 #41
Bringing emoticons to a word fight is like bringing knives to a gun fight. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #43
Well, you so good at ignoring the words.... daleanime Mar 2015 #85
+1 n/t Unvanguard Mar 2015 #42
if democrats/liberals/progressives wish to see a replubican in the whitehouse beachbum bob Mar 2015 #44
okay heaven05 Mar 2015 #96
No worries. LWolf Mar 2015 #126
K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2015 #46
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." - Harry S Truman Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #53
And in response: mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #57
And, in response... Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #65
And response to your response: mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #72
Philosophically, Who is -really- leaving whom? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #54
That's your right. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #58
I'll vote for a liberal Dem in the primaries, and our nominee in the general IronLionZion Mar 2015 #59
I simply want a primary rather Bettie Mar 2015 #61
Damn. Is it Pledgey Time again? djean111 Mar 2015 #64
Excuse me?? The point of having primaries is for alternative candidates to have a shot. Some of us DesertDiamond Mar 2015 #67
And I will continue to collect MY thoughts. mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #74
vote for anyone you please or don't vote at all it's your choice. bowens43 Mar 2015 #68
Here we go again. earthside Mar 2015 #76
I was just composing a post similar to yours. A comment I'd like to add is that in 2008, Nay Mar 2015 #94
And things are moving. earthside Mar 2015 #104
Seems that the HRC haters are ,,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2015 #83
You are quite mistaken, inevitable considering Democrats that do not support her policy preferences Dragonfli Mar 2015 #134
Yet again you say I said things ,,, Cryptoad Mar 2015 #140
Nadering Naybobs. LuvLoogie Mar 2015 #86
The GOP operatives are trying to sow the seeds for the theft of the 2016 POTUS election. greatlaurel Mar 2015 #92
Vote for the independent socialist candidate Joe Turner Mar 2015 #95
I see the need of a president who is an advocate for women's issues, minimun wage increases Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #102
As she said when she conceded to Obama treestar Mar 2015 #105
LOL, so we don't think she is a progressive and complain and you whine about "derailing" her! Wow. Logical Mar 2015 #108
And the conversation continues. mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #115
No candidate will be perfect, that's true. LWolf Mar 2015 #125
I will happly vote for her in the general election. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #128
oy olddots Mar 2015 #130
Then go ahead and vote for. I will not. liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #132
If Hillary wins the nomination, I will vote for her. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #133
Why is the purpose of stating someone isn't perfect? I think it is a set up statement TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #135
I won't vote for her. morningfog Mar 2015 #138
What is disconcerting is this effort to annoint her ... Martin Eden Mar 2015 #141
I'll say it. The OP is doing exactly that. Trying to annoint her. cui bono Mar 2015 #160
I don't vote for DINO's any more than I vote for Republicans. Fearless Mar 2015 #149
applaud her Colorado Vince Mar 2015 #151
Welcome, Colorado Vince! n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #161
This website is going to cause a world shortage in popcorn between now and the GE. Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #157
What's the name of this movie? freshwest Mar 2015 #162
I will not. I will vote for someone else in the primary. You seem to have forgotten there will be cui bono Mar 2015 #159
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