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(17,196 posts)182. That works for me just fine.
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oh bullshit and hypocritical bullshit at that. At least I don't pretend to like HRC
cali
May 2015
#1
..."until Chappaquiddick"? Nice try, but that happened in 1969, and Carter didn't run for President
Tanuki
May 2015
#78
Wot? Why would Kennedy(?) "change his mind" about running against Carter(?) in '84?
truebluegreen
May 2015
#136
Gerald Ford was in the House, not Senate, when he was tapped to replace Agnew as VP. (eom)
StevieM
May 2015
#191
Wow, nice post---not. Precisely the kind of thing Senator Sanders would NOT endorse.
MADem
May 2015
#162
LBJ was undone by the war he inherited. LBJ was so much more than that fiasco...
Hekate
May 2015
#79
I see the point you are making but I think the important thing to remember is that Ronald Reagan
StevieM
May 2015
#202
I'm referring to your insisting repeatedly that you're "concerned" that he might run
cali
May 2015
#22
Say something good about Clinton for a change; it might make you SEEM believable.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#10
How's that shovel workin'? Let me know if it wears out; I'll get a rope and lower you down another.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#34
Other than plurality control with Working Families of the Hartford City Council?
Chan790
May 2015
#219
I think LBJ deserves enormous credit for driving through all those reforms. (eom)
StevieM
May 2015
#192
It amazes me how people forget all that we accomplished in the 60s when up against a whole lot of
StevieM
May 2015
#212
Hey Oc... I guess lying the country into a war that caused the deaths of over 58,000 Americans
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#28
You might want to look at a timeline including his Gulf of Tonkin lie and the escalation afterward.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#33
LBJ was a sitting president; a sitting president is always the presumptive nominee.
Spider Jerusalem
May 2015
#35
Yep! Bernie IS better. And therefore I think MORE Americans could gravitate to him!
cascadiance
May 2015
#52
It is not historically correct to say that Hillary had the same lead in 2008 that she has today.
StevieM
May 2015
#194
That she had a large lead that people felt she was already the "nominee" then,
cascadiance
May 2015
#196
Obama was a pretty big star from the beginning and for better or worse there is no one in the same
StevieM
May 2015
#198
I respect your feelings regarding Sen. Sanders. I like Sanders and Elizabeth Warren just fine.
StevieM
May 2015
#205
Nobody has the right to expect the nomination on a platter, not even an incumbent president.
StevieM
May 2015
#197
2000 and 2004 Nader voters, Green Party voters in presidential races, people that look to Venezuala
Renew Deal
May 2015
#250
Please point us to all the OP's laying out why Hillary is the best representative for the people.
woo me with science
May 2015
#43
I'm sure many were saying the same about her about this time before 2008 election...
cascadiance
May 2015
#57
If she wants to "gut punch" Republicans then DEMONSTRATE it now with McTurtle on the TPP!
cascadiance
May 2015
#69
Why? Because she's a fool if she thinks I and many others will support her...
cascadiance
May 2015
#83
Why don't you provide us a link then that shows how Hillary says she's against passing Fast Track...
cascadiance
May 2015
#104
Just as I thought, pressed for something to back up an assertion, you don't have it...
cascadiance
May 2015
#119
I AM informing myself, which is why I ask YOU to show that you are informing yourself...
cascadiance
May 2015
#134
NO, you did not qualify your statements properly that you were talking about ISDS, NOT TPP...
cascadiance
May 2015
#260
Links? Clinton helped craft the TPP. I find it hard to believe they are in agreement about it.
cui bono
May 2015
#233
I guess Obama would send her to talk to other countries as SOS and not know anything about it?
cascadiance
May 2015
#261
At least you are qualifying her being the best candidate so far. Bernie is the absolute best
cui bono
May 2015
#232
And if he were more willing to help America know the truth about Nixon at that time...
cascadiance
May 2015
#100
Why are you an anti-democratic authoritarian? If Hillary can't stand the heat, she
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#71
I get it... Let's just keep everything secret and say we should all vote for someone, just
cascadiance
May 2015
#108
Oh come on. The exact same dynamic played itself out in 2008 and Obama went
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#142
She uses 'far left' to mean anyone to the left of Hillary. By that standard, Barbara Boxer is
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#155
Sirhan Sirhan was the only one to help elect Nixon, RFK would have buried Dick .
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#128
He holds himself to higher standard and you and I aren't campaigning...
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#148
Well I can't speak to the national picture but there are certainly some posters here that
hrmjustin
May 2015
#151
Challenging is seen as treason by people in your ' Group ' this is GD .
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#156
Then what's the point of having a democracy? *(post I'm replying to was edited well after my reply)
cui bono
May 2015
#175
Yes. When I read your post it did not have a comma. You not mentioning that is dishonest.
cui bono
May 2015
#231
Wow your right I was really wrong here. i just looked at it again and I was totally in the wrong.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#248
Has nothing to do with honesty, history or common sense does it, Do you
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#161
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
May 2015
#180
I think just like Bernie, many of us have voiced concerns about ISSUES like the TPP here...
cascadiance
May 2015
#204
DU is not necessarily representative of most Democrats, and the polls seem to confirm that
still_one
May 2015
#216