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Bluenorthwest

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12. I suppor Bernie, Liz can keep her mitts away from high office, thanks. She was a Reagan/Bush
Fri May 22, 2015, 08:22 AM
May 2015

Republican who remained in that racist and homophobic Party through Reagan's vicious neglect of the growing AIDS crisis, she and her Party were silent as 30,000 Americans died, Liz paused only to vote for that shitty policy to continue. When asked to explain her positions from that time, she evades the brutality of her views by chirping that she was a Republican because she like their ideas about 'the markets'. So she was in a racist, homophobic anti choice Party of drug warriors because their fiscal policy served her own 1% class. And she sure made herself rich doing consultancy work for Big Corporations. But those fiscal policies which served her gutted the American middle class and destroyed Unions.

Warren was in the Republican Party when they had Pat Buchanan as keynote, bellowing about militant homosexuals and radical feminists. Warren was in that nasty Party when Hillary was standing with the LGBT community, being attacked by Republicans for supporting us. I'm not going to forget that to please some straight white person such as yourself.
Warren was a Reagan/Bush Republican when Bernie Sanders was founding the Progressive Caucus in the House. They are not the same person and they do not have the same history.
Warren has never bothered to address her past actions, nor to make amends for them, nor offer even one word of regret, so far she just says 'I got really rich so I did not care at all!!!!'

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Almost everybody I know supports Hillary Clinton. MohRokTah May 2015 #1
First you have to talk to people RobertEarl May 2015 #16
. MohRokTah May 2015 #30
Well ? orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #36
I know two Republicans. MohRokTah May 2015 #39
I got you to tell the truth, Two that's all ? orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #46
I only know those two because I need t work with them. MohRokTah May 2015 #48
Agreed . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #49
I truthfully don't know anyone who supports her. I know some who are indifferent, saying 'it's the sabrina 1 May 2015 #29
+1 daleanime May 2015 #52
And yet Bernie isn't making many waves in the polls. Adrahil May 2015 #2
well we have quite different facebook feeds I suppose reddread May 2015 #3
I'm more of a realist than an ideologue, I guess. n/t Adrahil May 2015 #7
Bernie has a huge following on social media and it's growing every day Marrah_G May 2015 #4
We shall see. Adrahil May 2015 #6
Yes, we shall see Marrah_G May 2015 #8
I compare him more to Kucinich Godhumor May 2015 #11
heh RobertEarl May 2015 #17
In 2007, you could argue the majority of DUers who participated in DU polls backed Kucinich Godhumor May 2015 #20
one slight problem with the rear view mirror reddread May 2015 #21
Things are worse than what Bush/Cheney did to this country zappaman May 2015 #37
I think Alittleliberal May 2015 #40
Bush broke the rules of the game. DCBob May 2015 #54
It speaks to Hillary support RobertEarl May 2015 #23
"And very few even knew who Obama was" NYC Liberal May 2015 #42
Gore had them making Tidal waves in 1999 . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #47
Is your name Pauline Kael? (nt) Recursion May 2015 #5
Nobody is going to get that reference./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #41
Oh yeah, "nobody I know voted for Nixon..".. I read it the other day on DU. Cha May 2015 #45
Hmmm. Almost everyone I know supports Hillary. lamp_shade May 2015 #9
For real? imnew May 2015 #22
Yes... for real. lamp_shade May 2015 #25
Same here. Why should those of us who can appreciate true Progressives like Bernie and Elizabeth be shamed by those who have fallen for Hillary's schtick. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #53
Ah, the "everyone I know" methodology of polling. NuclearDem May 2015 #10
I suppor Bernie, Liz can keep her mitts away from high office, thanks. She was a Reagan/Bush Bluenorthwest May 2015 #12
And yet Patrick Murphy (Florida) is being pushed here, and he was a Republican until djean111 May 2015 #13
that's why I always scratch my head when people say the big rift is betwen social liberals MisterP May 2015 #14
I am sorry reddread May 2015 #15
*blushes* but this is all stuff anyone with a quarter of poli sci can deduce MisterP May 2015 #18
The first thing they teach you in Poli Science Research is to operationalize your terms... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #24
I post on a sports board frequently DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #19
Anecdotally, Hillary is majorly popular with my gay facebook friends. m-lekktor May 2015 #26
I am cautious of anecdotal evidence DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #27
Gay people who are aware know who was on their side 17 yrs ago . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #33
yup. the high information non single issue LGBTers m-lekktor May 2015 #44
Those who do the polls sure find more Hillary supporters than Bernie supporters. Thinkingabout May 2015 #28
It's their job to , who's being asked, are the questions about orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #32
So far they are getting more Hillary supporters than Bernie supporters,just saying Thinkingabout May 2015 #34
Because they support 99%, and in their business that's less than orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #31
Everyone I know supports HRC MaggieD May 2015 #35
the people i know support a wide range of candidates - except that one el_bryanto May 2015 #38
Oh my, yes! OilemFirchen May 2015 #43
I've mainly seen support for HRC gollygee May 2015 #50
MSM is the reason for that, which should be a clue . orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #51
it's like the story about the New York socialite redstateblues May 2015 #55
Every democrat I know backs Hillary 1000%! workinclasszero May 2015 #56
I have Zero reasons fredamae May 2015 #57
I know a wide range of people. JEB May 2015 #58
They would be fools NOT to support Bernie & Elizabeth. leeroysphitz May 2015 #59
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