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10. Give up the martyr pose, please. It doesn't help win. It's inauthentic. There are stories that

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:31 AM

Jul 2016

have been baked, and there are stories that have merit. And there are things that would give Progressives of any stripe real pause.

But she's the nominee now, in all but final tabulation, and people are generally uniting behind her and extolling her good qualities, of which there are also many.

If Hillary and Co. can keep to a course that's even moderately Progressive, the world should be rosy and a better place.

But please, let's not act as if Hillary has never done anything that would give an honest Democrat pause.

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How it became cool to hate Hillary Clinton... [View all] Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 OP

Misogyny has always been "cool" rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1

Bingo greatlaurel Jul 2016 #2

Truth is succinct rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #3

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2016 #4

I had been thinking that treestar Jul 2016 #5

Good point PatSeg Jul 2016 #7

K&R betsuni Jul 2016 #6

It is amazing how many young "progressives" buy the Arkansa Project wildeyed Jul 2016 #8

That chart Priebus is standing next to says it all. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #9

Give up the martyr pose, please. It doesn't help win. It's inauthentic. There are stories that highprincipleswork Jul 2016 #10

Great post. bigwillq Jul 2016 #11

That's the point this post is trying to make. I was never a huge HRC fan, but acting as if she's Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #12

Well, on that I'm with you. And I'm glad that the overwhelming spirit of yesterday, highprincipleswork Jul 2016 #14

And they ignore her record Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #13

kick Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #15