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randys1

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34. Staying there is wrong, I agree. I believe HIllary will also and your remark about her and
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 02:47 PM
Oct 2015

drones, I dont need a direct line to know that she falls on the hawkish side of things.

I suspect she will be our next president, wanna place a side bet on where she will stand as to drones?

"We black folks"?? Did you really type that! And expect....belief? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
Clinton's policies were absolutely horrible for black people! HORRIBLE!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #6
To what then, do "we black folks" attribute the current overwhelming support for the Clintons?? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #10
While I (largely) agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #23
Welcome back! stevenleser Oct 2015 #15
Not to fight; but, none of those were done by HRC. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #22
I gave you a rec JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #2
with the Clintons one thing i know is that KNOW they need the black community JI7 Oct 2015 #9
That's a really good point n/t JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #11
Did you notice - Sanders supporters giving you a rec JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #3
Same here. Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #4
yes remember that bravenak was very critical of hillary JI7 Oct 2015 #8
I haven't forgotten any of it. angel123 Oct 2015 #5
i think they are good at forming relationships in different communities JI7 Oct 2015 #7
I don't think anybody's forgotten anything, LS Number23 Oct 2015 #12
Lol F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #13
I have issues with Hillary's candidacy but I'd be lying if I said the main ones had to do with her Number23 Oct 2015 #14
"I think if anything, it speaks to the quality of the other Dem candidates running against her." Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #16
I think we have some very high quality Dems running and we put the Republicans Tipperary Oct 2015 #17
did you support her in 2008 over OBama ? JI7 Oct 2015 #18
Yes I did. I was not an Obama fan, but I voted for him twice. Tipperary Oct 2015 #19
i wanted to know if it was because you thought she could win or you just liked her better JI7 Oct 2015 #20
I liked her better. You are right though, at the time I also did not think Obama could win. Tipperary Oct 2015 #21
What was about Obama BACK THEN, not now, that had you not supporting him randys1 Oct 2015 #25
I never thought he had the chops for dealing in foreign affairs, and it appears I was right. Tipperary Oct 2015 #26
I believe Clinton will continue the drone campaign JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #27
and sanders JI7 Oct 2015 #40
I didn't want to go there JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #41
even though he himself said he would JI7 Oct 2015 #43
Foreign affairs? Drones? First, I hate drones, but surely Hillary will use them, right? randys1 Oct 2015 #28
You obviously have a direct line to Hillary and her plans in regard to drones. Tipperary Oct 2015 #32
Staying there is wrong, I agree. I believe HIllary will also and your remark about her and randys1 Oct 2015 #34
I am not a gambler. Hillary has not even been elected yet, so I think I will wait until she is Tipperary Oct 2015 #36
these are things she has publicly talked about JI7 Oct 2015 #44
It actually is a good question for the debates. randys1 Oct 2015 #46
being more hawkish is one of the ways she has publicly differed from Obama JI7 Oct 2015 #37
You are wrong about Gitmo....the record is clear why it is not closed and it is the usual suspects. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #29
We will just have to disagree. Tipperary Oct 2015 #30
Glad to see you remembered why Gitmo is not closed! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #31
Obama said he would close it, and he did not. Tipperary Oct 2015 #33
We disagree on facts and history and conclusion...pretty much the whole shabang! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #35
There you go then. Tipperary Oct 2015 #38
Obama was never in a position to close Guantanamo. The US Congress is the only entitity with that Number23 Oct 2015 #58
This election, for me, is not about "who I like". It's about quality, and of the field (for me) HRC Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #45
Hillary represents not going backwards, but not going forward much. Bernie's IDEAS randys1 Oct 2015 #47
There's a Pew Poll around here somewhere that explains that 2/3 of Dems want a POTUS who will.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #53
I dont want to expand on drone use or being in Afghanistan, for instance. randys1 Oct 2015 #54
To pull a page from our neighbors to the north, it looks like Canada just elected Pierre Trudeau's MADem Oct 2015 #59
I like HRC because I believe she is the highest quality of them all. Tipperary Oct 2015 #55
If people don't think that Bernie has a "snowballs chance in hell" of winning then that is most Number23 Oct 2015 #57
if minorities never forgive folks for saying or voting for prejudiced things, we'd have no one to La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #24
I wish I could rec this post. Tipperary Oct 2015 #39
He and Hillary had the exact same opinion on gay marriage. Exactly the same! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #49
except she was not on the ballot when i went to vote for president La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #50
You mean some Black Folk forgot? Stellar Oct 2015 #42
I think most people who support Hillary over Obama did so due to Obama's race! Period! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #48
then they forgot that they were racist for the presidential vote. La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #51
so, the black woman I am married to is racist? kwassa Oct 2015 #56
If it doesn't apply to your wife then I'm not talking to her. MOST is not "ALL"! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2015 #60
And if you reversed the past 200 yrs the white version of Obama would get 100% of the vote randys1 Oct 2015 #61
How many has forgotten the snarks made about BLM and many members of AA. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #52
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