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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 'Why do they hate Hillary Clinton so much?' [View all]pat_k
(9,313 posts)33. The off-the-scale bashing is so disturbing...
I want to see Bernie in the White House, but if that doesn't come to pass, we still need to win back Congress, and do what we can to make as many parts of his New New Deal a reality as possible. That means continuing to organize. It also means that we need to elect the person most likely to sign any decent legislation that gets through into law. If she wins the nomination, that means Hillary.
I know many reject the idea, and I don't imagine anything I say is going to change any minds, but THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between Hillary and Trump (or Cruz). If for nothing else, for the sake of the Supreme Court. Any more right-wingnuts on the court, just say goodbye to... well, just about any of the hard won rights you might care about.
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Many people not supporting Clinton have done that...and are waiting for others to do the same. n/t
Wilms
Mar 2016
#80
Of course he is going Tori's 9/11 to Iraq. Hillary herself lied about that one.
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#108
FDR was President in another century... the one preceding this century.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#38
I can see why you support Hillary. You know nothing about Democratic history.
BillZBubb
Mar 2016
#28
I don't hate her. Somewhere there is middle ground between "hate her" and "ignore her flaws"
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2016
#5
I'd be the first to acknowledge that a good chunk of the shit that is thrown at her is unfair
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2016
#11
And that is the difference between actual progressives and the ones playing them on
synergie
Mar 2016
#45
Well, here's the thing. For one, you're wrong. Not everyone who feels these ways is a puppet, troll
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2016
#131
Well, I don't hate her, but I do very much dislike her cavalier attitude toward security policies,
Fawke Em
Mar 2016
#13
My dislike of her is entirely a result of her own actions and statements.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2016
#125
It's all political. When the Republicans were accusing her and her husband of everything
Trust Buster
Mar 2016
#22
I think for many of "You", that would be yet another case of projection. nt
Electric Monk
Mar 2016
#53
I think most the "hate" is found on the internet. Most sane folks in real life
synergie
Mar 2016
#46
A poet/novelist claims his wife asks him Hillary questions before he gets out of bed in the morning.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#32
Depends. Do you always go through the motions of linking two words on DU to an external site?
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#110
I don't hate her. I wish her well. But I do find some of her behavior deeply disturbing:
Vattel
Mar 2016
#44
I was ok with her until the Reagan as AIDS hero bullshit. Now I am just mystified and disgusted.
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#65
Visiting 112 countries doesn't give you a "vast comprehension of foreign affairs"
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#74
I wish that she was just less Cheneyesque, not a great ask I don't think
hereforthevoting
Mar 2016
#78
The author is a poet/novelist writing opinions on CNN. Poet/novelists never make stuff up!
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#111
"hate" is a strong word. I wonder how people feel about those who swift boated Kerry?
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#105
I don't hate Hillary, I don't support her stances on policies that are important to me.
DookDook
Mar 2016
#115
I'll type it out again, but I think you guys aren't even reading the list.
Ed Suspicious
Mar 2016
#128
A lot of us hate and despise the Third Way/DLC/New Dem Wall Street coddlers...
tokenlib
Mar 2016
#130