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jeff47

(26,549 posts)
56. Not gonna work.
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 03:31 PM
Apr 2016

Republican-leaning independents will vote for Satan before they vote for Clinton.

Her only hope in November is enough Republican-leaning independents stay home. Problem is, her name on the ballot is a fantastic tool to drive turnout among Republican-leaning independents to vote against her.

Don't like being on the left, Clinton? byyiminy Apr 2016 #1
+1,000,000 dchill Apr 2016 #53
LOL....!!! I wonder if we will make it to Greece's stature by the 2nd or 3rd year of her Admin. Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #2
Agreed. I fully expect it with the corporate looting her sponsers will be doing to us. Unicorn Apr 2016 #19
Then she won't get votes from the left... HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #3
+1. Unicorn Apr 2016 #21
+2 840high Apr 2016 #33
+3 Raine Apr 2016 #39
+4 Avalon Sparks Apr 2016 #47
+5 VulgarPoet May 2016 #61
Please don't presume to speak for "the left." Sparkly May 2016 #67
Yes, quite a track record. HooptieWagon May 2016 #69
Minorities and women are not stupid. Sparkly May 2016 #71
Shes on the record. HooptieWagon May 2016 #73
Precisely. Sparkly May 2016 #74
+6 farleftlib May 2016 #68
Wow, just wow jfern Apr 2016 #4
How much you willing to pay? Gwhittey Apr 2016 #6
I also don't have 225k to donate to her :/ VulgarPoet May 2016 #62
It's not just about what we the people support, if contrary to her donors' interests. That's the JudyM Apr 2016 #13
I don't trust her on Social Security. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #36
Ah, another unnamed source. JaneyVee Apr 2016 #5
Careful. If Bernie takes the pressure off she'll sproing across the room and bump her head GoneFishin Apr 2016 #7
... the right-wing wall.... John Poet Apr 2016 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author potisok Apr 2016 #8
I don't see anyone from "Camp Clinton" quoted in the story. pampango Apr 2016 #9
She won't stay to the left anyhow... tokenlib Apr 2016 #10
Clearly Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #12
She is still to the right of Goldwater. Downwinder Apr 2016 #11
Nah, she hasn't claimed that she's explicitly against poc. VulgarPoet May 2016 #63
Goldwater's Republican Party Platform of 1964 Downwinder May 2016 #72
wow! well that settles that. mooseprime Apr 2016 #14
She is who she is. Apparently the voters like her just the way she is. Look at her vote count ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #15
More people do want Bernie Skink Apr 2016 #16
They should have voted, shouldn't they? NurseJackie Apr 2016 #17
I rest my case Skink Apr 2016 #18
Voting is a responsibility. I guess they weren't "thinking ahead". NurseJackie Apr 2016 #22
You need the opportunity to vote...n/t tokenlib Apr 2016 #26
More support of Republican voter disenfranchiement. Great. chascarrillo Apr 2016 #30
It's not that people aren't voting Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #42
I understand that through their pride and vanity they choose to "send a message" ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #43
Lame redirect - Independants are not the main subject of either video Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #45
Ha! You put a dollar sign in "MSM". NurseJackie Apr 2016 #46
She is who she is. chwaliszewski May 2016 #57
LOL, always entertaining. nt Logical May 2016 #70
This is exactly the fucking problem. This is why I'm not voting fo her. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #20
It is the problem. Punkingal Apr 2016 #23
She's a republican, period. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #24
Bang - Exactly correct Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #44
Great articulation of reality in the "party". onecaliberal Apr 2016 #48
Whether this report is true or not BootinUp Apr 2016 #25
No surprise here. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #27
Better than the usual sneers and lies. djean111 Apr 2016 #28
she NEEDS to see the daily show's LEARNING CURVES ARE FOR PUSSIES. pansypoo53219 Apr 2016 #29
She is a right leaning centrist. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #31
Most of the people I see eilen Apr 2016 #32
Here's a fun game... Fairgo Apr 2016 #34
Whats left? A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS FAVOR MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #35
Forced? Kalidurga Apr 2016 #38
Her swing back to the right after the convention is going to be monumental. Kentonio Apr 2016 #40
It's the only place she can seek votes. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #49
Except the Republican voters can't stand her either. She can't go looking for votes there. w4rma Apr 2016 #54
Not gonna work. jeff47 Apr 2016 #56
She was never a Democrat to start with coyote Apr 2016 #41
Here's my problem with her Bettie Apr 2016 #50
poor thing, being pushed to where she is supposed to be!! oldandhappy Apr 2016 #51
Another variation of "Watch your tone?" dchill Apr 2016 #52
I guess we'll have to turn up the heat and hold her feet to the fire. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #55
But will she listen, and what do we do if she doesn't? GreenPartyVoter May 2016 #59
If she is the nominee... Trumpster will run to her left AzDar May 2016 #58
Yeah it sucks having to pretend to be a Democrat doesn't it? n/t leeroysphitz May 2016 #60
expecially for a republican huh? Ferd Berfel May 2016 #64
The operative word is forced. Meaning she does not want to jwirr May 2016 #65
Exactly the word! Ferd Berfel May 2016 #66
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