2016 Postmortem

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59. The question was about progressives

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Wed May 25, 2016, 01:55 PM

May 2016

and national security concerns.

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Is anyone else surprised at how suddenly important email and national security is to Progressives? [View all] MariaThinks May 2016 OP

Straw man. morningfog May 2016 #1

And that straw man is naked as a jay bird. floriduck May 2016 #8

Embarrassingly bad op cali May 2016 #12

Those issues are all still important. And yes, Iraq was the greatest FP blunder and HRC voted for it Ned_Devine May 2016 #2

You weren't around here after 9/11 and when the Iraq War started. leveymg May 2016 #3

I saw the second plane hit, the towers go down, lost some Port Authority friends. Fuck this OP! TheBlackAdder May 2016 #58

I was in traffic near National Airport and saw the smoke rising from the Pentagon. I agree. leveymg May 2016 #79

Government secrets stand against the people (ntxt) scscholar May 2016 #4

Not if your name is Snowden. Then it's all "Freedom! Authoritarians! Fascists!" randome May 2016 #5

If your name is Aerows and you wrote to Patrick Leahy Aerows May 2016 #21

Your consistency is commendable. Others' not so much. randome May 2016 #29

LOL! Aerows May 2016 #42

anyone remember Valerie Plame? G_j May 2016 #50

Yeah, there was. randome May 2016 #57

The question was about progressives G_j May 2016 #59

LMAO! So true. Looks like their duplicity is on full display. R B Garr May 2016 #26

Oh my. Aerows May 2016 #43

Snowden was trying to expose bad behavior - some of it criminal. Fawke Em May 2016 #32

Both have to do with transparency and procedures Armstead May 2016 #33

We are overwhelming interested in your list, but many don't believe Hillary will deliver Progressive highprincipleswork May 2016 #6

Sigh. The email and server are evidence that she has issues following the rules IdaBriggs May 2016 #7

Integrity. Octafish May 2016 #9

We don't care about Benghazi, it's bullshit pengu May 2016 #10

bingo krawhitham May 2016 #61

Progressives have always been concerned about transparency. cali May 2016 #11

You beat me to this post... Bob41213 May 2016 #13

Oh, it's worth saving over and over. cali May 2016 #14

people who call other people silly and use words like embarrassing MariaThinks May 2016 #44

You've been here 5 months and have 4 hides. Cali's been here 12 years and has 2 hides riderinthestorm May 2016 #72

Give me a break. People are hiding for all sorts of reasons MariaThinks May 2016 #76

Anybody else surprised at how unimportant election integrity QC May 2016 #15

No. cali May 2016 #17

Can't say that I'm surprised either. n/t QC May 2016 #18

+++ frylock May 2016 #64

Wish I could rec this post a thousand times. libtodeath May 2016 #81

No one has said it's the biggest fp blunder of all time. cali May 2016 #16

I was concerned enough about it in 2006 Aerows May 2016 #19

Not sudden at all. More than 840high May 2016 #20

They don't actually care - it's just a fun line of attack that annoys Hillary supporters Dem2 May 2016 #22

Notice the responses in this thread - how dare I even suggest this. MariaThinks May 2016 #45

Internet made an angry Dem2 May 2016 #52

i must be doing a lot right lately! MariaThinks May 2016 #53

That's because GDP is a mirror image of the Freepers when it comes to attacking the Clintons. Beacool May 2016 #23

You guys are woefully unprepared for the reality of the general election cali May 2016 #36

Sadly, i've noticed that. MariaThinks May 2016 #46

Oh I've said this for ages; Berniefans don't have the slightest interest in e-mail security Tarc May 2016 #24

It's about transparency and her penchant for secrecy for me cali May 2016 #38

it sounds like when the republicans would sadly nod their heads and say benghazi whenever they MariaThinks May 2016 #47

It's that she's under investigation and might be charged with a crime. NightWatcher May 2016 #25

People see her as dishonest because of hundreds of millions of dollars of ads against her MariaThinks May 2016 #48

I think it was the million and millions in Wall Street bribes...er...speaking fees. Throd May 2016 #56

there it is right there - the innuendo. Speaking fees are not bribes MariaThinks May 2016 #60

Call them whatever you want. People that give you $250,000 expect a return on their investment. Throd May 2016 #63

my point is made MariaThinks May 2016 #65

Are you sure that point helps? Throd May 2016 #69

Well, that and all her dishonesty. frylock May 2016 #66

Neither progressives nor whatever you consider yourselves... dchill May 2016 #27

Good government, government in the sunshine has always been important! 4139 May 2016 #28

I have worked in cyber security for 10 years. Fawke Em May 2016 #30

Bernie Supporters got nothing else. Demsrule86 May 2016 #31

LMAO! Fawke Em May 2016 #37

that's what i say. MariaThinks May 2016 #49

A true clown show alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #34

If the e-mail coverup takes out the Dem potential nominee, none of that other stuff will happen. lagomorph777 May 2016 #35

No surprise they want Hillary in jail The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #39

Watergate? Iran-Contra? Transparency? Hello? Bad Thoughts May 2016 #40

You probably do not understand the intersectionality nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #41

We can't run a weakened candidate in the general election or we lose. Vinca May 2016 #51

I'm more surprised that the Bush Admin has become the standard by Press Virginia May 2016 #54

I guess that Nader really wasn't too far off the mark after all. frylock May 2016 #67

My worry is that the public perception is way too damaging at this point... phleshdef May 2016 #55

I think reality is starting to sink in for Hillary Supporter. frylock May 2016 #62

...trust... HumanityExperiment May 2016 #68

I bitched about Bush-Cheney violating the FOIA by using private email, I bitched about Rick Perry Attorney in Texas May 2016 #70

It is indeed amusing Gothmog May 2016 #71

Hillary thought it important when she condemned Snowden and backed the NSA. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #73

It's only a surprise to you. There's a lot of us who've been paying attention for many years nt riderinthestorm May 2016 #74

Female Rights? Bettie May 2016 #75

DU rec CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #77

i try to speak the thoughtful truth MariaThinks May 2016 #78

More like openness and evidence of bad judgment. hobbit709 May 2016 #80

Maria, you need to do more thinking. Seriously. BillZBubb May 2016 #82

I'm more surprised at how suddenly UNIMPORTANT single-payer is to progressives. Jim Lane May 2016 #83