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2016 Postmortem

beam me up scottie

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9. While snarfing down chickens and laughing at the stupid farmer.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 05:17 PM

Jul 2015

The fox is now inside the henhouse, remember?

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Hillary Clinton aides' Wall Street links raise economic policy doubts [View all] Karmadillo Jul 2015 OP

What is the problem? Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

"pro-business stances on financial regulation" 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #2

Probably the best people to advise on finanical regulations, who understands what is happening more Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #3

In Vermont, apparently. 99th_Monkey Jul 2015 #5

Why would you trust a fox to guard the henhouse? beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #7

The fox is smarter and will develop a henhouse a fox does not enter. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #8

While snarfing down chickens and laughing at the stupid farmer. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #9

You could say the stupid farmer did not build the henhouse to keep out a fox but with Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #11

You don't really get analogies, do you? beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #12

Would you get someone to coach a football team who has never seen a football or would you get Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #13

I wouldn't use a fox to guard hens, I'd get an attack dog that knows how sneaky foxes are. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #14

Yes, Hillary would be the owner who hired professional coaches who would find good players. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #15

Congratulations. You just figured out why some of us don't support her. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #16

She cares about others winning and having an easier life. She is ready for the job. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #18

Sure she does, just like the owners care about football players. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #19

She will be fighting for all. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #20

I can't trust her to do that, not with her record. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #21

She has a very good record on working with LGBT. She has explained the IWR vote more than once and Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #26

She worked and marched with lgbt people while trying to deny them equal rights. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #27

Only in your dreams. hifiguy Jul 2015 #23

Yep, she's ready alright. ..she doesn't need a henhouse. )~~ libdem4life Jul 2015 #28

That's not how it works in the real world. gollygee Jul 2015 #17

And of course they would never, never try and profit from their position of power and influence. jalan48 Jul 2015 #30

Look, the same old people with the same old policies! Hydra Jul 2015 #4

Many voters for Democrats are still in a bubble on the issue. mmonk Jul 2015 #6

I have no doubts about Hillary's true economic agenda. Scuba Jul 2015 #10

Gee, ya think? hifiguy Jul 2015 #22

"It's a BIG club... and YOU ain't IN it." cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #24

^^^ This ^^^ cantbeserious Jul 2015 #33

When one becomes a shareholder, one has started the initiation. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #34

There's no doubt which team she plays for and it ain't the 99%. AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #25

Hillary Clinton represents a rigged economy Senator Tankerbell Jul 2015 #29

pssh, that's just her ties, ideology, and closed-door promises MisterP Jul 2015 #31

Once A Wall Street Patron - Always A Wall Street Patron - Meet HRC cantbeserious Jul 2015 #32

I don't see how she can fight corporations when she is part of that whole scene Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #35