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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Clinton Has the Best Track Record on Women's Issues [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)188. No actually I am not
She voted nay
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Not if you consider her opposition to same-sex marriage and support of banning late term abortions.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#1
Clinton votes against late term. Hillary Clinton Scolds US House for Banning Late-Term
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#52
Her EXACT WORDS: "I have said many times that I can support a ban on late-term abortions"
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#54
That doesn't contradict what I posted. She still supported banning late term abortions.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#73
That's good. Now how does that prove I was wrong when I said she supported banning them?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#76
her bottom line has ALWAYS been saying NAY to a ban on late term abortion. whether you are done or
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#80
Did I? I don't remember telling anyone what to believe. Got a link?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#120
Reading your mind? I don't think it anyone's strong suit. Or anyone's wish.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#133
I have no idea what you're on about. Perhaps you should be more clear.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#126
Words "I have said many times that I can support a ban on late-term abortions"
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#135
asking a question? no questions allowed. that is starting something, in your book. done. again.
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#154
I posted facts, you argued, then you posted the same facts. But I think I know better?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#156
She didn't say "I have said many times that I CAN support a ban on late-term abortions"?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#141
I'm not arguing, I'm posting her own words. You don't seem to like them.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#148
I posted her own words to prove she supported a ban on late term abortions.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#171
Hillary never once suggested any of the stuff Sanders suggested in his little opus.
MADem
Sep 2015
#10
Unlike Bernie she opposed equal rights for lgbt people and wanted to ban late term abortions.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#12
If her position has changed, and it is clear it has changed, your only purpose is to throw shade.
MADem
Sep 2015
#28
Citing her civil rights record is not "misrepresenting" her position.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#30
Well, then "citing" Sanders views on male-female relationships, and his view of women as "dependent"
MADem
Sep 2015
#32
Old material - she only started supporting marriage equality 2 years ago:
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#34
Your frantic gish gallop doesn't change the fact that you've misrepresented her current views.
MADem
Sep 2015
#36
Where? Post the exact words where I misrepresented her "current stance on issues".
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#41
Exact quote "I can't trust someone who NEEDED TO EVOLVE on civil rights to support mine."
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#43
Really? Which one of these statements left her current positions unclear:
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#46
"Hillary Has the Best Track Record on Women's Issues" means her PAST RECORD matters.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#50
Because I said that's what right wing nut jobs do, focus on sex instead of issues?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#86
Are you seriously saying we did not use to have laws that made women dependant?
ieoeja
Sep 2015
#170
she opposed marriage equality, as did sanders until 2009. staying QUIET on the issue si NOT support
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#57
Bernie voted against DOMA in 1996. That vote WAS him supporting marriage equality.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#62
as you have been told repeatedly, was not voting to protect marriage equality. sanders stayed quiet
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#64
WHEN did he stay quiet? What interview? You keep saying that but you never post proof.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#65
ONE time sanders used the words, marriage equality before 2009. silence does not equal support
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#72
He voted against DOMA, that means he voiced his support of marriage equality.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#74
sanders stayed silent, certainly did not mention marriage equality. those who spoke voted against
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#79
"So not saying something = saying something?" i would think this would be an obvious answer for you
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#91
Many wanted to know what she did as S of STATE. The op has some of her accomplishments.
riversedge
Sep 2015
#88
You don't give her any credit at all--you keep repeating her old positions, and then get mad
MADem
Sep 2015
#29
The title of the op is "Why Hillary Clinton Has the Best Track Record on Women's Issues"
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#31
An old essay doesn't equal not supporting civil rights. But this 40 year old letter matters too:
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#35
An old essay with some sick views on male-female dynamics, that the author has called dumb, stupid
MADem
Sep 2015
#38
Exact quote "I can't trust someone who NEEDED TO EVOLVE on civil rights to support mine."
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#47
"Let's abolish all laws dealing with abortion, drugs, sexual behavior (adultery, homosexuality, etc)
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#56
I posted evidence of her past record of opposition to civil rights because that IS the point.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#94
I agree--but the impetus came from the states, it wasn't "federal decree" that was
MADem
Sep 2015
#21
Of course the feds are relevant, but it's not like the states were handed something without
MADem
Sep 2015
#25
same with sanders, i guess if you do not consider Kosovo or Palestinian women?
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#58
Oh DO tell us of Clinton's stellar record of standing up for Palestine, Seabeyond. n/t
Scootaloo
Sep 2015
#96
She would make a great Secretary of Health and Human Services provided Congress is
JDPriestly
Sep 2015
#16
Or Supreme Court justice. That would totally insulate her from the problem of testing the winds==
eridani
Sep 2015
#198
same holds true with anyone who takes on these responsibilities. what? obama a misogynist?
seabeyond
Sep 2015
#60