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2016 Postmortem

beam me up scottie

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37. She didn't come around until 2013.

Reply to CharlotteVale (Reply #26)

Sat Sep 5, 2015, 10:08 PM

Sep 2015

She did evolve but only after polls showed that most Americans favoured marriage equality.

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Women. Bernie Sanders and Womens' Rights. What's up with that? [View all] HappyPlace Sep 2015 OP

Did you see my op from June? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #1

Nice one! Thanks! HappyPlace Sep 2015 #12

Bernie is and has been more of a Feminist than half the women in the country, Hillary and Andrea are orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #2

IMO H. Clinton and Andrea are more concerned about wealth accumulation. nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #5

+10000000 CharlotteVale Sep 2015 #9

He has ALWAYS walked the walk. hifiguy Sep 2015 #3

Oh so now Bernie knows what's best for women too? BooScout Sep 2015 #4

Sen Sanders is the people's candidate and not the billionaires candidate. nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #6

She's just angry because DU women aren't flocking to Hillary. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #10

Yes, because DU women will decide the primaries lunamagica Sep 2015 #38

See post #8 beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #40

Oh, So DU women wll decide the primaries. I see. lunamagica Sep 2015 #41

. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #42

Exactly. It's an authoritarian thing. Doesn't matter what she has done, she is the tough rhett o rick Sep 2015 #39

So you are saying that no one but a woman can champion women's rights? Interesting. djean111 Sep 2015 #7

Pfft. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #8

God, that infantile posturing has grown wearisome. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #18

Lol. I'm sure you were saying that in 2012 when he said this. neverforget Sep 2015 #25

Let me ask you a question. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #34

Hillary has been out there for women's rights for decades, too. Plus, she actually knows what it is Metric System Sep 2015 #11

Just being a woman isn't enough, especially when you don't stand up for all women. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #13

Ouch! HappyPlace Sep 2015 #20

She put on her sunday going to church uniform delrem Sep 2015 #24

ROFL...she waved her arms around, too. CharlotteVale Sep 2015 #28

That was truly nauseating. As a woman, I can't support her. CharlotteVale Sep 2015 #26

She didn't come around until 2013. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #37

And yet the gay community overwhelmingly favors her. Metric System Sep 2015 #30

The majority of Democrats, including Pres. Obama, held this position until very recently. Good on Metric System Sep 2015 #33

Yes, good on Bernie for always standing up for equal rights. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #36

How many womens' lives have been destroyed by policy decisions? HappyPlace Sep 2015 #14

+ 1000 orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #15

Yes but those are just "little" women. zeemike Sep 2015 #22

A rich, white woman, you mean? nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #17

Yes, she is the best candidate for rich white women like Alice Walton jfern Sep 2015 #27

Except for those decades she told LBT women to take a hike. Lancero Sep 2015 #21

Plus, she actually knows what it is to, you know, BE a woman- a woman AlbertCat Sep 2015 #23

I said DEMOCRATIC woman. Do you think Hillary is anything like those women? Metric System Sep 2015 #29

You said, in what I quoted, "a woman". AlbertCat Sep 2015 #31

they all applauded welfare reform questionseverything Sep 2015 #32

Bernie has been for rights for EVERYONE for 50 YEARS Doctor_J Sep 2015 #16

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #35

All the Dem ccndidates for president are good on women's rights eridani Sep 2015 #19