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pa28

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94. I'd forgotten how she darkened his face in that ad.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:19 AM
Oct 2015

After her campaign ran such a creepy, racist bid in 2008 we probably shouldn't be surprised at the cynical race and sexism attacks on Bernie Sanders.

BTW Thanks for reminding me. It's part of her record and it should be examined.

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Post removed [View all] Post removed Oct 2015 OP
Gee, maybe Tad Devine will "allow Hillary to be VP" leftofcool Oct 2015 #1
Please, snark it off. But this issue will be a problem for her. berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #2
It is obviously not a problem but you keep trying. leftofcool Oct 2015 #4
Some have forgotten... some are ok with it... berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #5
They approve of her message artislife Oct 2015 #18
MAybe it SHOULD be, but it WONT be. 7962 Oct 2015 #47
Welcome to my Ignore list, berni SCantiGOP Oct 2015 #132
He's kinder than I am. I don't want her as VP either. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #45
+1000! tex-wyo-dem Oct 2015 #82
Why don't you explain to us how that remark was at all sexist? frylock Oct 2015 #100
She's a woman, so anything said about her is now officially sexist, even if it's not. arcane1 Oct 2015 #130
power and influence for the sole purpose of self-enrichment FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #3
I'm convinced that power, money and influence are at least as addictive as any drug Fumesucker Oct 2015 #7
+1 GummyBearz Oct 2015 #19
+1000 7962 Oct 2015 #48
The irony is if I responded to this calumny in kind is I would get a hide. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #6
We agree for once, Hillary's words and deeds in 2008 were calumny Fumesucker Oct 2015 #9
Oh, we disagree on that... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #10
One of your alert stalkers alerted on this post Renew Deal Oct 2015 #12
They want to silence me... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #15
I would say you should wear that alert as a badge of honor. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #68
I will mail you the alert. It's unbelievable. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #69
That was awesome. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #91
Do you like my new sig? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #98
Absolutley. Seems to happen often. nt. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #108
I haven't alerted you and never likely will but I do find your posts irritating... Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #113
Well, there's one thing we agree on: DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #118
Aye Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #120
A lot of what I write is tongue in cheek...Make it a great day!!! Oh, that wasn't. (SMILE) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #124
Really, everything that could be said about this would be hidable. Amimnoch Oct 2015 #117
You have GOT to be kidding. The alerter should be banned from alerting. 7962 Oct 2015 #56
Also, among the remaining major candidates, she's the only one without a specific racial justice Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #8
Add her pro-death penalty and anti-marijuana decriminalization/legalization. stillwaiting Oct 2015 #14
Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #21
She's triangulating, dontcha know ...nt tex-wyo-dem Oct 2015 #88
And yet Obama made her Secretary of State and has more or less endorsed her for president. Renew Deal Oct 2015 #11
He also forgave Bush... that doesn't say a lot for her ethics or morality. berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #17
Link? Renew Deal Oct 2015 #23
Don't need one for that dude. Everyone here knows Obama "turned the page" and berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #26
Yes, that's the source I expected Renew Deal Oct 2015 #31
As a dispassionate observer I have to give this round to you. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #41
Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #51
here's another: 7962 Oct 2015 #59
Where is the part where "Obama forgave Bush?" Renew Deal Oct 2015 #84
I don't think he can respond to you now. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #89
FTW!!! artislife Oct 2015 #75
Sir DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #77
Seems like a soft hide Renew Deal Oct 2015 #87
My response was prior to the hide but he did address you disrespectfully. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #93
Yep. IMO an olive branch... tex-wyo-dem Oct 2015 #109
And Sanders called impeaching Bush "impractical." NCTraveler Oct 2015 #71
Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #13
Sure, she'll go to bat for voting rights... she wants their votes. berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #20
She has a stellar record on human rights and that's why John Lewis and I stand beside her. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #22
Then you stand by the racist tactics of her 2008 campaign. Duly noted. berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #27
If you believe you have done more for the cause of civil rights than John Lewis. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #34
You are now discombobulated and making no sense what so ever berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #57
Is that your way of saying I won the argument? There certainly are more chivalrous ways. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #58
One million% agree! workinclasszero Oct 2015 #55
I am proud to stand with you, Hillary, and John Lewis. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #60
Wow. Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #16
Desperation...it's what's for breakfast. Beausoir Oct 2015 #24
What lie has been told in the OP? Your blindness and/or acceptance of her tactics says everything berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #28
The LIE in the OP is that Clinton ran a racist campaign. Beausoir Oct 2015 #30
As Hillary supporters... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #37
That is a fact backed up with evidence in the OP. Who made the racist robocalls? berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #44
Surmise, suspicion and innuendo is not evidence. Hillary prayin4rain Oct 2015 #106
i applaud your courage for posting this restorefreedom Oct 2015 #25
Don't worry, I'm an old-timer. Been through this before. Many of her supporters weren't here in 2008 berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #29
I'm glad you're not worried about the polls Renew Deal Oct 2015 #38
I'm glad she's not worried. She won't see it coming then... berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #46
Boom! Agree 100%! peacebird Oct 2015 #61
Neither do you Renew Deal Oct 2015 #86
FTW! nt tex-wyo-dem Oct 2015 #126
very true. keep on truckin! :) nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #72
Boom. Agreed. nt thereismore Oct 2015 #32
I remember too. It shocked me that any Democrat could act that CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #33
Support Obama? He ran a homophobic campaign in S. Carolina. nt LexVegas Oct 2015 #35
I find it to be disturbing that DUers who called her racist in 08 now say she's not at all, but Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #36
yes. I'm one who never understands how voters could vote bbgrunt Oct 2015 #99
Exactly! Lunabell Oct 2015 #39
And a repulican registered as a Democrat will also kill it... FiveGoodMen Oct 2015 #131
Hillary is flawed. Don't want her for POTUS.Bernie isn't ready for prime time. KittyWampus Oct 2015 #40
Enjoy your GOP racist President then lobodons Oct 2015 #42
Precisely! Thank you for seeing and expressing the bigger picture. slumcamper Oct 2015 #66
Where is it you want to move us? She is status quo. So we jwirr Oct 2015 #110
I'm pretty sure the vast majority of black voters moved on a long time ago BeyondGeography Oct 2015 #43
Some folks prefer to "keep waving the bloody shirt." DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #53
Its all they got workinclasszero Oct 2015 #63
True DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #67
Good luck workinclasszero Oct 2015 #78
"If people can learn to hate they can be taught to love." DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #81
John Lewis endorses Hillary for President workinclasszero Oct 2015 #49
See response 20 above berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #52
Is your point that John Lewis only cares about voting rights and not about social justice? onenote Oct 2015 #90
Tell it to John Lewis workinclasszero Oct 2015 #96
Oh Boy - Another "Why I Can't Vote for Hillary' Thread . . . Gamecock Lefty Oct 2015 #50
Oh boy, another "it doesn't matter what Hillary does, she's the one." berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #54
How is.... MrWendel Oct 2015 #64
If she were a racist, why would she have campaigned for Obama in 2008 Presidential Election? liberal N proud Oct 2015 #62
You sure you want to ask such a dumb question? berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #65
I will follow your lead liberal N proud Oct 2015 #73
Ok, then. First, you twist my words... berni_mccoy Oct 2015 #76
If one is judged by their actions then yes your stories are calling her a racist liberal N proud Oct 2015 #95
No it isn't she campaigned for him so that when she wanted jwirr Oct 2015 #112
What did she get for her efforts? Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #103
Clinton is part of the problem, not part of the solution. AzDar Oct 2015 #70
Some of us remember like it like it was yesterday. artislife Oct 2015 #74
K N R Faux pas Oct 2015 #79
Oh, friggin' spare me Gman Oct 2015 #80
I remember it well. And if they think people have forgotten, they couldn't be more wrong. sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #83
Turn out in the primaries is going to determine the race. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #127
Some of you will not be happy until the character of Democrats is smeared prayin4rain Oct 2015 #85
Quoting Hillary and her 2008 campaign is now "vile shit"? Fumesucker Oct 2015 #114
Putting out propaganda pieces that take her quotes out of prayin4rain Oct 2015 #122
That is exactly when she lost me too left lowrider Oct 2015 #92
I'd forgotten how she darkened his face in that ad. pa28 Oct 2015 #94
K/R UglyGreed Oct 2015 #97
I get John Lewis endorsed her and Obama hired her, but...did she really do all these things? If so, EndElectoral Oct 2015 #101
The one unforgiveable thing Obama did was to smear the Clintons as racists in 2008.nt. anamnua Oct 2015 #102
You can't tell people Aerows Oct 2015 #104
wow...I forgot about that Ferraro fiasco. SoapBox Oct 2015 #105
k and r bbgrunt Oct 2015 #107
Come on, you know Clinton isn't racist. hughee99 Oct 2015 #111
Bingo. 100% ambition and calculation, no core beliefs. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #116
Yes, but NOT a racist. I'll give her that. n/t hughee99 Oct 2015 #119
Yes. Race is just a useful tool against opponents. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #121
Thanks for the info, berni_mccoy MissDeeds Oct 2015 #115
Serious question. lark Oct 2015 #123
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #125
Stop with this wedge crap. Chicago1980 Oct 2015 #128
don't worry librechik Oct 2015 #129
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