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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary needs to stop with her bul**hit about DOMA [View all]portlander23
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Hey, I have no problem with that. I remember when she supported DOMA. She was wrong.
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#80
Bill Clinton won by over 8% over Bob Dole, and given the presence of Ross Perot as spoiler
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#9
I have never denied that he took a bad situation that he was crammed into, and made hay with it.
MADem
Oct 2015
#19
You wrongly assume that everything would have remained static had he vetoed that bill.
MADem
Oct 2015
#20
Why? Because Clinton's top adviser, Dick Morris said he had to go totally 3rd way
jfern
Oct 2015
#23
Dick "Toe Sucker" Morris? You do realize that he is a bloated wastrel with absolutely zero
MADem
Oct 2015
#25
DOMA was voted in by people who hated it, because they were reflecting political reality at the time
MADem
Oct 2015
#33
That is also true. Sanders, for example, stated that his objections had to do with the
MADem
Oct 2015
#39
Here are some things said by the Democrats who voted NO on DOMA, said in the Congress:
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#57
That's just nonsense. You're acting--again--as though everything is static and not dynamic.
MADem
Oct 2015
#30
And you are acting as if you could actually know how things would have went down
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#37
You didn't provide facts to Clinton losing, you provided opinions and are treating them as facts.
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#43
Given that it is impossible to 'prove' a negative, I guess you think you've made your point.
MADem
Oct 2015
#75
He did not shut that conversation down, he delayed it until he was safely out of office, amendment
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#58
How do you change your font and type color? Do you type it elsewhere and copy paste it or
randys1
Oct 2015
#76
He could have let it pass without signing, wanted a popularity boost instead. n/t
cprise
Oct 2015
#18
That makes no sense, either. It's just not accurate. "The Clintons?" Good grief. They aren't
MADem
Oct 2015
#45
It's not PEDANTIC to note that a military instruction is not a law. That's something called a FACT.
MADem
Oct 2015
#47
I really hate to defend the Clintons. But a lot of DUers are completely back asswards on DADT.
ieoeja
Oct 2015
#73
Amicus brief from Senators Bill Bradley, Tom Daschle and Chris Dodd, Alan Simpson
BlueStateLib
Oct 2015
#7
2013 amicus brief from people that were part of the 1996 doma debate should know
BlueStateLib
Oct 2015
#17
I'm gay and I know one gay Hillary supporter. The rest are for Bernie, one or two with great
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#60
It just pisses some people off that the vast majority of minorities love them some Hillary. nt
LexVegas
Oct 2015
#52
What bothers me is the lack of respect for and accurate recounting of the history of those times.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#61
I'm also puzzled by her need to do the bullshit, I could craft many answers for her that would have
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#66