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joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 05:42 AM Apr 2015

Hillary Clinton announces she's not running

Last edited Wed Apr 1, 2015, 08:19 AM - Edit history (2)

Hillary Clinton and her close advisers have determined that because of the Benghazi fiasco and email scandal that she will be unable to win the presidential race. Her decision in April, a move that alleviated uncertainties within her party, opens up the landscape for other great progressives like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley to run for the candidacy in what is seen as to be a hotly contested primary.

Clinton aides have spoken of their personal disappointment, but according to people engaged in recent discussions going over the past scandals of her life would've been such a chore. Apparently Travelgate, Whitewater, Filegate, and Vince Foster were simply things that Clinton aides were afraid to address. Many within her camp had advocated her staying out of the fray until the summer, and with good reason, the scandals that have occurred in the past few weeks were the nail in the coffin to a Hillary Clinton candidacy.

Liberals were heard celebrating in the early morning of April 1st, and Draft Warren has suddenly got an upsurge of donations.

Hillary Clinton and her close advisers have determined that because of the Benghazi fiasco and email scandal that she will be unable to win the presidential race. Her decision in April, a move that alleviated uncertainties within her party, opens up the landscape for other great progressives like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley to run for the candidacy in what is seen as to be a hotly contested primary.

Clinton aides have spoken of their personal disappointment, but according to people engaged in recent discussions going over the past scandals of her life would've been such a chore. Apparently Travelgate, Whitewater, Filegate, and Vince Foster were simply things that Clinton aides were afraid to address. Many within her camp had advocated her staying out of the fray until the summer, and with good reason, the scandals that have occurred in the past few weeks were the nail in the coffin to a Hillary Clinton candidacy.

Liberals were heard celebrating in the early morning of April 1st, and Draft Warren has suddenly got an upsurge of donations.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-seen-not-running-for-president


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Hillary Clinton announces she's not running (Original Post) joshcryer Apr 2015 OP
YEEEES!!!!! mylye2222 Apr 2015 #1
Dang copy and paste must be messed up! joshcryer Apr 2015 #2
Nice try. Unknown Beatle Apr 2015 #3
Hey, she is deciding in April. joshcryer Apr 2015 #9
exciting or terrifying? lol. BootinUp Apr 2015 #11
If she runs it'd be boring. joshcryer Apr 2015 #12
Too bad it's not true. BeanMusical Apr 2015 #4
! DeSwiss Apr 2015 #5
April Fools! Demeter Apr 2015 #6
Fake. MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #7
Nice catch! joshcryer Apr 2015 #10
If only. GoneFishin Apr 2015 #8
world nut daily ... that was all I needed . nt littlewolf Apr 2015 #13
How can you tell when World Nut Daily runs an April Fool? nxylas Apr 2015 #14
Fixed! joshcryer Apr 2015 #15
Hmmmmmmm ...... And on April 1, too. marble falls Apr 2015 #16
Trouble with that prank is that she has always been running whether she anounces or not. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #17
Really!?! She has no choice in the matter??? joshcryer Apr 2015 #18
You seem to go out of your way to misrepresent what I say. Of course she has rhett o rick Apr 2015 #19
April Fools! joshcryer Apr 2015 #20

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
12. If she runs it'd be boring.
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:09 AM
Apr 2015

If she doesn't, holy shit, so many people would be running. Warren would probably even run...

We wouldn't lose if she doesn't run, though, it'd invigorate the base so much.

If she runs it'd be "meh."

But this is April Fools day and why am I responding seriously?!?

Run Warren run!

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
19. You seem to go out of your way to misrepresent what I say. Of course she has
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 10:23 AM
Apr 2015

a choice. She made that choice a decade or two ago. What I don't understand is how some think she is immune to discussion until she announces. Seems her supporters are afraid of putting her stands on issues up for debate.

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