I wish it would end, it's painful to watch.

In fact after today her polling numbers have gone up up up!

Hillary has my vote. But of course she always has.

Hillary Clinton / President and Cecile Richards/Vice President!

I usually divide Republican acquaintances into two camps: those who were Republican before the Bush regime (and who've since either switched or are seriously thinking of doing so); and those who, having lived through all that calamity, are still Rethugs and don't care what.

I've noticed, tend to be brainwashed Fox viewers. For them anything "liberal" or "Democratic" is pure evil.

the same can be said for Kansas voters. If I weren't so damned old I'd do like so many of the younger generation--get the hell out of Kansas!

Hillary was calmly brilliant, and the repugs look like junior high bullies next to her mature attitude.

Also appreciated the added evidence that this is the party of civility, unlike the re-thugs.

And BTW, I LOVE CUMMINGS!!!!

as was Chris Van Hollen. A great day to be a Democrat!

"The most brilliant propaganda will yield no success unless it confines itself to a few points and repeats them over and over."

Hence, Faux News.

Fox has become a master at propaganda, which is then augmented by right-wing radio when people get in their cars. It helps that their audience is already Reality TV conditioned and incapable of original thought.

Said she will vote for Sanders!

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I'm a Bernie voter and I'm pleased as punch that she's going to come out on top of these bastards.

I'm loving that she handed them their own asses.

They've been needing that for quite some time now, and I hope this is just the 1st of many upsets for the Talibangelical morons.

and BBQ them in 2016!!!

for BERNIE! We're almost a year out, just remember why you supported Bernie in the first place. This didn't change MY MIND. I'll fight harder because we need to STOP TPTB who are keeping us down.

No DLC/Third Way is going to fight for "we the people" as he seems willing to do. I think she was masterful, but I'm a Bernie supporter because this country can't continue with more of the same.

All I have to say is one name and I'm right back in his corner. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz!


Outta here!

ChiciB1.

Nothing wrong with having a boat-load of talent on our side, though!


Cher

Benghazi Platter!

They are going be off the chain.

I now feel assured that if Bernie doesn't make it, we'll be fine with Hillary...

I wanna fix her a Martini. Her favorite drink.

Hillary will throw down a few tonight am sure.
This is only going to push her poll numbers higher.

"Clinton maintains relentess calm." That's our gal.

for her all day.

Still want Sanders, but I'd sure like HRC over any of the ignorant fools the other side digs up!

served by either candidate. You are very fortunate to have two very fine people who care enough to want to serve you all.

a corporate Dem - the American people deserve better than the lesser of evils.

election guaranteeing a Repug?

But it's pretty silly to assume you know what all Sanders voters will do if HRC is the nominee.

she should send this collection of nitwits and cave orcs cases of champagne. They let her show herself at her best and she grabbed the ball and ran for multiple touchdowns after all those fumbles.

This Bernie supporter can only offer hearty congratulations to her for cutting these nitwits down to size and putting a smackdown on them The Rock would be pleased with.

Apparently these goobers never learned anything from Pete Puma, and they were Pete to her Bugs Bunny:

That is so perfect.

The voice inside my head, too. Three or four lumpsh notwithstanding.

Might have been Pete's only appearance in the world, having tea with Bugs. Hee. Hee. Hee.

voiced Pete, who appeared in a handful of Bugs cartoons.

Always thought Mel Blanc, but know that I know, you can tell the timbre is not the same as Mel's many voices. Uh, voyshes.

"Duuuuh, tell me 'bout the rabbits, George."


Bugs cartoons have always been my favorites!

Over and over all day from various observers I've seen and heard the term "presidential" applied to her. I've read it online, heard it from people on the phone and in the neighborhood. And I must salute and thank those numerous Bernie supporters who've noted similar things. She's not their choice, but they're noticing what-all she brings to the table. My fiercely republi-CON friend can't stop commenting about her stamina - and in glowing terms, too.

They were going to "take her down" gave her a 10 hour presidential commercial. They handed her the presidency. She's been magnificent.

And she made the most of it while showing them to be the brain-dead incompetent schmucks they are.

See Pete Puma and Bugs Bunny upthread.

I appreciate very much these comments - ESPECIALLY from Bernie supporters. I know how much you folks believe in him. I also know how much Hillary Clinton is reviled in some corners.

And yet, your comments about Hillary today are generous and truthful and positive and uplifting and full of admiration.

This Hillary supporter is impressed and grateful.

enthusiastically agree upon here is how enjoyable it is to see these sorry little gobshites get beaten like a collection of rented mules and put so profoundly and decisively in their place in such a public and visible forum.

That has been very much lacking for a number of years.

Kudos to all the Bernie supporters who have expressed admiration for what Hillary did yesterday. (P.S. I'll vote for Hillary in the primary but I like Bernie too.)

Your post is a slam dunk.

..and I still think he is the "reality-based" candidate.

But Hillary has been very impressive standing up to these buttholes and assclowns..

out of themselves. I was also a very, very early Bernie Supporter and will remain one. I admire her performance, but I don't like much of what she stands for and who she still wants on her side.

No slip-sliding away. We've only just begun!!!

Bernie is still the "reality-based" candidate. He's the only one speaking out for the change that needs to happen.

They think their audience is FOX nooze - forgetting that everyone else can see this clown show too. It's surreal.

It's so painful to watch - they just won't give up their silliness.

Secretary Clinton's grace, wit, intelligence, patience and stamina is something to behold. The republican clown show is waaayyyy out of their league.

with their heads so far up their a$$es that they have no idea what they have done.

First, picking a battle of wits with someone who outguns you in the brains department by a couple of thousand to one is generally a Really Bad Idea and something to be avoided.

Second, if you are a lawyer examining a witness and said witness is destroying your case, eating your lunch and kicking your ass six ways to Sunday you get that witness off the stand ASAP if not sooner. The LAST thing you do is keep the witness on the stand to keep demolishing you brick by brick. But they did it anyway. T

There was a great screencap of the hearing and HRC had a bemused "Jeez, just how dumb are these guys, anyway?" look on her face that was priceless.

And I say that as a committed Sanders supporter. She steamrolled them.

Teared up at the thought.

Shot of Chinaco for the comment.

Kept me going through the Bush years.

Pretty sure I would have gone insane without him during the "w" years.
To Bart
And Hillary

It only made her more impressive as it went on and on and on...

because karma will be repaid.

"We can only hope that the voters in their districts will give each of them their just reward in the next election.."

The 75,000,000 millennials won't vote for her. So both houses of Congress will remain Republican. Hope Hillary is good at twiddling her thumbs for four years . . .

is irritating the crap out of me!

STFU!!!!

when she takes office

I'm a Bernie supporter, but will of course vote for Hils if she's the nominee. The way I see it, she'd be Obama II, except she would certainly have some scores to settle with Repubs, about 25 years worth!

Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was too easy.

They are saying that they'll sit out the election rather than vote for HRC.

The feeling is that she owes too many favors to too many people in all the wrong places.

And I mean that with sincerity! Now, which of our choices is underwritten by corporate monies? Not 20 - 30 dollar tokens, but thousands and millions.. Which choice is it?

where her money comes from. This doesn't change that in any way. She just flung the shit back at them. Will she do the same for "we the people?" That's the bottom line for me.

Defending herself was great, but that wasn't defending us. Sorry if anyone thinks this is throwing cold water on her, it's not. I'm just glad she stuck it to them, but Bernie Is MY Guy!

Clinton did a great job, but I don't think that she will bite the hand that feeds her campaign.

And she outlasted the entire bunch of nutjobs.

Sociopathically numb.

made them look just like the vermin they are. Bravo, Madam Secretary.

I may not agree with her on some policy issues, but that's mere inches compared to the light years that separate me from that rabble of rethuglican scum.

finally calls you on it and you look like the emperor with no clothes. They would have done better if they'd just continued the lying smears in ads all over the TV. But, like I said, they believed their own crap so much that they went overboard with it. I'm a big Bernie fan, but I am glad she showed those dumb GOPers what's what.

OMG! And I thought my Cubs got taken to the woodshed!

I think Repukes would rather see Bernie as prez than Hillary. That's just due to their innate mysogynistic ways. Something about Hillary drives them ASB (ape-sh$# bananas).

Since I was working all day, with not a single break, I didn't get to see her responses. I'll be busily Googling for video clips tonight. Or looking for re-runs.

I'm grateful to my fellow DU-ers for their reactions. In the spirit of Halloween, I cackle.


Cher

Anti Semitism and ageism. Plus the normal things they blame all democrats for. Not saying I won't support him 100% if he gets the nomination, just that he has baggage too. Even if it's bullshit.

and have for 20 years. Hillary will need a huge turnout to overcome the Republican hate machine. Bernie may be all things you mentioned but they won't hate him like they hate Hillary. Bernie gets 25% of the Republicans in Vermont to vote for him. The Republicans in Vermont are more moderate than other states but they're not liberal and certainly not socialist.

I'm sure I won't remember your screen name to say I told you so if Bernie is the nominee and he's getting abused 24/7 by the dirty Rs.

The cave orc base has been trained to hate her guts for nearly 25 years. No one will motivate more of the cave orcs to come out and vote (against her) than she will. She has very little chance of peeling off any Repigs and is probably worth 1-2 million additional Repig votes nationally. Bernie can definitely eat into the Repig base. Like Paul Wellstone, people will vote for him even if they don't agree with him all down the line simply because they can tell he is not bullshitting them.

and another republican guy I glimpsed looked like he had been put through the wringer while Hillary looked calm and cool and was smiling afterwards, didn't look tired at all. She was awesome, she was so composed, this is something for little girls to emulate.

the Republicans threw enough meat to their base to keep the Republican hate fest going. If she is the nominee she is going have to get a huge turnout to counter the fact that all the Hillary haters are going to be coming out of the woodwork to vote.

She has EARNED everything through sheer guts, hard work and intelligence.

Hillary doesn't need any sweaty greasy men to further her career.

Period.

As this would get +1,000.

exactly how?

But hey, rah rah whatever Blue Team Go! Forget cluster bombs (killing children around the globe), Iraq, TPP, etc. Forget her good buds Bushes and Banksters. Rah Rah Blue!

and she slaughtered the smear mongers!

And will lose big in 2016. Then I see what their operatives are doing in my once beautiful state of Wisconsin and I see their next plan.

But wow... I find it hard to disagree. My gut feeling is that this has done more for Hillary Clinton's presidential prospects than any debate, advertising, or stump speech ever could. I actually didn't watch the hearings (going to try and see some later tonight) but followed along reaction chats throughout the day and checked some news pieces. General consensus seems to be Clinton, with a couple assists from Democrats on the panel, made the entire Republican party look extremely foolish.

A big moment seemed to be the vote on releasing the transcripts that many found both maddening and hilariously incompetent.

Hillary got to look very strong on the big stage under intense scrutiny.

I want Hillary to win but I want the biggest pressure on Hillary to come from the left.

Was there any response from Mark Basseley Youssef?

I bet

A great fight put on by Hillary?

Or Bernie and Elizabeth teaming up to fight for 3.5 million people being ripped off by vulture funding?

Think about it.

They just can't decide if they will be before or after.

Hit the reset button people. No More Republicans!!! Vote in Democrats!!!!!!

Thanks Hillary for all the hard work!



Go Bernie!!!!

Not anymore. And a co-worker of mine who has never voted before in her life, decided to register and vote for Hillary after watching yesterday's republican clusterfuck.

to our candidate.

Who that candidate will be, we do not see eye to eye on.

Hillary looked and sounded truly "presidential" for the entire 10+ hour hearing. Steady as a rock, and fresh as a daisy until the closing gavel.

In every picture of Gowdy that I saw on TV after the hearing, he has this "that didn't quite work - now, what in the hell am I going to do" expression on his face.

The hearing flopped for Republicans and was a win for Hillary.

A tea party extremist.

I love Bernie, but this asinine idea that Hillary is the devil incarnate is as irrational and annoying as listening to Hannity demonize Obama.

The idea that people are so scared of Hillary reminds me of the way ammosexuals that are scared to leave the house without a gun.

You are a fear monger sowing irrational fear.

I'm voting for Bernie in the primary, but I'll vote for whoever the Dem is that wins the primary, and without constantly bitching about it.

They don't care how stupid they look.

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this post is off topic but didn't really know where else to put it. I am not blonde, naturally or fake. It's funny that there are all these dumb blonde jokes but when it comes down to it, it seems it really pays off to be blonde. Look at the women in the Senate, most are blonde. Look at who tops the list of most powerful women, Angela Merkel, blonde. Yahoo CEO, blonde. On CNN, all the female journalists I am seeing are blonde. It seems blondes not only have more fun, they have more power. WTF

corporations that support republicans also support Secretary Clinton as their back up candidate, They'll be happy as long as Sen. Sanders is eliminated.

...beep".

The Teadiots had less than even their usual nothing and are fools growing more fiercely stupid by the moment, there was no other plausible result. No intelligent, prepared, and well staffed person would have withered by a gaggle of morons with no case whatsoever.

Good show and all of that though.