i see this as a sign of a much more forthcoming Hillary in the near future

It's all about the people!!!

who knew?

How cute!

No big deal for someone who had to dodge bullets in Bosnia?

LOL

not that he'd be dumb enough to think she would

Of Charleston, a great message we should follow. The hate has gone overboard. It ruins the haters lives and does not do anything useful.

I keep thinking back to this one Southern Bubba (not all Southerners are Bubbas, but this guy was a Bubba) in one of the documentaries made by Nancy Pelosi's daughter where he was literally sobbing over what then only looked like the very real possibility that Obama was going to win the 2008 election because according to him white men just couldn't have anything to themselves anymore, and I wonder if he's now basically been in a fetal position for the last several weeks.

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stupid flag and a day when it was supposed to be wear the flag day.

I called her on it - telling her that if she wanted to celebrate someone from the civil war she should celebrate the Union soldiers from our family. She came back with "I think they should be able to fly it as long as it is not on government grounds." Told her that was all anyone was asking. And asked if she understood what that rag meant to her aunts - both of us have black children and grandchildren. She did not answer.

The real problem is that she lives in Iowa and that flag has no history whatsoever in Iowa except as an enemy flag. Ignorance is one of the big problems.

.....239 year history. Early on in the civil war the existence of the United States was in serious danger.

Had the war ended the way it was going in the beginning our history would have been totally different, as would world history.

Thankfully the US turned the tide of the war and was successful.

Having lived abroad in several countries, I'm always shocked to realize how ill informed Americans are about most things.

Seriously, is her opinion on everything news?

........force their posts down in the pecking order by organizing "DU-rec" campaigns. Believe me, it's happening!

They don't want a fair discussion, basically its "our message" or we'll denigrate "your message".

Look at the inane and childish puppy and kitten comments in this very thread.*

*Edit: Ooops, just notice you're one of those posters!!

So yes. Your question says more far about YOU and your loathing than it does about her or the media and I say this as someone who generally loathes the media for its exploitive practices. Instead of engaging in misdirection, why don't you just say what you mean.

Deal.....

what about she and Bill's 2008 dog whistles during the primaries? Am I just to forgive and forget? Yeah, that's the ticket..... Loooong memory....looooong memory. Can't be trusted with my future. That's for sure.

I like that in a candidate.

that you held up all fingers.

It will piss off Southern Republicans. They would never vote for her anyway. "Bold."

(at least after 1865, anyway) flying above the capitol, as it was a defunct flag

Seriously, has HRC taken a single controversial position on anything yet? Has she said anything on any topic of substance that isn't designed to avoid alienating anyone? I guess maybe that's a smart strategy, to try not to turn off any potential voter... I suppose that approach makes sense for a front-runner, first do no harm. But I think that's why she generates so little enthuiasm, too (apart from those who are simply excited by the prospect of a female president). But maybe all she needs to win is to not screw up, so playing it safe is the way to go. But that's why Sanders has his shot... he has the freedom to be bold because he has nothing to lose.

..."so little enthusiasm"?

We're talking about the potential leader of our country, not the Super Bowl.

Unfortunately too many people look at elections as sporting events. They're much more important.

Tons of people will vote for her, no doubt. But people vote for people they're not very enthusiastic about all the time. Besides the people excited about the possibilty of a female president (who would be among those likely to be genuinely enthusiastic), she will also get lots of primary votes from people who think she has the best chance of winning the general, or feel that she's a good "safe" choice, or feel she's got the best foreign policy experience, and so forth.; and assuming she's the nominee, she'll get lots of votes in the national because people will prefer her to the Republican candidate. But that doesn't mean all those people are necessarily enthusiastic about the choice. For enthusiasm, look at the turnouts, for example...

It basically says the same thing I said. Clinton leads the polls and will probably win, but not because she has a lot of enthuiasm... rather because she has the establishment behind her. Sanders has much more enthuastic support among his followers than Hillary has among hers. But of course that doesn't mean he's likely to win.

...or what will happen.

I've likened the Bernie Surge to the following Howard Dean got back in 2004. He generated a lot of interest and a big following, but more for the "novelty" of his campaign than the bottom-line substance. When it came to actually voting for him in primaries, people wound up going for Kerry, the more sensible and level-headed candidate.

She does not have to piss off anyone to get attention.

The flag represents one of the uglies in American history.

Reagan... tear down that wall, Mr Gorbachev.

Hillary .... I'm happy they are removing that flag.

She could have kept quiet on the issue for fear of speaking out will most certainly cost her some votes in the South not only in the Democratic Primary, but in the General Election as well.

Mainly in states like Arkansas where she absolutely has a chance of winning.

However what I Respect about Hillary, among other things is that she speaks truth to her values, even if it may cost her some votes.

I assumed there was nothing at all controversial or risky in her position, but you're right, that could be my own regional bias, and it might not play so well everywhere. OTOH, I don't think any other Democratic candidate is going to be any easier on the confederate flag. I don't see the position costing her anything in the primaries, but not so sure about the general.

knows the pain this relic has caused for so many of us. Contrary to assertions by others that it's just name recognition, she has actually been listening. Something her opponents haven't quite grasped yet. This is why she continues to pull 80%+ support from minorities. Nice to see it in print, but we already knew where she stood on the issue.

...by meeting with them in small groups or 1-on-1 discussions than holding raucous 10,000 person rallies or conducting interviews for exposure.

....there's a time and a place for them, this is not the time, yet.