= new reply since forum marked as read
As Hillary got older and became involved in the civil rights movement, inspired by meeting MLK Jr in person in the early 60s, she realized the "Party of Lincoln" had abandoned the fight for civil rights and that the Democratic Party had taken leadership in that fight. It was a period of transition for the two parties, as anyone familiar with that period of history knows. Civil rights leaders used to be Republicans, like MLK Sr., back when Dixiecrats enforced Jim Crow. But then the GOP adopted its "Southern Strategy" and as Hillary saw this she became a Democrat when she was old enough to vote.
By 1972, she was working for the McGovern campaign and registering poor Latinos to vote in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. What was Bernie Sanders doing in 1972? Writing this "stupid" (his campaign's words) opinion piece in Vermont:
And Bernie was no child when he did that; he was in his 30s.
She became a Democrat after college.
Heck, most, if not all, of us here became Democrats after our eyes opened.
My mother used to joke that there must be a little sign nearby in the neighborhood pointing towards our house that read "Florence Crittenton home for unwed cats"
I had to look that one up (which back then meant an actual trip to a library!) 
"hate".
And it's not about our up bringing. Many here at DU may have been raised in Republican or conservative families, but over time they evolved and saw the light. That's what Hillary did during college. (Wellesley has that effect on students!) And that's fine.
The problem is that when you cast stones about another's apparent carpetbaggery, it sorta leaves your choices open to the same scrutiny. 
ever read what you actually write?
Sanders has the support of the Vermont Democratic Party and has for decades. He caucuses with Democrats in Congress and has for decades. He fund raises for the DSCC and has for decades. He bloody well founded the Progressive Caucus and co-chairs it with other Democrats and has done so for decades.
Keystone XL.... TPP...
Nah, she doesn't act like a Republican at all...
because it is an erroneous statement. But hey bravo if you want to live in your own reality that flies in the face of facts! More power to you.
beastie boy, I didn't know you were the official arbiter of what the majority of Democrats think. Wow, how long have you had this important job? I've been a Democrat since 1974 and I've never heard of you or that position? Is it newly created - like tonight, maybe?
You give me a link to a conservative site? Really?
RealClearPolitics (RCP) is a Chicago-based political news and polling data aggregator formed in 2000[2] by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan.[3][4][5] The site's founders say their goal is to give readers "ideological diversity".[6] This claim been disputed by some liberal news outlets, alleging observations of a conservative bias in the content it displays.[7]
RCP has expanded to include a number of sister sites. Politico executive editor Jim VandeHei has called the site "an essential stop for anyone interested in politics".[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPolitics
Real Clear Politics was the same site that added in Hillary's superdelegates in the pledged delegate field. Yeah, I really trust that site.
Now you want to talk about primary votes? What happened to issues. Did you get tired of that? Oh wait, this isn't your proof of what the majority of Democrats believe, is it? We aren't even done with the election and this is your proof? That's not even poll results of what the majority of Democrats think on the issues. That's results of a partial primary election. Good grief. We were talking about ISSUES and you give me partial primary results That's your proof that the majority of my fellow Democrats don't believe the way I do about the issues? Oh my.
You evidently missed the point or read the wrong post? We weren't talking about the popular vote when you gave me your links. Maybe you should go back and look at our conversation as a refresher. The popular vote in the primary so far has nothing to do with what was being discussed. Evidently you need to get some sleep so I'll just say good night to you. 
Yeah, right. Keep working on learning how to spin and maybe one day... Anyway thanks for the entertainment.
Would you rather he be a 3rd party spoiler like Nader? Oh, that's right, you would love that so you could blame us Progressives for losing the same way you blamed us in 2000.
they presume to be the nominee. No, that would never happen.
And yes, the person who strongly holds to his positions and takes on all challengers is the weak candidate who let's the narrative be set, not the one who shifts every time her polls change.
With secure funds. Because if the market crashes again, we aren't bailing you out again, and chances are you're going to jail or the country full on revolts against you next time.
She surely would have fooled this man:
So this article cant be true that Hillary is and was campaigning in Wisconsin today. Bernie supporters would never LIE like Bernie, three Pinocchios, Sanders. 
Blue is the best!
Wow. Wouldn't have thought you would double-down on that one.
So you cherry-pick one small piece of Bernie's record and ignore his congressional and senate career and then cherry-pick one small piece of Hillary's and embellish it ridiculously????
Your statement "Hillary has a record of running the country." is just flat out ridiculous. That in and of itself, means continuing this with you is fruitless.
Sheesh. Have you taken a second to just realize the ridiculousness of your statements?
So Sec of State is executive experience now? And then saying because it's part of the executive branch? So those people on the Veteran's committees in congress - do they all have war experience too? What about people like Sen Grassley - does he have narcotics experience because he's on the narcotics committee???
Thanks for some of the best laughs I've had on this board. Wow. Just wow.
... then, she admittedly decided to challenge the conventional wisdom by working through "the system". We saw how far that philosophy went by the time of the Clinton White House... Nothing learned, as evidenced by all that same conventional "wisdom" creating the same predictable misery for most Americans who are still told to to methodically work through an even MORE corrupt system. Talk about never getting ahead.
Re-wind back again to the 60's when Bernie Sanders went up in front of that same conventional wisdom that excluded justice for his fellow man and woman...
There IS no question as to who has been AWAKENED ALL THESE YEARS.
