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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:51 PM Mar 2016

Just Too Bad for Hillary Clinton's Enemies

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/22/1505006/-Just-Too-Bad-for-Hillary-Clinton-s-Enemies

By Mudiaga Ofuoku



Not long ago, it used to be the case that Hillary Clinton's political enemies --- let's call them that --- were to be exclusively found on the Right. Not so any more. Today, you have just as many, if not more visceral, Clinton haters on the Left, too. Thinking about it, I sometimes don't know whether to laugh or cry.

This second anti-Clinton group first appeared on the political horizon eight years ago during the spirited, and at times brutal, primary contest between her and then Senator Barrack Obama. Today, this very group has morphed into a deadly species, has even become infinitely more dangerous than her foes on the Right, and I'm hard put to justify the hatred. I often gasp in disbelief when I read some of the ugliest things said about her today by many of those who call themselves Liberals , especially as the primary fight between her and Bernie Sanders is turning overtly desperate with Sanders becoming ugly and nasty in his denigration of her character. The septuagenarian once promised not to run such a campaign.

A.H. Goodman, an archetypal Clinton hater whose pathetic case I intend to address in detail perhaps soon, has managed to appear as the leader of Clinton enemies on the Left. Like Sanders, he calls himself a "social democrat". Demented in his view of the Democratic front-runner, Goodman hops from one publication to another willing to accept itself as a receptacle for his unceasing garbage about Clinton to dump it there.

For Goodman and the rest of his fellow travelers on both sides of the aisle, the overarching aim is to keep Clinton from getting the nomination even though the individual objective for each side is markedly different. Goodman and many like-minded Liberals delude themselves into thinking that Sanders is a stronger general election candidate than Clinton, whereas her Republican traducers believe the opposite is overwhelmingly the case. I hate to say that the Republicans have it right in this case, which explains their unflagging campaign against Clinton while ignoring her primary opponent.

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Just Too Bad for Hillary Clinton's Enemies (Original Post) MrWendel Mar 2016 OP
"while ignoring her primary opponent." charlyvi Mar 2016 #1
This thread was alerted on ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #2
FFS dlwickham Mar 2016 #4
Alerting on reposts from KOS? comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #6
Yeah, it's the way things rolls these days apparently ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #9
The condition is called "echo chamber toxicity" cosmicone Mar 2016 #11
Their attempt to silence Clinton supporters is transparent. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #8
Sounds about right dlwickham Mar 2016 #3
Before HA Goodman became a Bernie supporter comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #5
Results of jury: ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #7
2 voted to hide this! mcar Mar 2016 #12
Pathetic. brer cat Mar 2016 #14
Sanders supporters are tender little rosebuds 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #21
Fortunately, the Bernie Bros are not running the place anymore. Lil Missy Mar 2016 #16
HA Goodman=HA Rand Paul Loserman leftofcool Mar 2016 #10
Is he related to Amy? If so, they are quite the pair. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #13
I was reading a thread a while back... wysi Mar 2016 #15
OIC. So, it could very well be Karl Rove as anybody, huh? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #17
I hear Scooter has a lot of time on his hands lately... wysi Mar 2016 #18
k LAS14 Mar 2016 #19
Left side hate for Clinton goes furter back than 8 years Buzz cook Mar 2016 #20
To those that Alerted on me... MrWendel Mar 2016 #22
They are already getting the tin foil out in Arizona. Loki Mar 2016 #23
KICK! Cha Mar 2016 #24

comradebillyboy

(10,119 posts)
6. Alerting on reposts from KOS?
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

That's pretty amazing given all the rightwing crap routinely posted on DU.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
11. The condition is called "echo chamber toxicity"
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:09 PM
Mar 2016

It makes any opposing belief or disagreement intolerable.

ismnotwasm

(41,919 posts)
7. Results of jury:
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

On Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:53 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Just Too Bad for Hillary Clinton's Enemies
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110779913

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

"Fellow travelers?" Unequivocally calling other Democrats "enemies?" Where does the McCarthyism stop?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:57 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I don't necessarily agree with the article, but I don't see a TOS violation.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No hide.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Might as well have called out everyone who was supporting Obama last time against HRC and built a second tier of hate with those who are supporting Sanders this time against HRC. Wow... The hate irony here is stunning.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Alerter...grow the Hell up!

This post WILL be hidden because it violates the "BernieUnderground" litmus test of blind, unquestioning loyalty to Sanders, but it won't be with my help!
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Nope.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

brer cat

(24,401 posts)
14. Pathetic.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:25 PM
Mar 2016

McCarthyism? Hate irony? What a joke these delusional people have become. The only conversation permitted without alerts are those praising Bernie and ignoring reality.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
21. Sanders supporters are tender little rosebuds
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 07:31 PM
Mar 2016

If he's nominated, the nightly news will have to start announcing trigger warnings, like "We must warn all Sanders supporters that the following item contains criticism of the Senator".

Meanwhile, they spitout the most venomous insults they can imagine at Hillary and anyone who supports her.

wysi

(1,512 posts)
15. I was reading a thread a while back...
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:42 PM
Mar 2016

... where someone mentioned that it's not quite clear who HA Goodman actually is, due to an apparent lack of background info.

Buzz cook

(2,470 posts)
20. Left side hate for Clinton goes furter back than 8 years
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 07:30 PM
Mar 2016

Many people bought into the media narrative that the Clinton's were both corrupt hillbillies. Hillary Clinton herself was condemned for being an anti-feminist as well as a radical feminist.

As usual most of the problem started because people believed the main stream media. Or whatever David Broder believed was holy writ.

Hell Broder was Nixon toady.
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/09/more-lies-from-david-broder-washington-post-crashed-and-burned-and-smoking-watch.html

That's the guy know as the Gold Standard of Journalism.

MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
22. To those that Alerted on me...
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:03 PM
Mar 2016

in the Hillary Clinton Group, that's COMPLETELY PATHETIC and just as irrelevant as Bernies presidential hopes. There.... Alerta gain.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
23. They are already getting the tin foil out in Arizona.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:16 PM
Mar 2016

Poor things, bless their hearts. Losing is painful.

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