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Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:41 PM Feb 2016

The political immaturity of remarks like "Hillary is a Republican"

worries me because I believe due to naivete and immaturity, many will have the attitude of "I will take my ball and go home if I dont get my way".

Some Hillary supporters may decide to do this, but many more Bernie supporters seem to be willing to do this already.

Not only do we need all of us but we need more than us, we need folks out there who arent excited about it, to get excited.

Cant do that if Hillary is the nominee, you say?

Bullshit, you can do that if you stop attacking her, you can actually build an excitement for her for several reasons.

Here is my promise, I will vote for whoever it is I want in the primary, but then I will pivot like a ballet dancer doing "The Nutcracker" if my choice loses.

Now get excited, stay excited, and beat those god damn rightwingers!






p.s. for the record, I am a supporter of Bernie Sanders.

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The political immaturity of remarks like "Hillary is a Republican" (Original Post) Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 OP
She's a Democrat Matt_in_STL Feb 2016 #1
Lol.....I see what you did there! yourout Feb 2016 #30
haha - and she does 840high Feb 2016 #53
no one who vacations with Kissinger can call themselves a dem to me. He's the anti-Christ and she roguevalley Feb 2016 #62
"p.s. for the record, I am a supporter of Bernie Sanders." 99Forever Feb 2016 #2
Really, you doubt me? How sad. How counterproductive. Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #3
I don't just "doubt you." 99Forever Feb 2016 #4
This is the kind of bullshit that can harm a candidate. Yes, I am and have been for a Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #7
She harms herself with her dishonesty. JRLeft Feb 2016 #10
ROFLMAO kristopher Feb 2016 #13
What an arrogant steaming pile. 99Forever Feb 2016 #25
You seem to express a lot of knowledge for understanding so little of what you've claimed .. MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #33
Agreed Attorney in Texas Feb 2016 #12
It isn't sad; it is a trained observation. kristopher Feb 2016 #9
Oh trained observation my ass, how can it be if you are PLAINLY FUCKING WRONG. Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #15
"YOU PEOPLE"????? tularetom Feb 2016 #31
Yes, that was an error on my part, when I am called a liar by people who allege to be Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #32
If you were more creative your effort would be much harder to spot. kristopher Feb 2016 #37
This is pathetic and childish. It really is. Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #39
you took the words right off of my keyboard. kristopher Feb 2016 #50
"You people" - does not win friends. 840high Feb 2016 #54
I can choke down Hillary's corporatism as a lesser evil. kristopher Feb 2016 #5
You have that right if you turn it around. CentralMass Feb 2016 #6
On many issues she is far to the right of Nixon. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #8
Even if she was far to the right of Nixon, which of course she isnt, you still arent seeing the Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #11
She's far to the right of Eisenhower. JRLeft Feb 2016 #14
I am being called a liar, and being laughed at for saying that attacking Bernie supporters Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #16
Attack all you want, it's your life I cannot stand your corporate candidate. JRLeft Feb 2016 #23
But I said Bernie was my candidate. Do you still not see what you are doing? Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #24
I'm tired of Republican lite, I refuse to bite my tongue anymore. JRLeft Feb 2016 #28
Great idea - get a two-fer SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #18
No thanks, hate him Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #19
"mature" demwing Feb 2016 #20
So you think it is a mature political choice to stay home if you dont get your way? Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #22
No, I jus disagree with your framing demwing Feb 2016 #29
I agree with you dragonfly301 Feb 2016 #27
+1 kristopher Feb 2016 #51
Excitement can't be fabricated, it's either there or it isn't. Avalux Feb 2016 #17
Wont work with young voters if they are told that Hillary is the same as GOP Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #21
I wish it was that black and white. Avalux Feb 2016 #34
I thought you said "it isnt that simple", or that is what my brain heard when I read Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #35
Hillary is not a Republican but the policies the Clintons have pushed through certainly are. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #26
PUMA is going to come from the same place nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #36
I should just save this in a text document and copypaste it every time I see this kind of thread VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #38
Well, as long as you acknowledge that not doing so helps the GOP. Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #40
I'm military. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #48
Ok, let's compare to Jeb. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #41
^This JRLeft Feb 2016 #42
What kind of SC justices does Bush appoint? Do I need to tell you? Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #43
Pro-corporate oligarchy supporting ones, like Clinton. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #44
So no problem for women or minorities regardless of who is picking them? Really? Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #47
Sanders SCOTUS picks would be every bit as good if not better inre women and minorities,... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #52
"Clinton-Bush 2016? The two-party system has outlived its usefulness." kristopher Feb 2016 #57
Candidates shouldn't take "my ball" for granted. Matariki Feb 2016 #45
At least you are honest and openly admit you may choose the burn it to the ground Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #46
Nope Matariki Feb 2016 #49
That would be the corporatist faction of the party,... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #59
She definitely wears Democrat clothing. I'll give her that. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #55
But calling Bernie a communist with ties to Stalin is a sign of maturity? jillan Feb 2016 #56
Pretty simple from my seats. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #58
I've held my nose for 23 years... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #60
I hear ya. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #61
ps for the record Trajan Feb 2016 #63

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
62. no one who vacations with Kissinger can call themselves a dem to me. He's the anti-Christ and she
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:49 PM
Feb 2016

hugs him to her bosom.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
7. This is the kind of bullshit that can harm a candidate. Yes, I am and have been for a
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:04 PM
Feb 2016

long time, what confuses you is you have seen me post positive things about Hillary and negative things about Bernie supporters.

I do that because I understand the issues better than some and because I have seen a lot of garbage coming from certain folks, an example would be you here questioning my honesty.

Yes, not only a Bernie supporter but I have friends who had not heard of him who are now voting for him AND donating to his campaign.

You should be ashamed of yourself but you wont be.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
33. You seem to express a lot of knowledge for understanding so little of what you've claimed ..
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:22 PM
Feb 2016

However, it's not up to me to tell you to be ashamed of yourself. Just do the homework for yourself to understand what level of support each candidate receives from their volunteers AND WHY.

I'm too busy to draw you up a personalized lesson plan on who is supporting Bernie Sanders and the associated attributes. Hopefully, you understand this in time.

Good luck in your quest to know who supports Bernie. Maybe then you will not make it a point to go after his supporters without knowing them.

kristopher

(29,798 posts)
9. It isn't sad; it is a trained observation.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:05 PM
Feb 2016

It isn't counterproductive either. Unless that is measured exclusively by your goalposts.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
15. Oh trained observation my ass, how can it be if you are PLAINLY FUCKING WRONG.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:07 PM
Feb 2016

Jesus, the damage you people are doing, it is amazing and you wont stop, you wont admit it when you are wrong.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
32. Yes, that was an error on my part, when I am called a liar by people who allege to be
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:21 PM
Feb 2016

fellow liberals, I lose it sometimes.

kristopher

(29,798 posts)
37. If you were more creative your effort would be much harder to spot.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:30 PM
Feb 2016

But everything you post follows a script that is As Old As The Hills.

kristopher

(29,798 posts)
5. I can choke down Hillary's corporatism as a lesser evil.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:03 PM
Feb 2016

Her dirty campaign tactics are a different - and disqualifying - story.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
6. You have that right if you turn it around.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:03 PM
Feb 2016

This is tit for tat thing. One camp lobs a grenade, then the other camp retailiates. Then people dig their heels in.

It seems like one camp is playing increasingly dirty politics.
Members of the media with ties to that camp are showing a bias. We had less than transparent caucus results in Iowa and then the losing candidate in New Hampshire receiving the pledges of a disproportionate share of its superdelegates.

You can't expect to play dirty and go for the jugular and then have the other side take it and get onboard at some future point.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
11. Even if she was far to the right of Nixon, which of course she isnt, you still arent seeing the
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:06 PM
Feb 2016

mature, big picture if you wont vote for her in the GE.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
16. I am being called a liar, and being laughed at for saying that attacking Bernie supporters
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:08 PM
Feb 2016

is a bad idea.

Do any of you get it yet?

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
23. Attack all you want, it's your life I cannot stand your corporate candidate.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:12 PM
Feb 2016

She not an honest person.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
24. But I said Bernie was my candidate. Do you still not see what you are doing?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:14 PM
Feb 2016

Dear god, I really am worried.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
28. I'm tired of Republican lite, I refuse to bite my tongue anymore.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

I will do well regardless of who's in power, so I've decided to ride with the candidate who isn't a whole subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. I'm sorry about jumping all over you.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
29. No, I jus disagree with your framing
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

I have no intention of staying home, but as of right now, I have no intention of EVER supporting Hillary, who I believe to be dishonest and corrupted.

She can change that perception, but I don't see that move coming from her campaign or her allies, just more bullshit.

You're talk of maturity, but is it mature to never learn from your past mistakes?

Hillary doesn't seem to have learned, but I have.

dragonfly301

(399 posts)
27. I agree with you
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

it's not political immaturity - it's that we've been paying attention for so long that we remember when republicans were exactly like her. Nelson Rockerfeller for example - moderate with ties to big banking.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
17. Excitement can't be fabricated, it's either there or it isn't.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:08 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary's enthusiasm deficit is her own doing because she doesn't have a clear and compelling message. She talks out of both sides of her mouth. I disagree with her on several issues, but of great importance is insuring that social security is solvent when I am ready to retire. My age group (45-55) pays more federal taxes than any other - I've been paying into SS my whole life. Yet SS may not be there for me. Hillary has not committed to raising the SS cap so that benefits will NOT be cut for those of us who will need it in the future. I have a real problem with that, as should every American.

Aside from the issues, waging a negative campaign and resorting to dirty campaign tricks meant to damage the integrity of her opponent just leaves a bad taste in our mouths. She did it to Obama and she's doing it to Sanders. You can't expect people to fall in line and 'get excited' if she's the nominee. I think the lesser of two evils reason for voting is wearing thin with a lot of us, and definitely won't work with young voters.



Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
21. Wont work with young voters if they are told that Hillary is the same as GOP
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:11 PM
Feb 2016

you are right.

Maybe stop saying that and then IF you need her, she then is viable.

This is about winning, beating the GOP who wish to do harm to the human race, do you not agree?

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
34. I wish it was that black and white.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:23 PM
Feb 2016

If it comes down to it I will vote for her, then promptly throw up. What I won't be able to do is get excited, phone bank, talk to others about how great she'll be. I can't fake how I feel.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
35. I thought you said "it isnt that simple", or that is what my brain heard when I read
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:26 PM
Feb 2016

black and white, but kind of the same thing, right?

But you see it is that simple for me.

For me , knowing what I know about the other side and what a SC full of Scalia's would do to this country, just one example, is enough to make it very simply or very black and white.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
38. I should just save this in a text document and copypaste it every time I see this kind of thread
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:35 PM
Feb 2016

I won't vote for someone I wouldn't willingly give my life for. I don't believe she understands what sending people to die for country really means, given her foreign policy record. If we go to war again under her, I don't believe it will be a war in defense of our Constitution. If we go to war again under her, I don't believe it will be for defending our allies. And I certainly don't believe that if we go to war under her again, it won't result in either the end of the world, or the forwarding of the tired tripe about American Exceptionalism.

I raised my hand and swore an oath to protect the United States, and the Constitution. I do not believe she stands for either, and as such, I can't vote for her.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
40. Well, as long as you acknowledge that not doing so helps the GOP.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:46 PM
Feb 2016

I really believe Bernie is going to be the candidate and you wont have this problem, I think he is about to blow away the establishment and the media the same as Trump, but Trump is garbage, etc.

But your attitude will be harmful if he isnt the nominee, that is just a fact.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
48. I'm military.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:58 PM
Feb 2016

I'm unfortunately used to being harmful-- but my vote, at least from where I stand, means a lot more to me than the country; it means the livelihoods of my brothers and sisters in arms.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
41. Ok, let's compare to Jeb.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:49 PM
Feb 2016

On foreign policy identical.
On economic policy nearly identical...Goldman/Sachs CEO happy with either. Hillary says $12/hr ( if she means it), Jeb says no. Agree on trade agreements, agree on fracking.
On social issues, mixed. They differ on abortion. Since 2013 they differ on SSM. Agree on marijuana. Agree on private prisons. Agree on education. Overall more agreement than disagreement.

In short, although Jeb Bush is unquestionably more conservative than Hillary Clinton, there's not a vast gulf between them. She's just to the left. If Bush is a strong conservative, she's a moderate conservative. What they label themselves is just window-dressing...after all, the Democratic Republic of Korea is neither democratic or a republic, it's a communist dictatorship.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
44. Pro-corporate oligarchy supporting ones, like Clinton.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:53 PM
Feb 2016

The fear card has been played so many times it's becoming ragged and dog-eared. Sanders is every bit as good on woman's issues as Clinton. A successful coalition means supporting each other's issues. You can't demand support of abortion rights issue while also denying economic rights issue. Continuing to do so will cause the coalition to collapse. You lose abortion, we haven't lost economic rights because we don't have them anyway under your rules.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
52. Sanders SCOTUS picks would be every bit as good if not better inre women and minorities,...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:12 PM
Feb 2016

...if not better. If you want a coalition, both partners have to be satisfied. If you want support of your issues, you can't expect us to give up ours. That's not a coalition that will continue to survive.

kristopher

(29,798 posts)
57. "Clinton-Bush 2016? The two-party system has outlived its usefulness."
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:22 PM
Feb 2016
Clinton-Bush 2016?
The two-party system has outlived its usefulness.

By Charles Wheelan Oct. 19, 2015, at 11:00 a.m.

The current standoff over House speaker has the potential to transform American politics. Here is what ought to happen: The moderate Democrats ought to join forces with the non-tea party Republicans to elect a speaker willing to work with this centrist majority. And then that new coalition should begin to govern, perhaps with a similar coalition in the Senate.

Is this naive? Of course it is. Any remotely hopeful view of American politics is naive these days. But it's not crazy. There are lots of reasons to believe that American politics are due for a major realignment.

America does not have two ideological blocs. It has at least four: the far left (Bernie Sanders); the center left (Hillary Clinton); the center right (traditional Republicans); and the far right (tea party). Most other industrialized democracies have at least this many parties.

The Republican House has become dysfunctional not because of the incompetence of its members (though there is plenty of that) but because the Republican Party has finally reached its breaking point. What do the religiously inspired social conservatives of the far right have in common with the small government libertarians trying to squeeze into the same tent? Not enough to govern apparently.

Hillary Clinton clearly has more in common with Jeb Bush than she does with Bernie Sanders. Similarly...
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/charles-wheelan/2015/10/19/centrists-clinton-and-bush-dont-belong-stuck-in-a-two-party-system

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
46. At least you are honest and openly admit you may choose the burn it to the ground
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:57 PM
Feb 2016

approach if you dont get your way.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
49. Nope
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:00 PM
Feb 2016

I personally will vote for whoever wins the nomination.

However, no politician should take that for granted. And I object to your OP that implies that votes should be taken for granted, because 'lesser of two evils' or 'd' after the name or whatever.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
59. That would be the corporatist faction of the party,...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:26 PM
Feb 2016

...aiming to eliminate a transparant democratic process in order to have a candidate appointed for us by the elites. Fuck that shit.

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
58. Pretty simple from my seats.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:25 PM
Feb 2016

If Hillary wins the primary, we lose the general. REAL simple.

Political wonks may do the nose holding lesser of two evil hootenanny but a lot won't.

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
61. I hear ya.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:42 PM
Feb 2016

I appreciate the slow societal bones that have been thrown our way but they never seem to do anything that costs TPTB. I am to the point now where I am 99.9% sure it's Kabuki theatre - and then came Sanders.



 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
63. ps for the record
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:56 PM
Feb 2016

I'm taking your negative energy and placing it into a tiny bottle ... Fellow Bernie supporter ...

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