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Robb

(39,665 posts)
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:22 PM Apr 2016

Great to see you all again! I’m here to support Hillary Clinton for President!

Hey guys, it’s me, Rob is a Ding Dong! Nice to be back in the old Democratic U — and glad to have a great candidate like Hillary Clinton to support this Election Season!

More than 33,000 Americans are killed by guns each year. It’s time to act. As President, HRC will take on the gun lobby and fight for commonsense reforms to keep guns away from terrorists, domestic abusers, and other violent criminals—including comprehensive background checks and closing loopholes that allow guns to fall into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, the Sanders camp are once again perpetuating blatant lies. As a former Bernie supporter I feel as though we all need to move away from the character assaults on HRC and focus our attention onto real issues.

Foreign policy is one of the main reasons I support Hillary. Nobody running in either party has anywhere near her level of expertise.

She worked to restore America's leadership in the world, after it was eroded by eight years of the Bush administration's terrible foreign policy. Her tenure is marked by significant accomplishments, from building a global coalition to imposing crippling sanctions against Iran, to brokering a ceasefire in Gaza and protecting Israel, to supporting President Obama's decision to bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

I'm really proud of Bernie and what he has accomplished with his campaign. That being said, it is time to unify the party and rally around Hillary Clinton for a better America. Together we can make America more prosperous and accepting of all people, regardless of race or gender.

There is so much craziness and animosity surrounding both the Sanders and Trump campaigns. In such volatile times we need a tested leader with a proven track record, which is why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has made stopping gun violence a central component of her campaign. Common sense gun reforms are well past due. Her courageous stance to hold gun manufacturers accountable is one of many reasons she will get my vote.

Hillary Clinton understands that many young voters in America feel disenfranchised. I respect Bernie very much and what he has done for the progressive movement, but I recognize that it is now impossible for him to be the nominee. Hillary knows how to work within the current political climate to get things done, and she is currently our best bet for real positive change in America.

The resilience and enthusiasm of Sanders and his supporters is admirable, but unfortunately at this point it has become Detrimental to the democratic party. If this enthusiasm was put towards coming together as a party, Trump and the republicans wouldn't stand a chance.

To be clear, I am most certainly Rob, and have no affiliation with any pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC. In fact I’m not even sure those things matter! And they could never afford an account this old, not since most of Hillary’s donations are small!

#Go Hillary! #Imwithher

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Great to see you all again! I’m here to support Hillary Clinton for President! (Original Post) Robb Apr 2016 OP
It's time to unify and rally around Bernie, who has a better shot in the general. merrily Apr 2016 #1
Why should we be unifying and rallying around someone that can't even win the Primaries? n/t SFnomad Apr 2016 #2
Because others voted for more of the same-old same-old. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #5
That's not a reason for throwing the Democratic Primary winner overboard SFnomad Apr 2016 #6
We're irrelevant, or so we're told, ad nauseum. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #7
You're irrelevant if that's what you want to make yourselves. SFnomad Apr 2016 #10
How many time have we been told here TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #12
I don't know of anyone that has said Secretary Clinton doesn't need the "indy" vote SFnomad Apr 2016 #23
Oh please, spare me. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #27
And the PUMAs said Obama needs them and he can't win without them too ... they were wrong SFnomad Apr 2016 #29
Hillary is no Obama. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #31
PUMAs were Clinton supporters that were the same type of idiots that said they couldn't vote for SFnomad Apr 2016 #36
Republican, republican lite...who cares, same old stuff, different face. insta8er Apr 2016 #17
We want what is best for this country, the status quo has not worked for most of the country time insta8er Apr 2016 #13
You're getting Secretary Clinton as the Democratic nominee because more people wanted her n/t SFnomad Apr 2016 #15
No, because she gamed the system..and the system played along..for them it works, to bad insta8er Apr 2016 #19
Let's give a call to the waaaaaambulance SFnomad Apr 2016 #26
Let me know when you do your act and where...I'll make sure to show up..you are hillarious..pun int. insta8er Apr 2016 #28
Yes, I didn't see the superiority of your candidate, which means I must be uninformed. SFnomad Apr 2016 #32
No you just don't want to recognize the inferiority of your candidate and will take what ever she insta8er Apr 2016 #34
I don't want to recognize the inferiority of my candidate? SFnomad Apr 2016 #35
More perhaps, but not all. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #20
That's how things work in our democracy n/t SFnomad Apr 2016 #24
Yes, it certainly is. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #25
Oh then there is the rigging that's been so blatant...I know let me help you conspiracy...Not! bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #51
Everyone agrees with you except the majortiy of Democrats that voted for someone else. Renew Deal Apr 2016 #60
The real Robb would know he's a dingbat, not a ding dong. bunnies Apr 2016 #3
Hmm... whatchamacallit Apr 2016 #22
These notes say ding dong. Robb Apr 2016 #45
"Robb is a dingbat" was an epic poll option. bunnies Apr 2016 #52
Great post! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #4
You are talking about the same Hillary that gets money from the ARMS lobby? see below insta8er Apr 2016 #8
He knows - doesn't care. A hawk like her I surmise. No more hawks! snowy owl Apr 2016 #38
I mean, Trump said that he could go outside and shoot someone and nobody would falter him for that insta8er Apr 2016 #40
Great to see you too! Great post! livetohike Apr 2016 #9
It's high humor, indeed. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #48
Dingbat. msanthrope Apr 2016 #11
Thank you. bunnies Apr 2016 #50
Welcome back, Robb SecularMotion Apr 2016 #14
This is sarcasm, right? TM99 Apr 2016 #16
- ditto - Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #42
So, it's guns and worldly connections. For me, its guns and domestic issues - go Bernie! snowy owl Apr 2016 #18
Hey Robb! Bobbie Jo Apr 2016 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #30
No sale. I'm stickinng with the "detriment" and voting agains Hillary's FP "experience". Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #33
Welcome back. athena Apr 2016 #37
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #54
K and R! cwydro Apr 2016 #39
Welcome back Robb. sheshe2 Apr 2016 #41
Not a single mention of Hillary's pro fracking stance riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #43
I always preferred the "ho ho" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #47
Never any respect to the Big Wheel... zappaman Apr 2016 #68
Honestly, it's amazing any of us are still alive. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #69
ROBB! Great to see your name again! I'm with her too. Welcome back. Squinch Apr 2016 #44
Why, "Robb", just the other day I said to myself "Gosh-the middle class sure could use a champion" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #46
Great post. Welcome back and enjoy the ride. oasis Apr 2016 #49
That's the spirit we need at More Science High Armstead Apr 2016 #53
But porgie.... SwampG8r Apr 2016 #65
I am here to support her as well utopia_basin Apr 2016 #55
Name one thing that would stop gun violence! Nt Logical Apr 2016 #56
Welcome back, Robb!!! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #57
:facepalm: Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #58
HI ROB!! GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! bvf Apr 2016 #59
Welcome back, Robb! greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #61
Who's Robb? bvf Apr 2016 #62
You're a Clinton supporter? One word of advice for GD-P, then: DUCK! randome Apr 2016 #63
Had to read it twice SwampG8r Apr 2016 #64
Great to see you. Skinner Apr 2016 #66
I love that I've been here long enough to remember to old familiar names...again. Sheepshank Apr 2016 #67
Welcome back, Robb. Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #70
 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
6. That's not a reason for throwing the Democratic Primary winner overboard
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:32 PM
Apr 2016

Do you people want to tear the Democratic Party apart and give the election to the Republicans? Sounds like it to me.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
10. You're irrelevant if that's what you want to make yourselves.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:36 PM
Apr 2016

Secretary Clinton will be the nominee. To try to overthrow and subvert the will of the voters would be to destroy the Democratic Party and give the election to the Republicans. If you decide you want to take your purity ball, pout and go home, that's your decision ... and your irrelevance will be assured.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
12. How many time have we been told here
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:40 PM
Apr 2016

that she does not need the "indy" voters to win the GE?

More than I can count, and that's just today...............

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
23. I don't know of anyone that has said Secretary Clinton doesn't need the "indy" vote
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:52 PM
Apr 2016

What she doesn't need is you people that are saying you can't vote for her because (fill in the blank). Back in 2008 the PUMAs thought they were all that and that they were going to stay home and Obama was going to lose the election. Those PUMAs found out just how irrelevant they were ... those that are holding onto their purity ball today, pouting and promising to stay home with it will find out that they're just as irrelevant.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
27. Oh please, spare me.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:00 PM
Apr 2016

I get it constantly - "indies mean nothing, we don't need them, she can go it alone" - go to the HRC group and you'll get a years worth in 15 minutes.

My God, where have you been?

She needs EVERY indie vote she can muster. Period.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
29. And the PUMAs said Obama needs them and he can't win without them too ... they were wrong
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:03 PM
Apr 2016

I don't go to the HRC group ... I'm mostly just here in GD-P.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
36. PUMAs were Clinton supporters that were the same type of idiots that said they couldn't vote for
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:13 PM
Apr 2016

Obama for "fill in the blank" reasons. They felt that he was the weaker candidate, that him being African American would motivate the racist vote in the GOP .... blah blah blah.

They sound then just like the BS cheerleaders do today that say they can't vote for Secretary Clinton. I didn't buy that then ... I don't buy it today.

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
13. We want what is best for this country, the status quo has not worked for most of the country time
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:41 PM
Apr 2016

for a change!

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
19. No, because she gamed the system..and the system played along..for them it works, to bad
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:47 PM
Apr 2016

a good part of our demographics have not caught on to that yet. Much like the Republicans have perfected the art of screwing over their demographics and have them come back for more.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
26. Let's give a call to the waaaaaambulance
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:56 PM
Apr 2016

Yes, it's all the electorate's fault that they didn't see that your candidate was superior.

It never occurs to people like you that the electorate looked at the candidates and made an informed decision.

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
28. Let me know when you do your act and where...I'll make sure to show up..you are hillarious..pun int.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:02 PM
Apr 2016

One does not have to be a rocket scientist to see that with that much information out there that clearly the information does not reach the majority of the people who vote for her. Look at yourself for instance, you clearly show that you mastered the use of a PC..otherwise you would not have been here..yet your choice of candidate reflects a disregard for the information that is out there..(sticking your head in the ground) or you have not mastered the use of google and other tools that will show you the relevant data behind your candidate. But to each his own, please be so bold to support her when she hands over your Social Security check to her friends on wall street!

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
32. Yes, I didn't see the superiority of your candidate, which means I must be uninformed.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:05 PM
Apr 2016

What a load of crap.

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
34. No you just don't want to recognize the inferiority of your candidate and will take what ever she
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:07 PM
Apr 2016

spoons you through the main stream media.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
35. I don't want to recognize the inferiority of my candidate?
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:10 PM
Apr 2016

Another load of crap. And you wonder why Clinton supporters couldn't much care less what BS cheerleaders think.

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
8. You are talking about the same Hillary that gets money from the ARMS lobby? see below
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:35 PM
Apr 2016

Sorry to break up this Hillaries Love Fest....

Clinton Tops List of Arms Company Donations

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was also a favorite of the arms producing giants during her 2006 Senate campaign.
Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, data from Open Secrets shows.



All but one of the world’s 10 biggest arms producers have contributed to Clinton’s previous campaigns, giving her – along with the top Republican receiver Ted Cruz – a significant margin over the other candidates.


http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Clinton-Tops-List-of-Arms-Company-Donations-20151214-0002.html

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
38. He knows - doesn't care. A hawk like her I surmise. No more hawks!
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:18 PM
Apr 2016

But it's politically expedient to omit the truth about Bernie in favor of Hillary. So we're back to loyalty, emotion and celebrity.

 

insta8er

(960 posts)
40. I mean, Trump said that he could go outside and shoot someone and nobody would falter him for that
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:21 PM
Apr 2016

have we reached the same point here with Hillary?

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
50. Thank you.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:28 PM
Apr 2016

Robb says his notes say ding dong... But I remember the poll option. Robb is a dingbat. It was right above "I like to vote". Hmmm

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
18. So, it's guns and worldly connections. For me, its guns and domestic issues - go Bernie!
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:45 PM
Apr 2016

Your comments on guns are incomplete and inaccurate by omission.
Me, I'm tired of cold war politics and want to get back to domestic issues that include getting Americans their democracy, jobs and dignity back.

Response to Robb (Original post)

Response to athena (Reply #37)

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
39. K and R!
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:20 PM
Apr 2016

Glad you're back.

One of the longtime members of DU!

But it was Dingbat, wasn't it? I still miss those polls...

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
43. Not a single mention of Hillary's pro fracking stance
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:39 PM
Apr 2016

And the rest of her disastrous environmental proposals.

Our planet is in its 11th hour.

You sir are a ding dong (he self identified, DU jury), and a dingbat (Robbs historical DU signature fyi DU newbies).

Nothing else is more important than climate change. Nothing.

You own the oncoming climate change disasters.

Glad I have a clear conscience.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
53. That's the spirit we need at More Science High
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:57 PM
Apr 2016

Eat it raw!

Rah Rah Rah.

THats the spirit

(With apologies to Firesign Theater)

Rhiannon12866

(205,629 posts)
57. Welcome back, Robb!!!
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:17 AM
Apr 2016

We've missed you! You may be sorry since it's rougher here just now, even more than it was in 2004, IMO, but it's still great to see you again!

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
59. HI ROB!! GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:25 AM
Apr 2016

JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS......YOU HAVEN'T LOST YOUR TOUCH!!!!

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
63. You're a Clinton supporter? One word of advice for GD-P, then: DUCK!
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:04 AM
Apr 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
70. Welcome back, Robb.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:46 PM
Apr 2016

Just have to say, I think Hillary is going to get something done, too. And it's going to be the TPP. And then we are going to be screwed six ways from Sunday.

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