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Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:32 PM Apr 2016

Hillary campaign staffer asked me what do Bernie or Bust types need...

This person knows I work on the Sanders campaign, locally.

This person has read and heard over and over about how Bernie or Bust types need to be given a reason to vote for Hillary, which this person assumes means they need something from Hillary as in promises for their own needs.

My friend and I are the types who never vote for our own personal needs but the needs of those with less power than us, or those targeted to HAVE less than us, so we are not used to how to handle this.

i told her I would ask.

What exactly does Hillary have to promise YOU, for YOU, so she can have your vote?

I know Bernie has never promised ME a god damn thing, I have healthcare, dont need a higher education, so my support of Bernie has always been about what his agenda can do for others.

So again, what does Hillary have to promise YOU?

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Hillary campaign staffer asked me what do Bernie or Bust types need... (Original Post) Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 OP
This should be good. n/t Lil Missy Apr 2016 #1
A unicorn. Wilms Apr 2016 #2
So your answer is you want stuff for yourself, but you dont trust her to give it to you. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #5
What's with "stuff"??? Wilms Apr 2016 #49
I don't want just any old unicorn. I want a unicorn that farts glitter. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #18
The crooks and cronies and warmongers need to be evicted from the temple Baobab Apr 2016 #57
For myself...get rid of black box voting! peace13 Apr 2016 #3
Not sure how we can trust her, but your request is a good one, I will pass it on. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #6
please read the paper in my .sig Baobab Apr 2016 #64
You absolutely can't Baobab Apr 2016 #58
Thanks for this. peace13 Apr 2016 #61
Unrealistic promises. All of them. JaneyVee Apr 2016 #4
What promises? Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #7
Nothing. bigwillq Apr 2016 #8
So you dont want anything personally. I will tell my friend. Sounds like you are going Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #9
One doesn't become honest in order to get votes Voice for Peace Apr 2016 #56
Really good PR BlindTiresias Apr 2016 #62
I don't know how you can reverse her problem with trust. sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #10
So you do want something, for yourself, but you dont trust her to get it for you. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #11
Bernie has promised you a fight for climate change action riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #12
Me? Oh, no that is bullshit. I know more about it and recognize it than many. No, stop talking Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #13
Uh, your OP specifically says Bernie has never promised YOU anything riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #19
Her "promises" have no credibility. 99Forever Apr 2016 #14
Understood, you want something for YOU and dont trust her. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #17
That's the problem with assuming things. 99Forever Apr 2016 #29
*crickets* 99Forever Apr 2016 #43
Confession and Repentance kcjohn1 Apr 2016 #15
Love this answer, I do. You want her to do what NO POLITICIAN IN HISTORY HAS DONE Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #21
Hillary keeps saying anyone can diagnose the problem kcjohn1 Apr 2016 #31
No death penalty, Single Payer, abandon CTR, drug legalization, no preemptive wars or invasions hellofromreddit Apr 2016 #16
Thanks... Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #22
That's a good list. I'll add no regime change as foreign policy, morningfog Apr 2016 #74
I want her to embrace and PROMOTE Bernie Sanders' climate plan. Ron Green Apr 2016 #20
Thanks Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #24
There is nothing Hillary can do or promiss to win my support... Rockyj Apr 2016 #23
GOt it, you need for YOU and you dont trust her to take care of YOU. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #26
you should probably just tune out of politics then and go back to watching snooper2 Apr 2016 #91
Confess to linkage between State Dept approval of arms sales and.. tokenlib Apr 2016 #25
Translation, have her do what NO politician in HISTORY has done or else Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #27
Ooowee! That issue is huge for me too. A confession doesn't begin to cover it, though. JudyM Apr 2016 #71
Why do you always try to insult people? noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #28
That's what Hillary and her ilk do. 99Forever Apr 2016 #38
But this one just told me s/he's a Bernie supporter! cui bono Apr 2016 #90
have you seen this _progressive Apr 2016 #52
damn, pretty good job! snooper2 Apr 2016 #92
Hello People. This is not a serious question just in case you didn't get that. 2banon Apr 2016 #30
I appreciate this type of dialog Separation Apr 2016 #32
Promise me?... HumanityExperiment Apr 2016 #33
This reminds me of a guy who was on one fo the shows saying maybe they should have given Skwmom Apr 2016 #34
Restoring confidence in the voting process would be a good place to start Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #35
Maybe Hillary could ask her friend David Brock democrank Apr 2016 #36
Hillary Clinton has promised me asuhornets Apr 2016 #37
Reality Check here Baobab Apr 2016 #66
I believe her... asuhornets Apr 2016 #68
thats bizarre, because Bernie is the one who is much more positive Baobab Apr 2016 #69
Bernie Sanders seems to mad all the time asuhornets Apr 2016 #70
Um, no. Kall Apr 2016 #81
I'm going to go out on a limb here for shock value Separation Apr 2016 #89
I want her to release the speech transcripts katsy Apr 2016 #39
The problem with this question is the trust issue. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #40
We need to not have another dynasty (Clinton) in the WH. We need a honest person who cares bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #41
Here are 5 things, Jackie Wilson Said: JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #42
You don't work on the Sanders campaign. Marr Apr 2016 #44
Bingo Downwinder Apr 2016 #46
That she adopt all of Bernie's policy positions, then wear a shock collar that would ... Scuba Apr 2016 #45
Shock collar! JudyM Apr 2016 #73
No fracking and stop the damn lies in Indiana about Bernie dropping out. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #47
Not to change Social Security marlakay Apr 2016 #48
I'm sorry, but I no longer offer opinions here to her campaign. She seems to have it all silvershadow Apr 2016 #50
Sit down and watch one rally speech and take notes! oldandhappy Apr 2016 #51
I've seen how she treats people that don't serve her. retrowire Apr 2016 #53
A _____________and a _____ ___ TowneshipRebellion Apr 2016 #54
Hillary.promise.YOU - Now there's the problem. Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #55
Cool story bro. nt. jack_krass Apr 2016 #59
Her resignation and disappearance from the media byyiminy Apr 2016 #60
. BlindTiresias Apr 2016 #63
The choose Bernie as her running mate and resign immediately. basselope Apr 2016 #65
I want the transcripts. NT Barack_America Apr 2016 #67
Oh I can answer that just by reading the subject ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #72
She needs to reincarnate everyone killed in Iraq since 2003. PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #75
Trust has to be earned and I don't trust HRC or Third Way to do Jackilope Apr 2016 #76
I would imagine that many would Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2016 #77
Hillary does not need to promise me anything... Silver_Witch Apr 2016 #78
Let's Start with Something Easy. Let's Start with Consistency. Xyzse Apr 2016 #79
You came here in January. artislife Apr 2016 #80
Transcripts. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #82
I want her to lead on cannabis law reform/ending the drug war and protecting the bill of rights. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #83
AND reparations for mass incarceration via a new Clinton Foundation if not the gov't. loyalsister Apr 2016 #85
Please be referred to my earlier post on this topic - which was instantly derided by Hill-Bullies: Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #84
She needs to promise to get out of the race for the good of the country. eom Goldfish Apr 2016 #86
retire from poltics ibegurpard Apr 2016 #87
To take climate change seriously, for once. raouldukelives Apr 2016 #88
 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
2. A unicorn.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:38 PM
Apr 2016

That's what has been said. Right?

Why are you asking us NOW??? Need something? She should have thought about that a LONG time ago. But she decided which side she's on.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
5. So your answer is you want stuff for yourself, but you dont trust her to give it to you.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:41 PM
Apr 2016

OK, I will relay that.

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
49. What's with "stuff"???
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:38 PM
Apr 2016

I thought it was a unicorn. That's why I wrote U N I C O R N.

Why are the narratives changing all the time???

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
18. I don't want just any old unicorn. I want a unicorn that farts glitter.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

Isn't that what HRC supporters say Bernie promised us?

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
57. The crooks and cronies and warmongers need to be evicted from the temple
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:17 PM
Apr 2016

of government

never to return.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
3. For myself...get rid of black box voting!
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:39 PM
Apr 2016

Like you, I ask for single payer health care and education for others. The deal breaker is, how can I trust her?

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
64. please read the paper in my .sig
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:40 PM
Apr 2016

note when the global deal it talks about was being put together


which also potentially trades a lot of good paying largely public sector US jobs away for pie in the sky, corporate rights to open factories and branches in developing countries.

Its just crazy.

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
58. You absolutely can't
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:22 PM
Apr 2016

Also, voting is overrated when trade deals have systematically taken everything important off the table.

Read the paper in my .sig for example, the last 20 years of dysfunctional health care has been a lie.

a phony crisis that didnt have to happen because we already pay 2/3 of every health care dollar so we likely could have single payer right now for free.

The more you lie the more you have to lie more. Read Hannah Arendt, the Origins of Totalitarianism, about the onion skinned nature of totalitarian regimes.

Search for onion. Its on the web.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
8. Nothing.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:42 PM
Apr 2016

I don't like her, never will. It's not so much here personally, I just think the Clintons represent everything that's wrong with party politics.
I am not Bernie or Bust. Yes, I voted for Bernie, but I never expected him to win the nomination. I would have probably voted for just about anyone running against Hillary in the primary.
I just would rather have someone that's more Bernie's vision than Hillary's.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
9. So you dont want anything personally. I will tell my friend. Sounds like you are going
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:43 PM
Apr 2016

to vote for whoever the Dem is as you are not suicidal.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
56. One doesn't become honest in order to get votes
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:14 PM
Apr 2016

so... not gonna be getting mine. The crazy unrealistic young folks have inspired me. Clintons lack integrity, period.

BlindTiresias

(1,563 posts)
62. Really good PR
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:32 PM
Apr 2016

Your response does not at all appear condescending or creepily authoritarian at all and will surely win over the hearts and minds of many people who support Bernie or are otherwise on the fence. Great job!

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
10. I don't know how you can reverse her problem with trust.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:44 PM
Apr 2016

When 56-60% don't trust her, then any kind of
promise now is useless.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
11. So you do want something, for yourself, but you dont trust her to get it for you.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:45 PM
Apr 2016

I will relay your feelings.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
12. Bernie has promised you a fight for climate change action
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:46 PM
Apr 2016

That you don't recognize it or acknowledge it is obvious.

Hillary would need to promise to make saving the planet her biggest priority on every front.

That would mean becoming an international fierce advocate on day 1. Ban fracking. Stop the TPP cold. Stand up to the oligarchs whose greed has polluted the earth and destroyed communities' natural resources around the world (this is where Bernie’s speech about corruption and too big to fail banks comes in) etc etc etc

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
13. Me? Oh, no that is bullshit. I know more about it and recognize it than many. No, stop talking
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:48 PM
Apr 2016

about me.

This is about what YOU want.

I will relay your feelings.

Your attacks of me are a waste of time, I am very thick skinned, being a liberal makes you that way.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
19. Uh, your OP specifically says Bernie has never promised YOU anything
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

He has.

Many things. Your failure to recognize them is on you.



99Forever

(14,524 posts)
14. Her "promises" have no credibility.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:49 PM
Apr 2016

She is a lying liar that will say and do anything to satisfy her egotistical, insatiable need to "win." I don't believe a word she says.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
29. That's the problem with assuming things.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:57 PM
Apr 2016

More often than not, you are wrong.

I want what Bernie Sanders ran on. ALL OF IT. Not for me, for my son and daughter, and my grandchildren.


NONE of which means jack to the likes of the Clintons.

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
15. Confession and Repentance
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:49 PM
Apr 2016

Although Clinton is not the only politician corrupted by the system, but she is the Exhibit A of what is rotten in our system.

Her admitting this fact, her role, and what she is going to do about it PUBLICLY is the only thing that might even make me voting for her.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
21. Love this answer, I do. You want her to do what NO POLITICIAN IN HISTORY HAS DONE
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

OR WILL DO

otherwise you wont vote for her.

Got it

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
31. Hillary keeps saying anyone can diagnose the problem
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:58 PM
Apr 2016

But has she even acknowledged the Congress is owned and bought by special interests? All I heard during the primary season is how no one can proof quid pro quo in her case when she takes money from special interests.

Bernie says what 99% of the people already know as fact. Our politicians don't work for us, they work for those who fund their campaigns. Even if she doesn't include herself in that category, why can't she say that?

You can tell those politicians who are owned by special interests because you will never hear them make that statement.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
74. That's a good list. I'll add no regime change as foreign policy,
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:14 AM
Apr 2016

aggressive action on climate change, free college tuition.

Rockyj

(538 posts)
23. There is nothing Hillary can do or promiss to win my support...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:51 PM
Apr 2016

...Hillary and her campaign blew that months ago! She lost many of us, think of all the thousands of Independents that weren't allowed to vote in New York & elsewhere, voter suppression in Arizona & elsewhere & all the thousands of people that showed up at Bernie's rallies! In addition, the millennials aren't stupid and they don't like being told to support her. They see through her like many of us Baby Boomers.

She will lose & the Democratic Party will lose against the GOP because they support Neo-liberalism and our current Oligarchy.

PLUS your right! Its not about us its about our kids & grandkids and the world we are leaving them.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
91. you should probably just tune out of politics then and go back to watching
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 02:06 PM
Apr 2016

The housewives of whatever fucking city they are in at the moment

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
28. Why do you always try to insult people?
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:56 PM
Apr 2016

I keep seeing your threads each day badgering Bernie supporters. Each day your posts get nastier. Why do you keep trying to insult people and try to twist their words to suit your narrative?

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
38. That's what Hillary and her ilk do.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:03 PM
Apr 2016

And then they think we will "fall in line."

Hope they feel the same way as they watch tRump being sworn in.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
92. damn, pretty good job!
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 02:07 PM
Apr 2016

Member since: Sat Feb 6, 2016, 09:04 AM
Number of posts: 1,868
Number of posts, last 90 days: 1868

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
30. Hello People. This is not a serious question just in case you didn't get that.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:58 PM
Apr 2016

the I'm certain was intended but forgotten.

this is a silly game which should be obvious to everyone.

but.. i guess not so much. apparently.



Separation

(1,975 posts)
32. I appreciate this type of dialog
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:59 PM
Apr 2016

For me, it would be for her to take a stance on marijuana, whether medicinal or recreational. As a disabled person in my state I HAVE to take morphine, hydromorphone, and a slew of other medications that will probably kill me. I know for a fact that marijuana helps alleviate my pain so that I can have a quality of life without being hooked on opioids.

I'd also like to hear her say that she plans on making a change in the for profit prison systems being run in this country. The US is a laughing stock when it comes to the prison system. What sounds better, try to rehabilitate, train a prisoner skills that he can use on the outside to become a productive member of society, or lock them up for 5-10 years and then then let them back into your and mine community?

I have a few others, but these two were on the top of my mind and I think are a good start. Thank you.

 

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)
33. Promise me?...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:59 PM
Apr 2016

Since we are talking at a personal level, for me personally, for her to connect with me on a very singular deep level?

You know what you're asking is something she's shown she's not been capable of to date...

So here goes, She needs to promise me she will open up town hall events every month or every other month that's televised and an audience that's NOT screened and with questions not vetted prior, and taking at least two hours to answer as many questions within that allotted time

I want the public to be able to QA her and make her and her policies accessible to the public, if she want's us 'with her' she needs to show us she's with us...

She needs to close that unfavorable gap with a HUGE action on her part

Consider this the modern age 'fireside chats' with conversation and feedback, that's the promise I'd like to see her accept

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
34. This reminds me of a guy who was on one fo the shows saying maybe they should have given
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:01 PM
Apr 2016

workers who lost their jobs because they were shipped overseas $10,000 and something else I can't recall. Do they really think people are that stupid?

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
35. Restoring confidence in the voting process would be a good place to start
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:02 PM
Apr 2016

I'm not sure what power the President or the US COngress has....since I think the constitution leaves the decision on how to run elections to the states, but agree with sentiment expressed here that we have to assure a fair and democratic vote

I'm a Hillary person who listens...so I'm not who you directed the question to but I'll offer it as a humble suggestion

democrank

(11,094 posts)
36. Maybe Hillary could ask her friend David Brock
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:03 PM
Apr 2016

how she can win friends and influence people. Brock has a wonderfully warm style.

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
37. Hillary Clinton has promised me
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:03 PM
Apr 2016

that she has the experience to take this country forward by making sure the remaining 29million will get the health insurance they have a right to. She has promised me with her wealth of foreign policy experience, she will make sure war is the last option and diplomacy is first. She has promised me that racial discrimination still exists and she will put policies in place to make sure all have a fair shot to better our lives. She has promised me she will build on President Obama's policies. She has promised me that will work her heart out for other Democrats. She has promised me the economy will be the first thing she fix and increase the minimum.

And the list goes on and on.

GOHILLARY!!!

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
66. Reality Check here
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:59 PM
Apr 2016

Its all BS.

>that she has the experience to take this country forward by making sure the remaining 29million will get the health insurance.

Not only is that total bullshit, her policy when expressed in private is setting up a global trade in exchange for the prvatizations overseas that is going to give them US jobs, overwhelmingly in the PUBLIC SECTOR. Virtually the entire public sector is up for grabs and the jobs will be won in global procurement systems by the lowest qualified bidders firms internationally.

> they have a right to.

You're dreaming if you think there are any rights to health care, quite the opposite, the US has been fighting tooth and nail - against it- creating new permanent, irrevocable new property rights for corporations to PREVENT public health care and education.

Not only has the 1995 trade deal pushed by the Clintons and its successor deals like TISA- constitute a literal war on public services- and afordability, framing it as a theft from corporations of their markets - the single largest barrier in the entire world to public health care - that also applies to education and they are waging a global war on public education, forcing countries to privatize by means of these trade deals that one needs to understand are an attack on the future - a future where technology is improving and the job as we know it today is vanishing at an exponentially increasing rate.


>She has promised me with her wealth of foreign policy experience,

Is this a joke, or satirical?

>she will make sure war is the last option and diplomacy is first.

thats BS because if anything shes been doing the exact opposite-


>She has promised me that racial discrimination still exists and she will put policies in place to make sure all have a fair shot to better our lives.

Right, she's putting policies in place that will give foreign corporations an equal chance to win newly privatized US public sector jobs - with those jobs going to the lowest qualified bidder thats what GATS and tiSA do, to increase corporate profits.

You need to understand that when narcisists tell you they are giving you a present, its always the exact opposite, a Trojan Horse. And the GATS deal with its claims that "progressive liberalisation" will reduce the gaps between the rich and poor countries is like el dorado being waved in front of the poor countries, but its a false riches because in 20 years were really really going to need public health care. in the 20 years of GATS at least a million Amercans have lost their lives unnecessarily because of being denied health care when we were already paying enough to get healthcare to give it to everybody for free- But they had to have a phony crisis to sell the deal- so they made health care do everything they knew woudnt work - which of course was compliant with ther extremist ideology.



>She has promised me she will build on President Obama's policies. She has promised me that will work her heart out for other Democrats. She has promised me the economy will be the first thing she fix and increase the minimum.

And the list goes on and on.

GOHILLARY!!!


Its al total BS. She worked behind the scenes to deny a small increase in minimum wage in haiti. She helped legitimize a coup which overthrew the government of Hnduras after the elected president just suggested a national poll on whether increasing the minimum wage was possible.

Read the paper in my sig.

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
68. I believe her...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:14 PM
Apr 2016

And she is positive, according to Sanders the world is just in a disarray or bout to end or somthin'. I prefer the uplifting candidate.

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
69. thats bizarre, because Bernie is the one who is much more positive
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:25 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary is the austerity candidate who wants to trade away Americans jobs for higher corporate profits by means of the horrible deal GATS which has already destroyed literally a third of many US families equity. the cost per person on health care alone will probably be a half million dollars per capita.

Also, those jobs that are being traded away are basically the jobs of future young people and current civil servants and quasi cvil servants like teachers and nurses who have been kept in limbo for decades while these Mode Four type deals have been being set up.

And the countries they've been waving them in front of are tired of waiting.

What is Mode Four?

http://www.slideshare.net/GitanjaliMaria/four-modes-of-wto



asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
70. Bernie Sanders seems to mad all the time
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:30 PM
Apr 2016

Even at his rallys-he smiles-seldomly-never laughs. We're all doom according to him-unless we accept his platform with out compromise.

Kall

(615 posts)
81. Um, no.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 01:05 AM
Apr 2016
Hillary Clinton has promised me that she has the experience to take this country forward by making sure the remaining 29million will get the health insurance they have a right to.


In the first place, that's not a promise - that's your expectation. And in the second place, she hasn't even provided you with a plan for making sure the remaining 29 million will get the health insurance they have a right to. However, she did attack Bernie Sanders' plan for it when he presented one, using Republican talking points (More taxes! Eek! Not going to mention the elimination of private insurance costs!)

"I'll expand the ACA" is not a plan. It's a vague generality. Plans for universal health care involve saying who will be covered, how they will be covered, and how it will be funded, as his single-payer health care plan did.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
89. I'm going to go out on a limb here for shock value
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 01:33 PM
Apr 2016

If so it'll be my first hide.

If anything she and her husband are just as complicit as 19th century slave owners. Her complicity and willingness to take money from the for profit prison system has crippled generations of POC lives and families lives. This is nothing more than a 21st century war against civil rights.

But then again, I will vote for her in the general election. I'm not sure what that says about me anymore though.


She has promised me that racial discrimination still exists and she will put policies in place to make

katsy

(4,246 posts)
39. I want her to release the speech transcripts
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:06 PM
Apr 2016

and deal with any potential fallout now before the GE.

I want her to speak truthfully and work for the common good not corporate good.


 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
40. The problem with this question is the trust issue.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:09 PM
Apr 2016

We all can see that she will say anything, making the question kind of pointless.

There are few things we can predict with any confidence if she wins. I'd welcome any suggestions.

There are however, a few things we can predict if she loses:
DWS - fired.
Reform in the party.
A sense of purpose - putting the underground back in DU.
Big midterm congressional wins.

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)
41. We need to not have another dynasty (Clinton) in the WH. We need a honest person who cares
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:12 PM
Apr 2016

and understands the average American because they lived it themselves....that's what we want. Integrity, honesty, truthfulness (we will never get from her) and Medicare for All, Glass Segel (sp?), Wall Street reigned in and stop gambling with the tax payers monies, a cap lifted off SS. Elite stop getting to hide their money offshore or even in a strange address up North..I could go on if you want.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
42. Here are 5 things, Jackie Wilson Said:
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:13 PM
Apr 2016

1) Not support the PATRIOT act and similar provisions which invade Americans' personal privacy; reverse position on making encryption illegal (do I have to dig up the clip from December 2015 where she mocks free speech advocates...?)

2) Disavow David Brock, Peter Daou; do not seek super PAC contributions from the financial industry, the oil industry or ANY registered lobbyists (the Obama pledge from 2008) and follow campaign finance coordination rules wrt super PACs (notice I'm not a purist, I am not asking her to disavow super PACs altogether; doing what I propose would make me comfortable with her stance on this issue)

3) Promise that Sid Blumenthal, Kagan, or Gates will never be involved in her foreign policy team, as staffers or as advisors.

4) Oppose the death penalty.

5) Support Bernie's climate change bill.

None of these should be too difficult if she is truly a progressive, nor should they compromise her ability to win a general election.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
45. That she adopt all of Bernie's policy positions, then wear a shock collar that would ...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:26 PM
Apr 2016

... give her a fatal jolt if she reneged on even the smallest one.

marlakay

(11,468 posts)
48. Not to change Social Security
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:37 PM
Apr 2016

To do more not less for the environment and absolutely not to deregulate stuff!

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
50. I'm sorry, but I no longer offer opinions here to her campaign. She seems to have it all
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:45 PM
Apr 2016

very well under control. If you'd like to peruse any of the dozens and dozens of posts where we tried to explain it to them you are welcome to do that. They are well-catalogued at DU. I'm in general election mode now. Unity! Let's go get them!

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
51. Sit down and watch one rally speech and take notes!
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:48 PM
Apr 2016

I mean it. Anyone asking that question needs to watch/listen to one rally speech and take notes and then give you the answer.

 

basselope

(2,565 posts)
65. The choose Bernie as her running mate and resign immediately.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:44 PM
Apr 2016

In short, there is nothing Hillary can say or do to earn my vote.

Her record is abysmal and I have no faith in her ability to even attempt to keep a promise.

Jackilope

(819 posts)
76. Trust has to be earned and I don't trust HRC or Third Way to do
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:31 AM
Apr 2016

the right things.

Dropping out of race and putting Sanders or Warren in her place would be only thing zip can think of.

 

Silver_Witch

(1,820 posts)
78. Hillary does not need to promise me anything...
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:36 AM
Apr 2016

...she needs to be a democrat and promise to help those that need help, give to those who need giving to and embrace all people of all types and kinds.....

I too need nothing from her. I have a good job, healthcare and freedom. Hillary threatens that freedom - but I am tough and can fight. Rather Hillary needs to embrace others and care for them. She needs to understand what poverty really is...what prejudice really is...what all women choosing abortion face and how horrible to be judged by her it is.

Again I need nothing from her - but honesty.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
79. Let's Start with Something Easy. Let's Start with Consistency.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:43 AM
Apr 2016

I understand that the operative word is changing one's mind, however, as President that just does not cut it.

She wishes to lead, but in general, she merely follows what is popular or makes a calculation on what would make her look good.
In essence, she changes her position, story, even her accent, dependent on where she is, who she's talking to, and the crowd's position.

She went from Moderate to Progressive, to not even bothering with the pretense of being a Progressive, where to me it all came to a head on the NY debate.

In the NY debate, she debated like a Republican War Hawk. Starting off with 9/11, the insistence of the "I did this", and in other debates, changing her position within the hour.

It really makes me question her grasp on policy, history and everything else at best, some would just call her a liar/panderer outright.

So, start with consistency. Figure out exactly what her bottom line is. Figure out, what is it exactly that she wants to be able to do as President if she can actually get things done. Figure out the best possible outcome, and negotiate from there, stick with it.

I mean, she changes her mind so much that some would question her decision making abilities, as she's been wrong in so many issues.

So, start there.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
80. You came here in January.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:57 AM
Apr 2016

What I want is the list of why

you are a "Bernie Supporter" and what his candidacy meant for you. What will be disappointing, what you can come to grips with losing.

Where you saw him in person, when he first stirred your admiration.

Because since January, you have been pretty apologetic for hills. And I haven't read more than a cursory word of support.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
85. AND reparations for mass incarceration via a new Clinton Foundation if not the gov't.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 02:18 AM
Apr 2016

I would also hope to see an admission of complicity for the 21st century scourge of slavery, and a restoration of the welfare safety net.
If she said she broke it and knows how to fix it, I might be able to believe she cares.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
87. retire from poltics
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:38 AM
Apr 2016

And denounce the influence peddling and corporate cash grabbing she and her husband brought to the Democratic Party.

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