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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:04 PM May 2016

"I will be the nominee for my party, Chris... There is no way I won't be."


I wouldn't have said that if I were you, Hillary. You've got too many skeletons that could come tumbling out of the closet over the next few weeks.... and with a statement like that, it's like you're asking for them to come out.
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"I will be the nominee for my party, Chris... There is no way I won't be." (Original Post) reformist2 May 2016 OP
Must be a big closet. Agschmid May 2016 #1
I know. I've been watching Columbo lately, and her... Ned_Devine May 2016 #2
Ahhh... Just one more thing... longship May 2016 #4
YESSS!!! Ned_Devine May 2016 #9
Yes! 840high May 2016 #14
But the "Ahhh . . . just one more thing . . " isn't from Colombo, but the FBI pdsimdars May 2016 #23
I get the feeling that she's trying to wrap it up. CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #3
The voters get to decide when that happens PDittie May 2016 #19
The voters are deciding. That's apparently not good enough for Bernie. JTFrog May 2016 #34
The Clinton Foundation Thing is Real, but Hillary Supporters Can't Handle the Possibility Chasstev365 May 2016 #5
No, we accept full well she's not perfect, but know no candidate is. moriah May 2016 #12
Agreed. Well stated! Chasstev365 May 2016 #18
She's too confident and has been since the beginning. Like it's in the bag confident from bkkyosemite May 2016 #6
Confidence from a woman is so disconcerting, isn't it? randome May 2016 #24
You may say she is too confident apcalc May 2016 #27
She started as the leader, and ends it as the leader, never losing that position. She should have seabeyond May 2016 #35
Yes, I'm sure there is something damning that someone has been waiting about 30 YEARS to come out... Corporate666 May 2016 #7
Julian Assange has the secret files on her and is waiting for the right moment. randome May 2016 #26
I get that feeling too. apcalc May 2016 #31
Why is she pissing on California? RobertEarl May 2016 #8
She isn't "pissing" on CalifornIa by any means. apcalc May 2016 #30
"Does she think because she is a woman she can get away with it?" rbrnmw May 2016 #39
Nominee AND POTUS!!! oasis May 2016 #10
"When I am President......." Sheepshank May 2016 #11
Nobody follows it up with, "there's no way I won't be." That's just arrogance. reformist2 May 2016 #13
Arrogance. 840high May 2016 #15
Arrogance to the millionth degree. Merryland May 2016 #33
And in Bernie's entitled way he follows it up with Sheepshank May 2016 #38
Candidates that don't exhibit confidence are definite losers tirebiter May 2016 #16
No PDittie May 2016 #20
It's a deliberate strategy -- just like George W. used in recount 2000. grasswire May 2016 #17
that is the sweet prize of the Presidency reddread May 2016 #28
What was the Thing's sig line again? He was one of the Fantastic Four. MaeScott May 2016 #21
I think it was Art_from_Ark May 2016 #41
Hillary, Angel, you are a smart, amazing woman. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in a nominee pdsimdars May 2016 #22
It's highly likely Hillary will be. bigwillq May 2016 #25
It appears "something" might be happening... reformist2 May 2016 #40
That wording is saying "the fix is in". Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #29
Or it's saying that mathematically Bernie has no path. No matter how many times he says otherwise. JTFrog May 2016 #32
The votes are in. seabeyond May 2016 #36
But I thought Bernie said HE was going to be the nominee. JoePhilly May 2016 #37
Epitome of hubris. nt Live and Learn May 2016 #42
yes. she has left her handwriting on the wall ~ nt hopemountain May 2016 #43
 

Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
2. I know. I've been watching Columbo lately, and her...
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:08 PM
May 2016

...behavior reminds me of the lead suspect in the show.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
34. The voters are deciding. That's apparently not good enough for Bernie.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:33 AM
May 2016

He wants to supers to ignore the will of the voters and crown him as he claims that Hillary is the "lesser of two evils". I've pretty much lost all respect for the guy after the shit he's pulled this election.

What's amazing is his claims that others are cheating after his campaign is busted stealing data, his calling civil rights leaders and anyone who doesn't endorse him "establishment", his dismissal of social issues and peddling fantasies to millenials. The cognitive dissonance wrapped up in the "revolution" is really something else.




Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
5. The Clinton Foundation Thing is Real, but Hillary Supporters Can't Handle the Possibility
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:17 PM
May 2016

that she is not perfect. They won't even entertain a hypothetical of an endictment. How sad

moriah

(8,311 posts)
12. No, we accept full well she's not perfect, but know no candidate is.
Sun May 22, 2016, 12:06 AM
May 2016

I don't feel the need to trash the person I gather from your post is your favored Candidate. But there is no politician, or person, who is perfect.

I would be happy with either of our candidates as the nominee, even if I had my preference and voted it in March. I don't want to see Californians and people in other states told their votes don't matter, though. They do -- even if Hillary does get more pledged delegates, each vote is a voice for the direction Democrats want the Party to go. That is perhaps even more important than merely who js at the top of the ticket.

I have a feeling that Hillary will be the last Democratic candidate nominated that is so far right of many of the loudest voices in the Party, and even if she wins, does well instead of actually letting the money she has received influence her more than it should, and gets re-elected.... by 2024 the electorate will be very different. We will have had time to hopefully develop better candidates.

But whatever happens, I refuse to do anything, or by my inaction allow anything, to let our eventual nominee be defeated by a tangerine reality TV star who on bad hair days looks suspiciously like a troll doll and is appealing to the same people who troll comments sections in articles about the recent Zimmerman gun sale.

That's just me, though.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
24. Confidence from a woman is so disconcerting, isn't it?
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:03 AM
May 2016

It MUST be because she's cheating. What other explanation could there be?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
35. She started as the leader, and ends it as the leader, never losing that position. She should have
Sun May 22, 2016, 10:04 AM
May 2016

confidence. She won.

Corporate666

(587 posts)
7. Yes, I'm sure there is something damning that someone has been waiting about 30 YEARS to come out...
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:19 PM
May 2016

with.

Yeah, that must be it




I get the feeling a lot of DUers are in their 20's and the Clinton's are just something they remember from a history book.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
26. Julian Assange has the secret files on her and is waiting for the right moment.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:05 AM
May 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

apcalc

(4,465 posts)
31. I get that feeling too.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:16 AM
May 2016

Some seem to be clueless about her lifelong decades efforts to work for people. Amazes me some of the things they say, as if she just popped into the world when they became aware.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
8. Why is she pissing on California?
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:22 PM
May 2016

Acting like the people of California are not important. And just demanding the FBI not do its job. She must think she is something special.

Gawd forbid she ever gets another government job. The message would be look at all the crap one can do and still rake in the dough via government employment!

Does she think because she is a woman she can get away with it?

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
39. "Does she think because she is a woman she can get away with it?"
Sun May 22, 2016, 10:31 AM
May 2016

Please consider editing that part out.

Does she think because she is a woman she can get away with it?


and she isn't pissing on California
 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
11. "When I am President......."
Sat May 21, 2016, 11:30 PM
May 2016

Are trying to make the assertion that Bernie has never uttered those words?

Every single candidate engages in politiking, and makes those types of positive affirmations...every single one of them.

Your OP IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

Merryland

(1,134 posts)
33. Arrogance to the millionth degree.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:26 AM
May 2016

An offensive & disrespectful statement on the face of it. Goes much further than "I'm going to win."

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
38. And in Bernie's entitled way he follows it up with
Sun May 22, 2016, 10:17 AM
May 2016

"And I'm better than Hillary"

You are simply parsing words, and in your hatred, ACA to see that your candidate is doing the very same thing. Hypocrit.

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)
16. Candidates that don't exhibit confidence are definite losers
Sun May 22, 2016, 12:24 AM
May 2016

This lead in seems to indicate that you believe Sanders can't win on his own merits.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
17. It's a deliberate strategy -- just like George W. used in recount 2000.
Sun May 22, 2016, 12:37 AM
May 2016

They are trying to frame her as the winner in the minds of the American people -- establish it firmly. Bush's henchmen did exactly the same thing to establish himself as the president elect.

That's partly to make it harder to indict her. And partly to discourage California.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
28. that is the sweet prize of the Presidency
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:10 AM
May 2016

where she will hide behind an expanded Nixonian ethos that whatever she did, she is now the inevitable one and above the law.
in fact, that appears to be the sole decision being made by the Democratic Primary process and those directing it.

Above the law.
Above reproach.
Above disclosure.

did someone order a new world?
a big accomplishment for global capital.

MaeScott

(878 posts)
21. What was the Thing's sig line again? He was one of the Fantastic Four.
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:22 AM
May 2016

This primary has really been eye opening.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
22. Hillary, Angel, you are a smart, amazing woman. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in a nominee
Sun May 22, 2016, 08:55 AM
May 2016

I am very concerned about the next president. And according to your history and your current polling, you may be get the nomination, but you won't get the presidency.

I want Bernie to be the nominee so I can be SURE to get a Democratic President.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
29. That wording is saying "the fix is in".
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:12 AM
May 2016

I like the arrogant expression that went with it too.

She isn't fooling me for one millisecond. I'll put it this way

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
32. Or it's saying that mathematically Bernie has no path. No matter how many times he says otherwise.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:19 AM
May 2016


But he sure does seem to be fooling a lot of people.

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