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imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:36 PM May 2016

San Francisco Chronicle OP/ED Clinton breaks a California promise



OP/ED
Clinton breaks a California promise
May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s refusal to keep a promise to debate Sen. Bernie Sanders in California was obviously based on her assumption that the nomination is hers and that there is no need to risk further exposure in an uncontrolled setting.



Hillary Clinton is a prohibitive favorite to attain the party’s nomination before its Philadelphia convention. Still, Californians deserve more than a succession of rallies, photo opportunities and fundraisers from a major presidential candidate.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Clinton-breaks-a-California-promise-7945454.php
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San Francisco Chronicle OP/ED Clinton breaks a California promise (Original Post) imagine2015 May 2016 OP
She likes to limit her participation in events/interviews where she can't control Press Virginia May 2016 #1
Kinda funny when that FBI TimPlo May 2016 #2
Exactly. 840high May 2016 #15
Kick!!! Faux pas May 2016 #3
The Democratic Primary is basically over and will be on June 7th SFnomad May 2016 #4
Clinton has already had several Rick Perry "Ooops"type moments. E-mails. Ooopsss she's sorry! imagine2015 May 2016 #5
Neither of those are "Ooops" moments. SFnomad May 2016 #7
Jaysus. Now that's megawatt denial you're projecting.unI cali May 2016 #20
The only "unicorn level fantasies" happening around here are BS cheerleaders believing that BS has SFnomad May 2016 #22
As you know, I have always said she'll be the nominee. cali May 2016 #23
So lying is just fine now. Got it. Doctor_J May 2016 #9
Calling Secretary Clinton a sociopath? Really? SFnomad May 2016 #11
Maybe Californians have issues they would like to hear from the candidates on. JudyM May 2016 #12
They'll hear from Secretary Clinton during the general election SFnomad May 2016 #13
Yeah, why did they have it so late? vintx May 2016 #14
I believe they changed it back from Super Tuesday because they believed that CA got "lost" in SFnomad May 2016 #16
Cost, it costs a lot of money to run that primary nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #34
That's patently silly. People at the end of the line should still get to vote. That is such a 1% JudyM May 2016 #24
You're right, your comment is silly ... nobody is stopping anyone from California from voting SFnomad May 2016 #25
If you think Bernie should bow out ... JudyM May 2016 #27
Where did I say that? ... oh, that's right ... I didn't. You have any other strawmen? n/t SFnomad May 2016 #28
A larger what? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #29
Yes, there is a reason: She agreed to do it in exchange for a favor from Bernie. bjo59 May 2016 #18
Her "word" doesn't count for much. senz May 2016 #32
Entitled Doctor_J May 2016 #6
Should she by some miracle become president, she will break every leftish campaign promise Doctor_J May 2016 #8
That's exactly what they will say. bjo59 May 2016 #19
Their standards are about as high as hers. senz May 2016 #33
Welcome to the Clinton Administration, Part Deux Fumesucker May 2016 #10
She can't be trusted Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #17
Will never be POTUS. Alex4Martinez May 2016 #31
I suspect that she takes her new-found progressive positions QC May 2016 #21
Who wrote the op ed? RandySF May 2016 #26
It's not an "op ed." It's an editorial. It is the opinion of the newspaper's editors. senz May 2016 #30
The editorial board nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #35
 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
1. She likes to limit her participation in events/interviews where she can't control
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:39 PM
May 2016

the questions or the people asking them.
Especially with the FBI/DOJ investigation going on.

 

TimPlo

(443 posts)
2. Kinda funny when that FBI
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:44 PM
May 2016

investigation is caused by her liking to "limit her participation in events/interviews" Keep server in house prevented anyone else from White House from seeing it unless Clinton wanted them too. Well except the hackers that might of broke in.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
4. The Democratic Primary is basically over and will be on June 7th
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:01 PM
May 2016

There is no reason for her to do another debate ... the only thing it could accomplish would be a Rick Perry "Oops" type moment, being that it's not going to change the Democratic Primary and who the nominee will be.

 

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
5. Clinton has already had several Rick Perry "Ooops"type moments. E-mails. Ooopsss she's sorry!
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:11 PM
May 2016

Oooppsss Just a little itsy bitsy mistake.

Double Ooopss .... the Wall Street transcript speeches. Nothin in those speeches. Trust me! Like me .... please.


 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
7. Neither of those are "Ooops" moments.
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:17 PM
May 2016

Gowdy and the Republicans have made sure EVERYONE realizes that the "e-mail scandal" is just a Republican led slimy hit job on Secretary Clinton. At this point, they have mismanaged it so badly, even if there were really something there, very few people will believe it, except those that wouldn't vote for Secretary Clinton anyway.

Practically nobody cares about the transcripts, that's a dead horse you're still beating.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
20. Jaysus. Now that's megawatt denial you're projecting.unI
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:32 PM
May 2016

And it's delusional to pretentious no one cares about the very real email debacle she created.

Anyone who believes that the email mess won't be a big issue in the general, is engaging in unicorn level fantasy.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
22. The only "unicorn level fantasies" happening around here are BS cheerleaders believing that BS has
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:52 PM
May 2016

any path to victory.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
23. As you know, I have always said she'll be the nominee.
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:55 PM
May 2016

And the hilly fantasies run rampant here every bit as much as the Bernie fantasies.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
11. Calling Secretary Clinton a sociopath? Really?
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:24 PM
May 2016

It shows how desperate the bitter BS cheerleaders have sunk. You people couldn't get much lower and sound more and more like Republicans every day.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
13. They'll hear from Secretary Clinton during the general election
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:34 PM
May 2016

If CA wanted to have a larger roll in the Democratic Nominee selection process, they should have their primary earlier in the season ... like they did in 2000, 2004 and 2008 when their primary was on Super Tuesday. They are the ones that moved it back to the end of the primaries and made themselves less relevant.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
16. I believe they changed it back from Super Tuesday because they believed that CA got "lost" in
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:40 PM
May 2016

the monster Super Tuesday primary with between 12 and 24 states in the mix (depending on the year). Moving it to the back of the schedule leaves them open to being less relevant.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
34. Cost, it costs a lot of money to run that primary
Sat May 28, 2016, 07:31 PM
May 2016

and the state saw no benefit, So they offered both parties to keep it earlier, the state did, but they had to cover the costs for the state to run it. For some odd reason neither party took them on it.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
24. That's patently silly. People at the end of the line should still get to vote. That is such a 1%
Sat May 28, 2016, 03:25 PM
May 2016

type of comment.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
25. You're right, your comment is silly ... nobody is stopping anyone from California from voting
Sat May 28, 2016, 03:26 PM
May 2016

Nobody has requested that California not vote.

But, California has stopped itself from being relevant.

bjo59

(1,166 posts)
18. Yes, there is a reason: She agreed to do it in exchange for a favor from Bernie.
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:28 PM
May 2016

Or don't you remember that? She got her New Hampshire debate in exchange that promise. The deal was not that she could decide later whether or not to keep that promise based on whether it would be good for her or not. Her blind spots prevented her from calculating the downside of proving once again that she can't be trusted.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
8. Should she by some miracle become president, she will break every leftish campaign promise
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:20 PM
May 2016

And the morons will say, "why should she keep her promises - she's not running any more"

QC

(26,371 posts)
21. I suspect that she takes her new-found progressive positions
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:44 PM
May 2016

every bit as seriously as that promise.

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