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Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:51 AM Oct 2015

The Biden vs Clinton meme... I will say this once only

There is a line that if some cross makes my stomach churn.. and this attack on Biden who is not running yet about his dying son is coloring my view of the Clinton campaign ... and I would hope she would step in and put her foot down on this one.. Let him be..to make up his own mind..this reminds me way too much of what happened in Iowa in 2008.. and the secret Muslim meme that came out of the Clinton campaign.. not liking this at all..

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The Biden vs Clinton meme... I will say this once only (Original Post) Peacetrain Oct 2015 OP
Maureen Dowd is hardly a Clinton supporter redstateblues Oct 2015 #1
Too long to be a haiku. Too short for a short story. onehandle Oct 2015 #2
What exactly-be specific-has the Clintin campaign done or said riversedge Oct 2015 #3
When they were suggesting Biden used his INdemo Oct 2015 #4
i agree restorefreedom Oct 2015 #5
I'm with you on this. That was azmom Oct 2015 #6
You're going to have to explain this. What are on earth are you talking about?!? Metric System Oct 2015 #12
Because I can't see through my hillary colored glasses. TIA. nt artislife Oct 2015 #14
No line they won't cross to win. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #7
Biden in the race draws support from Clinton, and NorthCarolina Oct 2015 #8
WTF? Modo is not a Clinton supporter. The HRC campaign has done nothing. leftofcool Oct 2015 #9
I've found that Clinton-haters here aren't slowed down at all by facts being against them in their stevenleser Oct 2015 #10
I don't understand this post. What does the Clinton campaign have to do with an article on Politico? Metric System Oct 2015 #11
There is no proof, Metric System... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #16
Meh. 99Forever Oct 2015 #13
Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #15
No one who watched the 2008 campaign can be surprised by what Hillary's team is doing now. askew Oct 2015 #17
You expect Biden to be "race-baited?" leftofcool Oct 2015 #18
What exactly does Clinton have to do with the Dowd story? NuclearDem Oct 2015 #19

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
1. Maureen Dowd is hardly a Clinton supporter
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:56 AM
Oct 2015

She claimed Biden told her. She and Politico, another anti Clinton, are pushing this.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
4. When they were suggesting Biden used his
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 10:09 AM
Oct 2015

Son's death and grieving for political gain or ever how it was referred to,it could have one of Bill's dirty tricks from "behind the scenes"
Hell yes Bill would do this because that is his style.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
5. i agree
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 10:21 AM
Oct 2015

as much as she is trying to play it cool, we know the campaign is crapping their pants worried that if he runs, it's over for her. It will be a two way race between Biden and Bernie. Which she won't come out and say anything, the surrogates will do all the dirty work.

it was reported on MSNBC yesterday that correct the record is already starting to do opposition research on biden. So I think that says everything we need to know.

 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
8. Biden in the race draws support from Clinton, and
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:13 AM
Oct 2015

makes the race for the Dem primary a 33/33/33 contest instead of 50/50. That pretty much hands the nomination to Bernie. Works for me of course, but I doubt you'll find many Hillary supporters eager to see Biden in the race.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
9. WTF? Modo is not a Clinton supporter. The HRC campaign has done nothing.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:35 AM
Oct 2015

But, don't let those facts get in your way.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
10. I've found that Clinton-haters here aren't slowed down at all by facts being against them in their
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:39 AM
Oct 2015

screeds.

As you note, MoDo has been against the Clintons from day one of Bill's first Presidential campaign.

If they asked her to carry water for them, she would dump the bucket over their heads.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
11. I don't understand this post. What does the Clinton campaign have to do with an article on Politico?
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:40 AM
Oct 2015

This is reminding me of 2008 when Hillary gets blamed for things she has nothing to do with at all.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts)
16. There is no proof, Metric System...
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:00 PM
Oct 2015

There is no proof, Metric System... In the working class milieu in which I was raised these scurrilous accusations were colloquially known as "making shit up about people."

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,711 posts)
15. Res ipsa loquitur
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:53 AM
Oct 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/maureen-dowd-joe-biden-in-2016-what-would-beau-do.html?_r=0





The Dowd editorial was an ugly hit piece on Hillary who was an innocent bystander. That editorial is the metaphorical equivalent of a drive-by...


What did she do wrong?

askew

(1,464 posts)
17. No one who watched the 2008 campaign can be surprised by what Hillary's team is doing now.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:06 PM
Oct 2015

She and her team race-baited their way through the primaries only to lose. It got so bad that multiple Dems had to publicly call them out on their behavior. I expect the same to happen with Biden and if they go too far, it will just push Obama into backing Biden early and publicly.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
18. You expect Biden to be "race-baited?"
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:11 PM
Oct 2015

How does that work? Oh, and by the way, this hit piece was written by Maureen Dowd who is most definitely not a Clinton supporter but don't let facts keep you from bashing Hillary.

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