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When your candidate receives endorsements from Harold Ford and Rahm Emmanuel (Original Post) JRLeft Oct 2015 OP
Agreed - The DNC DLC Third Way Democrats Have Circled The Wagons Playing Defense cantbeserious Oct 2015 #1
Harold Ford Jr of Merill Lynch, I'm certain he has no biases towards Wall Street. JRLeft Oct 2015 #2
Hey be respectful -- They'll be in the cabinet and/or WH staff Armstead Oct 2015 #3
It's always better to have industry regulate itself, just ask Republicans. JRLeft Oct 2015 #4
Who's better then the foxes.... daleanime Oct 2015 #14
When Julian Castro endorses a candidate other than yours... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #5
Wall Street has endorsed Hillary especially the Goldman Sachs CEO. JRLeft Oct 2015 #6
He is on record with being perfectly comfortahle with hifiguy Oct 2015 #32
He's a Third Way democrat. JRLeft Oct 2015 #44
Don't forget Tammie Baldwin,John Conyers,Jeanne Shaheen,Al Frankin, sufrommich Oct 2015 #7
More likely pragmatists. leftupnorth Oct 2015 #9
+1 tecelote Oct 2015 #16
They exercised poor judgment. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #30
What was it that Rahm Emanuel said about progressive activists? aidbo Oct 2015 #8
Oh, they've always been in the Third Way/DLC/Clinton wing of the party in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #10
Which is why we should trust them RoccoR5955 Oct 2015 #11
Agree! n/t in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #15
PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! What a post! Oh, baby! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #29
It reaffirms my primary choice to know that I am AGAINST Harold and Rahm. Strongly reaffirms. nt stillwaiting Oct 2015 #12
Rep. John Lewis and unions say differently. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #13
Exactly. Hoyt Oct 2015 #33
Betcha Joe Lieberman endorses her too. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #18
As a dispassionate observer it is my considered opinion... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #19
How is this baseless? Maedhros Oct 2015 #20
He said she will be endorsed by Joe Lieberman. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #21
The post was a sarcastic jab at Emmaneual and Ford, Maedhros Oct 2015 #46
Probably. It happened to Bernie. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #22
A bank lobbyist backed up out concerns today. JRLeft Oct 2015 #45
Probably a sure bet. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #27
Our future Secretary of Defense. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #36
We will be at war within a week. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #40
Ford and Emmanuel are sleazy Democrats? Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #23
Sleazeballs around the world... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #25
I consider those 2 to be equivalent to Republicans. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #24
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #26
I guess we have to go through the list of endorsements and kick those out we do not agree, and Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #28
Rahm Emanuel is a corrupt and rotten scumbag of the first rank. hifiguy Oct 2015 #31
That they can build a coalition? frazzled Oct 2015 #34
"Two of the more sleazy democrats in the party." NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #35
Yes Obama is bought and paid for. JRLeft Oct 2015 #43
And Rahm doesn't think much of BLM jfern Oct 2015 #37
Yup. bigwillq Oct 2015 #38
Until we break with the likes of Clinton, Ford and Manuel, Broward Oct 2015 #42
She has gotten endorsements from scores of DU favorites, too book_worm Oct 2015 #39
Like John Conyers, John Lewis, Tammy Baldwin, and Al Franken./nt DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #41
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
5. When Julian Castro endorses a candidate other than yours...
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:14 PM
Oct 2015

It should give you pause.

The argument of endorsements in this manner doesn't really work. Hillary and O'Malley have endorsements from many very left leaning progressive with almost impeccable records. Does that give you pause? It shouldn't in my opinion. Some of the stranger endorsements are fun to talk about though.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
32. He is on record with being perfectly comfortahle with
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:02 PM
Oct 2015

either HRH or Jebthro. What does that say about HRH? All any thinking person needs to know: that absolutely nothing will change.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
7. Don't forget Tammie Baldwin,John Conyers,Jeanne Shaheen,Al Frankin,
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:18 PM
Oct 2015

Tammy Duckworth,John Lewis,Charles Rangel,Amy Klobuchar,Kirsten Gillibrand,etc,etc,etc. All evil,evil people.

leftupnorth

(886 posts)
9. More likely pragmatists.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:35 PM
Oct 2015

They believe pragmatism is the vehicle of idealism.

Pragmatism is great, but pragmatism without idealism is no virtue.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
30. They exercised poor judgment.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:59 PM
Oct 2015

I doubt if they notice I no longer donate to their campaigns because I can only afford small donations.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
10. Oh, they've always been in the Third Way/DLC/Clinton wing of the party
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:38 PM
Oct 2015

and that's why this country is so effed up! It's people just like them who have taken us down this path of Wall St. greed, Corporations buying Congress, Corporations buying our airwaves and MSM, giving us Prisons for Profits, militarizing our police departments thanks to the Patriot Act The Hillary voted for and Passing the Biden Bankruptcy Bill that mostly hurt women and children and The Hillary voted for that too. Don't forget the the NAFTA, CAFTA, and TPP Trade policies that have completely wiped out the middle class and are trying to destroy our Unions. SIXTY THOUSAND - 60,000 - factories have disappeared from this country because of NAFTA and CAFTA. So, yeah, it's them and people just like them who came to power thanks to the Clinton's DLC/Third Way/Right of Center bullshit policies.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
11. Which is why we should trust them
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:54 PM
Oct 2015

about as far as we can sling a baby grand piano.
No, they belong in jail.

Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #17)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
19. As a dispassionate observer it is my considered opinion...
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:02 PM
Oct 2015

As a dispassionate observer it is my considered opinion that as Hillary Clinton rises in the polls the baseless attacks on her will grow exponentially.

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
20. How is this baseless?
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:06 PM
Oct 2015

Was she not endorsed by Rahm Emmanuel and Harold Ford?

Are they not assholes of the highest order?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
21. He said she will be endorsed by Joe Lieberman.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:13 PM
Oct 2015

That is baseless...

I should have stayed with my original post which read as:

I would respond to that calumny in kind but if I did an alert stalker would use it as an opportunity to take DemocratSinceBirth out by submitting it to a gamed jury.



P.S. She was also endorsed by John Conyers and John Lewis.

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
46. The post was a sarcastic jab at Emmaneual and Ford,
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 12:17 AM
Oct 2015

putting them in the same category of awfulness as Lieberman.

You're being too literal.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
28. I guess we have to go through the list of endorsements and kick those out we do not agree, and
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:54 PM
Oct 2015

who cares about democracy anymore.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
31. Rahm Emanuel is a corrupt and rotten scumbag of the first rank.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:00 PM
Oct 2015

Nixonesque is the word that comes to mind. He has the ethics of a hyena and the personal style of a poison toad.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
34. That they can build a coalition?
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:26 PM
Oct 2015

Because add to those two also Tom Harkin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tammy Baldwin, Jennifer Granholm, Elijah Cummings, Howard Dean, Kamala Harris ... and more than 300 other current and former government officials, from all segments of the party across the spectrum.

Or do we want to end up like the House Republicans ... with an intractably divided party held hostage by a small group that can't accomplish anything?

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
35. "Two of the more sleazy democrats in the party."
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:31 PM
Oct 2015

One of whom was President Obama's chief of staff. Just saying. Don't get me wrong, I don't like him either. If association with him stains Secretary Clinton, though, doesn't it also stain President Obama?

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
38. Yup.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:54 PM
Oct 2015

I think the DEM party needs a new direction, one that does not include the likes of Clinton, Ford and Emmanuel.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
39. She has gotten endorsements from scores of DU favorites, too
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:54 PM
Oct 2015

Sorry, but making the argument you do doesn't make a lot of sense because it only focuses on those democrats that DU dislikes and doesn't take into account the many others who have the DU Seal of Approval who have also endorsed her.

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