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BooScout

(10,406 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:13 PM Oct 2015

There is not one person in America that can stand up to the Repukes....

....better than Hillary Clinton! 11 hours those bastards grilled her today and she stood up to them and showed the world what nasty, sick little fucks the Republican Party is made up of.

Hillary was cool, calm and professional. Her memory, her intelligence and her understanding of world affairs and foreign policy is second to none.

I am so proud of her!

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There is not one person in America that can stand up to the Repukes.... (Original Post) BooScout Oct 2015 OP
She does not back down!! bravenak Oct 2015 #1
* pnwmom Oct 2015 #23
Hey! bravenak Oct 2015 #37
And they took turns not being there! oldandhappy Oct 2015 #2
I noticed that.... BooScout Oct 2015 #6
She killed them. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #3
She did well. Don't forget she had a group of attorneys sitting behind her. Avalux Oct 2015 #4
She's a lawyer herself and graduated from a prestigious school. OldHippieChick Oct 2015 #8
Did you see her once talk to those attys? Florencenj2point0 Oct 2015 #19
You just had to take your shot, sheshe2 Oct 2015 #29
You just had to take your shot, AlbertCat Oct 2015 #33
... BooScout Oct 2015 #38
or for that matter any other candidate for President. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #47
She's been enduring the GOP since she before she left Arkansas.... BooScout Oct 2015 #54
Lawyers we aren't supposed to notice? yardwork Oct 2015 #40
They're all lawyers. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #49
As a dispassionate observer I am compelled to give this round to Boo Scout, yardwork, and She She 2. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #53
Thank you!.... BooScout Oct 2015 #55
Yes, she was incredibly well prepared, that's the point. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #57
And... Skidmore Oct 2015 #58
Please answer the question posed in Post #19 DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #50
I think she told one of them to please get her some coffee... BooScout Oct 2015 #52
Yeah, 11 hours breaks records. Obama and Bill Clinton ecstatic Oct 2015 #5
We should now contrast that to the Republicans whining about having to go through a 3 hour debate! TrollBuster9090 Oct 2015 #14
really? NJCher Oct 2015 #27
Great point! Nt ecstatic Oct 2015 #32
Between the debate and now this, I'm really starting to admire her. PeteSelman Oct 2015 #7
Very gracious. Thank you. nt. Persondem Oct 2015 #15
... SunSeeker Oct 2015 #20
Thank you! BooScout Oct 2015 #59
She was amazing mcar Oct 2015 #9
I'd like to hose those Repukes down... BooScout Oct 2015 #10
I was so angry mcar Oct 2015 #11
Absolutely! Having watched her testify as a witness before Congress all the way back from TrollBuster9090 Oct 2015 #12
I could only tell the kangaroos apart by the color of their ties. kairos12 Oct 2015 #13
Great post and a great job by Clinton. K & R nt Persondem Oct 2015 #16
Hillary vs. Gowdy Doody and the church burners? forest444 Oct 2015 #17
Not doubt about it. Major respect to her today. morningfog Oct 2015 #18
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2015 #21
Truly PRESIDENTIAL! George II Oct 2015 #22
11 hours = unifying moment for Democrats! HRC won my admiration. slumcamper Oct 2015 #24
Yes!! And I love the GowdyDoody nickname R B Garr Oct 2015 #25
Yes she did and zentrum Oct 2015 #26
I'm a Bernie supporter all the way, but Hillary rocked it. Proud of her as well! WIProgressive88 Oct 2015 #28
Hillary is a true warrior. Unshakable and focused. oasis Oct 2015 #30
Major respect. Oh yes. ancianita Oct 2015 #31
She was amazing. Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #34
11 hours. Wow. That's insane. The GOP should be ashamed. Great work Hillary. C Moon Oct 2015 #35
the time she nearly became emotional was when she spoke of statesmanship... SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2015 #36
IMO, her more emotional moment was Cosmocat Oct 2015 #41
I thought the same.... BooScout Oct 2015 #45
I agree, and that's why I support her. yardwork Oct 2015 #39
Bullshit. 99Forever Oct 2015 #42
Awwww.... BooScout Oct 2015 #43
So what? 99Forever Oct 2015 #44
Okay.... BooScout Oct 2015 #46
I will. 99Forever Oct 2015 #48
She was great. But certainly not the only one who can stand up to them as well Armstead Oct 2015 #51
We'll agree to disagree on that point.... BooScout Oct 2015 #56
Okay. In the inerests of ultimate unity... Armstead Oct 2015 #60
With all due respect.... BooScout Oct 2015 #61
With equal respect... Armstead Oct 2015 #62
Yep....he spoke against Obama..... BooScout Oct 2015 #63
He spoke against a bad policy that was basically a capitulation to the GOP Armstead Oct 2015 #64
+2 (one for each of your last 2 posts) nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #65
No thanks.... BooScout Oct 2015 #66
Sometimes when armed with truth and facts you can fight for 11 hours. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #67
She was totally in the zone. wildeyed Oct 2015 #68
I agree she is tough. I just wish she was not supported by the billionaires. I want my tough rhett o rick Oct 2015 #69
KICK! Cha Oct 2015 #70
Good Morning Cha! BooScout Oct 2015 #71

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
6. I noticed that....
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:21 PM
Oct 2015

They were all getting up and taking breaks while they tried to wear her down.....and she still wiped the floor with them!

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
4. She did well. Don't forget she had a group of attorneys sitting behind her.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:16 PM
Oct 2015

Nothing that came out of her mouth did so without being cleared by them first.

She's a pro at not answering questions, even if they're stupid, idiotic ones.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
8. She's a lawyer herself and graduated from a prestigious school.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:46 PM
Oct 2015

She knows the ropes and the rules. Of course she's a pro. Would you prefer an amateur?

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
33. You just had to take your shot,
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:08 AM
Oct 2015

Pointing out facts is not "taking a shot."

Ridiculous superlatives are much cheaper.

"There is not one person in America that can stand up to the Repukes better than Hillary Clinton!" Well the ones on the Bengazi circus anyway.


She did great of course. Suffering fools for 11 hours is not easy. But I don't think she's alone. I mean, they got nuttin' anyway. Everyone's known they're trending water for a while now. I'm sure she prepared with those lawyers we aren't supposed to notice.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
38. ...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:15 AM
Oct 2015

She can't help it that she is smarter and has more professionalism in her little finger than any other person on that sham of a committee.....or for that matter any other candidate for President.

She has gone so far past proving herself as the best person for the job at this point that it's hysterical watching folks twist themselves into pretzels denying how good she is.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
47. or for that matter any other candidate for President.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:13 AM
Oct 2015

Nah..... another unwarranted superlative.

Many people have more professionalism in their little finger than any other person on that sham of a committee. It's been recognized for what it is since the very beginning.

But she still gets points for endurance. Hope she might be able to keep it up for 4 to 8 years.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
54. She's been enduring the GOP since she before she left Arkansas....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:37 AM
Oct 2015

.....and they can't stand it that she kicks their asses all over the dance floor.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
40. Lawyers we aren't supposed to notice?
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:21 AM
Oct 2015

They're all lawyers. Those people behind the Republicans are lawyers too.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
57. Yes, she was incredibly well prepared, that's the point.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:53 AM
Oct 2015

Yes, she was incredibly well prepared, that's the point. However, she answered all the questions without consulting her lawyers. That was the gravamen of your argument that Albert deliberately ignored.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
58. And...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:55 AM
Oct 2015

mind you, dancing backwards. People forget that part. Wearing heels and dancing backwards. A person who can do that can handle ever so much more than detractors are willing to begrudgingly credit them.

ecstatic

(32,679 posts)
5. Yeah, 11 hours breaks records. Obama and Bill Clinton
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:20 PM
Oct 2015

deliver smackdowns all the time, but it's not clear that they'd be able to endure 11 hours.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
14. We should now contrast that to the Republicans whining about having to go through a 3 hour debate!
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 10:13 PM
Oct 2015

We should now contrast that to Trump having to take the day off after a lousy THREE hour debate, where he had to talk for all of 20 minutes; and how he and most of the other GOP candidates are threatening to boycott the next debate if it's longer than 90 minutes.

PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)
7. Between the debate and now this, I'm really starting to admire her.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 09:25 PM
Oct 2015

I've gone from openly hostile to grudging respect to now starting to really like her.

I'll always think Sanders' positions are the correct ones but I'm not going to have much of a problem should Hillary get the nod as is expected. I may even work for her.

I am impressed.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
10. I'd like to hose those Repukes down...
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 10:02 PM
Oct 2015

With an industrial sized can of Raid. What a bunch of cockroaches they are!

Hillary was brilliant!

mcar

(42,298 posts)
11. I was so angry
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 10:06 PM
Oct 2015

The disrespect, badgering and lies. But I can't see how they helped themselves at all. Except they will raise money amongst the faithful. The media is destroying them.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
12. Absolutely! Having watched her testify as a witness before Congress all the way back from
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 10:10 PM
Oct 2015

all the way back from the Clinton Administration, when she testified on "Hillarycare," I've found her to be extremely impressive when she's on the other side of that table. Then, when she was a Senator, she was equally impressive at asking the questions.

That's when she's at her best! I can't believe these beanheads didn't realize that, and were actually stupid enough to think they could drive her numbers down by putting her in the witness box of a show trial. As Bugs Bunny says...what a bunch of MAROONS.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
18. Not doubt about it. Major respect to her today.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 10:28 PM
Oct 2015

That she has what it takes for the office is not in question.

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
25. Yes!! And I love the GowdyDoody nickname
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 11:15 PM
Oct 2015

I saw you use earlier, lol.

Watching a segment I missed doing errands -- someone asked if she gave people her home address..wtf. She beat them at their own games.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
26. Yes she did and
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 11:16 PM
Oct 2015

…..there really is another person as well who could have stood up to this grilling: Bernie. He doesn't back down either. So, we have two fighters in the Democratic line up.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,110 posts)
36. the time she nearly became emotional was when she spoke of statesmanship...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:18 AM
Oct 2015

... over partisanship. I only caught bits throughout the day and selected highlights on MSNBC. But it had to resonate with many viewing at home. It did with me.

Cosmocat

(14,562 posts)
41. IMO, her more emotional moment was
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:49 AM
Oct 2015

when Rep Cummings opened it up for her to describe what happened that evening, and explained what actually happened.

She got choked up by the end of it, very clear it hurt her deeply.

Then, the ensuring bullshit response from Gowdy, you could VERY CLEARLY see her disdain for him and the whole proceeding.

God lover her for spending 11 hours doing the dog and pony show, but in that moment you saw how much it burns her that these jackasses have used the death of these four people for this political witch hunt.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
45. I thought the same....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:58 AM
Oct 2015

She knows the Republicans don't give a rat's ass about those that died. All those assholes care about is getting her anyway they can.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
44. So what?
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:56 AM
Oct 2015

You think this ends ANYTHING?

Wanna buy some ocean front property in Nebraska?

I could do without 5 more years of this shit.

The Hillary Clinton Never-ending Drama Saga drags on and the nation's REAL problems never get addressed.

Wonder-fucking-ful.

Wave at that.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
60. Okay. In the inerests of ultimate unity...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:41 AM
Oct 2015

I won't post any vids of Sanders calmly but forcefully ripping GOPers a new one on in hearings or on the floor.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
61. With all due respect....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:13 PM
Oct 2015

Sanders has never been center stage before the world on live tv, being grilled by a bunch of nasty Republicans for 11 hours straight and made mincemeat of them. Hillary has.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
62. With equal respect...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:23 PM
Oct 2015

I was trying to behave, but you want to talk about endurance and strength? Not a grilling, but much tougher in some ways. And I'm sure he wold have held up well if it were a grilling.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121005431.html

At 10:24 Friday morning, Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont took to the floor of the Senate to share a few thoughts about the tax-cut plan brokered by President Obama and Republican leaders.

Well after the sun had set and most of his colleagues had flown home, Sanders was still sharing - about taxes, bad trade deals and "the crooks on Wall Street," among many other topics. "China, China, CHINA!" he yelled at one point, stressing that the $14 trillion national debt was largely being financed by the Chinese government's decision to continue buying U.S. bonds. By early evening Sanders took to reading letters from constituents who had been hit hard by the Great Recession.

Sanders yielded at times to Democratic colleagues who wanted to speak briefly against the plan, but otherwise he held the floor until nearly 7 p.m., his thick Brooklyn-born accent filling the chamber.....

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
63. Yep....he spoke against Obama.....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:31 PM
Oct 2015

And accomplished absolutely nothing. Nor was he asked questions or grilled by Republicans.

What a guy.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
64. He spoke against a bad policy that was basically a capitulation to the GOP
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 01:03 PM
Oct 2015

Wanna see him go after the GOP in a hearng? Okay


 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
69. I agree she is tough. I just wish she was not supported by the billionaires. I want my tough
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:54 PM
Oct 2015

candidate to stand up for me not Goldman-Sachs.

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