How you would never vote for her.

Look, after that disgusting display this summer, I moved on from the group displaying the disgusting behaivior towards blacks. I always believe people when they show me WHO THEY ARE.

My hair is pink and I'm going dark blond later, so dip them now while I still have time to fix it.

Kinda like what rummy said we'd do in Iraq...

Oh, that was winning hearts and minds...

Eh, close enough...same outcome.

It happens and it is considered to be a good thing. The only exception I am aware of is DU.

As I was reading, I was saying to myself, 'This sounds like Martin O'Malley!' and sure enough, it IS.

My second choice too.

It was one of the reasons I was drawn to Barack Obama in 2008, and although I liked and respected Hillary, I threw my lot in with him from the get go, in large measure because he was my senator, and I'd had some positive experiences with him, and because I thought it was important to have a president from the Midwest, because there hadn't been one in like forever, and because he was whip smart and of a new generation.

But the reason I didn't feel bad abandoning the smart, accomplished, perhaps first female president ever was because I sensed in Obama a true understanding of the issues women faced. And I think this was mainly because he grew up in a very matriarchal environment, with his mother and grandmother as his main role models, and because he was still living in a very female environment--married to a strong, accomplished woman and with two young daughters. He reminded me of my own husband, who grew up with a single mother and a sister 9 years his senior (a second mother) and is incredibly respectful of women and concerned with their rights. Men like this "get it." And so I felt it was no abandonment of principle, on the score of feminism, to embrace his candidacy over that of a "real" woman.

I really do think that it is our time to be heard and understood ... if not now, when?

I never worried that Obama would be one to use his position of power against women. I sense the same in Martin. They are good men, decent and empathetic.
But now I think it is out time. We need to have a voice in that upper echelon of power, a liberal voice. We have waited too long and we vote.

You know there are a whole lot of women who don't work on Wall Street and could use a $15/hr wage. A lot even think that the War on Some Drugs is a bad idea. Too bad Clinton doesn't.

She'll never change my heart and mind around to supporting endless war.

at the same time? Hell no, that does not work for me. Shameful, doesn't understand women.

That is an action, not an article.

Those things don't matter when you've got the ABBBF on the case.

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This is who Bernie wanted to primary.. doesn't say much about his thinking process.

I'm thanking Gov O'Malley for pointing that out at the Dem Forum..

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Mahalo for your OP!

Obama and O'Malley stand together on these important issues. I find that kind of respect and loyalty to be admirable.

My issues with him are on the things he does not notice in his focus on the things he cares most about.
It's like having a father who works too hard to notice that your brother, his favorite child, beats the crap outta you while he's gone. When you tell him, he refuses to say anything because he does not want to lose your brother's love.

When brought to his attention, or attempted to be brought to his attention. I so desperately agree.

The one candidate who not only gave BLM the stage to talk, but who then reshaped his campaign to more directly address their issues, and yet you keep repeating this bullshit about him not listening. At least be honest and just say it doesnt matter a damn what he does now, as you're 100% Team Clinton.

Whose daddy taught her to shoot a gun.

but it is not correct.

Kicked and highly recommended!

Not just any man should be a hashtag for Martin O. And Hillary.

I'm an O'Malley person. I like him very much.

In '08 when Hillary and Obama were running my parents were Hillary people until I had them listen to Obama. Then they were Obama people. They're back to Hillary--then they saw O'Malley last night...oops.lol

We'll see how it plays out...


eta: we'll all vote for Hillary if she's the nominee.

I told myself to remember to talk about Martin and remind folks of how awesome he is. I may be a bit in love. He is Handsome as well as an awesome Democrat. I know, superficial, but yeah. I like him.

we've got a good one you.

Have a great night.

Just for kicks, eh?

That is the point.

If you ain't macho, you can't lead, obviously. Don't think he ever got a child molester off on a technicality either.

I'm zealous to elect a president who won't cut Social Security, but expand it instead. I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm reading about the Kardashians.

EOM

I want a female President to be a person of reason who knows how to speak to the American People with consistency, authenticity, and integrity.

I want a female President whose principles and integrity guide compromise but themselves are never compromised.

I want a female President capable of peaceful revolution and has the insight to call on the American people to stand united and demand revolutionary change in order to recapture a democratic nation of equal justice, humanity, and opportunity for all its citizens.

I want a female President who has a lifelong history of championing economic and social justice for The African American community. One who carries the words, deeds, and dream of Martin Luther King in living memory and has carried that torch throughout a lifetime of fighting for true equality, justice, and opportunity for all African Americans.

I want a female President that understands that all women have an absolute right of self-determination over the health and well-being of their bodies and minds, and that all women must share in the full rights of equality and protections of person as a prerequisite for a just and equal society, and that all women must enjoy equality of pay and opportunity in the workplace, and that all women must be secure in their person-hood and that of their families.

I don't see such a woman in the race because Elizabeth Warren has refused to run. Although I am voting for Bernie, she would have been my next choice because of her outstanding policies and the fact that her principles and policies cannot be influenced by lobbyists or moneyed interests. If Bernie were not in the race, she would be the best choice.

As things stand, Bernie is the best hope for the 99% to deny the usurpation of democracy by the oligarchs, and his victory will be not only a victory for the middle class in the US, but it will be a victory for all Americans and all peoples of the world to move away from war, the threats of war, the unfolding environmental catastrophe, and the encroaching tyranny of global fascism (i.e., globalism, globalization, corporatocracy, corporate sovereignty) . Vote Bernie Sanders 2016!

Are you a woman? How many male presdents got headlines like this one I wrote? None. That's how many. How many times has Hillary gotten these types of ops? Hundreds. Sexism. Done. Not having it.
It will be real miserable around here if I must point out sexism constantly. But I WILL for my own sanity.

and society that has forever been sexist? I agree our nation has been and continues to be sexist from its founding - a reality that MUST change and I hope WILL change in my lifetime. Frankly, I find virtually all of the ills of our nation and society to be the consequence of macho, testosterone-laden, emotionally handicapped, hyper-competitive men and that is reason enough that I prefer and seek out the company of emotionally mature, well-reasoned, common sense women as friends and co-equals in my life. If you find that sexist, live with it.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]O'Malley is my 2nd choice, too - after [font color="purple"]Bernie!

O'Malley is a strong progressive voice but I lived in Baltimore for 25 years.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]But Elizabeth isn't running, so that leaves O'Malley.

We're on the same page.

The Republicans don't compromise. You cannot make deals with people who will not compromise.

He is now a Democrat and must learn that Art.

So much of my choice when it comes to the male candidates has to do with the omissions, the blind spots. My first choice is Hillary, and my second is O'Malley. There is a depth of understanding and goodwill that I find lacking elsewhere.

I find nothing that Sanders has omitted that concerns me. And he's never gotten a child molester off on a technicality either

should be concerning you. That you do not recognize their feedback and take it on board is concerning too.

People who see omissions are not policy junkies, so that is to be expected.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/
OK, he left off marijuana legalization and ending the War on Some Drugs. Didn't mention single payer explicitly either, but these things are subheadings.

Income and Wealth Inequality
It’s Time to Make College Tuition Free and Debt Free
Getting Big Money Out of Politics
Creating Decent Paying Jobs
A Living Wage
Climate Change & Environment
Racial Justice
A Fair and Humane Immigration Policy
Fighting for Women’s Rights
Fighting for LGBT Equality
Caring for our Veterans
Strengthen and Expand Social Security
Fighting to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Reforming Wall Street
Real Family Values
War and Peace
War Should Be the Last Option: Why I Support the Iran Deal

No hesitation about President Obama. No hesitation about SOS Clinton.

One of many evolutions I made, pro-LGBT. I was totally against them but have seen the light.

Kick and Recommend

WTG!

than inclusive. More of the 'we used to hate the gays' cohort that I'm really tired of. It's a part of the Party I'm just sick of.

There are things I like about him, but I don't care for the posing candidates much with 'the look' and his guitar strapped on. Seems contrived. Affected. Sleeves rolled up just so. Not too much, not too little. Just so.
if I want a clothing model I'll call Ford Models like a normal person...
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...no specifics,just your own bias against expressions of faith. The segregation era civil rights movement, on which many fights for individual rights have been based, was church-based.

In addition, many of the ideals O'Malley has outlined as his priority (the absolute opposite of what you're labeling him with) stem from the Jesuit tradition of service which he was schooled in...

For O'Malley, Jesuit Tradition of 'Man for Others' Guides Political Values

(Martin O'Malley) says that a value system based on his Catholic faith and honed by a Jesuit education at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C has been at the heart of his political career. He says he learned not merely to have faith in God and in his own ability to help others, but to act on his principles and risk failure.

Gonzaga, from which he graduated in 1981, put O'Malley in an urban setting that exposed him to homelessness and economic depredation. The school, O'Malley said, not only instituted a rigorous Jesuit academic culture, but tried to produce "men for others."

"I remember coming in from the suburbs and seeing the blight as we filed by lines of homeless people," O'Malley recalls. But it was in that environment where he says he learned from one of his mentors, the late Rev. Horace B. McKenna, S.J., what public service was all about.

McKenna, who served as a priest at a Gonzaga-affiliated church and founded a center for the needy in its basement, worked tirelessly to "give aid and comfort to the area's homeless," O'Malley said. If they had drug problems, he would "challenge them to take control of their lives" by stamping out their addictions.

But it wasn't from second hand experience where Gonzaga wanted its young men to learn to become good people. The school pushed students to reach out to the local community.

O'Malley enrolled in a seminar that split time between discussing issues of social justice inside the classroom and tutoring inner city children outside of it.

read more: http://somd.com/news/headlines/2006/4711.shtml

Religion is not an innate characteristic, spirituality probably is innate but religion is something one learns, like racism.

It's not just coincidence that atheists/agnostics are the group in America who know the most about religion with Jews and Mormons coming in close behind, all groups that have seen and still see significant bigotry against them for religious reasons.

http://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/28/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey/

...many more people are persecuted and maligned for expressions of their faith.

Religion is not like racism. That's a false and lousy analogy.

Instead of the innuendo, which, in this case, is basically a vile attempt at character assassination (in a political context), try talking about what O'Malley has actually said and done.

Did you miss the reality I posted that marriage equality advocates also pray?

Very well said, brave, thanks you have brought sunshine in this morning.

You have the right to vote for whoever you want, but it feels like you're letting your anger make you give up and support a candidate who can't care about you.

I respect you, and I'm sorry for the words of those who drove you to this decision.

I will gladly vote for Bernie if he is the candidate, though. You know I wanted him first.

Inclusive views. Somebody who will say 'knock it off!', to the racists and sexists within their midst.

You're the one telling people to vote based on gender/sex.

What does that make you?

Seriously now.

Read this and tell me why only blacks are targeted with threats of getting what we deserve.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251788136

Views of POC.

She insulted BLM. She had them removed from her event. She met with them and INSULTED them again.

She supports a prison system that HURTS POC.

She supports the death penalty which is disproportionately used AGAINST POC.

She is against free tuition to public colleges, which again HURTS POC.

She does not believe in universal single payer health care, which, you guessed it, again HURTS POC.

She won't even decry the gutting of welfare her husband did, it doesn't even AFFECT her, but it does HURT POC.


Yet she's the lord and savior of all black people?

Give me a break.

People are individuals.

A white person who is not in the 1% is equally stupid for voting for her than a POC not in the 1%.

This has nothing to do with fucking race or ethnicity of ANY kind.

I have no interest in a "nuh-uh/yah-huh" back and forth. You bring nothing to the table to support your candidate. Your evidence is laughable at best and not even coherent at worst. No one is attacking you. No one you've called a racist is a racist. And voting for Hillary because Bernie is too far right is the most fucking mind numbingly, absurdly, convoluted thing I've ever heard. Ever.

Good night.

A few have so far. Bliss. So happy. If I Could just get the rest to, sigh, heaven.

That the fact that you're voting for Hillary because Bernie is "too far to your right"?

While it is certainly a fact that you've said it, it doesn't make the statement any more true.

I'm doing it for all of the insults i get on a daily. I take them in and reflect and decide to hit back.

You ever read my grudges poem? Hold on. Let me get it.

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