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I say...Yes, I have been "seduced"! (Original Post) SoapBox Feb 2016 OP
Massive K&R..... daleanime Feb 2016 #1
K & R! TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #2
AS have I. HUGE K & R Vincardog Feb 2016 #3
K&R jwirr Feb 2016 #4
The politics of low expectations. zeemike Feb 2016 #5
K&R nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #6
kick & rec They_Live Feb 2016 #7
Hillary is paid very well to keep The People's expectations very, very low. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #8
In a way I'm actually glad she's campaigning rightward Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #11
She has tried a few times to out-Bernie Bernie this campaign though. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #12
I have to read that book.. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #9
It's on my list. avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #14
K&R! Excellent post! Duval Feb 2016 #10
A little "Love Hangover" Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #13
He says all the right things at exactly the right time dubyadiprecession Feb 2016 #15
This is like Thurgood Marshall. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #16
KnR...n/t Liberal Jesus Freak Feb 2016 #17
I've been with Bernie for months, and her observation is a revelation to me. She's 100% correct! reformist2 Feb 2016 #18
^^^ This ^^^ cantbeserious Feb 2016 #20
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Feb 2016 #19
It is the JOB of a LEADER to inspire, and set positive forward thinking goals Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #21
Gotta Get Her Book! Thanks For Posting! n/t ChiciB1 Feb 2016 #22

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
8. Hillary is paid very well to keep The People's expectations very, very low.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:08 PM
Feb 2016

It is crystal clear that Hillary will not do a thing to build consensus within the Democratic Party to do things that we need done if that takes a penny (net) out of the coffers of Wall Street.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
11. In a way I'm actually glad she's campaigning rightward
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:26 PM
Feb 2016

Because if she tried to echo, co-opt, or out-Bernie Bernie, we know it'll be counterfeit, but low info voters might not realize it.

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
12. She has tried a few times to out-Bernie Bernie this campaign though.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:29 PM
Feb 2016

And, you're right. It was not believable.

Hopefully she'll stick to NO WE CAN'T for the rest of the campaign.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
16. This is like Thurgood Marshall.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:56 PM
Feb 2016

When the whites told him this was not the time to end school segregation and he was the plaintiffs' lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. He said "If not now, when?" Because he knew that was bull from white people not wanting to progress.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
18. I've been with Bernie for months, and her observation is a revelation to me. She's 100% correct!
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:11 PM
Feb 2016

There are only so many buckets of cold water they can throw on us, before we realize they don't want us to take action at all.

They want us to play nice with the corporations, whether it's the insurance racket, the prison industry, or the military industrial complex, that we should settle for the crumbs they throw our way. They tell us we need to "work with the system we've inherited" - Hillary's actual words, btw. But what if this system is rotten to the core???

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
19. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:14 PM
Feb 2016

eom

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
21. It is the JOB of a LEADER to inspire, and set positive forward thinking goals
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:17 PM
Feb 2016

That's what Bernie does.

Hillary..............is all Status Quo, Don't aspire to anything more or better


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