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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My Endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton for President [View all]Broward
(1,976 posts)25. The average person in this country stands no chance
Last edited Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:43 PM - Edit history (1)
as long as conservatives, including Hillary, control both parties. My hope is that we move the party far left enough so that the policies espoused by the corporatists are no longer deemed acceptable on this side of the aisle.
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And when their core values change with nary an explanation about that progression
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#227
Hillary's character is strong and steady: She has helped lead the Dem over 30 years!
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#70
Hillary and others Dem's that have run for office: Have been under attack from GOP
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#296
Yeah, Hillary carried his water and she "put her life on the line for the Dem's (sic)".
NealK
Oct 2015
#298
No mythological story: The country has watched the Dem and Clinton's under attack
lewebley3
Oct 2015
#311
Huh? James Buckley, Alphonse D'Amato, George Pataki, and then Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg..
George II
Oct 2015
#196
They weren't all flukes - James Buckley maybe, but Giuliani, Bloomberg and Pataki...
George II
Oct 2015
#281
Yeah, but if that absolute position is the right position then that's not idiocy. That's wisdom.
retrowire
Oct 2015
#101
Except she will revert to DNC/DLC/neocon corporartist warhawk if she gets the nomination
peacebird
Jan 2016
#354
Whew, did you miss that one! I DIDN'T LIKE SPINACH and now I do. Was I "lying" years ago?
George II
Oct 2015
#279
I changed my mind. I don't think Steve has any obligation to justify everything he said and did....
George II
Oct 2015
#283
On the contrary. OPs that mention me and link to my articles help me a great deal.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#162
FoxNews pundit Mr. Leser on Hillary: "That kind of person ought not to be the Democratic nominee."
Katashi_itto
Oct 2015
#307
Also, you've given her an extra two years as Secretary of State. Fact-check much?
leveymg
Oct 2015
#8
What is hollow about having empathy for our fellow human beings?/nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#114
And I'm to trust an anonymous poster's "witness" on a messageboard because... ?
WorseBeforeBetter
Oct 2015
#142
Do you happen to have links for what you reference in your second paragraph?
WorseBeforeBetter
Oct 2015
#115
What you are complaining about is not opposites, it's nuance. If you can't grasp that, its your
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#163
I read your cites. And I stand by each of them. You don't understand what I write and that's OK.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#172
OK, we can be done. I know about you, and I require nothing further from you.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#174
Thank you This is not something I've tried to put into words before, but it's long bothered me.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#185
Steven, you're going to have to use your words. If you have an accusation, make it.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#236
I made it. What part don't you understand so I don't just keep repeating myself? nt
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#255
I've asked you to specifically tell me where I'm being hypocritical. You won't.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#256
I have. And once again. You keep criticizing me for being on Fox and you give a pass to Bernie for
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#257
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#18
"Bush had decimated our relationship with our European allies ... invasion of Iraq"
Martin Eden
Oct 2015
#21
FoxNews pundit Mr. Leser on Hillary: "That kind of person ought not to be the Democratic nominee."
AtomicKitten
Oct 2015
#73
K&R. For anyone who asks "why do you support Hillary". Just come and read this
lunamagica
Oct 2015
#24
The OP is most likely satirical, considering all the negative feelings they had just years ago.
darkangel218
Oct 2015
#33
Allow me to put down the broad brush of negativity and take up the airbrush
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#136
Well put. And thank you for the reminder to all who would attempt to paint a halo
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#138
"If Steve Leser can see further than other men it is because he stands on the shoulders of giants."
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#37
You used quotation marks around this fawning sentence. Who are you quoting?
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#41
I paraphrased Sir Issac Newton who had the perspicacity and foresight to envision a man...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#86
That was for my brother, 1StrongBlackMan, whom I would lay down my life for.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#125
Yeah, I kind of forgot to look up the function of the pancreas before making my asseveration.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#165
There's nothing that can be imagined that isn't already on the Internet.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#187
"working 14-18 hour days seven days a week in the effort only to fail..."
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#48
He'll reverse his core beliefs when it becomes expedient and more profitable to do so
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#319
Sadly, everything you cite is accounted for by the cynical character you accused her of having
aikoaiko
Oct 2015
#94
Didn't you say that HRC was unfit to be President in 2008 (not 'other candidates are better')?
kelly1mm
Oct 2015
#96
We could have elected a rutabaga and it would have been more popular to the world than Dubya.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2015
#98
Excellent post! Hillary will be our nominee and an excellent nominee at that. n/t
SylviaD
Oct 2015
#108
Seems awful hollow considering what you've said about Hillary Clinton in the past...
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#131
And what makes it funnier is they are trying to argue with me about what I believe while as you
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#169
Rec'ing primarily because you took a really nasty DU moment and turned it completely on its ass
Number23
Oct 2015
#158
so somehow between the ages of 60 and 67, someone who was unfit to be president is now
Doctor_J
Oct 2015
#168
Why would I discuss anything with someone who argues about whether I believe something or not
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#204
You should have stopped with "she's a liar." No, really, you should have stopped.
morningfog
Oct 2015
#200
I don't believe you. I think what you are trying to say is that I am right.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#209
You mean after a 650+ post thread about my opinions they suddenly don't matter?
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#212
Again, you are a day late and a dollar short. Go bother the other folks. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#217
You keep responding to me about them. So apparently you find them relevant. You find them so
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#224
Well of course I'm doing that to make a point. Come on, let's dispense with the easy stuff.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#226
Then be honest. You are accusing me of duplicity and here you are trying to have it both ways.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#228
One more time. You're a public figure, ergo, your writing is of some importance to some people.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#231
You're still trying to have it both ways! This is hilarious. You are a total hypocrite!
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#232
Are you capable of elucidating what these two ways are and how you arrived at this?
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#235
And its the second major hypocrisy by you under this OP all while trying to claim that
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#238
And here is a third way. Have you repudiated Sanders for being a flip flopper on gun control?
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#241
Don't try to change the subject; I won't permit you to control the flow like that.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#242
I expected as much. Here you are on both sides of three issues and you think you can criticize me
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#243
Game, set, match. If you find the courage, address the questions I've put to you.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#244
Yes it is game set match. You are on both sides of three issues just under this OP.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#245
You mean like Bernie when he is on Fox? Because thats one way you are on both side of an issue. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#247
You go on with your bad O'Reilly self. But first, answer the questions you ran away from.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#248
Oh no, you have three instances of being on both sides of an issue to answer for now.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#249
And I asked you what in the holy fuck you were talking about--it's one of the questions you evaded.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#250
It's all in the posts upthread. You have a lot of nerve trying to accuse me of anything.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#251
Be honest now!!!! Sanders was always for some measure of gun control ...
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#237
Here's a good article that talks about Sanders repeatedly voting against gun control. Now hes for it
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#240
Your article was not all about a position, you went into detail as to why she should not be trusted
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#259
So it's OK for Sanders to change his mind about things, but not for me. That's what you are saying.
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#260
I doubt it. I doubt many folks would be and he certainly doesnt seem to have the temperment
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#254
Who gives a damn about your endorsement? We all know that you have been in the tank for her for a
totodeinhere
Oct 2015
#291
K&R! Great post, Steven. I know exactly what you are saying about how Hillary acted
R B Garr
Oct 2015
#302
Well said. If that didn't affect you, you were either not paying attention or you are
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#304
Well fucking yippee ki yay. Your endorsement will get all the consideration it deserves
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#317
I see they can't handle that you didn't like Hillary in 2008.. like me. How dare you change your
Cha
Oct 2015
#333
If you really want a belly-laugh, check out the thread ending with this post
stevenleser
Oct 2015
#334
You amaze me with your support for Mrs. Clinton! Do you think she gives a rats
akbacchus_BC
Dec 2015
#343
Hillary voted for diplomacy not war, Iraq was invaded by hans blix and the u.n. weapons inspector
BlueStateLib
Jan 2016
#352
It took you until your second to last paragraph to say the word "issues".
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#349
hillary was a do nothing senator and the worst secretary of state ever nominated by a Dem..
bowens43
Jan 2016
#353
I'm sorry, but Steve "Hillary is a liar" Lesser's endorsement means what, exactly?
truebrit71
Jan 2016
#357