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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:40 PM
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Will hillary be another lieberman or zell miller?
Its beginning to look that way to me she is now changing the way the numbers are counted and has said if it doesn't add up...
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:41 PM
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1. I think she's THERE.
:thumbsdown:
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:49 PM
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13. Lieberman and Zeller have not yet pandered to bigots. Hillary has. n/t
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:41 PM
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2. No. nt
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:42 PM
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3. She's past that point already
Next I expect her to take a shot of whiskey and challenge Tweety to a duel in Denver.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:43 PM
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4. Well, first they go Lieberman, then Miller - which is the path Lieberman is on.
Waiting to find out if he'll be their token Speaker this year.
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:43 PM
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5. She'll be another Edward Barkle.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:43 PM
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6. No.
But I think she will encourage anger among some of her supporters by planting the idea of a raw deal. That's unfortunate I think because it's unnecessary.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:43 PM
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7. what is the basis for that comment? Obvously not based on facts
or her record. It makes me wonder why you are attempting to strip her of that democratic, progressive label? She has worked so hard for the party and for civil rights. It makes me wonder your motivation.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:45 PM
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9. People here once said the same about old Joe. nt
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:54 PM
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16. I think that you have dehumanized her so you can be further justified in hating her
You don't want her to be a "we" but rather a "them." So, you re-define, re-create, and then spew hatred at your made-up person.

Odd.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:28 PM
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24. I don't hate her. I just want her to go away and take the rest of the DLC
with her.

There are republicans and there are democrats. There is no place in the party for a "third way". If she wants to follow a "third way" she and Joe can go start their own party.

She IS a "them" by her own choice.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:55 PM
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17. Most people making those claims are doing it based on
her campaign tactics, not on her record or positions. I realize you probably don't think there was anything in her campaign that was "right wingish", but looking at it from the other side of the isle she has made some major blunders. The 3am ad, the experience comments, the use of the word "white" when she speaks of working Americans. Many people who supported her in the beginning got turned off by her use of Rovian cheap shots. You may not agree with the assessment but that's where it comes from.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:57 PM
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18. Why do you even ask what is the basis for my question...
can you see or even hear what she is doing. She is changing the amounts of delegates needed, she lying saying that obama took his name off of the ballot in michigan because he said he couldn't win. She wants to go to the convention because she is a sore loser and she is acting like Pat Buchanan...
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:04 PM
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21. You are ignoring the fact that Obama is doing the very same things
and you HATE Clinton for politics and Minimize, justify, blame Clinton when Obama does the very same thing.

"Changing amount of delegates needed." She is changing them? Since when does a DEMOCRAT try to keep people's votes from counting? And you know damn well that if it would help Obama and the roles were reversed, he would be shouting that Clinton was trying to disenfranchise voters.

"Wants to go to the convention because she is sore loser" I think you need a history lesson:

A reminder
Posted by wyldwolf on Wed May-14-08 02:36 PM
In 1980 Ted Kennedy never dropped out. He went to the convention with 1,225 delegates. Carter had 1,981. 122 delegates were uncommitted. Kennedy had even less of a chance to secure the nomination than Clinton has today. Kennedy went so far as to try and get delegates to change their allegiance while the convention was happening! Yet his supporters then, and even many "progressives" today, respect Kennedy for the principle of his futile fight.
And when Carter secured the nomination, and Kennedy refused to stand with him and raise his hand in victory as is traditional, where were the howls of outrage then? Well, from the left there was stone cold silence. No cries of party division from the left. No idiotic proclamations that the "Kennedys (Clintons) don't give a damn about our party" from the left. Kennedy was treated as a hero.
If it's such a horrid thing now, when will Ted Kennedy apologize for the side show he put on in 1980 at Madison Square Garden when he was down by over 700 delegates?


Now, I do happen to agree that Hillary should pack it in and get behind Obama for the good of the party. But these childish over-the-top temper tantrums coming from the left and directed at Clinton for doing something she is perfectly allowed to do based on party rules adds no credibility to the bloggers that do them. They should also cease... for the good of the party.

Sad. Sad. Sad. to see that you cannot support a candidate without dehumanizing the opponent.

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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:28 PM
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25. Where have you been...
is it so that hard to for you to handle the truth, she said these things herself...Obama has not changed the rules you seem to be out or touch like your candidate...
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:58 PM
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19. Here are the facts:
She is changing the amounts of delegates needed, she lying saying that obama took his name off of the ballot in michigan because he said he couldn't win. She wants to go to the convention because she is a sore loser and she is acting like Pat Buchanan..
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:44 PM
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8. No. You're being ridiculous.
While I support Obama not Hillary, she has a solid record of supporting the Democratic party's position on legislation the vast vast majority of the time. Unlike Zell and, these days, Lieberman.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:45 PM
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10. Yeah, how's that Iraqi invasion and continuation of use of cluster muntions working out
for The Goddess of Peace? :thumbsdown:
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:46 PM
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11. Yes and no.
Ethically, she already has by endorsing McCain, using racist RW tactics against Obama, and so on.

I doubt she will leave the Democratic Party for the Republican Party like Joe. Why? Because the Republican party is hemorrhaging and losing all its power. And Clinton has nothing to gain from them anymore.
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:47 PM
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12. Yes
She only cares for power - not you, not me, not US.
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:50 PM
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14. Bill said: The republicans are being more fair and democratic than the Democrats
paraphrased at least, but pretty close to what I heard. Thats pretty unforgivable.
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:52 PM
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15. nah shed never leave the party
she wants to own and control it to much.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:00 PM
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20. We'll know which one if she challenges Tweety to a duel.
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enid602 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:06 PM
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22. another question
Will Obama be another Michael Dukakis or a Jimmy Carter?
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:16 PM
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23. She'll remain a part-time Democrat who votes with Repugs when it's expedient.
Hopefully, she's shortened her career as a political hack with her campaign antics.
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invictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:30 PM
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27. Yes, I think that is exactly how it will be. n/t
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Meshuga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 03:30 PM
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26. No way!
We have to be fair. We can't compare Hillary to those two schmucks.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 04:25 PM
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28. Somehow, as bad as it's been, I can't see becoming either one.
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