The claws are out - It's time for a debunking thread

[OKNancy]

Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2014, 07:54 PM - Edit history (1)

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I'm really busy right now, so I will work on this later and in the next few days.
Please add anything you can think of.

I'll start with an easy one: Hillary Clinton was a Republican/ Goldwater girl.

Yes, she was raised in a Republican household and in high school she "campaigned" for Goldwater ( at age 17) while under her parents roof.
In 1968, she started working for Eugene McCarthy, the anti-war candidate.

Additional fact: the voting age was 21 at the time. She never voted for a Republican. ( unlike one of the darlings loved here on DU )

[Purveyor]

1. What a 'warm welcome' to the group Nancy. I can just feel the love.

[OKNancy]

3. ??? Most of us in this group post the disclaimer at the top of the thread

so a poster won't inadvertently get a hide or a block.

[Purveyor]

5. I'm certain that wins many 'hearts and minds'. Carry on, not I forum I'd

subscribe to anyway. Just saw the thread when perusing Latest Threads and took a peek.

Thanks for the chuckle.

[WhiteTara]

2. She's going to be a great president

She's not a fundie and deserves kudos for working for the greater good. I'm a pagan/buddhist and I have different views (ie, no ipersonal god, but if there is one, She is my pick) but as the Dalai Lama says, it is good to stick with your religious beliefs as there is much good from living by the principles of those tenants.

[OKNancy]

4. An atheist writer talks about Clinton's religious views

These are opinions, but educated opinions.

http://atheism.about.com/od/hillaryclintonreligion/a/ClintonReligion.htm

There is no evidence that Hillary Clinton's religiosity is superficial or an affectation; her behavior is consistent with her professed beliefs and she has explained more than once how important faith is for herself personally and her family. She has also said that prayer - trying to communicate with a god - is important in her life. The Christian Right, though, has tried to portray her as being just the opposite.

[lostincalifornia]

6. I don't think some du'ers voted republican, they either don't vote or voted a third party which

Frankly makes them irrelevant

What happened in 2000 will not happen again, Nader was part of the reason we got bushco

Most democrats want Hillary as the nominee, and the next president

That may irk the greens and others, but I don't see their candidates getting a ground swell of support, and that is what it takes to win elections

They either get on the train, or be left behind

[OKNancy]

8. I did an edit

I didn't mean that DUers voted Republican, I meant that some DUers strongly support someone who was a Republican until their mid-40s.

[lostincalifornia]

9. Thanks for the clarification.

[BootinUp]

7. Great start!

[Little Star]

10. They say they don't want a dynasty. I guess because...

her husband was a president they think that would make her part of a dynasty. They need to get a better dictionary, lol.

[OKNancy]

11. adding this to the debunking post

http://correctrecord.org/harpers-uses-debunked-myths/

Keep this handy when the right or the blind leftists spout right-wing crap

Example:
Harper’s: “Even Newt Gingrich has good things to say about her.”

In the 2007 campaign, Newt Gingrich called Senator Clinton “a nasty woman.” “Newt, by contrast, knows how to get conservative hearts racing. Take his little chat with the New York Post: ‘Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich yesterday called Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ‘a nasty woman’ who runs an ‘endlessly ruthless’ campaign machine.” [Washington Post, 3/2/07]