Let's remember that the horrible moderate centrist Hillary Clinton

[Dem4Life1102]

helped to secure healthcare for more people than any of the current candidates for the nomination.

https://www.politifact.com/colorado/statements/2016/feb/17/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-wrong-sanders-claim/

[madaboutharry]

1. Thinking about the 2016 election

makes my heart break a little bit more every day.

[betsuni]

2. Her whole history was wiped out.

People are stupid.

[StevieM]

17. Somehow she was turned into Joe Lieberman in some people's minds. (eom)

[Hortensis]

3. It's all HRC's "I have a plan for that" big plans wiped out that

break my heart. She was planning to hit the ground running big time. With another 8 years of liberal government, building on Obama's tough start but now with control of the senate and far better position in the house at worst, we should have had the nation feeling much more secure and prosperous.

And not least, today's very dangerous populism and extremism, left and right, would be asphyxiated for lack of the fear and resentment that feed them.

[Skidmore]

20. You are spot on.

And remembering how those extremists used planted smears in 2016 without question still makes me sick. Preventing this from happening again is high on my list in the primaries and general election.

[Hortensis]

21. Yes. The same people are still under the influence,

but new, innocent people once again need to become aware of how they're being targeted.

Simple rule of thumb: If he or she lies or hides what he's up to, he's up to no good.

[localroger]

4. Um, Joe Biden?

Biden was actually VP when the ACA was passed, saying himself at the signing "this is a big fucking deal." CHIP was a good step in the right direction but ACA affected a lot more people and as an actual elected member of the administration Biden has a much clearer claim on his role in making it happen. As the linked OP itself says, while Hillary does deserve a lot of credit for making CHIP happen, it wasn't entirely accurate for her to take all the credit for herself.

[Demsrule86]

16. You would be wrong...just like with Nancy who helped pass the ACA ...Hillary worked hard to get CHIP

passed saving millions of kids lives...so stop downplaying one of Hillary Clinton's greatest accomplishments...how many lives did your candidate save?

[localroger]

28. Not downplaying anything

I notice you have Biden as your candidate of choice in the primary. Do you seriously think CHIP was more important than the ACA? Or that HRC's credited but unofficial role in getting CHIP compares to Biden's official role as VP in getting the ACA passed? I'm not sure what you are getting at and it doesn't really make any sense.

[Demsrule86]

29. This isn't a contest...and Biden helped pass CHIP also by the way...CHIP has saved many kid's lives

including my nephew in Georgia as Georgia did not expand Medicaid and his Mom didn't make enough for the ACA.

[localroger]

33. Well if Biden helped pass CHIP too, then...

...where is your argument that "none of our candidates has saved as many lives as HRC?" It seems like you are drawing that very narrowly indeed, and it's not clear why. HRC isn't even a candidate now, so what exactly are you trying to accomplish with this argument? I proudly voted for her in the GE in 2016 and would again except that she's not running. Your own candidate of choice is the very argument against what you seem to be arguing here, and again I have to wonder why.

[Demsrule86]

34. He voted for it...she made it possible to have a vote by pushing it hard...She did save

many kids lives. And no one save Obama has done that. Of course you need to give Pelosi credit too.

[localroger]

35. Again, this makes no sense at all

You insist on cutting in HRC, who was not an elected official in any capacity despite her positive influence, and cutting out Biden who was Obama's actual VP, an elected position with actual powers. Look I like Hillary myself for a lot of reason but this simply does not make any sense. You have the very candidate who did what you say none of the current candidates did as your primary avatar. Do you know ANYTHING about these people?

[Hekate]

38. Oh. My. God.

[RandiFan1290]

5. Hillary lost to trump

Time to move on and stop fighting the 2016 election.

[EveHammond13]

6. she won the popular vote. she lost to Russian/Facebook propaganda.

[ChiTownDenny]

8. Bernie lost to Hillary.

Stick to the subject of this OP.

[BootinUp]

37. Lol. Nt

[DownriverDem]

9. Focus on

who will be voting in November 2020. Be honest and not just support who you "like", but doesn't have a chance to win in November 2020. I never see folks talking about how their primary candidate can beat trump. We are a Center/Left country no matter how many folks think otherwise.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. Would be nice... we got bigger fish to fry.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Cha]

32. Hillary lost to the russians, the LIES of jill stein,

the fucking m$m, Cambridge analytica, Voter suppression..

No one is rewriting history 'cause you say so.

[crazytown]

7. No thanks to "far left" Ted Kennedy

who actually got it through the Senate

[Dem4Life1102]

11. And if you had bothered to read the article

linked to instead of posting a snarky response, you would have seen that Kennedy said this:

Yet, in 2007, Kennedy told the Associated Press that Hillary Clinton played a critical role.

"The children's health program wouldn't be in existence today if we didn't have Hillary pushing for it from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," Kennedy said.

[crazytown]

19. I did read the article.

I'm fed up with snarky labels of all kinds.

[Dem4Life1102]

22. Did you?

[crazytown]

24. I read the article, and did further searches.

The point I am making is I am as sick of Dem's adopting GOP labels of 'far left', 'hard left' and 'radical left' towards fellow party members, as I became of the 'CorporaDem' shite in the previous primary cycle.

[Dem4Life1102]

25. Then why did you use the term

Far left in relation to Ted Kennedy? Seems odd if you hate the term.

[crazytown]

26. I put the term in quotes for that reason.

[Dem4Life1102]

30. Odd

[Demsrule86]

12. His was a safe seat...the others who helped get it through the Senate mostly lost their seats.

I am surprised you would downplay one of Hillary Clinton's achievements...well up is down on this site at the moment. CHIP has saved millions of kids's lives including my nephew in Georgia's life...as you may remember Medicaid was never expanded in this state and others...so CHIP is all the kids have. It was and is a great accomplishment.

Both Clinton and Obama were sneered at as 'moderate and establishment',one of our current candidates wanted to primary Obama in 12 in fact. But both accomplished something CHIP and the ACA...what have those who sneer at moderates ever accomplished other than to lose winnable elections? Nothing ...the big "0". And Warren was still a Republican at the time CHIP passed by the way by her own words.

"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told George Stephanopoulos Sunday that she left the Republican Party in the mid-90s because it was tilting the playing field in favor of Wall Street."

[Dem4Life1102]

14. ...

[Demsrule86]

15. Thank you....

[treestar]

13. And think of the courts now full of judges

who are right-wing, who wouldn't have been right-wing.

The left screwed itself - now they won't see any of what they want in their lifetimes. The courts will be able to invalidate parts of anything they manage to pass, if they ever did pay attention to Congress and not just the presidency.

[Demsrule86]

18. I will not live ...many here won't to see the progressive agenda which I have fought for all my life

become policy...thanks to the left left Greens who fucked us all by not supporting Gore, bashing Kerry in the primary and not supporting Hillary and of course ... they did not have Obama's back in 10 and 14...so nothing got done for us including getting a SCOTUS pick. The things most of them complain about,United, wars etc...they helped bring about.

[NurseJackie]

23. "Centrist" ... ROFL

horrible moderate centrist Hillary Clinton

[YOHABLO]

27. I was very hopeful when HRC undertook the healthcare initiative. She's one tough woman.

No matter, the Republicans and their masters, the healthcare industrial complex, as I call it, lobbyiests, pushed down hard then as they still are now. People have a right to health care. Let's hope who ever becomes our new President doesn't take half measures in saving people's lives.

Focus on the enemy not the people who are trying to make a difference.

[Buzz cook]

31. Buttery males and Bengaaaaazi.

Its the media that cost Clinton the election and gave us Trump.



The media are still doing it. They want Trump.

[OldRed2450]

36. The people who smeared Hillary and helped erase her accomplishments were dishonest

We can't trust people who dishonestly smear and tear down others. We should not vote for them.

[Gothmog]

39. That is one reason why I like Joe Biden

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

40. I love this video of Joe talking about Hillary

Link to tweet