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In reply to the discussion: Hillary fans have convinced themselves that she is a progressive. You really have to willfully [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)59. A female wartime president = "progressive", apparently. n/t
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cali
May 2016
OP
She doesn't have to be "progressive" to get my vote. She just has to competent, caring, and
Jitter65
May 2016
#133
Got that right... Hillary a progressive? Yeah, that's why all those Rethugs are dumpin Trump and comin over to support her.
InAbLuEsTaTe
May 2016
#61
Really! "A progressive democrat would support the most progressive candidate."
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#37
If you want to call a democrat that voted for the Iraq war, made themselves a millionaire
Loudestlib
May 2016
#46
To call a right-winger a progressive only serves to move both poles of the political spectrum
Broward
May 2016
#51
Hillary's the one who gets to decide... not surprising then she appeals to Rethugs who can't wait to vote for her over Trump.
InAbLuEsTaTe
May 2016
#64
you think Lindsay Graham is cut of the same Cloth as Hillary simply because he disavows Trump?
Sheepshank
May 2016
#164
Half the repukes are getting behind her, how progressive can she be? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#177
And another Sanders supporter demonstrates complete lack of ability to address the issue.
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#39
Buzz Clik, maybe you haven't been a Democrat long enough to understand that Democrats won't shut up
w4rma
May 2016
#90
I am shamefully aware that a large fraction of Democrats spend all their time complaining.
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#94
I love the way you Clintonites create your own fantasy world and pretend it's real.
w4rma
May 2016
#104
I love it, your reply shows you the emptiness of so many of the Clinton supporters on this board.
JumpinJehosaphat
May 2016
#185
I find that the only positive response to non-substantial insults, like Buzz Click's, is to repeat
w4rma
May 2016
#200
Kind of like Obama's changing position on gay marriage. And that guy could never get elected...
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#70
Great points. But you forgot the most egregious one of not being able -- even almost a year into the
Number23
May 2016
#172
No.. no, he said it on Maddow the other night... he called it "collective energy" will change the...
uponit7771
May 2016
#196
Wow. Surreal. You have just decribed (lol albeit with the most generous interpretation of
JumpinJehosaphat
May 2016
#186
That reflects the obvious facts that really progressive legislation never makes it out of committee
eridani
May 2016
#190
that 93% figure is misleading.Where they differed with respect to the votes that have been cast
JumpinJehosaphat
May 2016
#206
Hey, whenever a Bernie supporter rescinds a pledge to never vote for Hillary,
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#122
The states that help him the most are the ones that don't look like America. eom
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#136
The privileged think they can define who's progressive, they can't so they rant on forums like this
uponit7771
May 2016
#197
Bernie fans have convinced themselves they are the gatekeepers of progressivism.
JaneyVee
May 2016
#17
You are spending too much time in the BS echo chamber. Hillary was one of the most liberal Senators
redstateblues
May 2016
#183
Sherrod Brown and Barbara Boxer backed her up. John Lewis says she was there in the civil rights
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#23
Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive Democrat, Despite What You May Have Heard
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#31
Part of the genius of the Clinton's is that they have pushed the party so far to the right
Beowulf
May 2016
#87
You sound like you don't think there can't be nuts on both sides of the branch. n/t
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#96
Your premise is only true if you think Bernie is the only definition of 'progressive'.
CrowCityDem
May 2016
#32
Sanders supporters have convinced themselves that continuing to attack the Democratic nominee
Trust Buster
May 2016
#33
Do you know what she said to the Wall Street Banksters who had stolen our money and brought
B Calm
May 2016
#42
So says you. I think, like Trump, there's got to be a reason Sanders has bucked tradition here.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#119
Her supporters do more mental gymnastics than fire and brimstone Talibangelists. nt
VulgarPoet
May 2016
#35
When they reach retirement age, they probably won't remember what happened to Social Security.
Octafish
May 2016
#36
No they haven't. They know she's not a true progressive and that's exactly
NorthCarolina
May 2016
#38
Progressives know there isn't a definitive definition or representative of progressive. eom
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#98
I don't think her supporters are that stupid. They know she's not a progressive.
EndElectoral
May 2016
#45
Most Democrats in Congress had the good sense and decency to vote against the Iraq War
tabasco
May 2016
#54
The SOS does not approve gun sales in the US, or grant them immunity in the US. eom
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#137
They can gain access to senators to pitch for immunity for gun makers. eom
fleabiscuit
May 2016
#150
My take: Hillary voters worship Hillary and Bill; Bernie voters want his platform.
CobaltBlue
May 2016
#62
I guess almost 13 million Americans (about 3 million more than Sanders' vote count) have...
George II
May 2016
#74
+1000 Her voting history, SOS actions, & financial backing are RIGHTWING CONSERVATIVE
senz
May 2016
#112
that's what she's done to the party: Clinton's power is that she can tell you, to your face, what
MisterP
May 2016
#101
Hillary is exactly as progressive as the corporations/ 1% allow her to be
Teamster Jeff
May 2016
#109
Perhaps we should think of progressive as a direction, rather than as a resume item.
Orsino
May 2016
#121
GOP infiltrates normally liberal gatherings to plant doubt about likely Democratic candidate.
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#128
She's gonna court "megachurch moms" now, that is her brock beltway geniuses' strategy.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#155
Why wouldn't she court right/left women. Sounds smart to me. You do want smart in your Pres, right?
seabeyond
May 2016
#158
Smart would be courting Millennials, not anti-choice right wing Xtian conservatives.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#159
Clinton is courting Millennials and right women damn well know who will be put in Supreme Court.
seabeyond
May 2016
#161
We do want smart. And I think she's smart. But her advisors live in a beltway time warp bubble
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#162
Having a '95 and a '97, I say, that it is on us. I certainly know this generation.
seabeyond
May 2016
#169
She's on the record as being OK with a constitutional amendment to curb reproductive rights
Doctor_J
May 2016
#167
Can you name one bill that Obama signed in his first two years, when Democrats controlled congress,
StevieM
May 2016
#163
its pretty damn clear that Hillary supporters dont care about truth and honesty
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#199
That is correct. We are corrupt lying m*therf*ckers who should be worshipping you.
Buzz Clik
May 2016
#203
You have no problem supporting one of the most corrupt Democratic candidates ever
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#209
nah, just not convinced that the used car salesmen on both sides are being honest
uponit7771
May 2016
#207
Oh like voting in favor of the NRA and against the Brady Campaign? For lighter
synergie
May 2016
#208