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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton's candid review of Bernie Sanders... [View all]Cha
(297,650 posts)477. Or.. it could "backfire" on the
person Hillary is telling the truth about.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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...and putting a quarter in the space between the wall and the plugged in phone charger...
samnsara
Jan 2020
#455
It's easier to get bills passed when you're a centrist. He's too extreme to draw support from the
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#48
We got quite an education when the damn insurance industry watered down the ACA.
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#62
It was all over MSNBC at the time. They kept bringing on a former executive from Aetna
CaptYossarian
Jan 2020
#109
That is not true. The ACA is based on Romneycare...which worked pretty well in Massachussetts, and
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#249
Like seriously, to come to that conclusion, you could not possibly have read the first paragraph.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#175
I read the article... Literally nowhere does it state that Liz Fowler was hired by Obama....
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#176
You responded to more than just that specific claim, and the article addresses those.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#183
Liz Folwer was the VP for Public Policy and External Affairs at WellPoint prior to working for Baucu
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#248
Well, if we had the homogenous population Germany has, the % of urban population they have,
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#348
Forgive me for assuming that you were interested in a factual, respectful discourse
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#429
It's interesting that one of us that made up shit about the other's position also howled 'strawman'.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#445
Like seriously, listing what insurers or pharma benefitted or did not benefit from is not
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#185
Major, mainstream journalistic sources, and health care think tanks involved in the process
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#199
Any that you stick to.....not switching back and forth when showed wrong
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#318
A useful analogy, except the post where one participant shit on the board wasn't mine.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#446
Excellent comparison. Thank you! That puts things into a VERY CLEAR perspective.
NurseJackie
Jan 2020
#218
How long has Bernie been in Congress? 30+ years? Pretty established if you ask me
redstateblues
Jan 2020
#341
Read the full interview at the Hollywood Reporter. The paragraph after the one quoted in that tweet
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#11
No, they're still targeting Biden, judging by Twitter. But they'll go after HRC, too.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#92
She's self-secure enough to shrug it off and laugh. Unlike some other POTUS candidates.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#353
Not helping is right... Hillary's remarks only help create further rifts in the Democratic Party.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#258
I agree that she should speak out on issues - there are many where she has enormous creds
karynnj
Jan 2020
#68
THERE'S the right answer!!!! She took all she needs to take. Now she gets to do
Squinch
Jan 2020
#329
We're not telling people to wait until after the election to endorse candidates.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#83
Yes, Hillary would have been wise to hold off... instead, her comments only create rifts
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#269
The Hoarse Whisperer: Hillary isn't relitigating 2016. She's telling the truth about Bernie in 2020.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#28
Won't commit to endorsing him if he's the nominee? Makes no sense (unless she's running 3rd party).
thesquanderer
Jan 2020
#112
It's not too early to say you will support whoever the Dem nominee is against Trump.
thesquanderer
Jan 2020
#335
No, not really. As a Senator/Sec of State, only 12 years total. She spent 20 years as a lawyer.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#143
Secretary of State is not a political position. Neither is attorney, first lady, non-profit founder,
lapucelle
Jan 2020
#296
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a woman of substance and character. There will never by another like her..
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#472
sanders was such a weak and marginal candidate that he was treated with kid gloves and not vetted
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#400
Being candid on your working experience with a candidate, especially during a primary, is valuable.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#137
Watch Hillary..Covers Bernie, Trump 2016 Loss & a "Larger Story About Women" in New Sundance Doc
riversedge
Jan 2020
#163
"Voters need to see the real side of Sanders" They have and that is why he has risen in the polls
m-lekktor
Jan 2020
#424
Does going public with this now make Trumps re-election more likely or less likely?
redgreenandblue
Jan 2020
#44
This!! Bernie should go home to VT. For god sakes he's 78, has had an MI
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#184
Bernie is capable of doing that all by himself, with no help from Hillary or anyone else.(nt)
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#208
I think she needs to just shut up. She had her chance and she lost. Why cause
walkingman
Jan 2020
#51
Are you doing this kind of scolding on the many threads that are not supportive of other candidates?
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#69
OK - I give up. Sorry to offend anyone. I'm beginning to understand but I fear we are shooting
walkingman
Jan 2020
#125
Meantime Bernie is attempting to destroy Biden's chances. Biden has emerged as the candidate
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#274
So, you think anyone saying anything but praise about a candidate should "shut up?"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#288
So why don't you tell the other candidate who "had a chance and lost" to shut up?
George II
Jan 2020
#156
News flash!! She didn't lose.. she won by 3 mil votes. The election was stolen
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#189
I was at the National Convention as a vetted delegate-sanders was not interested in helping Clinton
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#144
"If Bernie even remotely hinted he might not support the Dem. nominee they'd be back in a hurry."
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#421
So the people who mass tweeted the "#NeverWarren" hashtag are upset about this?
scheming daemons
Jan 2020
#178
If one is seeking references for someone one is hiring, one doesn't ignore the ones
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#91
Bernie probably isn't going to win the nomination, but he isn't going to go away.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#145
But one might ignore (or at least take with many grains of salt) those sucking on sour grapes.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#150
Why can't we just have a horse race primary and let it fucking finish for once?
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#120
Of all the things Hillary could have said or done... and she chose this!! Just wow!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#276
You mean like bringing up Biden's 1974 statements? The Iraq War resolution votes?
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#73
A percentage of sanders supporters will not vote dem if it isn't him regardless
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#196
Sure....and is that why following all his negative attack ads his poll numbers are tanking??!!!
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#200
Some of his supporters have told me that his colleagues that don't endorse him "feel shameful
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#102
I voted for Hillary in 2008 and in the general in 2016 but have strong reasons why she did not get
CentralMass
Jan 2020
#98
Well, starting an 'endorsment' with how well one did against the candidate that one is endorsing
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#241
The GOP can't google what people have been saying what Senator Sanders is like to work with
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#113
Best to get all the endorsements and yes, less than glowing reports about primary candidates
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#139
We need to know about the candidates, not just endorsements, but honest reports
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#161
Hillary also ran against one of the worst candidates in modern American history.
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2020
#405
+1000 there's no one, not one person on this earth that has worked harder for the dem party
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#203
That's ok. Many of us feel sick listening to Democrat's talk like that about a lifelong progressive.
Kentonio
Jan 2020
#256
All this did is further divisions. As expected. No idea why anyone is happy about this.
redqueen
Jan 2020
#194
If one is expecting people to endorse candidates, one needs to be open to less than glowing
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#198
Bernie is the one playing the dividing game!! He needs to be outed so voters can see him for
Thekaspervote
Jan 2020
#207
Makes ZERO sense! Hillary made a HUGE mistake that could cost us the general election
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#287
At this point I find it divisive, timing could potentially be damaging to the Democratic Party.
Agschmid
Jan 2020
#390
Yes, Bernie is a candidate and it's pretty much standard procedure in campaigns
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#326
"Zero overlap?" He had better get working on getting her supporters behind him.
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#222
Poll: Only 42% of those who voted for Bernie in the 2016 Primary selected him as their top choice
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#339
Seriously? "Bernie fans" will stay away in the General Election because their fee-fees were hurt?
NurseJackie
Jan 2020
#224
No question Hillary just hurt the Democratic Party's chances in the general election...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#281
I'm wondering how much of this is sour grapes over the residual effect from the 2016 primary
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#245
Not the primary which I will not discuss...it is the general. And I will never get over the 2016
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#252
Every Bernie supporter I know of Facebook has this article posted. Talk about messing with a Hornets
Quixote1818
Jan 2020
#263
Was this also part of "a continuing and organized campaign by the Clintons, Obama, and others"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#342
The Sundance Film Festival is part of a continuing and organized campaign by "the Clintons"
lapucelle
Jan 2020
#394
OUCHHHHHHH!!! Unfortunately, divisive comments like those made by Hillary about Bernie
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#278
Divisive? You mean like not committing to supporting Bernie if he gets the nomination???
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#297
If you think that's what happened in 2016, then you haven't been paying attention.
BuffaloJackalope
Jan 2020
#265
Hillary needs to retract her divisive statements ASAP... I hope she does the right thing.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2020
#313
They're either patting each other on the back, or stabbing each other in the back.
YOHABLO
Jan 2020
#359
I think she means no one from the DLC branch of the Democratic party likes Bernie.
GumboYaYa
Jan 2020
#324
In context, it's clear she meant that nobody in Congress would work with Bernie.
yardwork
Jan 2020
#340
Is it from an RW source? Simply a post that presents a powerful, popular, and highly accomplished
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#379
Misunderstood. Apologies. Did not know that history and did not understand your reference.
emmaverybo
Jan 2020
#457
If she posted her comments on DU they would have been hidden by a competent jury. nt
Gore1FL
Jan 2020
#358
Clinton say she has grown worried that attacks from sanders' campaign could hurt the future Democrat
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#399
There are a large number real members of the Democratic Party who love and respect her
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#410
The irony of getting mad about someone else saying Bernie isn't concerned with being "nice"
ehrnst
Jan 2020
#418
bs in an interview said as much about him as HRC did.. he said he doesnt wish Happy Birthday..
samnsara
Jan 2020
#451
sanders' comments on George Wallace is further evidence that Hillary was correct
Gothmog
Jan 2020
#480