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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:20 PM Original message |
Is Hillary Clinton a Corporate Stooge? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does a cat have an ass? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Remember the phrase "A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush"? As much as I like Kucinich... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Not in a caucus state it isn't. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Bullshit. Vote for the candidate who mirrors qualities you hold in high esteem. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. That's an extremely cynical approach... |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Yes but the cat |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. At the very least. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck... |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, yes, she is |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I like your picks. I think Edwards is a stronger campaigner and would do better in the general. |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. and Edwards doesn't have a lot for the repugs to attack him on |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hillary is Shemp |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I felt that Bill Clinton made too many concessions to the corporate world, and |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I did too, but that's how he got elected. Kind of like how FDR... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Clinton ran in 1992 with a campaign theme of "Putting People First," and it |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. But there was no organized progressive base pushing him back then |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. The corporate world has abandoned the Bush family "dynasty" and is looking for a new "face". |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 03:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. They bought into the Chicago School of Economics free market |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Have you sent that to the Edwards campaign? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Nice summation |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Without a doubt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. No.. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes. Hillary would be better than bushler has been, or any of the |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. No moreso than other major candidates. Obama sucked up to coal mine owners today. nt |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is Obama a Repuke plant? Is Dennis an global warming denier trojen horse? |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. With very few exceptions |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, d'uh! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Fuck yeah |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. no, its a symbiotic, quid pro quo relationship. "stooge" implies she is being |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Ok, then is Hillary a Crocodile or a Plover? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. not really sure. You may be taking the metaphor beyond its useful application. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That is probably not the best symbiotic relationship for the Hillary Clinton metaphor |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. She is a plover. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Great Job! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I agree, PLOVER! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Definitely the plover. nt |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Hillary is the Croc, America is the Plover... Crocodiles Cry Tears But Feel No Pain |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
24. Does a bear shit in the woods? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
25. A former WalMart BOARD member, a corporate stooge? Say it ain't so! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 05:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. How about Edwards and Fortress? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 05:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The OP question was about Hillary. You know- the candidate you constantly claim NOT to support? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. And how is it not pertinant to explain |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Take that dicksteele! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 03:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Shhh! Show no emotion! |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yep, unfortunately, she is. |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is Hillary Clinton a Corporate Stooge? |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 03:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. Gotta reaffirm nt |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. NO - I do not think she is a "corporate stooge"-she was/is a mix of progressive/liberal/populist who |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Hillary was NEVER a voice for single-payer |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Very wrong - I was head of the Sun Life of Canada US tax dept and worked with our lobbyists in DC & |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Except that it is a bullshit choice that will only expand the problems of Medicare |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. The "private option" is a GOP requirement for Medicare - not for Hillary's Universal Medicare like |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. It would work in exactly the same way |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. True - if allowed - but no Democratic is suggesting that we should allow "private Medicare" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. What I am trying to say is that allowing private insurance to continue-- |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. anti-selection doesn't work - underwriting costs are too high - the 10 -30% cost advantage will move |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 05:44 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. There will not be a cost advantage to the Medicare option |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I am not aware of any HMO Medicare option with a cost advantage - could you |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. My husband gets plenty in the mail |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Thanks - I'll be interested to see if they are different from the ones I get n/t |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. Yes! But she's OUR corporate stooge. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Watch the following videos for your answer... |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Does the Pope wear a funny hat? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. He is the ONLY candidate speaking on these issues... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods? nt |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. Is water wet? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Sen. Clinton is a centrist Dem. She is not trying to placate the |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. How can you be a centrist when there is no fucking CENTER |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
62. ..... |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. Duh! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
73. YES! |
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