Just one needed clarification:
President Lincoln was the most polarizing president in American history (think: Civil War)
President Lincoln was the most polarizing president in American history (think: Civil War)
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I am a registered Democrat and will not vote for a third Obama term. I am left of Obama in domestic policies, but his amateurish and irresponsible foreign policies makes me seriously consider voting for a republican candidate for the first time.
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The adult Republicans with deep vested interests truly understand beating a unified Democratic party is a long-shot.
The Republican base has drifted so far from the nation in demographics and far right wing agenda that is increasingly unlikely that a Republican candidate will win national office for the foreseeable future.
If one looks at the past four presidential elections, Democrats start with an electoral advantage of 242 votes, just 28 shy of electoral victory. Republicans, meanwhile, have swept states that tally barely 179 electoral votes.
The margin favoring Democrats have grown with every 4 year election cycle.
So while the Republican clown car will unload a host of candidates each aiming at the most likely Democratic nominee, the Vested Interests understand the true objective is not the unlikely win of the White House.
Their true objective is to weaken the institution of the Presidency and of government. They don't mind spending a billion or so to do that if it saves them some key tax loopholes worth multiples of that, either.
Republicans have tried to tear down one of the greatest US President in our history, Barrack Obama, who rescued the country from the disaster they left.
Candidate Clinton must understand this, not repeat the fiasco of 2014, pull President Obama and our Democratic ideals close, and resist the Republican effort to weaken the foundation of the Presidency and government itself.
The Republican base has drifted so far from the nation in demographics and far right wing agenda that is increasingly unlikely that a Republican candidate will win national office for the foreseeable future.
If one looks at the past four presidential elections, Democrats start with an electoral advantage of 242 votes, just 28 shy of electoral victory. Republicans, meanwhile, have swept states that tally barely 179 electoral votes.
The margin favoring Democrats have grown with every 4 year election cycle.
So while the Republican clown car will unload a host of candidates each aiming at the most likely Democratic nominee, the Vested Interests understand the true objective is not the unlikely win of the White House.
Their true objective is to weaken the institution of the Presidency and of government. They don't mind spending a billion or so to do that if it saves them some key tax loopholes worth multiples of that, either.
Republicans have tried to tear down one of the greatest US President in our history, Barrack Obama, who rescued the country from the disaster they left.
Candidate Clinton must understand this, not repeat the fiasco of 2014, pull President Obama and our Democratic ideals close, and resist the Republican effort to weaken the foundation of the Presidency and government itself.
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Mrs Clinton's main foe won't even be the Republicans, as they are all rather weak. Her challenger is the vicious, snarky media who seem to be determined to derail her. I think it will be a minor miracle if she actually wins.
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I would vote "None of the" if that was an option in 2016. Neither Jeb Bush (or insert the GOP candiates who have announced their candidacy) nor Hillary Clinton has my vote. Surely the U.S. can do better than this. We can't afford another Bush OR Clinton presidency.
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Contemporary politics has gone far beyond basic principles. I know what kind of president Clinton would be, what she would fight for, how she would fight, and, certainly not least, the kinds of judges she would appoint. That's enough for me.
And to those who criticize her behavior: in Barack Obama we probably got the most morally straight president we've had in half a century. And how did that benefit him? If you're going to beat the other side, you've got to play as dirty as they do. It's unfortunate but it's the only way to get what you need done.
And to those who criticize her behavior: in Barack Obama we probably got the most morally straight president we've had in half a century. And how did that benefit him? If you're going to beat the other side, you've got to play as dirty as they do. It's unfortunate but it's the only way to get what you need done.
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How can you say she is qualified to be the President of the United States? I mean was she a community organizer? Did she teach law school? Or served just a 1/2 a term in congress? You know the qualifications that scream President on a resume
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There is only one word for her in-home email arrangements and actions -- Criminal.
If any other Federal employee relied entirely upon a secret non-approved non-compliant non-secure in-home email system to conduct the governments business, they would be charged with several crimes.
If any other Federal employee relied entirely upon a secret non-approved non-compliant non-secure in-home email system to conduct the governments business, they would be charged with several crimes.
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Hillarycare was superior to Obamacare, was being the operative word here and now. But then again, being a registered Blank, I only have half the right to vote and I only vote for third party and there hasn't been a viable one in my entire life yet in this best democracy of the whole wide world.
Her announcement is one of the most over-anticipated, anti-climactic moves in recent politics, and brings up my firm belief that this country would have been better off if Obama had stepped aside and let her take the nomination in 2008. Hillary was far better equipped to deal with the pettiness, intractability and vitriol of the Republicans, and Obama would have benefited greatly from another eight years in the Senate. As it is, we have an exiting president with a mixed record of accomplishments, and a candidate whose age and recent history, fairly or not, will quickly become campaign issues.
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Big deal! As a Democrat I would never vote for the sickeningly prevaricating Hillary. Neither should you.
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Is Hillary Clinton my ideal progressive Democratic candidate? No. But when you consider that her eventual Republican opponent will most likely espouse some combination of ideas more suited to the year 1916, not 2016, it's an easy choice.
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Hillary's announcement was the Cheesiest Infomercial…Ever.
It was laughable & completely unconvincing. She refers to those "at the top"
(financially). Who is more "at the top" than Hill & Bill ?
What a joke. Don't fall for it, people.
It was laughable & completely unconvincing. She refers to those "at the top"
(financially). Who is more "at the top" than Hill & Bill ?
What a joke. Don't fall for it, people.
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I'm voting for Hillary. She's the only one I think has the chops to navigate the snake pit of Congress, that the American people in all it's wisdom allowed to get so fowl. Who else is responsible?
I trust her because deep down she's decent but unfortunately has to be all things to all the knee-jerk, undiscriminating howlers that most of the American people have become.
Somehow I think this will not be published because none of the comments I make about the fact that the American people are to blame for their government's problems never show up.
I trust her because deep down she's decent but unfortunately has to be all things to all the knee-jerk, undiscriminating howlers that most of the American people have become.
Somehow I think this will not be published because none of the comments I make about the fact that the American people are to blame for their government's problems never show up.
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She's got my vote!
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Mrs. Clinton, as the “inevitable” candidate for the Democratic Party is way too comparative to the nominees of the Russian Politburo. One anointed person to vote for and forget any alternatives. I sense that many of us will take a pass.
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If you want to enjoy a bellylaugh, watch last night's (April 11) opening sketch on "Saturday Night Live", a satirical preview of Hillary's campaign announcement.The video can easily be found by a google search. It deftly harpoons the many foibles of Hill & Bill.
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The tragedy is that while a Democrat could certainly beat a Republican in 2016, Clinton cannot. She is too divisive, and the attack machine is already lubed up from her misadventures in the early 90's. And they have much more fodder to throw at her from her actions since. She can almost certainly get her name on the Democratic ticket. So this act pretty much ensures a Republican president in 2016.
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I think Hilary is by far the best candidate among the candidates who have announced that they are running.
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I hope Hillary and the Big Dog haven't warned other potential candidates to clear the way for HRC as the nominee. I would like to see other Democrats in the race. Biden, Saunders, Warren, Webb, etc. Is Nancy Pelosi interested ?
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Can some semblance of logic and community spirit finally infuse the debate when all the adolescent posturing is over? But I won't hold my breath--Republicans have failed to enunciate a positive policy for decades. So, like Shylock, I say :"The villainy you teach me I will execute..." And I will not be alone.
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Sometimes in life we don't have the most clear cut options. However, the thought of a Republican President picking Supreme Court Justices makes my blood run cold. Therefore, I will vote Democratic again in 2016 no matter what.
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Hillary, Please don't blow this one because your overwhelming power has left your party without a viable alternative. The nomination may be yours but the Presidency isn't. Being tough isn't going to be enough. You have to have good ideas. Let's hear them sooner than later.
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Why have we become like so many 3rd world countries, having to select from one or two "chosen families". Elizabeth Warren, please, I implore you to run.
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Unless the party can come up with someone better: even if her legacy is riddled with ambiguities, none suggest she can't effectively run the country and secure at least the executive branch of government.
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Now we get to see if America hates women in power more than they hate Blacks in power.
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Who decided to dress Mrs. Clinton in Mr. Clinton's favorite color of BLUE, for her presidential announcement video?
The Republican party has become unhinged. Hillary is far from perfect, but the obvious best choice.
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Come on Democrats, you need to aim higher.
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She does not believe she's entitled to run for President because she was a First Lady, a Senator, and the Secretary of State. She just believes that she's entitled, period. She was a de-facto co-president (as Saturday Night Live deftly caricatured) when Bill was the president. She tried to impose a disastrously ill-conceived health care program believing that she could do this a fait accompli. Her accomplishments as a Senator and Cabinet member are not overly impressive, and as we know she was dead wrong when she voted to authorize Bush's misbegotten war(s). Moreover, she's 67 and not exactly the picture of robust good health. She's running because she has always believed that she's the smartest person in the room, but ironically doesn't have the real intelligence and/or patience to let others figure that out on their own. Seeing that the Republicans candidates look like they're auditioning for "Last Comic Standing," it seems like Hillary, if she is indeed the candidate, will be the lesser of two really horrendous evils.
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I would like to wish Mrs. Clinton "Good Luck"!
After the last 8 years we need a change and I believe she is the person to give us that...a change and a chance for the future!
After the last 8 years we need a change and I believe she is the person to give us that...a change and a chance for the future!
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Hillary has quite a record. In '93 she urged Bill to bomb Serbia even though Serbia did not threaten the U.S. in any way. She pushed for bombing Libya (1100 civilians killed) where there is currently no centralized government. She supported the Iraq war (though now she regrets it?) She supports encircling Russia through NATO, Israel's 2014 bombardment of Gaza, and the coup in Honduras. No--I won't be voting for this warmonger.
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I strongly feel that Hillary Clinton has proved she has the experience. toughness, and intelligence to run for president. Like any candidate she has had made some mistakes, and has not been as candid on some issues. However, she trumps any of the so called republican contenders. She also sets a precedent for women. But at the end of the day one would vote for her because of her impressive resume and not her gender. I think Bill will be a great campaign asset
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Exactly what has she accomplished for the good of Americans?
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If not for the 22nd Amendment, I would gladly vote again for Barack Obama to be president. He's good at his job and it would give the Republican drama queens something genuinely worthy of their howls.
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I am a 24 year old, multi-racial, self-supporting college graduate with two jobs living in Brooklyn - a quintessential millennial, if you will. My peers and I are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about Hillary's announcement. She is an inspiring and profoundly qualified leader who consistently champions the causes that are on the right side of history. I speak for many in my cohort when I express my impatience to vote for her in the primary and then the general election. Well deserved.
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I am a 24 year old, multi-racial, self-supporting college graduate with two jobs living in Brooklyn - a quintessential millennial, if you will.
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I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "quintessential"
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I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "quintessential"
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Voting for Iraq was being on the right side of history? How about, more recently, supporting the bombing of Libya, creating a catastrophe? I could go on with examples of poor judgement, but rather I suggest you look up her record.
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I'm ready...ready to vote Republican. I have voted in every presidential election since '72 I have voted for the Democrat every time. But I can't vote for Hillary. I find her to be inauthentic, overly scripted, and worst of all, a liar. Even her video seemed very contrived. We need a fresh face that represents the future, not another political hack.
Be careful Democrats. I can't be the only long term Democratic voter who is completely turned off by this woman. Get out of your echo chamber, or you will lose this one.
Be careful Democrats. I can't be the only long term Democratic voter who is completely turned off by this woman. Get out of your echo chamber, or you will lose this one.
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Are you seriously thinking the negative carping by the GOP about women's issues and gay people represents "a fresh face that represents the future"?? They whole field is rife with echo chamber toadies.
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So, you already think that the Republican nominee (remember we don't yet know who that will be) will make a better President and will steer the country in a better direction, improving the lives of Americans more than Mrs. Clinton? I doubt there are too many long term Democratic voters who think that is the case.
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and you would be happy with a Ted Cruz as your president? Rand Paul doesn't turn you off? Would you be happy with a Supreme Court justice appointed by Jeb Bush? Ms. Clinton is a politician. Please consider the consequences of withholding your vote. Be mindful of what happened in 2000.
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The only folks she would champion are the Bankers and foreign interests that have made her and Bill zillionaires.
It would be like 2 more terms for Bill...who she has acknowledged would be a chief adviser.
If she gets in more TPP like agreements will finish off the workers of the world in favor of the rich. If you think things are bad now...just wait.
She should actually back independent thinkers like O'Malley and maybe encourage Liz Warren to run..and support her.
Maybe she could put her money where her mouth is and donate the $2 1/2B already earmarked for her run and let that be her legacy.
Don't believe Billary for a second...leopards don't change their spots...
It would be like 2 more terms for Bill...who she has acknowledged would be a chief adviser.
If she gets in more TPP like agreements will finish off the workers of the world in favor of the rich. If you think things are bad now...just wait.
She should actually back independent thinkers like O'Malley and maybe encourage Liz Warren to run..and support her.
Maybe she could put her money where her mouth is and donate the $2 1/2B already earmarked for her run and let that be her legacy.
Don't believe Billary for a second...leopards don't change their spots...
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Status Quo.
That's work out so well, that we're on the climate precipice.
Hubby Bill had Al Gore for eight years and did nothing with him.
Hillary ain't no better.
Status Quo.
That's work out so well, that we're on the climate precipice.
Hubby Bill had Al Gore for eight years and did nothing with him.
Hillary ain't no better.
Status Quo.
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I'm really disappointed that (as shown in these comments) so many Democrats are asking questions like: "Does she have enough fresh new ideas?"
Let's look at the only practical alternative to Hillary Clinton. Which is: the Republicans win the White House, and probably keep control of the Senate and the House.
The Republicans are just chock full of "new ideas"!
Here are some of their new ideas: (1) privatize Social Security; (2) turn Medicare into a voucher program; (3) repeal Obamacare and put the 14 million newly-insureds back out on the street (or more likely, in the ER); (4) round up 11 million Hispanics and put them on buses back to Mexico; (5) launch a military attack on Iran, and spend the next 20 years in a military occupation much of southern Iran (to protect the Strait of Hormuz).
Our Number One Priority, as voters, is not to constantly demand new ideas, but simply to prevent all these bad ideas from happening.
Let's look at the only practical alternative to Hillary Clinton. Which is: the Republicans win the White House, and probably keep control of the Senate and the House.
The Republicans are just chock full of "new ideas"!
Here are some of their new ideas: (1) privatize Social Security; (2) turn Medicare into a voucher program; (3) repeal Obamacare and put the 14 million newly-insureds back out on the street (or more likely, in the ER); (4) round up 11 million Hispanics and put them on buses back to Mexico; (5) launch a military attack on Iran, and spend the next 20 years in a military occupation much of southern Iran (to protect the Strait of Hormuz).
Our Number One Priority, as voters, is not to constantly demand new ideas, but simply to prevent all these bad ideas from happening.
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No, thank you. We don't need another Margaret Thatcher.
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Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton are worlds apart!
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Iraq War Resolution vote disqualifies her for high office.
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As a Democrat and a woman, I say please, not Hillary. She is the John McCain of the Democratic party. Her proven bad management skills and huge baggage will lose us the White House if she is the candidate. Hillary has to be coaxed into taking any real progressive position. Let's find a populist we can all get behind before it's too late.
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Finally, "everyday Americans" have a champion!
It will be a politics-as-usual American election: a candidate who merely claims to care about the struggling middle class vs. one that doesn't even pretend to care.
Nevertheless, I'm for Hillary.
It will be a politics-as-usual American election: a candidate who merely claims to care about the struggling middle class vs. one that doesn't even pretend to care.
Nevertheless, I'm for Hillary.
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Hillary's candidacy is nothing more than a wasted attempt to create a political dynasty. Who after Hillary? Chelsea a few years down the road?
Hillary declares she is for the middle-class. But those who have opened up their purse for her tells us otherwise. Wall Street is her first preference, not the Main Street.
I have no quarrel over the stance that it's time for a woman to become the President of the US. If Hillary is truly a champion of the women's cause, then her first act as President should be to call in the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to the Oval Office and give an ultimatum to Riyadh that women be treated with respect and accorded equal rights and not treated just as sex objects.
Will she and can she do it? Or will she succumb to the powerful Saudi dollar?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Hillary declares she is for the middle-class. But those who have opened up their purse for her tells us otherwise. Wall Street is her first preference, not the Main Street.
I have no quarrel over the stance that it's time for a woman to become the President of the US. If Hillary is truly a champion of the women's cause, then her first act as President should be to call in the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to the Oval Office and give an ultimatum to Riyadh that women be treated with respect and accorded equal rights and not treated just as sex objects.
Will she and can she do it? Or will she succumb to the powerful Saudi dollar?
Your guess is as good as mine.
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When November 2016 comes I'll vote for her for one reason: the Republican clown car's final passenger will be a joke. I know that's not much of an endorsement. I just wish there was someone else.
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The Hope of Audacity.
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No, no, no. No more New Democrats; the last 8 years has been enough. Either the Democratic Party nominates a candidate like Warren or Sanders or that's it for me. No more lesser of two evils.
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Given the evident character-issues surrounding Bill Clinton circa 1992, and even more so by 1996 and there after, I have never voted for a Clinton even though I am a Democrat.
And I voted for Obama in the 2008 primary against Hillary, and twice in the general elections over McCain and Romney...
I have never voted for a Clinton, given their character impairments, and never will. Our country deserves far far better, and there are better, real selfless leaders among our ranks as a people. Run Jim Webb, run, please. Amen.
And I voted for Obama in the 2008 primary against Hillary, and twice in the general elections over McCain and Romney...
I have never voted for a Clinton, given their character impairments, and never will. Our country deserves far far better, and there are better, real selfless leaders among our ranks as a people. Run Jim Webb, run, please. Amen.
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I'm a Republican, but I'm strongly considering voting for Hillary. As a moderate, I feel disconnected from a lot of Republican politicians, and I genuinely believe that Hillary Clinton would make a good president.
I like her priorities, I like her experience, I like her personality - to me, she seems "tougher" than Obama, and I know she'll fight hard for what she believes in. (I sometimes feel as if Obama cowers in the face of a lot of pressure.) The main problem, of course, is the ideology gap; I'm much more conservative than she is, especially fiscally. I'll be listening carefully to her plan for the country.
We'll see.
I like her priorities, I like her experience, I like her personality - to me, she seems "tougher" than Obama, and I know she'll fight hard for what she believes in. (I sometimes feel as if Obama cowers in the face of a lot of pressure.) The main problem, of course, is the ideology gap; I'm much more conservative than she is, especially fiscally. I'll be listening carefully to her plan for the country.
We'll see.
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Today's Democrats are the moderate Republican Party.
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After all is said and done, and no matter how much anyone tries to embellish it, the bottom line is that the only thing that makes Hillary Clinton the "inevitable" Democratic candidate is the fact that she is the 'only' Democratic candidate the media have been talking about, even when she supposedly was still undecided. It's pretty obvious that the only 'indecision' was whether a candidate would come forward strong enough to present a serious challenge to her sure coronation. She must feel confident by now that it ain't gonna happen, and so she's ready to take her rightful place. And her stars must be aligned just right, since the Republicans don't even have a candidate qualified to run for dog catcher, so the path to the WH looks pretty clear. In fact, the sorry lineup of Republican contestants is probably her best 'qualification' for the Presidency: forced to choose between her and one of those clowns, the voters (at least the sane ones) don't actually have a choice. So sad.
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Two words for you, "Scott Walker"
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Very poor Madison Avenue style video. She has so much experience to highlight and she said nothing about it. I won't hire her.
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I wish her all the best and I hope she enjoys visiting the greyhound tracks with Mitt Romney after this delusion passes
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I dread a year of yawping newspeople and pandering pundits.
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America is a republic. I am not interested in seeing a controversial and untrustworthy old lady to be our president. It is ironical that a feminist, she has ridden her husband's coattails all the time. I am a democrat, who believe our country should not be controlled by a handful of elites, be they Kennedy, Bush or Clinton.
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This is goofy.
Being a Senator and a Sec of State is not "riding your husband's coattails". If men talk about a woman candidate like that you are going to be surprised at how angry it makes women voters. You don't have to like her but have reasons, not insulting stereotypes to back up your opinion.
Being a Senator and a Sec of State is not "riding your husband's coattails". If men talk about a woman candidate like that you are going to be surprised at how angry it makes women voters. You don't have to like her but have reasons, not insulting stereotypes to back up your opinion.
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What are her real selling points? She's not Ted Cruz, not Jeb Bush, not . . .
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I don’t understand why so many individuals are attacking Hillary’s intelligence and credentials? This phenomenal woman is running to become the FIRST female President of the United States of America. She graduated with honors from Yale University. And because of the multitude of positions she has held she is extremely well versed in domestic, and especially foreign affairs. Really when you think about it Hillary is the best candidate for the presidency, particularly compared to those lunatics in the Republican Party.
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To those who claim some high moral point in opposing Hillary as a part of a dynasty, get over yourselves! Too much at stake to let the Republicans control who gets on the Supreme Court! The country had two Adamses and two Roosevelts and was better for it. And can we stop the false equivalency between the Bushes and Clintons! Jeb would be the THIRD Bush and Hillary would be just the SECOND Clinton. After her successful eight years, people can talk about that issue when Chelsea and George P. go head to head in 2036.
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Warm congratulations to Hillary Rodham Clinton on her decision to seek the U.S. Presidency. The experience, work ethic, and passion Mrs. Clinton would bring to this office is immeasurably large, and I wish her and her staff the very best in this campaign.
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An earlier NYT reporting that Hillary will be running on the achievements of Obama and will actively employ Obama in general election campaigning is perhaps the best decision made by a national democrat in recent years.
Apparently Hillary has learned from both the lessons of Al Gore in 2000 and recently from woeful Democrats in 2010 & 2014. Running away from their president was a horrible, losing strategy that alienates the base and wins no new friends. Hillary Clinton seems to be avoiding that mistake this time around - good for her.
Apparently Hillary has learned from both the lessons of Al Gore in 2000 and recently from woeful Democrats in 2010 & 2014. Running away from their president was a horrible, losing strategy that alienates the base and wins no new friends. Hillary Clinton seems to be avoiding that mistake this time around - good for her.
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Learning from Albert Gore? That's what I'm looking for in a candidate.
A commenter likes Hillary's novel focus: the family.
"I like her focus on the family."
Guess what? Every politician running for office since the dawn of time has been a very big fan of "the family." And "grandmothers" tend to be well-liked too.
Has Hillary done much, if anything, for "the family?" If one likes, one can blame her 1994 health-care debacle on "the usual suspects" -- Republicans, acid rain, the Ayatollah, Moammar Qaddafi, fluoridated water, whatever. But the fact remains that the behavior of Hillary, Ira Magaziner, and others on her secretive team set back a national health-care bill for many years. Opponents needed only to point to that episode whenever someone suggested revisiting the subject; Obama was still fighting an uphill battle 15 years later.
There's a lot to be done, and Hillary has already demonstrated that she may not be the right one to do it. Maybe she's changed now that she's a grandmother, but I think it's fair to judge her on what she's already shown us during the 23 years she's been in public life.
"I like her focus on the family."
Guess what? Every politician running for office since the dawn of time has been a very big fan of "the family." And "grandmothers" tend to be well-liked too.
Has Hillary done much, if anything, for "the family?" If one likes, one can blame her 1994 health-care debacle on "the usual suspects" -- Republicans, acid rain, the Ayatollah, Moammar Qaddafi, fluoridated water, whatever. But the fact remains that the behavior of Hillary, Ira Magaziner, and others on her secretive team set back a national health-care bill for many years. Opponents needed only to point to that episode whenever someone suggested revisiting the subject; Obama was still fighting an uphill battle 15 years later.
There's a lot to be done, and Hillary has already demonstrated that she may not be the right one to do it. Maybe she's changed now that she's a grandmother, but I think it's fair to judge her on what she's already shown us during the 23 years she's been in public life.
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"81 percent of Democrats said they would consider voting for her…."
There's a lot of things that I'll consider that I ultimately won't do.
The voters don't know the other candidates well enough to think about voting for them. The Clinton campaign is trying to ensure that they never do hear about them.
Hope you like your oligarchy.
There's a lot of things that I'll consider that I ultimately won't do.
The voters don't know the other candidates well enough to think about voting for them. The Clinton campaign is trying to ensure that they never do hear about them.
Hope you like your oligarchy.
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Mrs. Clinton brings nothing to the table, except controversy, and piles of cash. She has to separate herself from Obama and his policies which suffered historic losses in November. And with an empty bullpen the Democrats have little to offer. The Republican field will be much younger and diverse which will attract independents.
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Terrific coming out of the gate. She stands head and shoulders above any other candidate of either party and we are fortunate to have her headed toward the oval. She is simply the best man for the job. Grin!
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If Hilary actually makes the case that her administration would better the lives of most Americans -- whatever that entails re taxes, initiatives, health care, equity, useful security -- and would do this better than whomever the Republicans come up with, she deserves the Presidency. But if she does not...
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I honestly wish this guy was running instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc
I spent the first 90 seconds thinking this weird thing it was an Infiniti advertisement.
Then it finally came: "Everyday Americans, it's YOUR time!"
Translation: "Hey everybody, it's MY time!"
Then it finally came: "Everyday Americans, it's YOUR time!"
Translation: "Hey everybody, it's MY time!"
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Wonder when we'll see a gay couple in a republican ad?
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Go Hillary! Celebrate good times! Follow 8 good years of Democratic leadership with 8 more!
1) We continue the success of the Obama administration in restoring the economy to pre-crash growth, America's reputation in the world, intelligence and competence in the Executive Branch, progress on healthcare, climate change, etc...
2) We get the wisdom of Bill for free!
3) Maybe there will be a place for Al Gore as head of the EPA!
4) Obama can go on to be Secretary General of the U.N. or Supreme Court Justice!
1) We continue the success of the Obama administration in restoring the economy to pre-crash growth, America's reputation in the world, intelligence and competence in the Executive Branch, progress on healthcare, climate change, etc...
2) We get the wisdom of Bill for free!
3) Maybe there will be a place for Al Gore as head of the EPA!
4) Obama can go on to be Secretary General of the U.N. or Supreme Court Justice!
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As far as I know, only once a father and son became American President, correct me if I am wrong. I feel, the highest post shouldn't be based on hierarchy even though I strongly feel it's the right time for a woman to become the President but you are the ones who decide as to who is the right choice. If she has all the right credentials, perhaps you may choose but of late she has sent some wrong signals especially regarding the case of using personal email address for official communication.
The Adams and the Bushes.
And the Harrisons had a grandfather and grandson.
None of them worked out very well.
And the Harrisons had a grandfather and grandson.
None of them worked out very well.
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Clinton will be more of the same, and more of the same is not what this country needs. We are in debt up to our ears, we've been lacking in real leadership (real leadership, not community organization and partisan politics) and our government is bloated, slow, incredibly inefficient and is not really good at anything except growing like a weed.
It is time for a change, with someone who understands we are in the 21st century. We need someone who has actually accomplished and managed something. I do not consider Hillary Clinton to have experience in anything except making speeches that sound good.
A Scott Walker will do well against someone like Clinton.
It is time for a change, with someone who understands we are in the 21st century. We need someone who has actually accomplished and managed something. I do not consider Hillary Clinton to have experience in anything except making speeches that sound good.
A Scott Walker will do well against someone like Clinton.
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What, banning abortion and giving women unnecessary ultrasounds? Or is it his opposition to gay marriage that attracts you?
Walker hasn't shown any particular competence, and he certainly is incapable of nominating good Supreme Court nominees.
He flip-flopped on ethanol, on immigration, hates wind power, is a whiner about Common Core, and is a union-buster.
Walker hasn't shown any particular competence, and he certainly is incapable of nominating good Supreme Court nominees.
He flip-flopped on ethanol, on immigration, hates wind power, is a whiner about Common Core, and is a union-buster.
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Obama's nomination was historic and more so his election though John McCain and Palin was a suicide ticket. Redistricting helped the House TP, but makes no difference in a national race. The Republicans are no better at picking a candidate now and voters who can read and write know that Obama saved the country from some of the Bush mistakes. Hillary will ride the tide to victory with voters again ready to make history and avoid another Republican chucklehead in the White House.
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Big surprise.
Since 1960, the majority of our primaries and elections have had someone named Kennedy, Bush, or Clinton involved in the process, as either a presidential or vice presidential candidate.
This is a big country and it seems there really should be other resources from which to draw. The process is so controlled by an ever more closed political system, and by money in the hands of a small percentage of the population.
I could not vote for any of the Republican candidates. I wish that Warren would run. I will vote for Clinton if that is the only choice I have.
The Supreme Court is on the razors edge of disaster, and all it will take is a GOP President to throw the balance for decades. That alone is enough to vote for Clinton, even though she is a member of a multi family aristocracy we have allowed to be created.
Since 1960, the majority of our primaries and elections have had someone named Kennedy, Bush, or Clinton involved in the process, as either a presidential or vice presidential candidate.
This is a big country and it seems there really should be other resources from which to draw. The process is so controlled by an ever more closed political system, and by money in the hands of a small percentage of the population.
I could not vote for any of the Republican candidates. I wish that Warren would run. I will vote for Clinton if that is the only choice I have.
The Supreme Court is on the razors edge of disaster, and all it will take is a GOP President to throw the balance for decades. That alone is enough to vote for Clinton, even though she is a member of a multi family aristocracy we have allowed to be created.
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Is anyone else from the Clinton family even remotely likely to become president, though?
Same goes for the Bushes - they're running out of them, and the generation after doesn't seem interested in politics.
Same goes for the Bushes - they're running out of them, and the generation after doesn't seem interested in politics.
HRC has been in all the right places for a long time, so what is the outstanding thing she has done since becoming an elected official? She won an election, twice for New York State Senator, the latter of which she abandoned for her failed Presidential campaign against Obama. She's smart and poised and she might be the first woman elected president. Yet, she does not connect anymore with the "everyday American she wants to be a Champion for." Her last seven years paint a picture of an elitist minded woman who, as a lawyer knows what to say most of the time. When she doesn't or even when she does speak, she has handlers. She has also been paid $200K or more for most of her speeches since she left public office and those speeches were not to everyday Americans; they were to the 1-3% wealthy among which she and Bill call themselves. She is calculating, cautious and she will play it safe throughout her candidacy because with Democrats its like she is too big to fail. She is not entitled; she is owed nothing and being the first woman president is not a designation I see her as being the first to earn, nor the most worthy of. I hope there will be another/other democratic challengers, so the real Champion, the everyday American needs can emerge. It's a strong selling point. I am not buying that she means it. I think HRC will say whatever is necessary to win the Presidency! If Americans give it to her, we will get the leadership we deserve and may regret.
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Rattling snakes can be smart and poised.
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So it looks like a choice between Madame President and a Madman President.
You can't tell me American politics doesn't offer meaningful choices!
You can't tell me American politics doesn't offer meaningful choices!
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Like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton is a true patriot: willing to tolerate some of the most nasty statements just for the *opportunity* to make our country better. With Obama, the racists paraded their worst. With Clinton, now the right-wing media are sniggering their sexism, and things have just gotten started. I was skeptical of Clinton in 2008 because her thin political resume seemed to ride too much on her husband's coattails. After 4 years as Secretary of State, she has earned her chance this time.
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What exactly has she done?
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Yes, it is time that an intelligent, accomplished woman is president. Just look at the other party's candidates -- no one even comes close among them.
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I plan to vote for her.
If not, she'll return in 2020.
Just vote for her already; she's not going away.
If not, she'll return in 2020.
Just vote for her already; she's not going away.
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Has anyone heard Bernie Sanders speak? He is an independent, but makes a lot of sense.
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Bernie's fabulous, but the consensus is he's not votable for office. Such a shame. He makes a lot of sense.
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H for America! Class Video. A better smile and message I don't know if we have seen of her before. Thank you to her staff. The work begins and even the naysayers can never say that this woman is afraid of hard work.
She will do just fine. She really will.
She will do just fine. She really will.
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She is the 1%'s champion, not mine.
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Sadly, there is not and save for Sen. Warren will not be a candidate other than one that supports the 1%.... Ever.
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I find it incredibly interesting that people already have these rationales for why they will or will not vote for HRC.
They won't vote because of bloodline...and somehow do a large mental gymnastics trick to indicate that this preemptive disqualification is equatable to freedom and independence and liberty.
On the flip side, you have the ones who say that she is by far the best candidate and will for sure vote for her in 2016. Although, not all the candidates have announced and additionally, we are not all fully aware of what we may be facing then as a country.
I would like to know why people feel the need to assign themselves a "team" to cheer for...there is no imperative that you do so...not now, not ever.
This election, let us all make it really special, and vote for the person who best represents us.
They won't vote because of bloodline...and somehow do a large mental gymnastics trick to indicate that this preemptive disqualification is equatable to freedom and independence and liberty.
On the flip side, you have the ones who say that she is by far the best candidate and will for sure vote for her in 2016. Although, not all the candidates have announced and additionally, we are not all fully aware of what we may be facing then as a country.
I would like to know why people feel the need to assign themselves a "team" to cheer for...there is no imperative that you do so...not now, not ever.
This election, let us all make it really special, and vote for the person who best represents us.
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I'm hoping she's willing to nail some folks to the wall, but we'll see.
She's always struck me as being sharp.
I'm not sure if I'll support her in the primaries. I'd support Warren, but she's not running. Sanders might or might not get my vote.
We'll see.
She's always struck me as being sharp.
I'm not sure if I'll support her in the primaries. I'd support Warren, but she's not running. Sanders might or might not get my vote.
We'll see.
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I will not be voting for Hillary because she is a woman, and I thought that was a dumb issue for her to emphasize and campaign on.
BUT, I had a surprise last week talking to my tea party sister-in-law who lives in the South. Guess what? She said she is going to vote for Hillary. Why? Because Hillary is a woman and won't want to go to war, and she will fight for a better country for our children and her granddaughter.
So maybe Hillary can pull in a lot of Independents and some Republican women if she stresses being practical and creating a much better situation for our children and the next generation--with a lot of solid suggestions about how this could be done that would appeal to left, middle, and compassionate conservatives.
BUT, I had a surprise last week talking to my tea party sister-in-law who lives in the South. Guess what? She said she is going to vote for Hillary. Why? Because Hillary is a woman and won't want to go to war, and she will fight for a better country for our children and her granddaughter.
So maybe Hillary can pull in a lot of Independents and some Republican women if she stresses being practical and creating a much better situation for our children and the next generation--with a lot of solid suggestions about how this could be done that would appeal to left, middle, and compassionate conservatives.
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How how funny HRC says it's not about her. She said the same during her senate run. A job interview is always about the applicant. Of course this applicant does not want to discuss HER record. It's dismal.
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As a registered Democrat:
No vote from me.
HRC represents Wall Street.
The Clintons, since leaving office have accumulated an estimated 80 million.
You can not do this without incurring obligations.
No vote from me.
HRC represents Wall Street.
The Clintons, since leaving office have accumulated an estimated 80 million.
You can not do this without incurring obligations.
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Come down from the clouds in Ralph Naderville where unicorns pick SC justices.
We have seen the wait for the perfect candidate before. She is WAY better than the GOP line up.
We have seen the wait for the perfect candidate before. She is WAY better than the GOP line up.
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All politicians are wealthy, and the idea of "obligations" in this sense is rather silly. That's not how it really works, especially not when you're powerful.
Rather, you make friends with powerful people.
That being said, most of those paid-for speeches are a form of conspicuous consumption - basically hiring a celebrity to come to dinner with you. It is a way of pretending to be more important than you really are.
Who are you going to vote for who is better, is my question?
Rather, you make friends with powerful people.
That being said, most of those paid-for speeches are a form of conspicuous consumption - basically hiring a celebrity to come to dinner with you. It is a way of pretending to be more important than you really are.
Who are you going to vote for who is better, is my question?
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O boy! A center-right billionaire-owned Wall Street "democrat" with LGBT window dressing whose office is conveniently next to Morgan Stanley, and a far right billionaire-owned Wall Street GOP with neofascist window dressing. The House will remain gerrymandered and the GOP will obstruct any progressive ideas. Wall Street will continue unabated in extinguishing the middle class, like already happened in Mexico.
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I was ambivalent until I heard Rand Paul pontificate. Since he is rude and lacking in the skills needed to be president and interact with the world, my choice has been given to me. The many Republicans seem to know little except to prattle. Thus I choose Clinton, the most knowledgeable. Rand made that choice for me.
As to Jeb Bush, he is violating election rules about the maximum amount of money that can be used. Maybe I should unplug my TV until the person has been chosen.
As to Jeb Bush, he is violating election rules about the maximum amount of money that can be used. Maybe I should unplug my TV until the person has been chosen.
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What rules, for heaven's sake? None of the supposed limits are enforced anyway. Thanks to the corrupt supremes we have a totally lawless electoral process.
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One commenter thinks he has the solution:
"I will no longer vote for a presidential candidate who is related by blood or marriage to a prior president."
Even if the candidate otherwise deserves your vote? That's really enough?
Quite a number of Presidents have been linked by blood -- not always closely, but linked nonetheless: we have had two each of Presidents named Adams, Harrison, Roosevelt, and Bush. We all can think of one or two of those we wouldn't vote for -- but for reasons that have nothing to do with their ancestry.
I wouldn't scratch Hillary off my list because she's married to Bill. She just doesn't strike me as the right person to be President, or even close to it. Keep in mind: one doesn't have to vote for ANYONE for President, and I can recall two or three Presidential elections where I did just that: voted for no one.
"I will no longer vote for a presidential candidate who is related by blood or marriage to a prior president."
Even if the candidate otherwise deserves your vote? That's really enough?
Quite a number of Presidents have been linked by blood -- not always closely, but linked nonetheless: we have had two each of Presidents named Adams, Harrison, Roosevelt, and Bush. We all can think of one or two of those we wouldn't vote for -- but for reasons that have nothing to do with their ancestry.
I wouldn't scratch Hillary off my list because she's married to Bill. She just doesn't strike me as the right person to be President, or even close to it. Keep in mind: one doesn't have to vote for ANYONE for President, and I can recall two or three Presidential elections where I did just that: voted for no one.
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For the past 15 years it has been in my best interest economically and socially to support the Democratic party, though I must admit that I have had to pinch my nose quite often in the voting booth.
I have also been one of those Dems that has wondered aloud why working class folks would vote against their own best interests by voting Republican.
Until now.
Hillary Clinton is a political machine and she will run a fierce campaign, but she carries with her too much political baggage. What she has done with her emails while secretary of state hints at the way she will govern. Look at what paranoia and a loose and baggy interpretation of the Constitution did for Richard Nixon. There is little to no difference between Clinton today and Nixon in the 70s, politically, economically and socially.
Unless the Republicans can nominate a candidate who is not beholden to the tea party and the far right, it looks like I’m going to sit at home for the first time in my life come election day.
I have also been one of those Dems that has wondered aloud why working class folks would vote against their own best interests by voting Republican.
Until now.
Hillary Clinton is a political machine and she will run a fierce campaign, but she carries with her too much political baggage. What she has done with her emails while secretary of state hints at the way she will govern. Look at what paranoia and a loose and baggy interpretation of the Constitution did for Richard Nixon. There is little to no difference between Clinton today and Nixon in the 70s, politically, economically and socially.
Unless the Republicans can nominate a candidate who is not beholden to the tea party and the far right, it looks like I’m going to sit at home for the first time in my life come election day.
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Hillary's video?
Could have been better, could have been worse. I'm struck most by what others have mentioned too: After watching the first 5-10 seconds, I thought I was watching an ad, and kept waiting for the "Skip Ad in 10 Seconds" pop-up to appear. Needless to say, that never happened, but I wasn't entirely sure I was watching Hillary's announcement video until she appeared on the screen.
I can certainly see why she wouldn't announce in a live speech, since heckling might have occurred. But a live speech to real people, edited immediately afterwards to cut out any hecklers -- that would have worked just fine. A canned video posted on YouTube seems a bit slick for someone who's trying to "connect" to "real people."
Could have been better, could have been worse. I'm struck most by what others have mentioned too: After watching the first 5-10 seconds, I thought I was watching an ad, and kept waiting for the "Skip Ad in 10 Seconds" pop-up to appear. Needless to say, that never happened, but I wasn't entirely sure I was watching Hillary's announcement video until she appeared on the screen.
I can certainly see why she wouldn't announce in a live speech, since heckling might have occurred. But a live speech to real people, edited immediately afterwards to cut out any hecklers -- that would have worked just fine. A canned video posted on YouTube seems a bit slick for someone who's trying to "connect" to "real people."
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Bernie Sanders doesn't have a snowball's chance (although there's still plenty here) but I'll support him just to get Clinton on the record on reversing corporate personhood and reforming campaign finance, fixing the banking system so a few players can't crash the economy, get bailed out and then profit on the rebound and getting to the place where the first response to anything happening in the rest of the world is "launch." After that, it's just holding her to her promises. Just a cockeyed optimist!
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People don't understand "corporate personhood". At all.
Corporations are what are known as "legal persons". The thing is, corporations are not autonomous entities - they're run by actual people. Corporations thus have the right of freedom of speech people corporations can't speak at all - it is people who are speaking on behalf of said corporations.
Corporations don't have rights because they're people unto themselves, but because corporations are legal fictions - all actions taken by corporations are taken by people who have those rights.
Corporations are what are known as "legal persons". The thing is, corporations are not autonomous entities - they're run by actual people. Corporations thus have the right of freedom of speech people corporations can't speak at all - it is people who are speaking on behalf of said corporations.
Corporations don't have rights because they're people unto themselves, but because corporations are legal fictions - all actions taken by corporations are taken by people who have those rights.
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"Much of that enthusiasm is tied to the chance to make history by electing a woman to the presidency. But some, too, owes to the lack of compelling alternatives i"
Lack of compelling alternative? Actually, just about any randomly chosen Democrat would be better than any of the Republican candidates.
Why not consider that she is an intelligent policy wonk with deep knowledge of the substance of policy alternatives. It is far easier for political reporters to say woman, no alternative, email, Benghazi, Clinton name, than to analyze policy options. From warning us re the mortgage crisis during the 2008 campaign ( when reporters obsessed re whether she might have teared up in New Hampshire) to fighting against Republicans and insurance companies to try to help people get and keep health insurance 2 decades ago, perhaps some reporter out there will take her stated concern for the middle class as what drives her to run, rather than as " positioning."
Lack of compelling alternative? Actually, just about any randomly chosen Democrat would be better than any of the Republican candidates.
Why not consider that she is an intelligent policy wonk with deep knowledge of the substance of policy alternatives. It is far easier for political reporters to say woman, no alternative, email, Benghazi, Clinton name, than to analyze policy options. From warning us re the mortgage crisis during the 2008 campaign ( when reporters obsessed re whether she might have teared up in New Hampshire) to fighting against Republicans and insurance companies to try to help people get and keep health insurance 2 decades ago, perhaps some reporter out there will take her stated concern for the middle class as what drives her to run, rather than as " positioning."
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Having a black president was long overdue, so everyone jumped on the bandwagon and elected the wrong black president. I could have told you twenty years ago there would be a black president before for there would be a woman president. Now it's long overdue to have a woman president and I can say with absolute certainty that if America is stupid enough to elect this woman we deserve all the lies and corruption we get. Clinton would screw things up not only for America, but for any intelligent, honest, woman that would attempt to succeed her. People, it's time to pay attention and stop electing sound bites, photo ops, and "politically correct" icons. Elect a leader and don't keep settling for the rest. This is soooo depressing.
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I'm quite happy with President Obama. I didn't vote for him the first time but I voted for him the second time and am proud of it.
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I am delighted that Hillary has decided to run and she has my vote! I just hope that the public goes to factcheck.org, politifact.com, etc. to check on all the outrageous comments made toward her and Obama during the election cycle. To listen to, and accept, all statements by either side, as truth in the upcoming run-up to the November 2016 election would be a travesty. This election, thanks to the Supreme Court, is going to be awash in money with known and unknown donors, spent by special interest groups to defame and smear all the candidates, especially Hillary. The same people who couldn't deal with a black President will feel just as threatened at the prospect of a woman President.
Bottom line: Get educated, fact check everything said, and realize that we are where we are now thanks to generations of male Presidents. It is time for a woman to run the country!
Bottom line: Get educated, fact check everything said, and realize that we are where we are now thanks to generations of male Presidents. It is time for a woman to run the country!
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The argument that Hillary is not a supportable candidate because she has
a sense of entitlement is absurd. She has charted her own course and it's far, far more experienced and intelligent that any Republican, announced or not. Not supporting HIllary is tacitly supporting a lesser candidate--and that would be foolhardy.
a sense of entitlement is absurd. She has charted her own course and it's far, far more experienced and intelligent that any Republican, announced or not. Not supporting HIllary is tacitly supporting a lesser candidate--and that would be foolhardy.
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It's the Supreme Court! We can't go all Hamlet like we did with Al Gore. Remember how that turned out.
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Ugh. I am a life-long Democrat. If the Republicans ran Jon Huntsman they would have my vote.
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Huntsman would be a wonderful unifying candidate. But the media doesn't do Mormon.
She is not my "champion,"
She is the "champion" of Wall Street and the military-industrial-espionage complex.
It;s a s easy as ABC. Anybody But Clinton
She is the "champion" of Wall Street and the military-industrial-espionage complex.
It;s a s easy as ABC. Anybody But Clinton
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And in France at the rate things go, Sarkozy will run for the next presidential election... déjà vu... Two different contexts but as a general rule don't we need new leaders rather than political monsters who know all the tricks of the trade and "repackage" themselves - this video announcement is the first example of the effort to brand the new HRC that is going to take a lot of time and energy in her campaign and frankly will distract from the content of the message.
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Her husband once said to Sen. Ted Kennedy that then-candidate Obama would have been carrying their bags back in the day. I never liked right-leaning Bill and Hillary is no better.
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I knew it was coming and I still feel disappointed.
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The more I consider the video, the more I think it was probably the best approach from someone who needs no introduction, but I hope they don't keep trying to paint her as one of us --- way too many are looking for a Moses to deliver them from what feels like a slow death.
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"Everyday Americans need a champion." Yuk. Pretty much sums up what lots of people don't like about Hillary. She sees herself above everyone else and that's a rather unlikeable characteristic.
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People are tired of both the Clinton and Bush royal families. If there are no serious Democrats who will challenge in the primaries, then Hillary will be the nominee. She can't win in the general however. She brings along all of Bill's baggage and none of his charm.
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Other than Clinton, Jeb (by my estimation) would be the only other legitimate candidate......if it were not for the fact that his last name is Bush. Hillary will win by an unprecedented margin. There is no one out there that can even challenge her.
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"Hillary will win by an unprecedented margin. There is no one out there that can even challenge her."
We might hold off on projections until after the first primary. I do agree, however, that if no other Democrats enter the race she will win the Democrat primaries by an unprecedented margin.
We might hold off on projections until after the first primary. I do agree, however, that if no other Democrats enter the race she will win the Democrat primaries by an unprecedented margin.
It's interesting, watching the CNN coverage and the photos being shared of of Hillary with Bill C. She used to separate herself by using the "Rodham" moniker, but at 67, she's plain old Hillary Clinton again. I'm wondering how many 20 to 30 year-olds know or care about the Clinton name after 14 years.
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Hillary's campaign is going to be on video or at "set-up" public gatherings with carefully chosen "friends". She is going to help the middle class get ahead the same way she did and is going to show them how they can become multi-millionaires by giving speeches and charging $300,000 per speech the way she and Bill did. She will of course lower the amounts that the middle class can charge, because they can't possibly say whatever she and Bill said to warrant fees of $300,000 per speech. Hillary can start by offering tapes of her speeches so the people can see what exactly she said that was worth $300,000 and why? Wouldn't you like to see a couple of tapes of her speeches so you can learn how to make money just by giving a speech?
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I'm confused by the "purists" who would never consider voting for Hillary (or Jeb) based on the undemocratic and unbalanced nature of monarchies. For thousands of years the unofficial "heir apparents" to world power have been men, with very few exceptions. If you really want something democratic, based on equal opportunity and fair representation, you would endorse the profound symbolic break Hillary's candidacy and potential election would represent. It's time to end the presumed male dominated "line of succession". It is the balance of power within gender roles that determines the stability or instability of the world. A major correction is obviously in order. Refusing to endorse the very qualified female spouse of a former president for it's "undemocratic nature" seems like a profound misunderstanding of world history.
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I am ready to vote for a woman candidate. However, electing Hillary Clinton sends the wrong message to women -- that to rise you better have a husband or someone else to position you for it.
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No, look at her biography. She left a job on Capitol Hill to follow her law school classmate Bill to Arkansas. My bet is that if she had focused on her own career, she would have run for Senate from Illinois, making that seat unavailable to the younger Barack Obama, and been elected President in 2008.
I'm not a fan of hers but she would have gone just as far if not farther without Bill.
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A five-day run-up to the release of a 2 minute, highly-polished video. Is that how much her people have learned about connecting with users of social media in the past 8 years, since getting schooled by Obama’s team? What can we expect next, one of those newfangled emoticons?
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Clinton is so far ahead and above anyone on the right that it's not even a fair fight. Smarter, more experience, much more stable.
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And 70 when she hits office.
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Clinton/Bush haters bemoaning 'the royalty' issue take note:
John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams.
James Madison and Zachary Taylor were second cousins.
William Henry Harrison was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt.
George W. Bush is the son of George Bush.
Should Hillary and Jeb face each other, it will be democracy in action, a great race, and the country will be in good hands either way. Get over it, and learn some history.
John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams.
James Madison and Zachary Taylor were second cousins.
William Henry Harrison was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt.
George W. Bush is the son of George Bush.
Should Hillary and Jeb face each other, it will be democracy in action, a great race, and the country will be in good hands either way. Get over it, and learn some history.
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I would have voted for her in 2008. I trust she will represent the Middle-class. I think she is very strong and smart. I admired her love of her father and mother and trust she will speak for All Americans the elderly as well who are so ill represented by all politicians and the media.
And mamy make still a,great contribution.
And mamy make still a,great contribution.
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I think this video announcement is a great first step for Mrs Clinton's campaign. It demonstrates that she is focused on making life better for EVERYONE through economic policies focused on addressing growing economic inequality and the shrinking middle class.
I look forward to hearing specific policy proposals during the course of the campaign, but I think this video puts the focus right where it should be...working men and women of all backgrounds.
I look forward to hearing specific policy proposals during the course of the campaign, but I think this video puts the focus right where it should be...working men and women of all backgrounds.
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There's the vision thing. Does she have it? Where does she want to take the country other than to Hillary-land?
The safe route is to propose nothing really new, just warm over some favorite Democratic issues, appeal to women, especially grandmothers, perform reasonably well in debates and overwhelm whatever semi-sane Republicans the other party puts up and wait for victory. Boring. And, what's more, a mandate to accomplish not much of anything.
When the late senator Ted Kennedy decided he wanted to challenge a sitting president, Jimmy Carter, in 1980, he was asked by Roger Mudd of CBS why he wanted to be president. Couldn't come up with a non-flubbed answer. Mrs. Clinton will have answers (plenty of them), but do they add up to leadership of an essential and needed character? What's her vision for the nation?
It is unfortunate that there are millions of people who want to elect Mrs. Clinton just to prove women can be in the top job. While I accept the symbolic and real value of the office, but it is NOT merely a symbolic, it has real responsibilities, duties and impact on our lives, sometimes for generations. I would be reassured if people could give a strong, solid reason she is the best person for the job, bar none. Speak up.
Mrs. Clinton has been so burned by politics, so seared by what has happened to her and her husband, that she will try to play it safe from now to Nov., 2016. That is unlikely to be good enough as the Republicans nominate a mad dog right winger.
The safe route is to propose nothing really new, just warm over some favorite Democratic issues, appeal to women, especially grandmothers, perform reasonably well in debates and overwhelm whatever semi-sane Republicans the other party puts up and wait for victory. Boring. And, what's more, a mandate to accomplish not much of anything.
When the late senator Ted Kennedy decided he wanted to challenge a sitting president, Jimmy Carter, in 1980, he was asked by Roger Mudd of CBS why he wanted to be president. Couldn't come up with a non-flubbed answer. Mrs. Clinton will have answers (plenty of them), but do they add up to leadership of an essential and needed character? What's her vision for the nation?
It is unfortunate that there are millions of people who want to elect Mrs. Clinton just to prove women can be in the top job. While I accept the symbolic and real value of the office, but it is NOT merely a symbolic, it has real responsibilities, duties and impact on our lives, sometimes for generations. I would be reassured if people could give a strong, solid reason she is the best person for the job, bar none. Speak up.
Mrs. Clinton has been so burned by politics, so seared by what has happened to her and her husband, that she will try to play it safe from now to Nov., 2016. That is unlikely to be good enough as the Republicans nominate a mad dog right winger.
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There's also the "paranoia" thing. She is extremely paranoid, like Nixon but without his foreign policy skills.
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A president should have
The wisdom of Solomon
The strength of Samson
The compassion of Mother Teresa
The genius of Einstein
The moral compass of Gandhi
The cunning of Machiavelli
The honesty of a three-year old
The charisma of JFK
Those looking for such a person should find themselves another planet to live on.
The wisdom of Solomon
The strength of Samson
The compassion of Mother Teresa
The genius of Einstein
The moral compass of Gandhi
The cunning of Machiavelli
The honesty of a three-year old
The charisma of JFK
Those looking for such a person should find themselves another planet to live on.
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Hats off to Hillary. Who else might challenge her that would make a better president, that may be the bigger question. If the Democrats don't win the election our country will be going backwards faster then it is going forward. And the money for these campaigns is a travesty particularly since we have so many homeless, poor and disenfranchised people in our country. We need campaign finance reform now. It's about time that we face our racism and genderism in this country, women are as smart and able as men.
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Mrs. Clinton deserves credit for a deeply uplifting announcement video that's fundamentally populist. It shows everyday people and only interjects with her at the end. It's the very antithesis of all the mean-spirited comments have made about her motivations and character.
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Credit is due to her outstanding campaign staff. What you see is the output of professionals, not HRC.
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We cannot sit back and wait for a perfect candidate to be served to us on a platter. And it is inexcusable not to vote because we don't have an inspirer like Obama in 2008. If people were more actively involved with government, including voting, we'd have better government in general. Anyone who doesn't vote because of this is increasing the possibility of a right-wing Republican extremist in the White House. I'm not 100% on Clinton either, but I think she'd at least be responsive to pressure from constituents (as opposed to a George W. Bush). She's also tough, and will also stand up to the GOP attacks; she knows what's coming and it won't shake her.
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Hopefully the horrible right does not hate her as much as they hate Obama. It will be my pleasure to vote for her, someone whose platform is not to take away my hard won rights. I do not want to go backwards.
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The most basic element of a presidential campaign is that the candidate offers a new plan, new ideas and explains why we should be excited to see her as president. Hillary offers none of this.
And the most basic requirement to be president is to posses proven leadership qualities and that they are fit to be the leader of the nation.
However Hillary has never accomplished a single thing of any importance, and in fact has never even earned any of the positions that she had in government based on either voter approval, or being appointed based on her expertise.
She became a senator for NY by simply carpet bagging it to NY with the calculation that she would be able to win that election. And in that capacity accomplished absolutely nothing worthy of note.
Her next position in which she was appointed to be secretary of state, was noteworthy only in that she was not chosen based on her skills or capacity for the job, as are all other cabinet appointees. She was chosen simply because because Obama wanted to offer her an olive branch after he defeated her in the primary. And as secretary of state which was the one opportunity she had to accomplish, her performance was nothing more than mediocre.
As such her very candidacy is bizarre in that she is has no campaign of new idea and plans, she has no accomplishments to her record and she has no charisma or leadership qualities. She does not provide a single reason for us to vote for her.
And the most basic requirement to be president is to posses proven leadership qualities and that they are fit to be the leader of the nation.
However Hillary has never accomplished a single thing of any importance, and in fact has never even earned any of the positions that she had in government based on either voter approval, or being appointed based on her expertise.
She became a senator for NY by simply carpet bagging it to NY with the calculation that she would be able to win that election. And in that capacity accomplished absolutely nothing worthy of note.
Her next position in which she was appointed to be secretary of state, was noteworthy only in that she was not chosen based on her skills or capacity for the job, as are all other cabinet appointees. She was chosen simply because because Obama wanted to offer her an olive branch after he defeated her in the primary. And as secretary of state which was the one opportunity she had to accomplish, her performance was nothing more than mediocre.
As such her very candidacy is bizarre in that she is has no campaign of new idea and plans, she has no accomplishments to her record and she has no charisma or leadership qualities. She does not provide a single reason for us to vote for her.
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She went a good schools but practiced little law at all. She was not well liked during her husband's Arkansas reign; similarly so during his presidency. She failed at health reform then. She did very little as a place-holding senator from NY (other than burnish her hyper-war credentials by fecklessly voting for Iraq) to the point the majority of her own colleagues wanted Obama over her. She negotiated nothing of note as SoS while risking none of her political capital nor created any policy that sticks. She is now 70.
Yet, I will vote for her given the regressive opposition. What fools we are.
Yet, I will vote for her given the regressive opposition. What fools we are.
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no thanks. not interested at all. does anyone speak for real people anymore?
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It's sad that the Democrats have resigned themselves to the idea that Mrs. Clinton is their only choice in the next race. Are there no other Democrats who have ANYTHING to offer? Is this elderly woman the best the DNC can give the country and the world for leadership? Do they think that she can rally the 30 and under crowd? Gwyneth Paltrow is trying to live for a week on food stamps under Mario Batali's challenge. Hillary, how about trying to do that, while you're reaching out to the little people and trying to include them?
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Elderly woman? Gwynetth Paltrow? Maybe you would prefer the youthful Republicans.
A 67=year-old is not "elderly", thank you very much. I am 70 and I bet can take you down physically and, for sure, intellectually.
For my country's sake I will vote for Hillary Clinton because the republican contenders are regressive and frightening. They would take our country to war with Iran and spend like a drunken sailor while cutting taxes for the rich.
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I have no idea who will be the next president. But one thing I've learned over the years. It is more fun to have a president that you despise than one that you like because the one you despise will never disappoint you while the one you like will do the quite often.
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I'm so sick and tired of hearing people whine and carp ad nauseum about political dynasties or about how our country is not a monarchy. Yeah, okay, I get it. But might I point out that if England had gotten rid of the monarchy after Henry VIII, it never would've had Elizabeth I on the throne? (Golden Age of England Elizabeth, that one.) You know, every once in awhile a dynastic successor comes along who actually deserves the job. (See Franklin Roosevelt.)
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Remember the 2000 election? When Nader argued that there was no difference between Gore and Bush? And those of you (in New Hampshire and Florida especially) who now seem to be arguing that you won't vote for her because you need a left wing candidate believed it and voted for Nader. How'd that work out for you?
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When the dust settles, the smoke clears and the shooting stops come November, 2015 the inexorable choice will once again be put before the few remaining thinking Americans: vote in the considered evaluation of ones best interests -or- vote in the emotional hyper-frenzy ginned up by some reactionary demagogue.
And each trip to the polls is answered by that same simplicity: Vote for the "D" or vote for the "R".
We can only hope the pool of myopic "R's" will decrease and the pool of thinking, nuanced "D's" increase sufficiently to return this country to fairness, prosperity and progress.
And each trip to the polls is answered by that same simplicity: Vote for the "D" or vote for the "R".
We can only hope the pool of myopic "R's" will decrease and the pool of thinking, nuanced "D's" increase sufficiently to return this country to fairness, prosperity and progress.
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I don't see what's so wrong with Hillary Clinton not having a Democratic opponent to debate. She can outline her position on issues ahead of a debate with the Republican nominee amd the media will scrutinize her. I don't think she needs to hone her skills against another Democrat who wouldn't stand a chance against her for the nomination of the party. Let the Republicans make fools of themselves in their own debate and furrther show how unorganized they are. The best bet for the Democrats is probably just to be united for Mrs. Clinton.
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Big Yawn. How many more times are Americans going to sit back and watch the Clintons (or the Bush clan) in front of a Senate microphone, trying to defend their bizarre behavior, distracting the country and serving special interests?
There are 325 million Americans in the country. Don't we have at least, say, 10 million that can serve, and serve better?
There are 325 million Americans in the country. Don't we have at least, say, 10 million that can serve, and serve better?
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I watched her video and thought it was the commercial for Deloitte consulting. I must have looked away for a split second. When I looked back on the screen I thought it was still the commercial and I looked for a skip button. Not until I saw Hillary did I realize it was her announcement. This seems like a pretty slick entrance into the fray. Maybe too slick, too produced, too polished. Her issue will be trustworthiness. That's what the right will throw at her. I am not sure slick videos like this help.
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LOL. I did too! For a second I thought it was one of those short commercials that are shown before the videos start. It wasn't until halfway into it that I realized that it was Hillary's "announcement".
It was a commercial.
It was a commercial.
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Youngsters don't do in-person. Youngsters don't know Deloitte. They do Instagram. This was supposed to be extended Instagram. Stop nit-picking and just get behond her so we have a chance at a decent Supreme Court.
Wow--a tape! She is so wooden that she can't even manage to tell people what she wants to do without a prescripted video. Sorry, Hill, but you can't make a recording when the call arrives at 3 am.....
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Hillary isn't much different than any other Republican. She is pro war, recently pointed out that she want a more hawkish policy. Showing doscontent at Obama's let's not do stupid stuff and voting for war in Iraq in 2003.
Really if you are thinking about Hillary look at R Paul for a bit. Let's say through a miracle he gets selected or the Bushes and the Cruzes for Rep Nomenee for president he has policies that are very resonant with democrats including non interventionism.
Really if you are thinking about Hillary look at R Paul for a bit. Let's say through a miracle he gets selected or the Bushes and the Cruzes for Rep Nomenee for president he has policies that are very resonant with democrats including non interventionism.
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Is Hillary Clinton going to be another Harold Stassen?
I will say why so many have said. What has she done?
As senator she was not the primary sponsor of one bill and only co sponsored 3 bills
She voted for the Iraq war and gave a detailed defense on the Senate.
She refused to drop out of the 2008 race even after being mathematically eliminated.
She pushed the reset with Russia
She failed to condemn Russia's invasion of Crimea
She failed to call Boko Haman a terrorist group
She travels on a Gulf Stream Jet and demands the presidential suite when she speaks
Refused to lower her speaking fee at UNLV even after being told of multiple tuition icressed she refused
But the most ridiculous thing was the staged departure when her granddaughter went home. The dress by everyone was exactly the same when Kate went home with William, implying we were seeing royalty again. Pretty sad to use her granddaughter to score political points. And you can rest assured we'll be hearing about her over and over as if she is the first First Grandmother
Despite liberals claims she has all this experience it's nothing but smoke and mirrors and a willing media
I will say why so many have said. What has she done?
As senator she was not the primary sponsor of one bill and only co sponsored 3 bills
She voted for the Iraq war and gave a detailed defense on the Senate.
She refused to drop out of the 2008 race even after being mathematically eliminated.
She pushed the reset with Russia
She failed to condemn Russia's invasion of Crimea
She failed to call Boko Haman a terrorist group
She travels on a Gulf Stream Jet and demands the presidential suite when she speaks
Refused to lower her speaking fee at UNLV even after being told of multiple tuition icressed she refused
But the most ridiculous thing was the staged departure when her granddaughter went home. The dress by everyone was exactly the same when Kate went home with William, implying we were seeing royalty again. Pretty sad to use her granddaughter to score political points. And you can rest assured we'll be hearing about her over and over as if she is the first First Grandmother
Despite liberals claims she has all this experience it's nothing but smoke and mirrors and a willing media
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I held my nose and voted for Bill twice while I said to myself that I was casting my ballot to get (or keep) Hillary in the White House if he won. I am thrilled that we have now come far enough that we can actually vote for her directly, not because she is a woman, but because she is the most intelligent and able person running and one of the most respected Americans in the world. I only wish my mother-in-law and my father would have lived long enough to see this day (and vote for her, too).
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Keep running for president Hillary Clinton if that is your American dream but as an independent I will only support that candidate in the end who will keep my American dream alive and that of my fellow Americans.
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She voted for the war- I learned from Vietnam-nam why did she not? The war and it's aftermath could have been avoided had she and other spineless politicians not voted for it. I do not want to have a president who made such an uniformed and political decision- how could i trust their (her) decision making?
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So are we saying that this is the best candidate democratic party can give?? Probably not, we can rummage the streets of Chicago to get much better presidential nominees.
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Hillary has had by my count 3 major roles by which the public might judge her candidacy. Of the three (First Lady, senator, and Secretary of State,) she was best and most comfortable as a senator.
To me, that's a good sign for her capabilities as a president. The executive role suits her best. There have been several successful female national leaders in modern times, and Clinton seems cut from similar cloth.
The challenge for her will come, I think, in the "big ideas" category. Against so many younger faces, and against the backdrop of ingrained political deadlock, she's going to need to project some big ideas to counter the neoconservative ideology that will undoubtedly fill the airways.
Just being a potentially competent elder statesman may not cut it. The video was a good start, as she embraced the economic equity banner, but she'll need to elaborate on this message in a way that is unique to her, and which gives people a realistically positive vision of this nation under her presidency.
To me, that's a good sign for her capabilities as a president. The executive role suits her best. There have been several successful female national leaders in modern times, and Clinton seems cut from similar cloth.
The challenge for her will come, I think, in the "big ideas" category. Against so many younger faces, and against the backdrop of ingrained political deadlock, she's going to need to project some big ideas to counter the neoconservative ideology that will undoubtedly fill the airways.
Just being a potentially competent elder statesman may not cut it. The video was a good start, as she embraced the economic equity banner, but she'll need to elaborate on this message in a way that is unique to her, and which gives people a realistically positive vision of this nation under her presidency.
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Yes, someone who's supposedly in the process of raising 2.5 billion for a vanity run and routinely accepts speaking fees in the six figures is certainly qualified to speak for struggling families.
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Buckle up, ladies. It is going to be a rough ride in an identity-politics election which will be rougher on women than President Obama's two terms have been on him, and on U.S. blacks. And it won't be over once she wins, either. Not only will we have more libertarian intransigence in Congress, which will throw a monkey wrench in virtually every useful piece of legislation the Democrats attempt to get passed, but Presidential weakness will be implied in every remark, suggestion and conservative editorial made and written.
It's not about identity, people, and it shouldn't be. It is about specifically WHO we elect. The truth is we don't get great choices anymore for the toughest job in the world. President Obama is as decent a man as ever held the office.
The Democrats made history in 2008 and 2012, twice electing a black man, and will make history again in 2016 by electing our first woman president, but, once the celebrating is over, we will begin making history of a different sort, as her success quickly curdles into a new round of Clinton bashing which will make the late 1990s round of it look like a church picnic. She will be a good President, but history will ensure she will not be a great one. That requires a great Congress, too.
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I like her focus on the family. It is from the family where the future grows. The family is also where children, the elderly, the sick, and the caring seek refuge.
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Yes, that must have tested well in focus groups.
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After 723 comments here, I am drawn in by the nepotism debate. I guess I had a better education than those who refuse to vote for either Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton due to their relations to former presidents. It's the electorate that will put either in office. It's the voters, stupid (to paraphrase the great James Carville).
My issue with Bush is that he doesn't have the qualifications (for example, Lindsey Graham does). Also, related to that is that it appears that he's bringing back W and Cheney's old, $4 trillion dollar Middle East War crowd. If Jeb started out with fresh ideas, he'd be better. True, it might appear that he won't contradict his brothers record, which isn't neopotism. None of the GOP primary candidates recognize the failures of the GW Bush administration.
Hillary will have to be the next president, not a Clinton dynasty. If you are worried that, as with Jeb following W or HW,, she'll do what Bill did, I'll remind you that 4% unemployment isn't a bad legacy, along with a nearly balanced budget. And the Balkans worked.
What would you have? A damn fool over a capable presidential relative? It's not Hillary or Jeb whom you disdain, it's your fellow voters. Politics does not fit with your ineffective idealism. We're getting a capable president with Hillary.
My issue with Bush is that he doesn't have the qualifications (for example, Lindsey Graham does). Also, related to that is that it appears that he's bringing back W and Cheney's old, $4 trillion dollar Middle East War crowd. If Jeb started out with fresh ideas, he'd be better. True, it might appear that he won't contradict his brothers record, which isn't neopotism. None of the GOP primary candidates recognize the failures of the GW Bush administration.
Hillary will have to be the next president, not a Clinton dynasty. If you are worried that, as with Jeb following W or HW,, she'll do what Bill did, I'll remind you that 4% unemployment isn't a bad legacy, along with a nearly balanced budget. And the Balkans worked.
What would you have? A damn fool over a capable presidential relative? It's not Hillary or Jeb whom you disdain, it's your fellow voters. Politics does not fit with your ineffective idealism. We're getting a capable president with Hillary.
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Yep.
" I guess I had a better education than those who refuse to vote for either Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton due to their relations to former presidents."
I agree with your overall point, albeit done in a less arrogant manner
I agree with your overall point, albeit done in a less arrogant manner
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For those who prefer Jim Webb to Hillary:
Perhaps it's unfair, period, to mention a candidate's age, but at some point...
If Webb ran and got elected, he would be 70 years old when he takes office -- older even than Reagan (the oldest person ever to become President; Hillary would come in second).
Age shouldn't formally disqualify Webb – much less Hillary, who is younger. But at some point ...
Perhaps it's unfair, period, to mention a candidate's age, but at some point...
If Webb ran and got elected, he would be 70 years old when he takes office -- older even than Reagan (the oldest person ever to become President; Hillary would come in second).
Age shouldn't formally disqualify Webb – much less Hillary, who is younger. But at some point ...
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and Hillary will be 69 in 2016, so what's your point about the age?
There are many better candidates for the office of The President than Clinton but when I consider the alternatives my fear of them compels me to reluctantly, grudgingly vote for her as the least offensive and least dangerous of the potential candidates.
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There's very good reasons to be afraid of a republican president with these republican contenders. None of them are qualified to ever be considered to be commander-in-chief of our country, no way, no how !
to be the "champion" of everyday americans, hillary will have to show a willingness to fight--fight wall street, when appropriate, and fight the repubs, when appropriate.
hillary should take lessons from elizabeth warren. a healthy dose of righteous indignation from time to time will be essential.
pres. obama's unwillingness to fight cost him much public support.
hillary should take lessons from elizabeth warren. a healthy dose of righteous indignation from time to time will be essential.
pres. obama's unwillingness to fight cost him much public support.
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Hillary has so much to offer...unfortunately no one can name or knows what it is!
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The Listening Tour is a great start and a repeat of her New York Senate run. Unlike 2008, she won't be encumbered by being an incumbent and she's not against running "hope and change." Mind you, we never got much of that for it was but a slogan, a means to an end. Clinton was always the realist. She'll make a great president, better than Obama, better than Clinton and we're likely to see the most progressive president in the White House since LBJ.
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When did the US decide that nepotism was the best way to choose its leaders?
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Hillary is not my first choice. I really would like to see a Warren/Sanders ticket, but that's not going to happen. When I look at the list of Republican presidential possibilities... I shudder. Think of the Supreme Court we have now, with its 5-4 vote on so many important issues. A Republican president would seal our fate as a democracy. Reluctantly, Hillary will get my vote.
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Here's betting that in the event she succeeds in her campaign, she won't cry that she and Bill are "broke," as she claimed several months ago to defend a $250K speaking fee at UCLA. Even Democrats ought to fear a Clinton return to the White House, that the country will be so bankrupt and the government so broken after the Clintons again leave office another Bush administration will follow hers.
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What has age got to do with the price of potatoes in New Orleans? My chronological age of 80 is a far cry from my fitness age. I spend 45 hours every week practicing law, teach aerobic classes and kicks boxing at a major Gym, and work out the weights, 4-5 nights a week. My third wife is 42 years my junior and we have a wonderful relationship. I will say "Go Hilary. Go for the presidency. Go girl, go."
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It is not enough for a U.S President to have a good team, he or she must know what to do. Both Novice Presidents Messrs. Bush and Obama presided over the calamitous economic recession of 2008, and both are responsible for the foreign state of affairs HOLE we are in-American voters can't afford to elect another inexperienced candidate. We have a queue of presidential candidates who know nothing about foreign affairs much less about global economy. In addition, we have an incongruous Congress bent only to oppose and destroy Mr. Obama. Messrs. McConnell and Boehner have gone as far as encouraging the Republican controlled States to disobey Federal Government mandates, and for sure they will try to unravel any prospective deal with Iran. There is no wonder the U.S is losing political global standing and economic influence. Today, Hillary Clinton is affording American voters with an experienced candidate for the general election in 2016.
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I'm voting for what I always vote for: The Supreme Court and the chance that women/girls will be given or able to maintain the right to their own bodies. Civil Rights close right behind. Therefore, I vote Democratic for the Presidency.
There is more to be said, this is a mere comment, and yes I realize it is politics as usual with our two-party system, which is why I like to vote for something that may impact lives - and women's right to their bodies.
There is more to be said, this is a mere comment, and yes I realize it is politics as usual with our two-party system, which is why I like to vote for something that may impact lives - and women's right to their bodies.
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What happened in Benghazi was terrible, but cannot be laid at Mrs. Clinton's door. She did not cause any of it. That is why it is so troubling to see the GOP lackeys continue to waste our tax dollars on "hearings" about it. How about some hearings on the fake WMDs, the fake war in Iraq, and the total lack of a plan once Saddam Hussein had been removed from office, and then silenced through a fast execution. Why don't the Democrats commence rounds and rounds of hearings on that immensely larger tragedy, and the potential for war crimes tribunals that must result? It is galling to see officials from the unelected Bush administration walking around free when they should be in prison for war crimes.
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I'm not a lackey, but I have respect for the people who fought there and the ones who died there and uncovering the truth that Clinton obviously obstructed is not a waste of tax dollars. And Benghazi is the very least of the troubling things about this woman, the things she's done and the things she's covered up.
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Demonstrating a new American arrogance and Democrat party decline, only one candidate can be fielded for President from this once engaging side of a political philosophical divide. Over an eight year period, including the 2008 campaign debacle, Ms. Clinton, with nary an accomplishment and zero inspiration, is anointed, without serious competition, as a viable candidate to lead a nation that was once a bastion of freedom and democracy.
Not within the 21st, 20th or the centuries prior has arrogance trumped competency for fielding candidates for President in such an obvious manner. A nation of firsts has decided to tumble swiftly to last in a narcissistic campaign for labels rather than ability. Greed and money have so corrupted the political process and system of government that collapse is inevitable and perhaps imminent. The wheel keeps turning within a well-worn grove.
Not within the 21st, 20th or the centuries prior has arrogance trumped competency for fielding candidates for President in such an obvious manner. A nation of firsts has decided to tumble swiftly to last in a narcissistic campaign for labels rather than ability. Greed and money have so corrupted the political process and system of government that collapse is inevitable and perhaps imminent. The wheel keeps turning within a well-worn grove.
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Hillary should run because of her qualifications and moral center. She should fire the handlers trying to make her into Betty Crocker. OK she doesn't make cookies except under duress and doesn't come across as warm and fuzzy. Shrug it off. She should simply come off as comfortable in her own skin. What woman in the country wouldn't want her daughter to turn out like that?
Her husband is Bubba, that's who he is. She isn't. That's ok. Let's see her at some high school social studies classes telling adolescents about how government can improve their lives. She'll shine, because she believes it. Let's see her talk about a $15 per hour Federal minimum wage to restore dignity to workers. She'll glow. Let's see her overseas talking about education for girls. She'll win her own Nobel Prize. Want to know something? I bet Laura Bush will vote for her.
Good luck Hillary. Godspeed.
Her husband is Bubba, that's who he is. She isn't. That's ok. Let's see her at some high school social studies classes telling adolescents about how government can improve their lives. She'll shine, because she believes it. Let's see her talk about a $15 per hour Federal minimum wage to restore dignity to workers. She'll glow. Let's see her overseas talking about education for girls. She'll win her own Nobel Prize. Want to know something? I bet Laura Bush will vote for her.
Good luck Hillary. Godspeed.
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What moral center would that be exactly? I don't think you could find it with an electron microscope.
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Concerning "presidential timber" from both parties I feel I have to quote Seeb Cooley, the senior senator from South Carolina in the great old movie Advise and Consent (played by no other than Charles Laughton, southern drawl and all) when commenting on a candidate for Secretary of State:
"Is our storehouse of political talent so poor that this is all we can come up with?"
As for Hilary Clinton, I think there is one question that you have to ask yourself, and that is:
Would you buy a used car from this lady?
"Is our storehouse of political talent so poor that this is all we can come up with?"
As for Hilary Clinton, I think there is one question that you have to ask yourself, and that is:
Would you buy a used car from this lady?
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Would you buy one from Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Michael Huckabee, or Rand Paul?
A Hillary supporter insists she's not a "war monger" and provides a link to Hillary's anti-Iraq-war speech.
Tell us, though: How did Hillary actually vote on the Iraq war? Was she against it, as she was in her speech? Or did she vote for it?
Tell us, though: How did Hillary actually vote on the Iraq war? Was she against it, as she was in her speech? Or did she vote for it?
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Ms Clinton voted in favor of the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq,' based on LIES presented to congress by the Bush WH.
Some senators who were present when the Intelligence Committee met in the oval office were not satisfied with the justification constructed, and voted against it.
IL Sen Durbin, who was a member of that committee, said in '07 that he knew in '02 that the American people were being misled by the Bush Administration, but he could not reveal it at the time because he was sworn to secrecy. He did try to mitigate the wording of that resolution but was unsuccessful.
Perhaps the – policy? tradition? – of swearing public servants to secrecy while conducting the public's business is something that needs to change.
Some senators who were present when the Intelligence Committee met in the oval office were not satisfied with the justification constructed, and voted against it.
IL Sen Durbin, who was a member of that committee, said in '07 that he knew in '02 that the American people were being misled by the Bush Administration, but he could not reveal it at the time because he was sworn to secrecy. He did try to mitigate the wording of that resolution but was unsuccessful.
Perhaps the – policy? tradition? – of swearing public servants to secrecy while conducting the public's business is something that needs to change.
She was for it before she was against it, or something like that. Maybe she was against it before the focus group told her she should be for it.
Hitting the road to earn my vote is not going to get it.
There have been opportunities to show character, leadership ability, political skills.
Saying that NOW she'll try to do that is not going to work - we've seen what she's done.
There have been opportunities to show character, leadership ability, political skills.
Saying that NOW she'll try to do that is not going to work - we've seen what she's done.
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Excellent.
She's battle-hardened, shrewd, ruthless, tough, and in sharp contrast to Obama has none of the naivete that led him to believe that the execrable GOP would somehow put the nation's interest above demagoguery.
These are all much needed qualities in a Democratic nominee for President.
If you want Maria Von Trapp, go rent the movie.
She's battle-hardened, shrewd, ruthless, tough, and in sharp contrast to Obama has none of the naivete that led him to believe that the execrable GOP would somehow put the nation's interest above demagoguery.
These are all much needed qualities in a Democratic nominee for President.
If you want Maria Von Trapp, go rent the movie.
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I like Obama, but I agree with you. Hilary's shrewdness is one of her greatest assets.
So well put! Thank you.
She's ruthless all right. Scary ruthless.
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Is this really the best the Democratic Party can do? Someone who feels it is her turn, and who has been wrong on every major issue over the last 20 years
Bloomberg - please run as an independent
Bloomberg - please run as an independent
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Bloomberg is not a politician. He is a billionaire who buys elections and can afford to ignore the electorate.
Why? Why?? Why on god's green earth does this person think she should be president? Other than that she has no Y chromosome. And I'm a Democrat.
2020 cannot come soon enough. Hopefully by then no Clinton or Bush will be of age and the issues of the 21st C will finally be discussed
2020 cannot come soon enough. Hopefully by then no Clinton or Bush will be of age and the issues of the 21st C will finally be discussed
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Since 2000, I've been calling George P. Bush the first Latino President. He had the looks and charisma. He has followed the family business and has some political office in Texas. So we may not be done with Bushes.
And then there's Chelsea....
I would rather not have a Bush or Clinton in this race but I am surprisingly happy with Hillary and smitten with her video.
I'd much rather have another term of Obama. Or two. Or three.
And then there's Chelsea....
I would rather not have a Bush or Clinton in this race but I am surprisingly happy with Hillary and smitten with her video.
I'd much rather have another term of Obama. Or two. Or three.
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I hope Hillary Clinton takes Ted 'the world is on fire' Cruz to task on the fear-mongering of the pre-school set. I hope she finds meaningful ways to confront that type of thinking.
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Ms. Clinton may face the harsh fact that women are more likely to vote on issues than on gender. She may be shocked at the backlash of her staying with her husband in the 1990's.
She was also face problems with an Arkansas Governors wife who became a "carpet bag" Senator from New York.
I see myself once again voting for a candidate who believes in the
Constitution above all else.
She was also face problems with an Arkansas Governors wife who became a "carpet bag" Senator from New York.
I see myself once again voting for a candidate who believes in the
Constitution above all else.
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Issues are what's important and I'll vote for her to protect the Supreme Court and my grandchildren's future. That's really what it comes down to.
We need a grassroots candidate rather than an Über driver who is, painfully I regret, trying too hard to appeal to people who are nothing like her. I will mourn the day that President Obama steps down from his role as President of the U.S. as Hillary Clinton just comes off as a shill for corporate/Wall St. America blanketed with folksy slick campaign videos marketing her as the anybody candidate with no messages except jingos and popular appeal. In a way, the character "Chance, the gardener" as "Chauncey Gardiner" played by Peter Sellers in the movie, Being There, would be a better candidate. At least he naively had his wealthy patrons tightly wrapped around his little finger unlike Ms. Clinton.
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...just add Liz Warren for Veep and that's the dream team.
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Better yet, rally around Elizabeth Warren for President.
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She releases a canned video announcement with the production values
of a late night infomercial while she lumbers around at a $1 million
dollar a plate fundraiser In Greenwich or wherever. I see she's
still got razor-sharp political instincts.
of a late night infomercial while she lumbers around at a $1 million
dollar a plate fundraiser In Greenwich or wherever. I see she's
still got razor-sharp political instincts.
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My thoughts exactly. I'm a "good liberal" and a woman. I voted for Obama twice because I felt he best represented my values. Again, I will vote for the candidate who best represents my values. Voting for Ms. Clinton is nothing more than putting lipstick on Wall Street. My only hope is that her husband takes a very active role in her administration. He's the one with razor-sharp political instincts.
Really? It is the height of arrogance that such a scandal ridden person would have the gall to announce they are a candidate for President of the USA. Guess the Dems don't have anyone better which is sad. I an unaffiliated by the way so this is not a statement by a Republican.
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The Supreme Court. Enough said?
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I don't necessarily like Hillary Clinton because she appears cocky at times. I will vote for her because the alternatives are so pathetic and so backward is not even a choice. She grew up in the world of politics and knows it inside out. In the position of authority she will be in, with her experience she may do very well. I also believe that it is time to have a woman as president in the US. We are way behind the countries we tend to criticize.
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Oh, please. People voted for Obama because he was black and it's been a nightmare. I want a woman president as much as the next person, but we have to stop making the same mistakes. It's time to elect a leader and instead we consider someone "who grew up in the world of politics" as a leader, when it's just the opposite. We've turned into the almost extinct species that praises the poacher for being the most ruthless hunter.
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I was just talking with a friend whose father, age 94, worked as a school bus driver until he was 92. He passed annual physicals for response time, agility, vision, and strength.
This is not only a huge milestone for women, it also paves the way for everyone to reimagine how to remain active and engaged and contribute to society to the best of one's ability throughout life.
I believe wisdom counts. This is the best example yet.
This is not only a huge milestone for women, it also paves the way for everyone to reimagine how to remain active and engaged and contribute to society to the best of one's ability throughout life.
I believe wisdom counts. This is the best example yet.
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Looks like I'll be sitting this one out.
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Congratulations Hillary.
A good candidate.
More importantly, we are overdue for a female President.
India, Israel and many countries have had one.
Now, to make it interesting, Elisabeth Warren, Condie Rice are also superb candidates.
Let them duke it out!
America deserves a high integrity and experienced president and not a wimp like Jimmy Carter and a few others!
Respectfully
Respectfully
A good candidate.
More importantly, we are overdue for a female President.
India, Israel and many countries have had one.
Now, to make it interesting, Elisabeth Warren, Condie Rice are also superb candidates.
Let them duke it out!
America deserves a high integrity and experienced president and not a wimp like Jimmy Carter and a few others!
Respectfully
Respectfully
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No. We do not need a president elected on gender.
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She has my support 100%. I am considering joining a campaign for her as well. This is an opportunity that must be won!
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At 0:20 of the video, the young mother says that they were moving that her girl could get into a better school. That's one thing that is wrong with the country and no reason for an optimistic smile.
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Not sure if I can survive the 24/7 negative pounding HRC will receive over the next 20 or so months till the actual election, the current POTUS may catch a break, but none the less, she is the best candidate in the possible field, Republicans and not in the same class....
So, there should be a context as to how many times Monica appears in Republican adds in the coming months, the winner gets a free trip to another country, to get away from the madness here
Go HRC
So, there should be a context as to how many times Monica appears in Republican adds in the coming months, the winner gets a free trip to another country, to get away from the madness here
Go HRC
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H-Rod may just hit a home run this time around. Solid video. Grandmotherly wisdom compassion and maturity. It's about us. Not her.
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Someone with Hillary's record of deception, corruption and dishonesty shouldn't be able to run for President. She should be forced to comply with all congressional subpoenas to even be considered.
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I haven't voted for a GOPer in over 40 years, and I'm not going to start now, but Hillary is NOT my first choice - not by a long shot. Give me Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren first.
However, I could never vote for the likes of slick-talking Ron Paul or any of the other haters who think that they know what everyone else should do and should look like.
However, I could never vote for the likes of slick-talking Ron Paul or any of the other haters who think that they know what everyone else should do and should look like.
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After reading through these comments I am despairing ... after 8 years of the opposition irrational hatred of the President, I don't know if the nation could survive the Republicans bring up issues long dead because of their hatred of
Mrs. Clinton. Can we survive 16 years of dysfunction due to racism and misogyny? Already the nutcases are bringing up Whitewater! Whitewater!
Mrs. Clinton can not lead the Republicans out of their obstructionism. They will not let her. Far more important than the election of the next President is the vote each of us will cast for our representatives to Congress. We must elect men and women who care more about the Common Good than winning the next election, men and women who will work with the President, whoever she or he is, to enact beneficial legislation.
I am so tired of the profound Congressional dysfunction.
Mrs. Clinton. Can we survive 16 years of dysfunction due to racism and misogyny? Already the nutcases are bringing up Whitewater! Whitewater!
Mrs. Clinton can not lead the Republicans out of their obstructionism. They will not let her. Far more important than the election of the next President is the vote each of us will cast for our representatives to Congress. We must elect men and women who care more about the Common Good than winning the next election, men and women who will work with the President, whoever she or he is, to enact beneficial legislation.
I am so tired of the profound Congressional dysfunction.
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I like Hillary Clinton, but have the Democrats learned nothing from Obama's success? Hillary has too much baggage to be elected and the country does not want another Bush or Clinton. The Democrats need to find a fresh new exciting face to nominate just like they did with Obama.
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Well who the heck is that, eh? It's not Deblasio or anyone like him. No one in the Senate, either. No governor. It could be Bloomberg, but he's not a party man, and his religion may not make him electable at this time, sad to say. He'd be a helluva good president. He could run the government competently, which Obama and his clueless advisers and appointees have been unable to do.
#3rdtermforObama
And make her a farmer from a swing state. A religious farmer. Wait, no, a Hispanic, female, super-religious, gun-carrying farmer, from a key swing state. Yep, that's it.
I'm going to ignore everything she says until she starts talking about jobs. Her silly comment about not letting anybody tell you that corporations create jobs was hopefully a misread of her notes.
We need a president who not only understands how corporations create jobs and but also knows how to get them back busily doing it. That should be her number one priority. There's been virtually no relationship between government and corporations for the last few years, and that has been a disaster for American workers.
We need a president who not only understands how corporations create jobs and but also knows how to get them back busily doing it. That should be her number one priority. There's been virtually no relationship between government and corporations for the last few years, and that has been a disaster for American workers.
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We also want a president, who understands how large corporate entities "legally" circumvent the laws of the United States. Hostile monopolies like Comcast, the Big insurance companies "Life Insurance, reinsured" scam, the banks hidden fees, the list can go on and on all to the detriment of the American taxpayers.
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Demand creates jobs, corporations just respond to demand.
You might want to watch some of the interviews with CEOs who talked about the impact that Republican obstruction had on job creation.
A lot of folks say they dislike the video. I don't. I thought it was good. Very upbeat. Touched all the audiences her policies will affect. Nice segue into her own new start. Not too flashy. Absolutely the right tone.
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It's a video.
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I loved the video! It actually made me more interested in Hillary than I was previously. She's reaching out to the everyday American, although she did skew young here. And I think there was only one Black couple.
There are better women who can be President: Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillebrand and yes, Michelle Obama.
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There are better men as well :)
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Michelle Obama?! Based on what?
Can't do it. I really, really want to vote for a woman president in my lifetime but not this one. Lifelong democrat, woman, over 50, mostly liberal. Can't vote for the GOP loonies either so I will, for the first time in my whole life, sit this one out. Hillary seems to think she 'deserves' this. Well, honey, you might but this country doesn't deserve what you're about to put it through.
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Paula, think what the next Bush will put the country thru.
One more reason NOT to vote. We need Elizabeth Warren!
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Jon Davis:
"We need Elizabeth Warren!"
******
This is reminiscent of all those people who disliked Obamacare and claimed, "I support single payer!"
Warren isn't running, and we got Obamacare.
"We need Elizabeth Warren!"
******
This is reminiscent of all those people who disliked Obamacare and claimed, "I support single payer!"
Warren isn't running, and we got Obamacare.
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They are all bought and sold but I'd rather have a Democrat nominating the next surpreme court judge, thank you.
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Why am I reminded of the 1970 Firesign Theatre line from "The Howl of the Wolf Movie"?
"Presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars..."
Hillary is now living that phony reality.
What a poseur for president!
"Presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars..."
Hillary is now living that phony reality.
What a poseur for president!
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Four Americans died at Benghazi and the OWH Hillary's comment was "what difference does it make?". Is this really the best the democrats can do?
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4000 American died in Iraq, and all the Republicans can say is "when do we start the next war?"
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I hope Bill gets the full treatment: every single item of clothing and every nuance of body shape analyzed, cookie-baking contests, menu and decorations for state dinners, questioning whether he has a right to have an opinion, maybe reams of ink devoted to whether he's "angry," parenting skills and commitment, all of it. Let's go!
Seriously, it was my hope that Hillary would choose to be a champion for women and girls in the NGO sector instead of running in what will surely be a bloody, miserable, hate-filled political environment, but either way, she's going to make a dent in the world.
Seriously, it was my hope that Hillary would choose to be a champion for women and girls in the NGO sector instead of running in what will surely be a bloody, miserable, hate-filled political environment, but either way, she's going to make a dent in the world.
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She already has and there is not a body shop in the world that can repair that dent!
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I can live without an analysis of Bill's "body shape," but I know exactly what you're saying.
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She's already dented the world. Benghazi... "what difference does it make?"
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Today Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and all our other foremothers who fought for women's right to vote, for equal rights for women, etc. are celebrating! We not only have a viable woman candidate who could become President but also the best leader and champion for the future. But watch out for all the sneaky misogyny and sexism that will try to stereotype, denigrate, and attack Hillary. Let's hope this time women will not fall for any of it and will work tirelessly and vote in droves for a woman who will put the lives of women and girls front and center!
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Are you sure about that? She is a woman who has gotten as far as she has by riding the coattails of her husband. A wife that stuck by a husband who humiliated her with his affairs and sexual scandals. A woman that you would be hard pressed to name a significant accomplishment that she has ever done except be first Lady and run up travel miles as a Sec of State.
yea, you wouldn't want a President to put the lives of EVERY American front and center, now would we. Women and girls need to be front and center and above everyone else...at least that's what our Constitution states...oh, wait....
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Hopefully if there is a situation where innocent people are held hostage on US soil she won't leave them to die like Benghazi. Think about that before you vote.
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What exactly qualifies Hillary as someone whose opinion on the matter we should respect ? Does she have a history of getting things right ? Hardly. Let's look through her 40 year career in government:
1) When she was an attorney working on the Watergate investigation, she was fired by her supervisor for “lying, unethical behavior.”
Jerry Zeifman, who said he is a lifelong Democrat, was a supervisor for 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. When the investigation was complete, Zeifman said he fired Hillary and refused to give her a recommendation.
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality. 1 job - 1 failure
2) When Bill Clinton recaptured the governorship in 1982 he appointed his wife to head a special task force charged with reforming Arkansas’ education system, at that time widely regarded as the worst in the country. The plan Mrs. Clinton came up with showcased teacher testing and funding the schools through a sales tax increase, an astoundingly regressive proposal since it imposed new costs on the poor in a very poor state while sparing any levies on big corporations. The plan went through. Arkansas’ educational ranking remained abysmal. 2 jobs - 2 failures.
1) When she was an attorney working on the Watergate investigation, she was fired by her supervisor for “lying, unethical behavior.”
Jerry Zeifman, who said he is a lifelong Democrat, was a supervisor for 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. When the investigation was complete, Zeifman said he fired Hillary and refused to give her a recommendation.
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality. 1 job - 1 failure
2) When Bill Clinton recaptured the governorship in 1982 he appointed his wife to head a special task force charged with reforming Arkansas’ education system, at that time widely regarded as the worst in the country. The plan Mrs. Clinton came up with showcased teacher testing and funding the schools through a sales tax increase, an astoundingly regressive proposal since it imposed new costs on the poor in a very poor state while sparing any levies on big corporations. The plan went through. Arkansas’ educational ranking remained abysmal. 2 jobs - 2 failures.
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I would vote for ANYbody besides what the republicans have spewed forth so far. But I am heartened by the very idea that Hillary Clinton is a smart, capable person with the best interests of the country at heart and will vote for her without hesitation, despite her baggage [i.e., Bill, who was a very good president indeed, for a man].
Some of the commenters here are so forgetful of what republicans brought us and hope to bring us when they are in the White House: looting the country, making lots of war and lots of people, ours and theirs, dead and maimed, recessions, great recessions, and government shutdowns. That's what republicans want and I don't. So, even though Hillary is not perfect in every way, she is strides ahead of anything else on offer.
Some of the commenters here are so forgetful of what republicans brought us and hope to bring us when they are in the White House: looting the country, making lots of war and lots of people, ours and theirs, dead and maimed, recessions, great recessions, and government shutdowns. That's what republicans want and I don't. So, even though Hillary is not perfect in every way, she is strides ahead of anything else on offer.
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Warren or someone else. Hillary acted like Kissinger in Honduras and should like Kissinger be tried as a war criminal. Really? No thanks, I agree.
The U.S. needs another path.
The U.S. needs another path.
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Same ole politics and lies! America needs fresh and honest leadership. I would be ashamed to run if I were Hilary. She couldn't even run the state dept or the health care exchange under Clinton. Makes me sick.
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Do we really want a commander in chief who dismisses the deaths of Americans? Ask yourselves this, "would I trust Hillary to send my sons and/or daughters in harm’s way?".
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She will not have the respect of the military. After Obama's sorry relationship we need someone who will stand up for the military and restore our defensive posture.
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I trust her NOT to send my sons into harm's way
Hillary will win the nomination. She will win the election. She is the best candidate on either side. She has my vote.
Looking forward to history being made.
Looking forward to history being made.
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America is a republic. I am not interested in seeing a controversial and untrustworthy old lady to be our president. It is ironical that a feminist, she has ridden her husband's coattails all the time. I am a democrat, who believe our country should not be controlled by a handful of elites, be they Kennedy, Bush or Clinton.
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The "coattails' comment is the worst of a bad lot there. Let's face the truth - without Hillary, Bill Clinton would never have been elected to the Oval Office, nor would have have survived as governor of Arkansas. Frankly, she's been the true brain behind the Clintons forever, and its time to show it and know it.
Liz Warren For Veep and potus in 2024
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I, for one, am VERY happy she's running! We need a strong Roosevelt type attitude. With her experience & Bill thing will go better. No GOP allowed.
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Dream on! A Roosevelt?
Not my first choice, but far better than any Republican these days.
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Where's John Rawls's fair equality of opportunity?
America has adopted the Japanese style of political dynasties! Look at Japan's prime ministers! They all had fathers or grandfathers, who were ministers or prime ministers!
America has adopted the Japanese style of political dynasties! Look at Japan's prime ministers! They all had fathers or grandfathers, who were ministers or prime ministers!
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Inevitability is a heavy weight in a country that thrives on knocking down the powerful and the popular. Her other heavy burden is the weight of numerous fruitless and cynical investigations of the Clinton family that have led to overblown results regarding such noncomtroversies as private email, or empty results such as the billion-dollar investigation of Whitewater. Nevertheless, these unproductive investigations give the appearance of impropriety, reinforced by a lazy, celebrity-based media.
Ms. Clinton is intelligent, genuine and hardworking. I am excited about the possibility of having her as the next president. She needs to express clearly how she will champion the people in order to generate the potential enthusiasm that the dwindling middle class, as well as the underrepresented poor, yearn for. Unfortunately, while the huge income inequality may work as a campaign issue, all candidates must balance policy to limit the discrepancy with a huge demand to raise campaign cash from the wealthy. That has been the central conflict of politics in the US for the last several decades and will only get worse unless America can find a transcendent candidate and leader.
The forceful and typically unfair attacks have already begun, so fortitude and resoluteness will be important. For her part, Ms Clinton must work hard to dispel the anticipated onslaught, with a little help from her friends. Good luck and godspeed Hillary Clinton.
Ms. Clinton is intelligent, genuine and hardworking. I am excited about the possibility of having her as the next president. She needs to express clearly how she will champion the people in order to generate the potential enthusiasm that the dwindling middle class, as well as the underrepresented poor, yearn for. Unfortunately, while the huge income inequality may work as a campaign issue, all candidates must balance policy to limit the discrepancy with a huge demand to raise campaign cash from the wealthy. That has been the central conflict of politics in the US for the last several decades and will only get worse unless America can find a transcendent candidate and leader.
The forceful and typically unfair attacks have already begun, so fortitude and resoluteness will be important. For her part, Ms Clinton must work hard to dispel the anticipated onslaught, with a little help from her friends. Good luck and godspeed Hillary Clinton.
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Now that Hillary Clinton is officially running for president in 2016, democratic and independent voters are eager to hear her position in two crucial areas.
Foreign policy. Does she support President Obama's initiatives on Iran and Cuba? If not, does she support Netanyahu's view of Iran's total surrender is better than a negotiated nuclear accord?
Domestic policy. Does she support President Obama's proposals to deal with income inequality and middle class decline? Which side she is on the issue?
President Bill Clinton's wife faces a conundrum. If she betrays President Obama's domestic and foreign policies, she'll certainly split the democratic and independent vote and lose the election.
If she supports President Obama's policies, she'll get the blowback of Republican hatred brewed during the last seven years.The question is: In such ideologically divided presidential election 2016, can Hillary Clinton stand tough and hold her ground on any controversial policy question?
Foreign policy. Does she support President Obama's initiatives on Iran and Cuba? If not, does she support Netanyahu's view of Iran's total surrender is better than a negotiated nuclear accord?
Domestic policy. Does she support President Obama's proposals to deal with income inequality and middle class decline? Which side she is on the issue?
President Bill Clinton's wife faces a conundrum. If she betrays President Obama's domestic and foreign policies, she'll certainly split the democratic and independent vote and lose the election.
If she supports President Obama's policies, she'll get the blowback of Republican hatred brewed during the last seven years.The question is: In such ideologically divided presidential election 2016, can Hillary Clinton stand tough and hold her ground on any controversial policy question?
I will call the county tomorrow and request an early absentee ballot to post my Hillary Clinton vote.
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Pretty sure she needs to be chosen as the party's candidate first. But then those Florida voters aren't known for their savvy.
Hillary Clinton's candidacy is troubling in regard to foreign and defense policy. She seems to believe that it is America's historical and exceptional task to bring democracy to the rest of the world, even to countries and lands--Iraq,Libya, Russia, China--that have no history or culture supporting it.
She needs to associate herself with experienced and wise advisers in the realist tradition, such as James Baker and Brent Scowcroft, to secure my wholehearted support.
She needs to associate herself with experienced and wise advisers in the realist tradition, such as James Baker and Brent Scowcroft, to secure my wholehearted support.
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What do we want in a President? I would hope that we elected someone with the intellect of a Pericles, the courage of a Churchill, the political skills of a Roosevelt, the experience of an Eisenhower, the stature of a Lincoln, the wisdom of a Washington, the world view of a DeGaulle, the charisma of a Trudeau and the gravitas of a Legarde. That is the dream. I am for former US Senator Jim Webb.
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I believe it was very smart of Hillary to tape her announcement rather than do it live. I can just see the Republicans sending in their minions to heckle and shout as she tried to make her announcement. I still remember the Rachel Maddow show that revealed that many of the Floridians who stormed the polls protesting the recount in 2000 were shown to be Republican operatives. I have no doubt that this type of thing will occur again during the actual campaign. Luckily, Hillary and Bill are both savvy political veterans and will not allow her to be "swiftboated" as Kerry was.
Good luck, Hillary.
Good luck, Hillary.
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Not to mention the fact that she probably needed multiple takes to approximate sounding human and not robotic.
Its sickening to know that she still has the stomach for that. Our founding fathers did not wanted a country what these Clinton and Bush are doing. May God save this great nation.
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Surprise! I am 62 years old. I do not like the world which my generation will be leaving for our children at this point. I grew up the son of a steelwork and a farmer. I have been privileged to go to college and seminary. I did that because of the generosity of The Greatest Generation and hard work. I would like to see things improve. I often wonder if China were to foreclose on the debt we owe them, what would become of our nation? I wonder if we will be able to carry out this Presidential debate in civility, running on the bedrock princples of both parties and presenting plans which we can choose from in order to help things improve. I also wonder if free speech is still an option in our nation. I don't mean plain "get down and be mean" free speech. I mean an honest exchange of ideas which treat the American people as if we know something. I am waiting.
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Go home Hillary. Please rescind your announcement.
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10 more years of great competent leadership and gop fake scandals,frivilous lawsuits and endless fake hearings. Politics as usual.
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Well, she's in and she's in to win. The lateness of the tweet was an ironic reflection on the drawn-out nature of her announcement; Hillary has been in this race since she stepped aside for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention back in 2008. What kind of candidate will she be? How will she stack up against Republican (or even Democrat) challengers? (You can read more on that here: musingsofabrit.wordpress.com)
The more interesting question is what sort of campaign will Hillary run, and where will she be on some of the more pressing socio-economic questions facing America? One thing is sure - the race will certainly be framed in terms of Hillary / Democrats protecting Obamacare, and the Republicans on a platform of repeal.
The more interesting question is what sort of campaign will Hillary run, and where will she be on some of the more pressing socio-economic questions facing America? One thing is sure - the race will certainly be framed in terms of Hillary / Democrats protecting Obamacare, and the Republicans on a platform of repeal.
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Tommy, there will not be any Democrat challengers. As the saying goes, "the fix is in". Hillary Clinton will be the Democrat's Presidential Candidate in 2016. No other Dems will dare challenge her, no matter how much better they may be.
Just too, too slick, bland and predictable. And I'm a lifelong progressive.
I blame the media, not HRC. It is indeed the media that controls the public options now. THAT is the crux of the matter and THAT is the real problem. Everything else is a smokescreen thrown up by, the media.
We need a truely independent progressive front-runner to take this away from all of them. Warren or Sanders could do it.
I blame the media, not HRC. It is indeed the media that controls the public options now. THAT is the crux of the matter and THAT is the real problem. Everything else is a smokescreen thrown up by, the media.
We need a truely independent progressive front-runner to take this away from all of them. Warren or Sanders could do it.
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Rand Paul's instant dog bites woman attacks on Hillary show that she is the candidate to beat. If only the media will remember that it is only newsworthy if a woman bites a dog.
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As much as I would like to see a woman as prez I do not support the duplicitous Hillary Clinton. Doesn't say a lot of my party that she. so far, is the only choice we Dems have. Elizabeth Warren would be my choice in a heartbeat! Warren is for us, the American people and middle class, and has proven it time and time again. Hillary is married to Wall Street in spite of her protestations and claims that she is for the middle class. Not true.
My vote if elected she won't get!
My vote if elected she won't get!
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Elizabeth Warren is not the only woman available to the Dems. What about Senators Klobacher and McCaskill? They would be fresh new faces in a real primary race, with progressive ideas, and not required to answer questions about missing emails, ties to WallStreet, Benghaaazzzzii, or what it would be like to have the same two Clintons in the White House. Again.
Thanks but no thanks. I did my part for history twice, and all it got me was more war and a happier Wall Street. This time Im staying home. You cannot force Hillary Clinton down my throat by telling me the Republicans are worse.
I voted for Obama largely because of his vote against the Iraq war; that told me, I thought, that a young and unseasoned politician still had the courage to stand against the tide.
My vote is precious to me; it cannot be bought; it isn't bestowed where the stink is least. The Clintons will always go where the money is. They don't need me.
I voted for Obama largely because of his vote against the Iraq war; that told me, I thought, that a young and unseasoned politician still had the courage to stand against the tide.
My vote is precious to me; it cannot be bought; it isn't bestowed where the stink is least. The Clintons will always go where the money is. They don't need me.
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President Obama wasn't in the Senate to vote against Bush's stupid wars. Paul Wellstone, who was, died in a plane crash.
I feel exactly the same way. I will not vote for Hillary, best friend of Wall Street.
Your vote for President Obama meant a better economy, more Americans receiving equal treatment, more people receiving health care..... You should be proud of that vote.
Suppose Sen. Clinton is elected president, but the Republicans not only retain control of Congress, but maybe gain a few more seats in the Senate.
My question is how President Hillary will handle this? I would like to believe that she would not just continue BO's habit of making treaties and running domestic affairs by executive action without the advise and consent of Congress on anything. I would like to think she will treat Israel with more respect not only as the essential ally that it is, but as a nation that inherently deserves to exist despite the fanatic insistence of many of its neighbors that it be annihilated.
Will Hillary insist that she can rewrite the Affordable Health Care Act however she wants without consulting Congress (as BO has done) or will she at long last allow true Republican input into the health care debate? Will she actually work with the opposition party, as opposed to just calling their leaders into meetings, telling them her demands, then denouncing them to the press after they leave?
I wonder, I wonder. A more disturbing prospect is this--suppose it comes out that she truly had something in her record that comes out despite her e-mails being erased? Would Congress have the guts to impeach the first woman president?
And how ironic would that be--the Clintons being not only the first husband and wife pair of presidents, but the first to BOTH face the impeachment process!
Or would she?
My question is how President Hillary will handle this? I would like to believe that she would not just continue BO's habit of making treaties and running domestic affairs by executive action without the advise and consent of Congress on anything. I would like to think she will treat Israel with more respect not only as the essential ally that it is, but as a nation that inherently deserves to exist despite the fanatic insistence of many of its neighbors that it be annihilated.
Will Hillary insist that she can rewrite the Affordable Health Care Act however she wants without consulting Congress (as BO has done) or will she at long last allow true Republican input into the health care debate? Will she actually work with the opposition party, as opposed to just calling their leaders into meetings, telling them her demands, then denouncing them to the press after they leave?
I wonder, I wonder. A more disturbing prospect is this--suppose it comes out that she truly had something in her record that comes out despite her e-mails being erased? Would Congress have the guts to impeach the first woman president?
And how ironic would that be--the Clintons being not only the first husband and wife pair of presidents, but the first to BOTH face the impeachment process!
Or would she?
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Just exactly what is "true republican input?
You can indulge any qualms you like re: Hillary Clinton. The Republican cult of destruction leaves the country with no other choice. Progressives need to understand that a no vote of principle is really a yes vote to environmental, social, cultural and international disaster.
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It's all over but the (republican) crying.
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Democrates who have any second thought about Hilary Clinton have to think about the Supreme Court.
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Thanks a lot for the reminder, we should vote Hillary for that reason alone!
Has anyone bothered to ask Joe Biden if he's interested in becoming President of the United States?
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Joe WHO???? Even Gore got more to do in 8 years than Biden! LOL!
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No, don't bother
I easily prefer Hillary Clinton elected, rather than the Republicans likely to run for President in 2016.
But aside from that, I'd rather not see a Bush or a Clinton elected President. And being 64, myself, I'd rather see someone younger than Hillary elected President. And I'd rather see a progressive Democrat elected President, rather a Rockefeller-Republican such as Hillary and Bill Clinton.
I just watched the YouTube candidacy announcement of Hillary Clinton, and found it rather boring, uninformative and a disappointment. The only thing positive about it, was Hillary's seeming to criticize how Wall St and the wealthy are controlling this country to the detriment of most Americans. However, that came across as empty words, because Hillary Clinton stated no specifics as to the cure, and has a long history of being supportive of Wall St and the wealthy
If Hillary is nominated, I will vote for her, but I'd prefer electing a progressive and younger Democrat.
Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken and Bernie Sanders are all more progressive than Hillary, and preferable, but Sanders is too old and would have problems getting the nomination because he is not a registered Democrat. Al Franken, who has not indicated any intention to run is probably the most media-savvy of any politician in either party.
If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, she will have my support on Election Day. But once elected, I will criticize her economic and foreign policy errors, and complement her successes.
But aside from that, I'd rather not see a Bush or a Clinton elected President. And being 64, myself, I'd rather see someone younger than Hillary elected President. And I'd rather see a progressive Democrat elected President, rather a Rockefeller-Republican such as Hillary and Bill Clinton.
I just watched the YouTube candidacy announcement of Hillary Clinton, and found it rather boring, uninformative and a disappointment. The only thing positive about it, was Hillary's seeming to criticize how Wall St and the wealthy are controlling this country to the detriment of most Americans. However, that came across as empty words, because Hillary Clinton stated no specifics as to the cure, and has a long history of being supportive of Wall St and the wealthy
If Hillary is nominated, I will vote for her, but I'd prefer electing a progressive and younger Democrat.
Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken and Bernie Sanders are all more progressive than Hillary, and preferable, but Sanders is too old and would have problems getting the nomination because he is not a registered Democrat. Al Franken, who has not indicated any intention to run is probably the most media-savvy of any politician in either party.
If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, she will have my support on Election Day. But once elected, I will criticize her economic and foreign policy errors, and complement her successes.
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Act now to get a meaningful choice!
I blame the Republicans for creating the perfect storm for Hillary Clinton. She doesn't deserve the honor of being the first female U.S. President. She may be the least of several GOP evils, but she is still a liar and a swindler and she'll do anything to protect her power. Let's not forget that she made no significant accomplishments as Secretary of State. She is in this for the power and nothing else. I'd vote for any other democrat in a heartbeat, experienced or not. Character and sound judgement are worth far more - that is why we chose Obama instead back in 2008. Hillary fully believes herself above the laws that apply to us - is this really the person we wish to elect to the highest office?
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Yes. It beats any and all Republicans, if she is the nominee. Bill Clinton's years were the best, I remember, for the middle class. We worked in our small businesses but we had work. Another Republican president will ruin this country. US will not survive without a robust middle class. Do not forget who brought about the French revolution and later the October revolution in Russia with all the destruction that followed - the Governing classes. The very wealthy are simply blind to that which awaits to happen if the plutocracy continues to erode our democratic ways.
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Is this really the best the country has to offer? two families controlling the whitehouse? Jeb V. Hillary? Really. No thanks, will vote for someone else or sit this one out.
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I'm going to write in Cher
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pj - Please, please don't sit this one out! I don't really want to vote for Hillary, but I certainly won't vote for Jeb. If this is the best we can offer, then so be it!
I'm not playing the game any more. Lesser of two evils is still evil.
Please elect Hillary President of the International Society of Duplicitous Chameleons, give her a gold watch and let her go gracefully. She has occupied our collective consciousness for too long and is not well respected throughout the world.
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The problem is Hillary does best in videos. Too bad she cannot remain inside videos for the remainder of her campaign?
Between videos and short messages on social media she might just get through the campaign. Right up until the debate, but even Obama flubbed one and pulled through.
Between videos and short messages on social media she might just get through the campaign. Right up until the debate, but even Obama flubbed one and pulled through.
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The way Hillary Clinton carries herself and handles "scandals" is borderline sociopath. She refuses to admit any responsibility for the issue at hand and ignores any legitimate claims. If need be, she just presses delete.
I pray the Democrats don't nominate Hillary to run.
I pray the Democrats don't nominate Hillary to run.
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I will vote for Hillary because she is the best person to lead our country. She is also sane, which cannot be said for any of the GOP potentials.
The real thrill of a Hillary victory, however, would be watching McConnell's face grow longer (if that's possible), Boehner's face grow redder (again, unlikely), and hearing Hannity, O'Reilly and the entire right rant incessantly for four (or more) years while our country slowly mends itself and moves in the right direction.
The real thrill of a Hillary victory, however, would be watching McConnell's face grow longer (if that's possible), Boehner's face grow redder (again, unlikely), and hearing Hannity, O'Reilly and the entire right rant incessantly for four (or more) years while our country slowly mends itself and moves in the right direction.
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I cannot imagine for the life of me what way Hillary could move our country that might be anything like sane or right.
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Having to listen to Hillary will divide the country as never before
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It looks like we'll have our first female president. Another barrier broken.
But Wall St. couldn't be happier. They'll have a friend in the White House for at least four years. Our first female president will look out for the interests of her friends and family on Wall St. As for the rest of us, I fear that she will toss us a few crumbs and nothing more.
But Wall St. couldn't be happier. They'll have a friend in the White House for at least four years. Our first female president will look out for the interests of her friends and family on Wall St. As for the rest of us, I fear that she will toss us a few crumbs and nothing more.
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Great. So far we have one Republican and two tea partiers.
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"The deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top"
Aren't Hillary and Bill in the TOP 0.001%? And how did they get there? And she is going to fight for me? Ahhhh, don't think.
We won't get fooled again.
Aren't Hillary and Bill in the TOP 0.001%? And how did they get there? And she is going to fight for me? Ahhhh, don't think.
We won't get fooled again.
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JJ - The Clintons are worth millions, but not BILLIONS, and that is the bracket where a lot of the .01% are.
Seems about right. One/one thousandth of one percent !
She will win in a landslide. The Republicans have nothing.
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You go Hill, Lean in!
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The best to you Hillary. I am with you all the way. You are bright, ethical, and sensitive. Next to your Republican opponents, who have nothing good to say about anyone who has substance and sensibility, you are the real thing. You go, girl!
She has had a hard life. From her husband pointing at her on national TV and saying "I did not have sex with that woman." To having to carry two, I repeat TWO, phones for security reasons, her average day has difficulties we can barely imagine. She has much to teach us and I look forward.
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Jack - I might have had a hard life. Does that mean I should be president?
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This is not a fait accompli. Let's find someone better to put on the Democratic ballot.
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Doesn't America's mini-left of center party have anyone with fresh ideas?
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Warren.
"I am running on a total non-transparency platform. Get used to my lies, distortions, and 'no comments' answers to all of your questions".
"Hey, what's not to like, as with me, you get a twofer."
"Hey, what's not to like, as with me, you get a twofer."
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Wow, great video, Hil! You even had a cat in the video, which will make all of us cat lovers happy and remember your book on Socks years ago. Hopefully you will adopt another cat to stroll around the White House again. And of course cats + YouTube = viral video.
I'm pleased that I saw fat people, gay people, young people, Black people....I didn't see many of us older folks, though. I'm 50 and I saw mostly people in their 20s and 30s...
I liked the confidence in Hillary's voice. As much as I want Obama to remain President, that's just not going to happen. So go forward, Hillary. I wish there were some more Democratic challengers to her eventual seat on the throne, though.
I'm pleased that I saw fat people, gay people, young people, Black people....I didn't see many of us older folks, though. I'm 50 and I saw mostly people in their 20s and 30s...
I liked the confidence in Hillary's voice. As much as I want Obama to remain President, that's just not going to happen. So go forward, Hillary. I wish there were some more Democratic challengers to her eventual seat on the throne, though.
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In less than 45 years we have gone fron the bosses deciding the canidate in the smoked filled back rooms at the convention to a wide open primary season to a machine of one simply claiming the party mantel. Can it really be that the Democratic party has a bench of one. 2016 could become the year a third party breaks two party model.
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Ralp Nader tried that in 2000, and we know how well that ended.
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You need around a half a billion dollars to be President. No third party is going to raise that kind of money. Some deep pocketed person could run an independent campaign, but I don't know if that would be any better.
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Yes, and we suffered horrendously from his doing so! Dubya was the beneficiary, and Nader's still "unsafe at any speed!"
I may be missing something, but I still have a hard time not thinking that no one would ever consider Hillary Clinton for an important position in government, like Senator or Secretary of State or Presidential Candidate in 2008 and 2016 and President 2017 if she were never married to Bill Clinton. We all knew Hillary was in the running for President whenever the opportunity would present itself the day after Barack Obama beat her in the Democrat primary in 2008. Hillary is really not trustworthy. She should not be elected President. It is also amazing but not a surprise that no one in her party is challenging her.
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You can't manager more than one email but you can handle a country? Don't think so.
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Claptrap! You must with the Benghazi pack. The e-mail snafu was truly much ado about nothing.
If Hillary wants to be the "grandma" of the nation, she ought to consult Angela Merkel, who is "mother" of Germany! Indeed, Hillary should take a good look at Angela and learn something from her! It's worth it!
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Every woman alive today should be very happy that they will get to see the first woman elected US president. It will be an uphill battle as you can see from the negative comments here, but just as we elected Barack Obama, we will elect Hillary Clinton! She has far more experience than anyone else running for president and if you want to know her values, look at her voting record! She also knows how to deal with all the negativity from past experience and will handle it well. Oh happy day! You go girl!
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That woman voted to send my son and son in law into harm's way. It takes a lot more than her gender to impress me.
That said, I'll have to hold my nose and vote for her to protect the Supreme Court and my grandchildren's future.
That said, I'll have to hold my nose and vote for her to protect the Supreme Court and my grandchildren's future.
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She and many others who were duped by false intelligence and an administration determined to go to war. That's a failing I am comfortable forgiving as the Democrats who voted for war now face the Republicans who want war with Iran rather letting diplomacy succeed. What a country!
Experience does NOT equal good character. As for her voting record, don't forget she voted to invade Iraq.
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As a Canadian, I respect anybody the US picks as President, but here in Canada I really am getting tired of local and federal politics having the relative thing, I always wonder is there not anybody else?
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When her video announcement started I was annoyed that youtube would force me to watch a Walmart advertisement before I could see and hear Mrs. Clinton's video. It took me a few seconds to comprehend that the insipid slick advertisement WAS her video.
The was Hillary's weekend. It was timed masterfully and no major news story intruded. To waste such timing by offering nothing more than an internet upload is a staggering mistake.
The was Hillary's weekend. It was timed masterfully and no major news story intruded. To waste such timing by offering nothing more than an internet upload is a staggering mistake.
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And how many national campaigns have you managed? Walmart has to pay for its huge wage increase for very few employees---like McDonald's---only the company owned not the franchisees.
As if Americans aren't tired of slickly produced television ads and the corporate con. Hillary can only hide for so long no matter how much the media carry her.
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I'm a Democrat. I wish Mrs. Clinton well, but I sure wish we had a stronger, more consistent, candidate representing the Democratic party. A lot of folks will vote Republican just to avoid having Hillary as the next President.
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And, sadly, welcome to the GOP right wing smear machine getting into high gear.
At 9:51 am, several hours prior to her announcement, one of my right-wing relatives had to forward his vitriol-laced and canned emails. I have no idea who the sponsor of this tripe is, but if it's this nasty in April '15, it's going to be a long campaign season.
BTW, if she's the nominee, she will have my full support and vote. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren would be an excellent running mate! Other than it being statistically impossible, my chance of voting for a Repub candidate - from President to Sewer Commissioner is less than zero - simply because of the negative tactics of their surrogates.
At 9:51 am, several hours prior to her announcement, one of my right-wing relatives had to forward his vitriol-laced and canned emails. I have no idea who the sponsor of this tripe is, but if it's this nasty in April '15, it's going to be a long campaign season.
BTW, if she's the nominee, she will have my full support and vote. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren would be an excellent running mate! Other than it being statistically impossible, my chance of voting for a Repub candidate - from President to Sewer Commissioner is less than zero - simply because of the negative tactics of their surrogates.
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If I had super powers, I would condemn you HRC groupies to listening to a non-stop eight-track of her speech supporting the Iraq War Powers Resolution.
A level-headed centrist shall not change the general tack on our steady path to complete irrelevancy.
France's caviar socialists, Tony Blair, and Bill have led us to this depressing social rut with growing wealth disparity and near complete neglect of our environment. Their general lack of back-bone has done nothing to motivate the populations concerned and has enabled the Right.
A level-headed centrist shall not change the general tack on our steady path to complete irrelevancy.
France's caviar socialists, Tony Blair, and Bill have led us to this depressing social rut with growing wealth disparity and near complete neglect of our environment. Their general lack of back-bone has done nothing to motivate the populations concerned and has enabled the Right.
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So after years of lying about not having decided she has finally decided to stop lying about her maniacal quest for power?
Oh the humanity!
Oh the humanity!
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First thing I want to see are the financial disclosures. I want to see tax returns released along with full donor lists from the Clinton Foundation (all parts of it). If we really have nothing to hide about foreign money this should not pose a problem.
A slick media campaign is obviously coming, and with plenty of money behind it. What I want to know before I cast a vote is who is paying those bills.
A slick media campaign is obviously coming, and with plenty of money behind it. What I want to know before I cast a vote is who is paying those bills.
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Sure, no problem. BTW are you interested in who is funding all the GOP candidates?
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I have been waiting for the first woman president for years but I will not vote for Hillary Clinton. She has showed she can not be trusted with American lives and their is questions that need answering.
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If this is the best the USA can provide to run for president, it should hold a raffle instead. The odds are overwhelming better. Good Luck.
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$2.5 billion!
That's what Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency will cost.
$2.5 billion.
Obscene!
That's what Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency will cost.
$2.5 billion.
Obscene!
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And your point is? Tell me what the GOP will end up spending on their nominee? The Kochs alone are pouring $1 billion into the election. Want campaign finance reform? You won't get it voting Republican.
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We probably won't get campaign finance reform from the Democrats, either.
She is the best I can't wait to vote for her, to elect the first woman President of the United States!
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Mrs. Clinton will be the next President and make a great one at that and Bill? He will be the best First Husband in US Herstory!
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Hillary hides behind a video and a tweet; will this be her campaign----hiding from the tough questions???
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She's received press coverage every day for decades and she'll continue to do so. I'd hardly call that hiding.
It appears she needs a carefully crafted script. This is NOT the communication style needed by a president.
I watched this ad- liked her country western "Stand With Hillary" video better.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/12/04/stand_with_hillary_cou...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/12/04/stand_with_hillary_cou...
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God Bless Hillary Clinton -- I hope she wins!
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Best wishes. Don't let your data-driven staff and the polls box you in. Have a JFK moment or two to imagine the future and then inspire us to follow. Enough already of fear, death, and destruction.
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It's the Supreme Court, stupid!!!
For better or worse, I'm going with Hillary.
Get over it, friends, nothing in life is perfect.
For better or worse, I'm going with Hillary.
Get over it, friends, nothing in life is perfect.
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Yes! It IS the Supreme Court, and people (especially men) who withhold their vote because of issues with the Clinton legacy, etc, really annoy me.
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Yes, but the congress is Republican; the Supreme Court is Republican and Hillary is part of the status quo and not the middle class. Her and Bill are really friends with Wall Street and they do not understand what is happening in the middle class.
Did You see her video? I knew something was wrong with it and have now determined what. The people portrayed, real or fictitious, are way, way too happy and smiley. The MIDDLE CLASS AND below are really in pain and not feeling like there is much of a future nor hope for the AMERICAN DREAM! There was not much of reality in her video.
The plutocracy and oligarchy is killing us with way too much money and power at the top.
Any mention in the video of global climate change -- the most critical problem facing the world and all of us. It is here and it is existential. Not a word.
I have voted Democrat all my life for 50 years and cannot believe Hillary Clinton can do a thing for Democratic Principles or the critical problems mentioned above.
Did You see her video? I knew something was wrong with it and have now determined what. The people portrayed, real or fictitious, are way, way too happy and smiley. The MIDDLE CLASS AND below are really in pain and not feeling like there is much of a future nor hope for the AMERICAN DREAM! There was not much of reality in her video.
The plutocracy and oligarchy is killing us with way too much money and power at the top.
Any mention in the video of global climate change -- the most critical problem facing the world and all of us. It is here and it is existential. Not a word.
I have voted Democrat all my life for 50 years and cannot believe Hillary Clinton can do a thing for Democratic Principles or the critical problems mentioned above.
This ain't about imperfection.And I don't want to sit out this election [I "sat out" the Mr. Clinton campaign because my Mind, Body and Soul congealed into perfect rejection]. Right now MBS is really on a rant: She ain't the one!
Barring major gaffes, she'll win the nomination and that will be a kind of legacy in itself.
But that may be the only legacy.
I worry that she's not electable.
I think the country is ready to elect a woman. Just not this particular woman. And, no, I'm not holding out for Elizabeth Warren -- though the surge of interest in a Warren candidacy suggested I'm not alone in my concern.
Clinton is simply too polarizing a figure. That much of that polarization is for the wrong reasons and not her fault doesn't really matter. People think what they think, for better or worse, and in a nation that seems almost doggedly blind to shades of gray, I don't think that's likely to change in 18 months. (I mean, just look at the anger in some of the comments.)
I'll vote for her. I worry for this country's future -- not to say survival -- under another Republican administration that's always going to be tempted to tip its hat to the Tea Party.
But I want the election to be more than a footnote in history books -- we need a strong progressive president if only as counterweight to Keystone Congress -- and I'm rooting for strong dark horse candidate to emerge.
But that may be the only legacy.
I worry that she's not electable.
I think the country is ready to elect a woman. Just not this particular woman. And, no, I'm not holding out for Elizabeth Warren -- though the surge of interest in a Warren candidacy suggested I'm not alone in my concern.
Clinton is simply too polarizing a figure. That much of that polarization is for the wrong reasons and not her fault doesn't really matter. People think what they think, for better or worse, and in a nation that seems almost doggedly blind to shades of gray, I don't think that's likely to change in 18 months. (I mean, just look at the anger in some of the comments.)
I'll vote for her. I worry for this country's future -- not to say survival -- under another Republican administration that's always going to be tempted to tip its hat to the Tea Party.
But I want the election to be more than a footnote in history books -- we need a strong progressive president if only as counterweight to Keystone Congress -- and I'm rooting for strong dark horse candidate to emerge.
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If we have to have a woman, simply because the DNC want a woman, I'd vote for Amy Klobacher or Claire McCaskill before I'd want the Clintons back in the White House. Why is it we are not hearing of any other potential candidates other than the $2.5 Bn grandmother?
Like you, I would not want a Republican in the White House. Whatever the name of the party, a candidate with truly progressive ideas is better than any mentioned so far.
Like you, I would not want a Republican in the White House. Whatever the name of the party, a candidate with truly progressive ideas is better than any mentioned so far.
In 2008, she looked more polarizing than Obama. But in 2012, Obama was making some people extremely angry, and yet he did get re-elected. I think that saying Hillary is a polarizing figure is a cliche. Many could have said that Obama was a polarizing figure in 2012 too. Any Democrat who gets elected President of the US will suffer a tsunami of anger from some circles. She can win this. It's not a done deal by far, but she can win this.
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We may have a long, long wait for that 'strong dark horse' you mention.
At the very least, the Democratic Party leadership could urge a primary with debates...but they won't.
At the very least, the Democratic Party leadership could urge a primary with debates...but they won't.
It was an excellent video announcement. Less is more. The world doesn't need the kind of drama it endured in 2008.
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I think the drama is there, it's just being hidden by her handlers.
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It was nothing more than a desperate pandering to every group she could muster.
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Here, here!!
Hillary, to be sure, is not the most charismatic of politicians.
But when stacked up against the madmen aboard the GOP's Crazy Carnival Cruz ship, her sanity and intelligence will shine through quite nicely.
As for her GOP opponents, most seem more obsessed with collecting their allowances from the Kochs and the like and padding their own pockets (see Newt Gingrich's last campaign) and enraging their extremist bases.
Seriously, when has anyone in the GOP come up with any public policy ideas other than cutting taxes for the rich, expanding the military and putting a boot on the necks of the middle class and the poor?
But when stacked up against the madmen aboard the GOP's Crazy Carnival Cruz ship, her sanity and intelligence will shine through quite nicely.
As for her GOP opponents, most seem more obsessed with collecting their allowances from the Kochs and the like and padding their own pockets (see Newt Gingrich's last campaign) and enraging their extremist bases.
Seriously, when has anyone in the GOP come up with any public policy ideas other than cutting taxes for the rich, expanding the military and putting a boot on the necks of the middle class and the poor?
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My sentiments exactly. I have never been a Clinton fan. Ever.
But I will vote heartily for Hillary to prevent the pernicious republicans from gaining the White House. The GOP has turned into a cartoon farce -- and their darker elements are racist hate-mongers. The USA is falling apart and all the republicans want to do is cut taxes and make war with Iran.
Wake up, America.
But I will vote heartily for Hillary to prevent the pernicious republicans from gaining the White House. The GOP has turned into a cartoon farce -- and their darker elements are racist hate-mongers. The USA is falling apart and all the republicans want to do is cut taxes and make war with Iran.
Wake up, America.
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Hillary Clinton may be the most Corrupt Politician still living in the USA today.
Only LBJ, and Richard Nixon were as corrupt.
Only LBJ, and Richard Nixon were as corrupt.
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Another talentless, anti-business, big government socialist--with no experience other than being a politician. God help us if we have to endure another 4 years of Obama. There will be nothing left of this country.
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Too bad we can't go back to someone like George W. Bush. Two wars, one of them started on false pretenses. An economic plunge second only to the Great Depression. Oh, wait. I forgot. His brother is one of the Republican hopefuls.
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Do you even know what a socialist is? Look up the meaning of a word before throwing it around.
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That's really funny given how cozy she is with big business.
You must not read any financial news, have a 401k or own a home or you would know what President Obama has done for this country.
You must not read any financial news, have a 401k or own a home or you would know what President Obama has done for this country.
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Oy. Its gonna be all identity-politics all the time. Can't anyone see beyond their own limited social filters anymore?
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I don't understand this comment. How does treating everyone equally present a problem for anyone and why does it upset people when someone acknowledges that yes they are gay, female, brown, black etc.?
I prefer a world with some interest and variety. I can buy vanilla pudding at the grocery store.
I prefer a world with some interest and variety. I can buy vanilla pudding at the grocery store.
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I'm not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.
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Probably what Hillary thought about Bill back in 1970 when they met in New Haven.
Unfortunate announcement, slickly produced with background music and bland sloganeering comments by Ms. Clinton. She might make a very good president. But this introduction does not serve her well by displaying so cliched a group crafted commercial. I couldn't tell when the preceding commercial ended and her announcement began. Too bad. Suggests she's way too careful for people to get a sense of who they're really getting. Too bad.
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I hate to say it ; "Hillary Clinton" is our next president....
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You say that as if Hillary Clinton is a role, being played by a second-rate actress who is coincidentally also named Hillary Clinton. If that is the case, Washington needs to stop the sequel mania and find some new material.
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She will make a great President. God help us if any of her GOP opponents get in.
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One lifelong DEM (female) who will sit this one out!!!
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Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!
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Make room on the sofa for me.
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Do not do that. It is your responsibility as a citizen to vote.
We do not need another Clinton. Can't America a country of 300 million can't think of anyone else. This democracy is sunk. Clinton is all about her and no one else.
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Although I would love to see a female president, I am not sure she is right for the job. I will not vote for someone just because of their gender, or race for that matter. The person has to prove they can do the job, and she has a long way to go before she can prove that to me.
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All she has to prove is that she is better than the other candidate -- which shouldn't be difficult with the GOP primary candidates so far.
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It seems to me that the first woman President should be someone with accomplishments, other than having married well.
Let's see...she is an effective Senator who can work across party lines and she gave President Obama excellent foreign policy advice according to the New York Times, much of which he did not follow. She has my vote. If you want to see how she thinks, read her Iraq War vote floor speech which stands up to scrutiny even though it was based on false information fed to Congress:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
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I would never vote for Hillary Clinton just because she is a woman. I will vote for her because she is smart, capable, savvy and experienced. And boy, I am excited at the idea of a woman president!
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In Reply to Ilene in Austin Texas, who said, "I'm a longtime supporter of Mrs. Clinton, but I'm not now. I'm still waiting on her to explain the email mess. Doesn't she think Americans want transparency in their government? Big mistake! It cost her longtime supporters."
At the time Secretaries Rice and Clinton were Secretaries there was no rule in place that said the Secretary MUST use Departmental email. It was up to each Secretary at that time to decide if private channel emails or public State Department email channels, which have been easily hacked in the last eight years, were safer.
Secretary Rice felt safe using both, because hacking wasn't at the increased level of technical danger it achieved after her tenure. Clinton served in a more technically adverse situation as hacking became more technically proficient. Clinton's choice was to maintain a high level safety email. If I had been in her situation, I would have gone private email too, but then I had a hacker advising me.
At the time Secretaries Rice and Clinton were Secretaries there was no rule in place that said the Secretary MUST use Departmental email. It was up to each Secretary at that time to decide if private channel emails or public State Department email channels, which have been easily hacked in the last eight years, were safer.
Secretary Rice felt safe using both, because hacking wasn't at the increased level of technical danger it achieved after her tenure. Clinton served in a more technically adverse situation as hacking became more technically proficient. Clinton's choice was to maintain a high level safety email. If I had been in her situation, I would have gone private email too, but then I had a hacker advising me.
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Can you explain why she gave the State Department paper printouts of her emails? Was it so they wouldn't have access to the metadata? Can you explain why she deleted all of her emails, even the ones that were the property of the government?
She learned a powerful lesson from her experiences with the Richard Nixon impeachment process: If Nixon had destroyed all of the tapes as soon as there was any interest, he would never have had to resign. She is a reincarnation of Nixon, but only his worst aspects. She lacks his international expertise.
She learned a powerful lesson from her experiences with the Richard Nixon impeachment process: If Nixon had destroyed all of the tapes as soon as there was any interest, he would never have had to resign. She is a reincarnation of Nixon, but only his worst aspects. She lacks his international expertise.
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She deleted 30 THOUSAND emails after the murder of our foreign service in Benghazi; unconscionable.
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And Bobby Jindal won't release any of his work related e-mails. And Jeb Bush waited seven years to release his and the last ones only came out after he decided to run for President.
i understand all of the reservations with Mrs. Clinton and the pool of Republican candidates. Shortcomings are many and probably easier to focus on, especially for these candidates who want to spray as much mud as possible the next year to keep the voters distracted from real issues.
Here is my biggest concern, how do we keep all of them fully engaged daily on wealth inequality? If we lose anymore focus on this issue statiscally America will slide into a upper class and lower class society. History Indicates these candidates represent is an even faster acceleration of the death of the middle class.
The brand named candidates are specifically designed to distract from wealth inequality at any cost. Let's not give these characters a free ride.
Here is my biggest concern, how do we keep all of them fully engaged daily on wealth inequality? If we lose anymore focus on this issue statiscally America will slide into a upper class and lower class society. History Indicates these candidates represent is an even faster acceleration of the death of the middle class.
The brand named candidates are specifically designed to distract from wealth inequality at any cost. Let's not give these characters a free ride.
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Agreed - that is why I call for complete financial disclosure here. I want to see the Clinton's tax returns and I want to see who is donating to the Clinton Foundation. To my mind it is kind of difficult to be the middle class champion when you are running around giving speeches at $300K a pop.
Hillary's message for the women of America: start out with wealthy parents, marry well and ride his coattails to success.
Ms. Clinton, Congratulations for joining in the status quo fray! Now if you only tell us how your vision is different from your husband's, when it comes to Glass-Stegall, NAFTA, immigration deportation, destroying welfare for the poor, and working for Wal-Mart, Monsanto, GE and Goldman Sachs. Thank you. -An ernest Democratic voter (so far).
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thee video announcement was just like a Chevy commercial. Hillary is not a skilled campaigner She does not have the natural ability to connect and Appeal to people. Not matter how hard she tries she still comes off as kind of bitchy. Unfortunately she is the democratic equivalent of bob dole or john McCain. All the republicans need to do to win now is run someone with charisma. Some goes for a democratic challenger. Funny thing happened on the way to the nomination in 2008. If rather officially have bill for a third term and not a surrogate.
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Dream on. Hillary is a terrific campaigner and the GOP doesn't have anyone with Charisma. Jeb isn't as charismatic as Romney, and we all know what happened to him.
Has Hillary ever won a competitive election? (New York as a Democrat doesn't count)
Just imagine how many hundreds of thousands of Americans would be alive today had the 1990 Hilary Clinton healthcare plan been adopted. Tens of billions of healthcare dollars would have been saved with early prudent management.
As president she will do so much more to improve american lives. This lifelong public servant will be an excellent president and world leader.
As president she will do so much more to improve american lives. This lifelong public servant will be an excellent president and world leader.
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This!! :) I agree.
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It is not out of the question that the person who serves as the next president of the United States, from either 2017 to 2021 or 2017 to 2025, will be in power at the moment when the gross domestic product of China becomes larger than that of America's. Whether you're measuring GDP nominally in US dollars at day-to-day exchange rates or according to purchasing power parity makes no difference. China's GDP could potentially be larger than America's GDP by 2020 or 2025.
Who would actually wish to be US president during such a power transition in world affairs? I'm sure British prime ministers in office at the time had loads of fun when the economic output of the United Kingdom was surpassed first by the United States and then by Germany in the late 19th century.
Who would actually wish to be US president during such a power transition in world affairs? I'm sure British prime ministers in office at the time had loads of fun when the economic output of the United Kingdom was surpassed first by the United States and then by Germany in the late 19th century.
That will mean per capita GDP of China will equal one quarter that of the US. Is that really cause for panic?
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I'm thrilled and touched to hear her announcement; from where I sit she has enormous courage and self-confidence to go forward with the incredible abuse that has been heaped on her, currently by supposed "liberals" (people like Maureen Dowd), etc. and in her previous presidential campaign by the huge number of misogynists weighing in with virtual slander. She has faced standards most of us would run from, and all political candidates now face the most minute public analysis of every small action and word, with the worst possible interpretation given to their supposed motives. Few politicians in the past have been anywhere near squeaky clean.
She is a workaholic policy wonk, an extremely gifted and capable woman with a deep hands on knowledge of our world and its leaders, who has never been able to show what she can do and achieve outside of a man's shadow and primary power. There are no "buts" and "except fors" in my support for her! I hope the huge sum mentioned as the campaign cost is worst case, but if she has to spend it it's to defeat power players like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires who will give anything to defeat her. Go Hillary!
She is a workaholic policy wonk, an extremely gifted and capable woman with a deep hands on knowledge of our world and its leaders, who has never been able to show what she can do and achieve outside of a man's shadow and primary power. There are no "buts" and "except fors" in my support for her! I hope the huge sum mentioned as the campaign cost is worst case, but if she has to spend it it's to defeat power players like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires who will give anything to defeat her. Go Hillary!
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I agree with every word you say. Especially the part about her courage. All this slander by the right is designed to make her crumble with fear -- and to make all females who wish to break through the glass ceiling too intimidated to try. If she didn't run, considering she is by far the most qualified candidate, it would be a set-back for every woman in the country who hopes to better herself.
Hillary's courage to stand up to all this abuse is one of the bravest actions I have ever witnessed and I believe it will be an example to women all over the world.
You go girl!
Hillary's courage to stand up to all this abuse is one of the bravest actions I have ever witnessed and I believe it will be an example to women all over the world.
You go girl!
One problem the GOP has is that all the big guns have already been fired at her. There's nothing left in the arsenal but, of course, politics is full of surprises.
I guess I'm stuck with this woman.
Gosh I wish Warren would run.
Gosh I wish Warren would run.
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She probably will some day. She needs more experience and name recognition.
Please stop. Elizabeth Warren is doing a lot more good in the Senate than she could ever do as a President. Plus I expect her to remain a Senator for more than 8 years.
I didn't love Hillary's 2008 campaign. It was presumptuous, clumsy, and flashy. I was grateful when Obama showed up and have never looked back.
However, it seems to me that Hillary learned an extraordinary amount from the 2008 experience and has come back as a much more thoughtful, sophisticated, and compelling candidate. I'm interested to see what kind of campaign she builds and how she envisions continuing Obama's successes--and ideally taking them further with a more aggressive anti-Republican policy.
If she drifts too far to the center, I'll probably vote for someone else in the primary. But there are no circumstances under which she will have anything less than my full and manifest support in the general. America is a scary place filled with some extremely dangerous ideas and toxic subcultures that are hungry to regain power.
After Clinton 42, progressives in this country blinked--they decided they could do better with a weasely protest vote for Nader or, worse, decided they wanted lower taxes and took on a "What's the worst that could happen?" mentality. We got Bush, Iraq, the 2008 financial meltdown, Roberts, Alito, and Citizens United, and lost a decade in the battle to save our environment.
I'll fight tooth and nail for a levelheaded centrist over climate-change-denying, gay-bashing, warmongering Republican barbarians any day--and I'll fight for her like our shared future depends on it, because it does.
However, it seems to me that Hillary learned an extraordinary amount from the 2008 experience and has come back as a much more thoughtful, sophisticated, and compelling candidate. I'm interested to see what kind of campaign she builds and how she envisions continuing Obama's successes--and ideally taking them further with a more aggressive anti-Republican policy.
If she drifts too far to the center, I'll probably vote for someone else in the primary. But there are no circumstances under which she will have anything less than my full and manifest support in the general. America is a scary place filled with some extremely dangerous ideas and toxic subcultures that are hungry to regain power.
After Clinton 42, progressives in this country blinked--they decided they could do better with a weasely protest vote for Nader or, worse, decided they wanted lower taxes and took on a "What's the worst that could happen?" mentality. We got Bush, Iraq, the 2008 financial meltdown, Roberts, Alito, and Citizens United, and lost a decade in the battle to save our environment.
I'll fight tooth and nail for a levelheaded centrist over climate-change-denying, gay-bashing, warmongering Republican barbarians any day--and I'll fight for her like our shared future depends on it, because it does.
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Well, unlucky for you, those "weasely protest votes" will come out even stronger this time around. Until Democrats such as yourself accept that the majority of Americans want Progressive candidates, you will continue to see Bush-Kerry-type results.
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Clinton/Gore won in 1992 with 42% of the popular vote. Ross Perot took 13% of the popular vote after Bush 41 reneged on his "no new taxes" promise.
Progressives have never represented a majority of Americans. That's OK, because the Democrats are no progressives. They are populists, who tell the masses they care about them, give them a pittance, and give their corporate cronies the big money.
A poor working family gets $200 in food stamps while big agra gets billions. Warren Buffett gets billions to build windmill farms (which even he admits does not make economic sense but for the federal and state subsidies) and the poor and working class get higher electric bills. The poor and middle class get health insurance subsidies and Big Pharma, the insurance companies and the rest of Big Medicine get billions. The poor and middle class get insurance with a $6,000 individual deductible/ $12,000 family deductible. For a poor or middle class family, that's equivalent to being uninsured, so no matter how low their premiums are, they cost more than they are worth. But they do get free contraceptives, which "saves" them $5/month.
Progressives have never represented a majority of Americans. That's OK, because the Democrats are no progressives. They are populists, who tell the masses they care about them, give them a pittance, and give their corporate cronies the big money.
A poor working family gets $200 in food stamps while big agra gets billions. Warren Buffett gets billions to build windmill farms (which even he admits does not make economic sense but for the federal and state subsidies) and the poor and working class get higher electric bills. The poor and middle class get health insurance subsidies and Big Pharma, the insurance companies and the rest of Big Medicine get billions. The poor and middle class get insurance with a $6,000 individual deductible/ $12,000 family deductible. For a poor or middle class family, that's equivalent to being uninsured, so no matter how low their premiums are, they cost more than they are worth. But they do get free contraceptives, which "saves" them $5/month.
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Yes... Eugene McCarthy and George Mcgovern were just great for the Democratic party!
Will any of the Republican candidates have a gay couple or a lesbian couple in their campaign videos? *crickets*
Very good start to a campaign. Hopeful, positive, forward-looking message. She already has 18 million+ supporters from 2008, and this middle- and working-class focus will win over the skeptical like me, provided she keeps it up. As a progressive, I can think of worse campaign slogans than "Everyday Americans."
Hillary haters left and right will be speaking doom-and-gloom and pessimism and negativity, focused on what's bad, what didn't work, Benghazi, emails, ignoring all progress, offering no ideas and nothing except their own paranoid anger. They have nothing to offer Americans. The Supreme Court alone makes the stakes too high to vote for the Republican clown show.
Godspeed Hillary. Everyday Americans will be with you if you stick with us.
Very good start to a campaign. Hopeful, positive, forward-looking message. She already has 18 million+ supporters from 2008, and this middle- and working-class focus will win over the skeptical like me, provided she keeps it up. As a progressive, I can think of worse campaign slogans than "Everyday Americans."
Hillary haters left and right will be speaking doom-and-gloom and pessimism and negativity, focused on what's bad, what didn't work, Benghazi, emails, ignoring all progress, offering no ideas and nothing except their own paranoid anger. They have nothing to offer Americans. The Supreme Court alone makes the stakes too high to vote for the Republican clown show.
Godspeed Hillary. Everyday Americans will be with you if you stick with us.
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She can count on18 million supporters from 2008 only because no other woman has been supported as a candidate by the DNC. I suspect that support would fade if Amy Klobacher is allowed a voice by the DNC.
Too bad she's not an everyday American. She complains about her poverty when she and Bill left the White House, while he was pulling down a two pensions and she was being paid a Senator's salary. They had just bought a mansion in NY.
I'm a life-long Democrat. If Hillary is the nominee I will not be attending the coronation. Nor will I be voting.
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But you'll be spamming every inch of the way. The whole Jeff Davis Party looks like three dollar bills to me.
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Vacuum, I guess you won't be complaining about the consequences, then, if Democrats like you don't vote and the Republicans capture the White House.
How do you like the results the country is reaping from the 2010 election, when too many Democrats failed to vote and Republicans captured the Senate?
How do you like the results the country is reaping from the 2010 election, when too many Democrats failed to vote and Republicans captured the Senate?
So an imperfect Democrat is worse than a Republican?
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Queen Hillary has spoken, now the media can quietly submit to her demands. If only the rest of the Candidates were allowed to destroy evidence, violate Federal policies and regulations How many millions has the Clinton Foundation received from Mideast Governments? What will they get in return?
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Two things:
I have yet to see a liberal give any positive, fact based reason or accomplishment of Hillary unrelated to her marriage or politics that warrants her being elected President. The nation has been waiting 8 years or more.
Second, while the little bubble world of liberals and media apparatchniks may be atwitter, America is paying no attention to this anti-climatic event involving an ancient politician and advocate of business as usual and what's good for corporate America is good for America.
I have yet to see a liberal give any positive, fact based reason or accomplishment of Hillary unrelated to her marriage or politics that warrants her being elected President. The nation has been waiting 8 years or more.
Second, while the little bubble world of liberals and media apparatchniks may be atwitter, America is paying no attention to this anti-climatic event involving an ancient politician and advocate of business as usual and what's good for corporate America is good for America.
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Please share with us what George W. Bush (or even his father, for that matter) brought to the table that qualified him to be president.
As for Hillary, off-hand, I'd say being United State Senator and Secretary of State are pretty good qualifications.
As for Hillary, off-hand, I'd say being United State Senator and Secretary of State are pretty good qualifications.
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Well, wake up! Lots of liberals and middle of the roaders are singing Hillary's praises. Where have you been for the last 20 years?
My favorite was the editor of the Arkansas Gazette who wrote on the day Bill Clinton was elected, "We have elected the wrong Clinton". That is high praise from someone who knew. And I like Bill, too
My favorite was the editor of the Arkansas Gazette who wrote on the day Bill Clinton was elected, "We have elected the wrong Clinton". That is high praise from someone who knew. And I like Bill, too
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Again you fail to give us a reason to vote for her. Bush has nothing to do with it. The two positions you name are political and due to who she married not her own accomplishments. Try again if you dare.
There is talk of the Hillary Clinton campaign effort to raise 2.5 BILLION dollars for the 2016 race. The Clinton Machine is going out in full force.
For its part, the Republican campaign effort will likely match that amount, if not surpass it. And just a glance at their list of candidates is even more discouraging than the sad reality of our market-fundamentalist system of government.
After the Citizens United and McCutchen decisions, American politicians when elected are now more than ever terminally indebted to the special interests that put them in office. So they will be more loyal to those special interests than they will be to the interests of the American people.
Hillary Clinton is no exception, and neither is President Obama.
Beyond the hype and the fanfare and the giant circus of opportunism and spin, I don't see Hillary Clinton bringing in any new thinking. I don't see her putting first the actual interests of ordinary Americans. She is too indebted to big players and capital, too taken up with her own legacy, her pursuit of wealth and glory, and her past history.
What on earth have we become as a country, as a society, as a system of government, when literally billions of private dollars are now not only allowed but required to run for president?
Watch how public servants serve themselves first again and again, before they serve the actual interests of the American people. Our Supreme Court opened that flood of cash and called it "free speech."
oz.
For its part, the Republican campaign effort will likely match that amount, if not surpass it. And just a glance at their list of candidates is even more discouraging than the sad reality of our market-fundamentalist system of government.
After the Citizens United and McCutchen decisions, American politicians when elected are now more than ever terminally indebted to the special interests that put them in office. So they will be more loyal to those special interests than they will be to the interests of the American people.
Hillary Clinton is no exception, and neither is President Obama.
Beyond the hype and the fanfare and the giant circus of opportunism and spin, I don't see Hillary Clinton bringing in any new thinking. I don't see her putting first the actual interests of ordinary Americans. She is too indebted to big players and capital, too taken up with her own legacy, her pursuit of wealth and glory, and her past history.
What on earth have we become as a country, as a society, as a system of government, when literally billions of private dollars are now not only allowed but required to run for president?
Watch how public servants serve themselves first again and again, before they serve the actual interests of the American people. Our Supreme Court opened that flood of cash and called it "free speech."
oz.
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All that money has done nothing but reduce turnout for what people see as hopelessly rigged elections.
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Bill and Hillary
I am the woman you met in Oxford last May wearing the hot pink Nikes and as I told you then Hillary is our greatest Hope
And I repeat it again!!!
BRAVA HILLARY
I am the woman you met in Oxford last May wearing the hot pink Nikes and as I told you then Hillary is our greatest Hope
And I repeat it again!!!
BRAVA HILLARY
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Ms. Clinton's unilateral deletion of her remaining emails was a deal breaker.
She's either untrustworthy for the act of deleting those emails or she's untrustworthy for what those emails would have disclosed about her.
She's either untrustworthy for the act of deleting those emails or she's untrustworthy for what those emails would have disclosed about her.
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And what about Colin Powell telling George Stephanopoulos that he deleted ALL of his e-mails immediately after leaving the Secretary of State office? No, there was not yet a law, but he was not even questioned about whether there should have been one. Hillary Clinton saved hers and the receiving end was on government servers, enough to comply with the law as written. The double standards are only just getting started. In fact, if this is the worst the opposition can come up with, I would say she is doing pretty darn well.
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My support---1000% percent. Americans must save the United States from the Christian Taliban that own the republican party. The country MUST move forward to remain relevant and competitive and will not happen under a republican. Ms Clinton has the experience and pragmatism to build this country--and not destroy it nitpicking over religious trivia.
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Like many Democrats, I have ambivalent feelings about Hillary. But now that she's in it, she is by far the Democrats' best chance to win it, and I will support her.
She has a lot going for her, in spite of her "baggage" and lack of the natural political skills of her husband. Without question she is far preferable to any Republican. She is smart, knows how Washington works, has vast experience in domestic and international affairs, and has been dealing with the Republican hate and smear machine for years.
There is no realistic alternative on the Democratic side, none. Every Democrat should get on board, every African-American, every Hispanic, and hopefully a majority of independents.
The only interesting question is who her running mate will be. (It won't be a woman.) She will have an opportunity to give a much younger Democratic a big boost in experience and name recognition.
I simply cannot, do not want to, imagine a Republican president, with a Republican Congress, and a Republican Supreme Court. If those who are unsure about Hillary prefer that possibility, by all means, don't vote, or write in Bernie Sanders (who is great). Then go have lunch with Ralph Nader and talk about how it really doesn't matter who wins.
She has a lot going for her, in spite of her "baggage" and lack of the natural political skills of her husband. Without question she is far preferable to any Republican. She is smart, knows how Washington works, has vast experience in domestic and international affairs, and has been dealing with the Republican hate and smear machine for years.
There is no realistic alternative on the Democratic side, none. Every Democrat should get on board, every African-American, every Hispanic, and hopefully a majority of independents.
The only interesting question is who her running mate will be. (It won't be a woman.) She will have an opportunity to give a much younger Democratic a big boost in experience and name recognition.
I simply cannot, do not want to, imagine a Republican president, with a Republican Congress, and a Republican Supreme Court. If those who are unsure about Hillary prefer that possibility, by all means, don't vote, or write in Bernie Sanders (who is great). Then go have lunch with Ralph Nader and talk about how it really doesn't matter who wins.
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I am absolutely not a fan of Hillary Clinton for President and I will absolutely vote for her rather than anyone from the present version of the Republican party.
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We cannot end the enablement of claimants to know what God thinks of our condition too soon.
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The problem with a video showing lots of different demographics the candidate wants to be seen as running on behalf of, is that if you don't identify with any of them, you stop and wonder where you fit it; whereas if there's no attempt to reach out to specific groups like that, there's no pause, no wondering where you fit in, you figure she's just running on the issues and you can endorse her or not on that basis.
I was also surprised by the tone of her section at the end of the video -- I'd love to know what her campaign advisers thought they were communicating with that.
I was also surprised by the tone of her section at the end of the video -- I'd love to know what her campaign advisers thought they were communicating with that.
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A forward-thinking Hillary supporter focuses on her VP choice:
"A visibly younger candidate for vice president with broad likability will make the difference in what is likely to be a tough and very close race."
Well, it's unlikely Hillary will disappoint you there. Unless she picks Joe Biden, ANY Democratic candidate for VP will be younger than Hillary. Keep in mind that, if she does get elected, she'll be 69 years old – at least four years older than any other President with just two exceptions: Ronald Reagan (who will have her beat), and William Henry Harrison (who was a year younger, and died in office after just a month).
"A visibly younger candidate for vice president with broad likability will make the difference in what is likely to be a tough and very close race."
Well, it's unlikely Hillary will disappoint you there. Unless she picks Joe Biden, ANY Democratic candidate for VP will be younger than Hillary. Keep in mind that, if she does get elected, she'll be 69 years old – at least four years older than any other President with just two exceptions: Ronald Reagan (who will have her beat), and William Henry Harrison (who was a year younger, and died in office after just a month).
Hillary will be the female 69. Females usually live longer than males so we can forget her age. It's other things i can't forget.
That description of a Veep fits Sarah Palin to a T.
Be careful what you wish for. Hillary may be a better choice for many than any Republican, but how well do we really know her? She's been on the national stage for 25 years, yet she's managed to avoid specifics about her views and policies. In her recent memoir she lauds "the American model of free markets for free people." Then in a speech she says, "Don't let anybody tell you, that, you know, it's corporations and businesses that create jobs." Huh? And on foreign policy she says she is neither a realist or an idealist, but rather an "idealist realist." Really? What was so "idealist realist" about backing the invasion of Iraq? No wonder Charles Schumer once called her "the most opaque person you'll ever meet in your life." Without any serious competition for the Democratic nod, they'll be no reason to clarify. And against the Republican candidate, surely she'll just slam their platform and avoid answering important questions in any detail. Not a good process for selecting the next leader of the Free World.
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I am so excited about the news ,she brings knowledge and expertise !
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Lots of repeat posters here saying the same thing. Is this being moderated?
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I wonder if it's a technical glitch. I've seen it happen more than once.
I am going to repeat the post of her Iraq War speech here. It cannot be posted too many times. It is time to put to rest the notion that she is a warmonger which is already starting up. Clearly people would prefer to be told what to think rather than going to the source to figure it out for themselves:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
Thank you, Hillary, for deciding to run, knowing full well the vitriol and mud-slinging that will be thrown at you by those who "only want the best" for our country. This shows real courage and commitment. I believe in you as our next President!!!
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i do not expect any decline in the ratings for The Masters. Seriously, everyone who lives and breathes politics 24/7 needs to calm down, take a breath and realize the 19 month election marathon has just begun. It is not a sprint.
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I loved the video. It made me cry. If she can continue that message and that tone, she has my vote and she will win. But she needs more of a cross section--- college graduates with advanced degrees and all the people who have money, but who have values too.
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What is with the Hillary phallic logo? H and a BIG arrow? What? Was that focus group tested? It is hilarious and INVITES ridicule. What was she thinking?
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What a waste of political energy, Hillary couldn't run the country, not even Secretary of State. She has demonstrated a lack of understanding and inherent talent for this position. Another Bush would be equally useless, new talent needs to help shape the nation now.
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Who else to tackle those Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson ?
Thy name is Hillary Rodham Clinton .
She is ready for the bumpy ride to Presidency !
Thy name is Hillary Rodham Clinton .
She is ready for the bumpy ride to Presidency !
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Hillary, I've been around longer than you, though I don't have your experience. Here's some advice. You'll have an unstoppable ticket if you share it with Elizabeth Warren. Make her your choice for VP and all those democrats who want her instead of you will get the best of both. The pendulum is swinging back to progressive, not regressive, politics. You want to be a champion for the middle class? Get one of the most dedicated fighters for the middle class as a running mate. And don't marginalize Barack Obama. Despite what the pundits say, he is revered and beloved. Ask him to campaign for you. You would be a fool not to. And then all the many dems who still love and have always loved Bill, including me, will send in the small contributions which add up to big bucks, fill your campaign offices with volunteers manning the phones, stuffing envelopes and going door-to-door in November '16 when you'll need them most.
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Lots of questions: 1) how hawkish is she? Will she get us out of the Middle East or get us further into that swamp: 2) Opinion on Iran and the nuclear agreement 3) Relation with countries such as Saudi Arabia who have donated millions to the Clinton Foundation? 4) Attitude towards Wall Street and the big banks who back her and hubby? 5) Jobs for the middle class other than McJobs 6) ROLE OF BUBBA, the first gentleman.
There are other questions but these are a starter.
There are other questions but these are a starter.
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You go, Hillary. I am counting on seeing the first US woman president before I die. Now's the time.
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I have looked forward to this day for several years.
I supported Hillary in 2008, but was swayed by Mr. Obama's rhetoric. He is a good man I think but a disappointing President. Better a Supreme Court justice than his current role.
I am very much looking forward to casting my vote for Hillary Clinton.
She will be a fine President.
I supported Hillary in 2008, but was swayed by Mr. Obama's rhetoric. He is a good man I think but a disappointing President. Better a Supreme Court justice than his current role.
I am very much looking forward to casting my vote for Hillary Clinton.
She will be a fine President.
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Oh, what a surprise. An good record as a NY Senator and a mediocre record as a Secretary of State. Maturity, personal and political. Lots of history and baggage and very little clarity about what she would really like to accomplish if elected. Now let's see if there will be(any serious Democratic presidential primary candidates and how the Republican party selects its candidate. In any case, not at all inevitable.
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I'm more thrilled and energized by Hillary Clinton's announcement today than I ever thought I would be. I want a brilliant, experienced, tough decision maker in the White House. And she is all of that and more. There is no one comparable on either side. I don't have to watch the roll-out video. She should just be herself going forward. She is a great speaker because it's obvious she loves what she's doing. No phony accents depending on the audience. It's not that it's her turn, it's that she will be a great chief executive.
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Please can we dispense with this tired media trope about "dynasties?" It is utterly lazy and terriblyt inaccurate. Hillary Clinton's husband won the White House on merit. No "family dynasty", no heir apparent, nothing but two talent people, please. Any attempt to label Hillary Clinton under dynasty is an effort to reduce her solid resume. I pray that the New York Times wakes up! this election cycle, and stops pandering to the click-bait idiocy that passes for journalism in today's world of misinformation that *does not get challenged* which is, HELLO, the media's JOB. We need a discussion on policy and a fair appriasal of what worked under Obama, what needs to be improved, but please God may it be a factual adult discussion, pretty please??
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I loved the video. Full of human warmth. By contrast, the Republicans trade in bile and belittlement.
Let's go, Hillary. A classy and assured start.
Let's go, Hillary. A classy and assured start.
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Her resume is more substantive than any of the other candidates. But history has shown us that being properly if not over-qualified does not guarantee being elected. I wish her luck, and to be careful what she wishes for.
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I think, Hillary shall make the best Prez for US given the current global politics. Only thing, I found is that honesty seems to be no more a pre-requisite unlike the earlier conditions. She did try to steal the credit card of UN Chief in her diplomatic career. Perhaps one can be amnesic about it, given her other positive character.
Everything you need to know about how Hillary Clinton thinks is in her Iraq War vote speech. It stands up to scrutiny even though it was based on false intelligence fed to Congress. It is too bad the boys did not listen to her. She has my vote.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
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With Ted Kennedy now gone and no potential stealth candidates lurking on the horizon Hillary's path to the Democratic nomination is finally free of distractions and roadblocks. Hillary Clinton rocks!!! You go girl!!!
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Hillary Clinton will win.
This will not even be close.
George Vreeland Hill
This will not even be close.
George Vreeland Hill
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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Saunders, Jerry Brown...where are you? We need you now!
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As an outsider --- I live in Sydney, Australia, with a long time interest in US politics, I heard the Kennedy campaign on radio --- I believe that the democrats have just lost the presidency.
If not, then the US those in the US are going to be looking back on the good years.
Considering that the US gifts Israel $3 billion each year, and alone stands against Isreal being brought before the International Court, and that Hillary blindly supports Israel ---
How much better would health care, education and hospital look with Three billion a year tossed at them?
If not, then the US those in the US are going to be looking back on the good years.
Considering that the US gifts Israel $3 billion each year, and alone stands against Isreal being brought before the International Court, and that Hillary blindly supports Israel ---
How much better would health care, education and hospital look with Three billion a year tossed at them?
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Given Hillary's role in the destruction of Libya, she is not qualified to be President of the U.S....and this is coming from a (non-interventionist) Democrat.
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GHQ - then who are you voting for?
Libya is a major problem, but I wonder if it was her idea to "lead from behind." I think she would have been much more pro-active than Obama at leading its aftermath based on the advice she gave Obama on Egypt: to support Mubarak staying in office another few months to help smooth a transition and strengthen moderate elements while writing a workable Constitution. Even if we had not been able to control events there, we could have at least given the Egyptians sound advice which would have maintained their economy and given democracy a fighting chance. We did not.
She has a lot of shortcomings, but then I look at the list of possible Republican candidates and I think her shortcomings are nothing compared to theirs.
I also look at the Supreme Court rulings that I have disagreed with over the past 15 years, from Bush v Gore to Citizens United, from Hobby Lobby to Lilly Ledbetter, and I think, whatever I can do on my part to keep Republicans out of the White House, I'm going to do my part and vote for ABR (Anybody But Republicans).
I also look at the Supreme Court rulings that I have disagreed with over the past 15 years, from Bush v Gore to Citizens United, from Hobby Lobby to Lilly Ledbetter, and I think, whatever I can do on my part to keep Republicans out of the White House, I'm going to do my part and vote for ABR (Anybody But Republicans).
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I sincerely hope that Hillary can withstand the inevitable barrage of pressure from the powerful Israeli lobby groups and stand behind the beleagered Palestinian people. For too long now the Israelis have got away (literally) with murder, and in my opinion the US needs another strong President like Barak Obama who will put his/her country first, and continue to build bridges with the Muslim world, rather than create yet more animosity at the behest of a very ungrateful and aggressive little Middle Eastern country with an unhealthy amount of control over the United States Of America!
Good luck Hillary!
Good luck Hillary!
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She has no intention of doing such a thing. That's why all Progressives must take a stand and not settle for someone as duplicitous, money-hungry, and war-hawkish as Hillary Clinton. Candidates like her are simply no longer good enough for this country.
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"Well. Let the games begin. I hope she comes out swinging."
Or at least that her AIDES come out swinging.
Or at least that her AIDES come out swinging.
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Fine, that message works for me. I'll vote for her.
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Buckle up, ladies. It is going to be a rough ride in an identity-politics election which will be rougher on women than President Obama's two terms have been on him, and on U.S. blacks. And it won't be over once she wins, either. Not only will we have more libertarian intransigence in Congress, which will throw a monkey wrench in virtually every useful piece of legislation the Democrats attempt to get passed, but Presidential weakness will be implied in every remark, suggestion and conservative editorial made and written.
It's not about identity, people, and it shouldn't be. It is about specifically WHO we elect. The truth is we don't get great choices anymore for the toughest job in the world. President Obama is as decent a man as ever held the office.
The Democrats made history in 2008 and 2012, twice electing a black man, and will make history again in 2016 by electing our first woman president, but, once the celebrating is over, we will begin making history of a different sort, as her success quickly curdles into a new round of Clinton bashing which will make the late 1990s round of it look like a church picnic. She will be a good President, but history will ensure she will not be a great one. That requires a great Congress, too.
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Who is she? What does she stand for? I still have no idea.
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Good video. Makes a lot of statements, and she would have a hard time stepping back from those statement. Which is good, because she should not step back. It is appropriate that it is all about domestic issues.
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The lack of a serious opponent in the primary season is a major boon to Hillary. She will not be forced to the left by the anti-Israel crowd who are in love with the Iran treaty. She can woo the middle class and the independents in the country where the election will be decided instead of spewing rhetoric about "Wall Street" and the "banks". The left has nowhere else to go. Her experience and intellect will be on display as the campaign progresses so that independent Romney voters, like myself, can jump on the bandwagon of a centrist, traditional Democrat not unlike her husband. She'll win and she won't have to change who she is, just change the packaging some. Adieu, Obama.
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Republicans were probably terrified watching the video announcing that Hillary Clinton is running...What terrified them was the DIVERSITY of the people in the video including a gay couple, African Americans, Asian woman, Latinos..Republicans still only cater to the Archie Bunkers' of this world and they forget the electorate has changed drastically since the 1980 election...
Clinton 2016
Clinton 2016
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They say the past always comes back to haunt you! Who is advising her? Whoever it is let me tell them that I have to bribe my kids to stay at grannies house. She already got the grannies her problem is getting the youngsters. My kids grow tired of rebooting their grand mothers computer. Maybe they should lose the granny act and put her on motorcycle with Bill in the sidecar. Seems like old times to me and I am no spring chick.
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Hillary will just be an extension of Obama's presidency...and given that Obama has been largely lockstep with G.W. bush, you'll forgive me if I'm not interested in another 4-8 years of that.
Democrats and republicans are two cheeks on the same butt, and until we stop alternating between kissing one or the other, neither has any real interest in doing anything but scoring political points off the other side. As long as the white house stays inside the beltway, the beltway politicians don't have any incentive to change.
Democrats and republicans are two cheeks on the same butt, and until we stop alternating between kissing one or the other, neither has any real interest in doing anything but scoring political points off the other side. As long as the white house stays inside the beltway, the beltway politicians don't have any incentive to change.
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And who would you recommend?
Huh? Do you actually READ the news, if you think Obama and Bush and Clinton are the same? Life would have been very different if Obama would have lost in ways that I'm guessing you would not have liked.
This person doesn't possess one progressive idea.
She is loath to cross:
Wall Street,
the NSA & our Strangeloves,
and Bibi.
This is what our new silent majority desires as we totally neglect climate change, and witness wealth disparity grow as we drift ever Rightward.
To support her simply because she is a woman is a cop-out.
She is loath to cross:
Wall Street,
the NSA & our Strangeloves,
and Bibi.
This is what our new silent majority desires as we totally neglect climate change, and witness wealth disparity grow as we drift ever Rightward.
To support her simply because she is a woman is a cop-out.
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I'm in for one simple reason. Hilary and Bill Clinton get up everyday with one mission. To destroy the dreams of Republicans. Hilary Clinton for President in 2016.
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She's not that much different from the Republicans. If her supporters would wake up and realize that, they'd avoid another Bush-Kerry debacle. But it seems they never learn. Keep refusing to embrace truly Progressive values on all fronts, and Dema will lose these elections. And you know what, they deserve it. Progressives are sick of these power/money- hungry, war hawk Dema. We will protest until things change for us, even if it means a few years of a disastrous Republican preisdency.
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Come on, New York Times, endorse her. You know you will, so why not get it over with?
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Thanks Hillary. This is great for our country.
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She will take the country to new heights
I'll vote for a female from now on unless there is an exception male candidate, until a woman is a president. Just like most people vote for a male candidate unless there is an exception female candidate.
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Now brace yourselves for the right wing hate-fest.
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And the left wing one, too! That was her undoing last time.
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Why not? We got the left-wing hate fest. Maybe we'll have some balance.
You can woulda, shoulda, coulda, and nitpick all you like. You can insult, and whine and stamp your foot then hold your breath until you turn blue. However, as the chips are falling, and until the Democrats come up with someone better who is actually running for president, she's got my vote. Like her style or not, that woman is ten times better and smarter than anyone the Republicans are considering for the office.
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Straight thinking, Michael!
It's a long way away, but as opposed to the current Republican clown car she's got my vote!
Like her or not, at 69, she'd be Ronald Reagan's age upon taking the oath of office, and at an age when people typically have many health problems and many are experiencing cognitive decline. Sorry, but 2008 was her year, the year America needed her, and the year she'd have been elected president had not the democratic primary voter fallen for the Obama racial narrative.
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This is brutal, I know, but it has to be said: Americans would vote for a man of her age, but not a woman. There it is, flat-out.
What century does this comment come from??
...and how far out of touch is the commenter?
...and how far out of touch is the commenter?
Just reality Lou. If they could make age an issue for Reagan and McCain you can certainly count on it for her. I don't like it, but they need to find a way to deal with that issue. It's even worse for a woman.
I've just watched the video, as did my husband. Well-done, was our take. Clinton's message is that her campaign will about us, not her, and our future, not merely her own. She came across as personable and approachable, nothing like the media stereotype (e.g., SNL's opening skit last night).
The trolls were online instantly, of course. No sale here. We are
on board.
The trolls were online instantly, of course. No sale here. We are
on board.
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She came across as personable and approachable? She appeared for only a few seconds of a video that lasted for a few minutes.
I suppose there's an attraction for her to be the first woman president, but if it means more Clinton style "triangulation" policies it won't mean much.
Moreover, I remember her cynical vote for the Iraq Bush fiasco. Progressives be wary!
Moreover, I remember her cynical vote for the Iraq Bush fiasco. Progressives be wary!
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It is up to women and other thinking, care people to take back this country from the dogmatists and extremists. Hillary in 2016 because there is No Other Choice !
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Are you kidding me, this women should be in prison for all the lies and fraud she done over the years, don't you read the media, she under investigation now for deleting her 30 thousand emails which the Government demanded, this race is not about Man or Women it's about who qualify, and she apparently is not?
A Hillary supporter is willing to cross his fingers and hope Hillary changes:
"And let's hope she will not be as beholden to the Military-Industrial complex as she was in supporting the Iraq invasion."
Hope is a good thing. But I and many others are less inclined to believe Hillary will change. Can you think of a single foreign war she hasn't actually supported? True, she always says she hopes diplomacy will work, but Republicans say that too -- everybody always says that. But when she gets to vote, she votes for war. Every time. I don't have great hopes that she'll change.
"And let's hope she will not be as beholden to the Military-Industrial complex as she was in supporting the Iraq invasion."
Hope is a good thing. But I and many others are less inclined to believe Hillary will change. Can you think of a single foreign war she hasn't actually supported? True, she always says she hopes diplomacy will work, but Republicans say that too -- everybody always says that. But when she gets to vote, she votes for war. Every time. I don't have great hopes that she'll change.
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Good for the Crumbling Raj....to bad about the people
Please, Americans, we, from Latin America, beg you not to elect a hawkish president, be it a republican or a democrat. We are tired of your covert operations trying to topple our democratically governments.
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I find it fascinating that many people in the comments section merely refer to her as "Hillary." Not former Secretary of State. Not former Sen. Clinton. Not former First Lady. But Hillary. There is a personal connection there, somehow, as if she's going to join you for brunch next Sunday.
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You're right. Good comment. We all feel we know her on a familiar level.
My read is entirely different. As a professional woman, I find it common to be addressed familiarly, by first name, when my male peers are addressed as "Dr." I don't think it is meant in a cozy way but in a slightly less respectful one.
I am not american, but I have been following american politics for years and I am really excited for Hillary. Although she is from another family that already won the white house, more than Jeb Bush, she managed to set apart from her husband's ingluence and walk her own path, having a distinct biography and personal accomplishments. We in Brazil already have a woman president (not a good one, though), and it is incredible to imagine the historical mark of having a woman in such a distinct position: president of the United States. It would send a truly powerful message. I hope she wins: it would give me a lot of joy and happiness.
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Wow. Hilary's team is really going all out with these fake "I'm not American but I support her." This is the fourth one I've read so far. Give it a rest. No one is buying her duplicitous, lying ways.
The video is so well done it's almost scary. It skillfully massages our psyches with pitch-perfect images, each calculated to evoke a discrete feeling, carried along by the light happy music. The candidate is an afterthought, tossed in for a few seconds at the end, to claim implicit credit for the good vibe you're enjoying. This could have been a commercial for anything.
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My goodness- the Democratic Party is moribund. They have no bench, no compelling message, no direction and no new faces. They propose to win our support by more pie-in-the-sky rhetoric and being the lesser of evils. That is no way to energize the citizenry.
Not Ready For Hillary.
Not Ready For Hillary.
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Right on mate
At least one other commenter had the same reaction I did:
"What? The first word comes from a campaign aide. Why wouldn't we hear from Hillary herself first?"
Good question. If I were running for President, I'd be the one telling people that. I wouldn't send some aide out there to announce it first -- especially a male aide (John Podesta) if I were running to become the first woman President.
A small thing, perhaps, but why in the world didn't Hillary just get up there and announce it herself?
"What? The first word comes from a campaign aide. Why wouldn't we hear from Hillary herself first?"
Good question. If I were running for President, I'd be the one telling people that. I wouldn't send some aide out there to announce it first -- especially a male aide (John Podesta) if I were running to become the first woman President.
A small thing, perhaps, but why in the world didn't Hillary just get up there and announce it herself?
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I find the whole announcement very bizarre. The "getting started" video with lots of Americans is certainly an interesting commentary, but I find it a far cry from someone who is announcing a run for the President of the United States.
First woman President.
No more Republicans in high office, until they learn the facts, get properly educated. And no more crazy Republicans with their frightened and neglected child narratives (taking about you Curz), whose parents did nothing for them, so they don't want the government to do anything for you!
No more Republicans in high office, until they learn the facts, get properly educated. And no more crazy Republicans with their frightened and neglected child narratives (taking about you Curz), whose parents did nothing for them, so they don't want the government to do anything for you!
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Maybe we can shame the media into presenting informed discussion of policy properly vetted for factual accuracy and a rousing challenge to those politicians who lie and dissemble, I can DREAM, can't I? I can REMEMBER back when the New York Times actually had some muckraking instincts instead of this horrible-to-behold descent into gossipy blather inspired by the need to get clicks.
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I'm going on the record now that she will not win the nomination. I believe her baggage will be her undoing, and it absolutely remains to be seen if she's improved as a long-haul campaigner. When you're handed a huge lead before you even enter the race, when things naturally tighten, as they do in campaigns, the visual will be that she has lost that lead, and thus her momentum.
How she fights back when that inevitably happens is the true test, and her history is that she becomes shrill, defensive and tone-deaf.
Leaving all of the above aside, I'm not even sure I want Hillary to be president. It's time for younger, fresher faces in American politics. Enough with these dynasties.
Does anybody really want to see Hillary versus Jeb in the fall of '16?
How she fights back when that inevitably happens is the true test, and her history is that she becomes shrill, defensive and tone-deaf.
Leaving all of the above aside, I'm not even sure I want Hillary to be president. It's time for younger, fresher faces in American politics. Enough with these dynasties.
Does anybody really want to see Hillary versus Jeb in the fall of '16?
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If her baggage is her undoing then shame on all of us. Her opposition, if you LOOK, has as much baggage as any human being might, but the difference is, she owns her character, she has survived decades of nonsense and twits twittering madly, and heck yeah would I take her over Jeb Bush or Christie or Perry or my god do I have to even write Ted Cruz . . .
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Mr. Bennett, There is no one else at this time who could win the Democratic nomination. Senator Warren is not running. Former Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland is a convivial guy and is making "running" noises, but in my opinion he does not have the money, high national profile or personality to get the nomination this time around. As for Bush versus Clinton? Yes, I suspect that's what we're in for.
Her announcement was positive. I am struck by the contrast from her Republican challengers--negative and regressive.
Clinton should have to earn votes and it's telling that her opening salvo is positive and focused on families.
Clinton should have to earn votes and it's telling that her opening salvo is positive and focused on families.
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and we will probably wind up with Scott Walker for president, thanks to Hillary Clinton's arrogant it-is-all-about-me. Where is the democratic leadership?
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Oh boy, another reducto ad absurdum argument to further diminish the tenor of this election cycle. Let's reduce America to a gossipy argument on The View.
Hillary Clinton is a *human being with foibles* thank God, and she is not a weird plastic politician doll like Romney 3.7 was. I will gladly take her "arrogance" in the White House, because just look at the intelligence and breadth of experience she brings with her.
Hillary Clinton is a *human being with foibles* thank God, and she is not a weird plastic politician doll like Romney 3.7 was. I will gladly take her "arrogance" in the White House, because just look at the intelligence and breadth of experience she brings with her.
Hillary Clinton has proven that she's an irresponsible leader. The Benghazi attacks were all on her and that never would've happened had she done her job properly. I'm tired of both the Bush and Clinton families. This country needs new life.
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She will take the country to new heights.
Secretary Clinton did her job.
The Congress did NOT do its job. It cut her security budget by 3 billion dollars. Then the Libyan Security Detail was recalled by the Libyan Government before Benghazi happened. The result of under funding by Congress and lack of protection by Libya created the perfect storm.
The Congress did NOT do its job. It cut her security budget by 3 billion dollars. Then the Libyan Security Detail was recalled by the Libyan Government before Benghazi happened. The result of under funding by Congress and lack of protection by Libya created the perfect storm.
This nation is ready for a grandmother in the Oval Office.
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Let me tell you Mama Merkel has done really well for Germany !
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Just watched the roll-out video. Don't know how many consultants/strategists were behind that message, but I found it very bizarre and it didn't do much for me.
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Ann, did you notice that the video included all kinds of people? And that the message was about income equality? You wont find those themes in any of the republicans running. Hillary begins campaigning tomorrow and will start to lay out specifics then. You know that you just can't please all of the people all of the time.
Video represents middle class sections of society
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Enlighten us. If you support Hillary I challenge you to tell us her top three life accomplishmnents outside of marrying Bill, clinging to him for dear life and cheap Democrat Party politics. Come on it should be easy. She's a great woman. Tell us.
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Her greatest achievement to date is to get you right wingers blubbering senselessly.
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Maxine, she was a good lawyer (and in a man's world in Arkansas, of all places), she was a good Senator (I didn't agree with all of her votes, but she was up there in my approval ratings), and she was a good Secretary of State, reaching out across the world to serve the person who defeated her in her first run.
Now, Maxine, name three things that any of her likely opponents from the other side have done that are decent and moral. Jeb: disenfranchising voters who might vote against his brother. Rand: government off of greenbacks, but not off of women's bodies. Mario: certified panderer. Ted: gimme a break. I don't even ask for great, just a sense of decency.
Now, Maxine, name three things that any of her likely opponents from the other side have done that are decent and moral. Jeb: disenfranchising voters who might vote against his brother. Rand: government off of greenbacks, but not off of women's bodies. Mario: certified panderer. Ted: gimme a break. I don't even ask for great, just a sense of decency.
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Mrs. Clinton's team from 2008 was not very good. But this one is even worse. Whoever thought in today's media frenzy having 1:36 of non-Hillary Americans talking about things none of us will connect with will be a great intro for a few seconds of her needs to lose their job. Seriously. They have produced a video that will only play well in San Francisco. Not even in LA will people spend so much time waiting for the substance to get there. Moreover, the logo for Hillary Clinton's campaign is uglier than even the London 2012 Olympics logo. So far, all I can see from the video is a lot of money and time being wasted to bury "Hillary" in an alienating, fragmented message that actually has something to turn everyone off -- including the great long pause of having to wait -- and wait -- and wait before she finally comes on for a fleeting appearance. I am really astonished at how oblique this announcement is. I fear that all the New Yorker reading Obama groupies are working against the normal pattern, selling "counterintuitive" to the Clintons. It will all go "Phhht" unless it is fixed and redone like this week.
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We knew what the substance would be - she began by building her message. A good video.
It really does not matter WHO runs for the Democratic Party.
92% of the Blacks vote for "D"
More then HALF of the women will vote for a Female.
The rest, vote for the best person..
i have Voted for D and R and I and have wasted my vote with a write in.
It is my right.
However, I am not a mindless robot that vote D or R not knowing anything...
btw..
I know they ALL do it, but.. LAY OFF the Southern Accent or Country Accent, or HILL_BILLY Accent.
LAY OFF SHOUTING, yelling. Do what the Great President BILL C did.
he was always enjoyable to listen too.
He IS w/out a doubt, the BEST ORATOR (Political) Man alive.
92% of the Blacks vote for "D"
More then HALF of the women will vote for a Female.
The rest, vote for the best person..
i have Voted for D and R and I and have wasted my vote with a write in.
It is my right.
However, I am not a mindless robot that vote D or R not knowing anything...
btw..
I know they ALL do it, but.. LAY OFF the Southern Accent or Country Accent, or HILL_BILLY Accent.
LAY OFF SHOUTING, yelling. Do what the Great President BILL C did.
he was always enjoyable to listen too.
He IS w/out a doubt, the BEST ORATOR (Political) Man alive.
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'Your champion'?
She's getting $250,000 to $300,000 from corporations for half hour speeches and she doesn't believe any of the Wall Street firms who helped us into the Great George Bush Recession should be penalized and she's a champion of the middle and lower class?
And remind us again of how you voted for the Iraq war that exploded our deficit and given us headaches we have to deal with through today?
She's getting $250,000 to $300,000 from corporations for half hour speeches and she doesn't believe any of the Wall Street firms who helped us into the Great George Bush Recession should be penalized and she's a champion of the middle and lower class?
And remind us again of how you voted for the Iraq war that exploded our deficit and given us headaches we have to deal with through today?
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I am crying--had no idea this would make me so emotional! And because the Republican candidates HATE 99% of us, want to take our health care away, won't let women have coverage to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies, would throw grandma and grandpa onto the street with no Social Security AND want to bomb poor people in other countries rather than do ANYTHING worthwhile, SHE WILL WIN!!!!
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thank you
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Pamela . . . she may not win. It is encumbent upon you and every Clinton supported to become better informed *by far* than her opponents who will be stirring up the most unfortunate sediment. You need to be well-informed, and very light on your feet as you converse with your fellow American citizens about the extremely good reasons that she would make an acceptable and worthy successor to President Obama. His policy victories deserve a champion in the White House, not another nattering naboob of negativity from the republican goat rodeo clown show. We have to work hard to hold Hillary Clinton to her promises, too, the financial wherewithal she has amassed has come, do not doubt, at a very steep cost.
Hillary is prepared to take this Country. There is not an easy resolution to our state of the world's conflicting wars. Her knowledge and life achievements, and her continuing involvement - She has spent a lifetime embracing this most impossible endeavor. She is intelligent, she is capable and she needs to be there.
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I'd vote for Mrs. Clinton over any of the Republican candidates, and I think it would be good to see a woman hold the office. But I don't believe in dynasties and I don't want another Republicrat. Worse, Mrs. Clinton is not an attractive campaigner and I fear that she'll lose to a potential Republican who is.
The fact that we're seriously considering two dynastic candidates says something very sad about the power of money, influence, and premature press speculation in our political system.
The fact that we're seriously considering two dynastic candidates says something very sad about the power of money, influence, and premature press speculation in our political system.
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It is an error to call the Clintons a "dynasty". There is no multi-generational family noblesse oblige, no generations of schooling at exclusive establishment private schools, this dynasty talk is the very latest of a media's increasing laziness to do actual fact-based investigative journalism of the policy issues that we must discuss and decide upon. They like easy gossip instead of real news. This is not a TV show, and the points we discuss need to at least peripherally relate to the course of this country.
The only reason for me to become US citizen (I'm holding a green card since 2009) is to vote for Mrs. Clinton, the GOP is shoving hatred against hispanics, women, blacks, mid-class citizens and minorities.
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Coyote, your statement is a perfect illustration of why she made the video she did. The message is clear.
It's 2014. The GOP is in the throes of irreversible ideological civil war. Their pundits and candidates are destroying their own movement like museum looters in a failed state. By 2016 they'll be doing what they do best: rationalizing, finger-pointing and revising history in real time.
None of their candidates has a chance because the ugly secret of the GOP is in front us all the time: the base.
None of their candidates has a chance because the ugly secret of the GOP is in front us all the time: the base.
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I am very sorry there will not be a real Dem Primary race with 1 to 4 candidates. I'd like us to examine and debate the issues. I'd like to be able question any candidate on a specific position w/o being cast as supporting a Rep. Even the strongest Hilary supporters should look back to Obama's first campaign and remember how much he improved in debates and more during the primary, making him a far better candidate in the General Election.
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I think Tulip549 is exactly right about this:
"I think if Hillary Clinton had been president instead of Barack Obama, that the Iran negotiations probably wouldn't have happened."
If you happen to think that would be a good thing, then you may be happy to vote for Hillary (or a Republican). But keep that in mind if think the Iran negotiations were a good thing: They probably wouldn't have happened if Hillary were President right now.
"I think if Hillary Clinton had been president instead of Barack Obama, that the Iran negotiations probably wouldn't have happened."
If you happen to think that would be a good thing, then you may be happy to vote for Hillary (or a Republican). But keep that in mind if think the Iran negotiations were a good thing: They probably wouldn't have happened if Hillary were President right now.
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Whereas, if McCain or Romney had won, we'd be embroiled in another MidEast war by now, having allowed Netanyahu to bomb Iran.
It seems only fitting that Clinton would announce her candidacy today, on April 12 -- 70 years to the day (in 1945) since the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the last New Yorker to sit in the White House. Now we'll have to see if Clinton can reclaim the presidency for the Empire State.
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Of course - I knew it was the anniversary of FDR's death, but hadn't made the connection. Good catch, Jeff.
The timing of the Hillary email-gate was no accident. They knew that it would be a potential liability so they "leaked" it in order to get it out there and get in front of it to avoid being bitten from behind at a crucial moment...
In any case, it is a good thing that it got out there when it did.
In any case, it is a good thing that it got out there when it did.
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shes a distraction. watch her and miss whats in the other hand. I am not convinced she wants it. The Republicrats will find her competitor then the switch. its in the bag. America wakeup your votes in federal elections dont count. Do you think a man that spends a billion dollars of donations is gonna allow a small thing as a vote count???? Electoral college is the peoples voice!!! so was Justice Roberts on Obamacare right????? Get your proverbial head out of the sand...its fixed.. enjoy the game...
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To my friends who are Democrats. This woman wants to be your nominee. Don't let her as she is not a Democrat. She is a Socialist using your party to try and become President. She has had an agenda to be President and manipulated her path all the way. A resident of Arkansas but leases an apartment in New York for a year so she can run for the New York Senate. So much for representing your people in Arkansas. She turned her back on her own state for power and publicity in New York. She was beaten by Obama for your nomination and since then, Obama has turned his back on her as she failed miserably as his Secretary of State and was directly responsible for the deaths of her Ambassador and others in Benghazi. She slipped out of a purger y charge after lying to Congress about what she knew and didn't know. As a result, she quit the position for an unexplained health reason. Fair is fair as age and health were used against John McCain as negatives for him being President. Hillary is now in that same age and health question issue.
There are so many questions about her character as she simply cannot be trusted. That said, if she could not handle her duties as Secretary of State, how can she be expected to handle being President? She can't.
There are so many questions about her character as she simply cannot be trusted. That said, if she could not handle her duties as Secretary of State, how can she be expected to handle being President? She can't.
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The Congressional investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing in Benghazi, but I guess that didn't make it to Fox News. And calling Mrs. Clinton a socialist -- again, that could only have come from a "source" like Fox News, indeed, the concern of most Democrats is that she's a Republicrat like her husband and too in bed with Wall Street and even Rupert Murdoch, with whom she's now best buds.
There are virtually no socialists in today's Democratic Party but the right wing elite finds it useful to claim that there are, since it sounds bad and they know that the rank and file doesn't understand the definition of "socialist" (state ownership of the means of production). Clinton's husband was in fact a free trader and famously a business booster and I see no evidence that Clinton would be different.
I do agree that she's powered by ambition. Of course, that's true of most of the other candidates as well; I'm more concerned that she's treated her political career as a stepping stone.
So, not wild about her myself but not for most of the reasons you give.
There are virtually no socialists in today's Democratic Party but the right wing elite finds it useful to claim that there are, since it sounds bad and they know that the rank and file doesn't understand the definition of "socialist" (state ownership of the means of production). Clinton's husband was in fact a free trader and famously a business booster and I see no evidence that Clinton would be different.
I do agree that she's powered by ambition. Of course, that's true of most of the other candidates as well; I'm more concerned that she's treated her political career as a stepping stone.
So, not wild about her myself but not for most of the reasons you give.
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This is utterly crazy. HRC is not a socialist. If anything, she's another corporatist.
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The Walmart, Wall Street socialist. All right. Good luck with that one.
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Go Hillary. You are imperfect, but you are absolutely able, willing, and a very good bet. Much, MUCH better than anyone in the Republican camp. I hope you do your best for middle Americans. I think you have the political savvy to do it. And I hope you will have the political will. Because, this will be your last hurrah. So I will shout it with you, but you must hold the ground.
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Hillary Clinton's running for president.
Lindbergh landed safely at Le Bourget.
Queen Anne is dead.
Lots of breaking news today ...
I'm undecided as to her candidacy - I seem to be one of maybe half a dozen people who neither loves nor hates her. But as 'news' goes, this redefines the term 'anticlimax'. She seems to have hit the ground running when she popped from the womb.
Lindbergh landed safely at Le Bourget.
Queen Anne is dead.
Lots of breaking news today ...
I'm undecided as to her candidacy - I seem to be one of maybe half a dozen people who neither loves nor hates her. But as 'news' goes, this redefines the term 'anticlimax'. She seems to have hit the ground running when she popped from the womb.
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LOL Brilliant in so many ways!
So Clinton finally announced what we've known all along. Queue the misogynist vitriol. Can't wait for the next two years to be over; I've have my fill of political vitriol.
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Excellent video with the focus where it should be-- on the American people. If the Clinton campaign follows through on the "your champion" theme, the results could be formidable. Stay on this message.
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So we get Clinton II v Bush III. Ugh!!!! A viable, third-party please.
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No joke, right? NM Gov Gary Johnson just announced his plan to run again for the Libertarians.
The only reason no third party is ever "viable" is because they aren't allowed in the debates. If you put a Libertarian, a Constitutionalist, and a Green pariter with the Republican and Democrat, we'll all quickly see how crazy the two party system really is.
The only reason no third party is ever "viable" is because they aren't allowed in the debates. If you put a Libertarian, a Constitutionalist, and a Green pariter with the Republican and Democrat, we'll all quickly see how crazy the two party system really is.
It is sad that this warmongering tool of Wall Street and Corporate America is the best that we as Democrats can do. I certainly prefer her to anyone that the Republicans can produce, but this is damning with the faintest of praise.
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As several commenters have pointed out, since 1951 the party with a two-term President in office has lost the election to replace him -- with just one exception, George H.W. Bush in 1988 (and he was losing pretty badly in the polls until late summer, when the Willie Horton ads and the' "Rocky the Squirrel" photo of Dukakis in an Army tank deep-sixed his candidacy). If that trend continues, it bodes well for the Republican candidate in 2016.
But there's another pattern in US electoral politics. Voters often like to have different parties in control of Congress and the executive branch. If the leading Presidential candidate is very strong (Obama in 2008, LBJ in 1964, or FDR in 1932, for example), maybe that candidate will end up in the Oval Office with a "coat-tail" Congress in control of the same party. But that rarely happens when the winning candidate just squeaks in, as Hillary is likely to do if she wins at all. Voters will be reluctant to supply her with a Democratic Congress.
On the other hand, if it appears that the Republican candidate is likely to get elected, voters might well favor Democratic candidates for the Senate and House, just to create that "balance" that voters usually prefer. So if you're a Democratic candidate for the Senate or the House, just how energetically should you back Hillary if you think she's either going to lose or barely win?
But there's another pattern in US electoral politics. Voters often like to have different parties in control of Congress and the executive branch. If the leading Presidential candidate is very strong (Obama in 2008, LBJ in 1964, or FDR in 1932, for example), maybe that candidate will end up in the Oval Office with a "coat-tail" Congress in control of the same party. But that rarely happens when the winning candidate just squeaks in, as Hillary is likely to do if she wins at all. Voters will be reluctant to supply her with a Democratic Congress.
On the other hand, if it appears that the Republican candidate is likely to get elected, voters might well favor Democratic candidates for the Senate and House, just to create that "balance" that voters usually prefer. So if you're a Democratic candidate for the Senate or the House, just how energetically should you back Hillary if you think she's either going to lose or barely win?
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I have to say I am not a fan. She is not a likeable person imo, and for the life of me I can't think of a single significant accomplishment in her time in government. I realize she is the front runner, but imo she has none of the appeal of her husband. If the repubs are able to get behind a moderate candidate (not very likely I admit), she will be very beatable.
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So which of the Republican candidates are particularly likeable? And like it or not HRC has accomplishments in her 30 years of public service. At the very least, we can count on her to be on the right side of history on human rights and social issues and to ensure that everything that Obama has done is not wiped out immediately after his term ends. Also, quick name your favorite accomplishments of any of the men running for president. Go on just one.
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George W Bush was extremely likeable as a presidential candidate with his cutsey folksy mannerisms but he turned out to be one lousy president. I want someone who keeps her nose to the grindstone instead of worrying about winning the Miss Congeniality Award at the beauty pagent. Besides who else is there?? The potential Republican candidates are just too boring to be taken seriously.
Unfortunately, it's the superficiality we sometimes vote for. I can remember "who would you rather have a beer with? Al Gore or George Bush." Look what that got us.
I'm as sick of dynasties and triangulating politicians like Bill and Hillary as the next person, but let's be realistic. Our country has become corporatist-dominated and corrupt beyond belief, hungry for war and the profits it creates for the Cheneys in our midst, run by Congressional hacks who do the bidding of their corporate paymasters. Given this reality, an Elizabeth Warren (whom I would dearly love to see become President) has no chance of becoming the Democratic nominee. And, regrettably, we can't have twenty more years of President Obama, who stands head and shoulders over everyone else I see in the political realm.
Now that I've gotten all this off my chest, consider the alternatives to Hillary. Consider the appointments any Republican will make to the Supreme Court. Consider what any Republican will try to do to Social Security, to Medicare, and, or course, to the Affordable Care Act. All of this leads me to vote for Hillary. (And let's hope she will not be as beholden to the Military-Industrial complex as she was in supporting the Iraq invasion.)
Now that I've gotten all this off my chest, consider the alternatives to Hillary. Consider the appointments any Republican will make to the Supreme Court. Consider what any Republican will try to do to Social Security, to Medicare, and, or course, to the Affordable Care Act. All of this leads me to vote for Hillary. (And let's hope she will not be as beholden to the Military-Industrial complex as she was in supporting the Iraq invasion.)
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I absolutely agree. Anyone considering sitting this one out or voting Republican should consider this: an America stripped of all social safety nets, a bellicose foreign policy, continued raping of the environment, tax cuts for the rich, no access to healthcare, a totally conservative SCOTUS, establishment of Christianity as state religion, rollback of Roe vs Wade, and federal restrictions on voting rights.
Think I'm crazy? Do your homework. Every position has been advocated by this mean-spirited GOP at one time or another. I can't imagine what life here would be like if they had unfettered control of all branches of government.
Think I'm crazy? Do your homework. Every position has been advocated by this mean-spirited GOP at one time or another. I can't imagine what life here would be like if they had unfettered control of all branches of government.
(And let's hope she will not be as beholden to the Military-Industrial complex as she was in supporting the Iraq invasion.)
Ralph,
I can assure you that you shall be let down.
Ralph,
I can assure you that you shall be let down.
hillary is just an extension of obama ! she supported/supports him and vice versa ! she wont get my vote !!
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Goodness, look at all of the people here saying "if she runs I'm voting republican!".
Not sure if you are aware, but the POTUS is more than just a personality thing. There is a difference in their approach to everything from the economy to foreign affairs.
A Republican would be sure to appoint someone to the Supreme Court that would take the SCOTUS so far to the right that Citizen's United would be child's play. Women's rights would be a thing of the past, and if you are gay, forget about all of the progress we've made. All of the economic progress we've seen the past 6 years would be reversed. They would surely take us to war in Mideast and kill Medicare Social Security and education to pay for it.
Please, don't be foolish.
Not sure if you are aware, but the POTUS is more than just a personality thing. There is a difference in their approach to everything from the economy to foreign affairs.
A Republican would be sure to appoint someone to the Supreme Court that would take the SCOTUS so far to the right that Citizen's United would be child's play. Women's rights would be a thing of the past, and if you are gay, forget about all of the progress we've made. All of the economic progress we've seen the past 6 years would be reversed. They would surely take us to war in Mideast and kill Medicare Social Security and education to pay for it.
Please, don't be foolish.
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Just once, *once* more before I die (I'm 60), I would like to cast a vote for someone instead of against his or her opponent. I can't remember the last time I was enthusiastic about a candidate. Depending on whom the Republicans nominate - and I have yet ever to cast a vote for a Republican presidential candidate - I will almost certainly wind up holding my nose and voting for the Democrat. But I'd love, just once, to use my left hand for something else while my right hand pulls the lever.
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Given that Hillary has a long history of ethics violations, including once being fired from an investigatory panel for said violations, I don't think its a personality thing. This is a woman who was soaking up foreign donation money while secretary of state, openly admitted to deleting email she used personally while secretary of states, and who has nearly been held in contempt multiple times over her career for refusing to participate in MULTIPLE investigations over her career. The Clinton family is rife with questions of impropriety and obstruction.
War in the middle east has been presidential policy *since* before BILL was in office.
Simple fact is, neither the republicans or democrats have any interest in any substantial change because so long as we keep ping-ponging the white house between them, they don't have anything to worry about.
If only there was some other option...like, I don't know, the 20 or so other parties that aren't allowed in the debates because the debates are run by a private company.
War in the middle east has been presidential policy *since* before BILL was in office.
Simple fact is, neither the republicans or democrats have any interest in any substantial change because so long as we keep ping-ponging the white house between them, they don't have anything to worry about.
If only there was some other option...like, I don't know, the 20 or so other parties that aren't allowed in the debates because the debates are run by a private company.
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Sometimes your vote does boil down to "least worst."
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"Everyday Americans needs a champion." - Hillary
Campaign slogan ought to be: "Like everyday Americans, we're broke."
Let's keep this ball rolling, Democrat Party.
Campaign slogan ought to be: "Like everyday Americans, we're broke."
Let's keep this ball rolling, Democrat Party.
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Our nation needs a strong mature & nurturing woman at the helm! Let's give her a chance to see what SHE can do. She's done good work everywhere she has served. GO HILLARY! YOU CAN DO IT! All the best! :-)
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Tell us where she has done good work or her achievements besides marrying Bill and clinging to him when any decent woman would have given him the shove. Come on tell us.
I think she can do very well like a president of united states.
She has a very background , experience and knowledge as no one has.
I'm not USA citizen but If I could Ill vote her for president
She deserves an opportunity
Well see
She has a very background , experience and knowledge as no one has.
I'm not USA citizen but If I could Ill vote her for president
She deserves an opportunity
Well see
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What? The first word comes from a campaign aide. Why wouldn't we hear from Hillary herself first? I am really concerned that this sort of behavior is going to sink her chances in the general election. Maybe she does have a lock on being the Democratic candidate, but I think her rather regal way of handling moments like today is going to be a huge turn-off to voters. Ironic that she herself might guarantee the election of someone like a Jeb Bush and the continued erosion of what she says she will rebuild: the middle class.
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Calm down Francis, HRC hits the road tomorrow and will begin campaigning in front of live audiences. BTW, you are aware that Jeb hasn't actually even declared he is running don't you?
Hillary Clinton has not "polarized the country"; the Republican party polarizes the country whenever a Democrat is in the White House.
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Actually, the Republican Party polarizes the country whenever they open their mouths, regardless of who occupies the White House.
Hillary is far and above a better person, a better a candidate, and better leader for America then any of the Republicans. For the past 15 years Republicans have proven time and time again all they have to offer the country is hate, hypocrisy, exploitation, and war.
I supported her in 2008; I'm proud of President Obama; and I know Hillary will be a great president.
I supported her in 2008; I'm proud of President Obama; and I know Hillary will be a great president.
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Ted Cruz and Rand Paul went in front of the camera and shared their energy with the world to tell everybody they're running. Hillary's aide emailed reporters to say she was running.
Her campaign is not off to a good start.
Her campaign is not off to a good start.
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Hillary will walk all over them.
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You are holding up two first term political demagouges like Cruze and Paul as standard bearers of how to kick off a campaign? There is a long way to go in this campaign and you can bet HRC will get "in front of the camera" and get in front of crowds often and soon. In fact, she starts in Iowa tomorrow.
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She has my vote if only to keep reactionaries like Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia off the Supreme Court.
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I will vote for Hillary Clinton for many reasons, not the least of which is her Iraq War vote speech which shows the way she thinks. She is brilliant and we would be much better off if people had listened to her the last 16 years or so. She was right on Iraq, right on Egypt when she urged President Obama to support Mubarak another six months while moderate parties had time to organize and a moderate Constitution drafted...Egypt would have neither lost its tourism income or devolved into a place of persecution for women, right on Iran when she urged Obama to pressure Ahmadinejad more than he did after his seemingly illegitimate re-election, and right on Israel where she supports a two state solution if and only if Israel's security is guaranteed. And she is right on the economy where she has pushed for employing people for infrastructure jobs including repairing bridges and retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient. What's not to like...except that she is a strong intelligent woman?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
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Just examine the issues carefully, register to vote and get to the polls, people.
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There are progressive voters, such as myself, who will never vote for Hillary because she supported the Bush/Cheney illegal war in Iraq for as long as she did. How sad that the only real choice will be between an unprincipled war-monger like Hillary or the incredibly abysmal candidate that the Republican Party will eventually produce. Guess I will be writing in a friend's name.
People like to claim how brilliant Hillary is. But how much brilliance does it take to realize after a short time what a disaster the 2003 invasion of Iraq was? If a person can't make the right decision about something so obvious and monumental, then they don't deserve to be elected as dog catcher, much less president.
The current possibilities for electing a president in 2016 illustrate how deeply troubled this country is. That people who actually consider themselves to be progressive or liberal could want to elect this woman demonstrates the severe delusional disorder of people in the US.
People like to claim how brilliant Hillary is. But how much brilliance does it take to realize after a short time what a disaster the 2003 invasion of Iraq was? If a person can't make the right decision about something so obvious and monumental, then they don't deserve to be elected as dog catcher, much less president.
The current possibilities for electing a president in 2016 illustrate how deeply troubled this country is. That people who actually consider themselves to be progressive or liberal could want to elect this woman demonstrates the severe delusional disorder of people in the US.
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What's sad is that her team has hired trolls to attack Progressive commenters here as "working for the rnc" or "secret conservatives". These are the kinds of people holding this country back. They don't realize how fed up the majority of people are. They don't realize that most Democrats and non-voters (last election's turnout was 60%) would actually vote for a Progressive candidate if they had a chance. Instead of working these past few years to embrace and endorse a Progressive candidate, they come on here to bash us when election time rolls around. They are just part of the problem and they deserve the backlash coming their way.
"That people who actually consider themselves to be progressive or liberal..."
Would sit on their hands and allow a right wing Repug to win the White House and get us into ANOTHER Middle East war "demonstrates the severe delusional disorder" of the far left.
Would sit on their hands and allow a right wing Repug to win the White House and get us into ANOTHER Middle East war "demonstrates the severe delusional disorder" of the far left.
Fact is that there was only ONE senator who voted against the war in Iraq-- Bernie Sanders. Hillary's vote was not the only one in favor so get off this high-horse horror that SHE and NO ONE ELSE in Congress voted for the same exact thing. The political climate after 9/11 made a vote in favor on the part of a huge majority in Congress inevitable. Bernie was the only one who dared say no.
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As a former Clinton White House Staff member I can say this, "This Nation can do much better without the likes as Secretary Clinton as President."
I am not a hater, bitter ex-employee or certainly anything but a registered independent.
She is a megalomaniacal, vile and vindictive street-pol that will stop at NOTHING to win.
We don't need a person that could school Mr. Putin on how to 'take' what you want.
May God Bless us All.
I am not a hater, bitter ex-employee or certainly anything but a registered independent.
She is a megalomaniacal, vile and vindictive street-pol that will stop at NOTHING to win.
We don't need a person that could school Mr. Putin on how to 'take' what you want.
May God Bless us All.
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Those who take God's name in vain are wrecking this poor country.
Mr. Livingston, you said, "She is a megalomaniacal, vile and vindictive street-pol that will stop at NOTHING to win."
Which is why she stepped aside for Obama so that he could be President. If she is everything you say, than President Obama is lucky to be alive. While I have never worked for Mrs. Clinton, you are not the only person who has worked for Mrs. Clinton and there are others who have very little in the negative to say about her.
Which is why she stepped aside for Obama so that he could be President. If she is everything you say, than President Obama is lucky to be alive. While I have never worked for Mrs. Clinton, you are not the only person who has worked for Mrs. Clinton and there are others who have very little in the negative to say about her.
Whew, aren't you the fly in the ointment! I have never met the woman but yours seems to be an underlying theme of many who have, at least among those who aren't "vile and vindictive street pols that will stop at nothing to win"
I'm not particularly wild about Hillary and it would be nice to have some other contenders. I'm not sure most folks gave Obama much of a chance at first in 2008.
BUT if it's Hillary I'll vote for her.
I guess some of you are so far left you relish the thought of having NINE right wing Supreme Court justices along with a U.S. Congress that looks like the Alabama state legislature.
BUT if it's Hillary I'll vote for her.
I guess some of you are so far left you relish the thought of having NINE right wing Supreme Court justices along with a U.S. Congress that looks like the Alabama state legislature.
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You are so right. Thank you for putting everything into its proper perspective. The Naderites gave us George W. Bush. I don't know enough of them to know whether they are still proud of themselves for having "voted their principles." But, in my view, they made a terrible mistake in having bought Nader's transparently self-serving canard that Bush and Gore were Tweedledee and Tweedledum. As many others have said here, In one way or another, let us please not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. There is far too much at stake.
Major improvement of leadership over Obama. Hillary will do a great job.
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Hillary Clinton has to radiate HUMILITY at all times. If she continues to come across by putting on airs, she may lose, period.
We can make a list of ways she can show humility. For example:
1) She can avoid telepromters and use written texts.
2) She can put on glasses to read and to pause.
3) She can learn to correct herself and say she is sorry, often.
4) She can refer to sources of advice and not just pull ideas from nowhere.
5) She can thank and praise others, often.
These are a few suggestions and she can add more...
Run, Hillary, run!
www.EconomyWiseUP.com
We can make a list of ways she can show humility. For example:
1) She can avoid telepromters and use written texts.
2) She can put on glasses to read and to pause.
3) She can learn to correct herself and say she is sorry, often.
4) She can refer to sources of advice and not just pull ideas from nowhere.
5) She can thank and praise others, often.
These are a few suggestions and she can add more...
Run, Hillary, run!
www.EconomyWiseUP.com
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In a man it's called confidence. A woman, though, must 'radiate humility'.
You've gotta cut down on those 'Mad Men' reruns - they're getting to you.
'Putting on airs'! Well, God forbid she should approach her fellow world leaders from a position of authority and confidence, rather than being uppity. Thanks for your list of invaluable suggestions on how she can demonstrate she knows her place'.
You've gotta cut down on those 'Mad Men' reruns - they're getting to you.
'Putting on airs'! Well, God forbid she should approach her fellow world leaders from a position of authority and confidence, rather than being uppity. Thanks for your list of invaluable suggestions on how she can demonstrate she knows her place'.
Not thrilled that she chose to let someone else announce on her behalf. I'm a fan, and this is a bit like getting a note from a friend's personal assistant - suggests a certain lack of personal concern.
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Obama will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents: Leading us out of the Great Recession, helping clean up the Republican-created quagmire of Iraq and Afghanistan, using the ACA to gain a foothold on eventual universal health care for the US; opening up relations with Iran and Cuba, and staying out of the way to let the tide turn on gay rights. Hillary Clinton is just as smart and just as tenacious and it is high time we elected a woman to lead this country.
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She can't even do her announcement without smoke and mirrors! Anyone who would support a Fraud and Liar that got 4 American Heros Murdered better take full responsibility for destroying this Great Country! She has accomplished NOTHING of any Value EVER!
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Perhaps you forgot to read about the Republican committee on Benghazi that completely exonerated the White House and the State Department from any role in that terrible tragedy. You might want to do a bit of research.
I think if Hillary Clinton had been president instead of Barack Obama, that the Iran negotiations probably wouldn't have happened. However, I can't see a Republican contender beating her- I hope she continues to support diplomacy with Iran and the rest of the world during her presidency.
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If HC had been President perhaps she would have armed the opposition early in the ISIS takeover campaign and not let them capture so much territory before starting an air campaign that doesn't seem to be very effective.
I know that many people out their are not thrilled about Hillary Clinton, do we really want a repeat of GW Bush in the White House? That's what you'll get if you vote GOP.
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First off, this is the biggest anticlimax of the year, so far. Yet the media are treating it as if it were the second coming of Christ.
If Clinton gets the nod, I hope progressives will have a reasonably strong third-party candidate to vote for--to assuage our disappointment in the party machine. And of course I suppose there is still some (itals) hope that a more progressive candidate will emerge during the primary season.
If Clinton gets the nod, I hope progressives will have a reasonably strong third-party candidate to vote for--to assuage our disappointment in the party machine. And of course I suppose there is still some (itals) hope that a more progressive candidate will emerge during the primary season.
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It escapes me how this can be described as "breaking News", she's been running since '08. Her acceptance of the Secretary of State job was calculated to build the international resume. But the wreckage and baggage of that experience and all the others need to be catalogued by the Press. People are having short memories thes days. But don't forget all the mistakes,memos steps and outright lies. Let's hope for the sake of our country that someone from either party will be the new President.
@ Frank w Allen - "But the wreckage and baggage of that experience and all the others need to be catalogued by the Press."
That will never happen since everything Democrats do is celebrated by the Press, right or wrong, good or bad.
That will never happen since everything Democrats do is celebrated by the Press, right or wrong, good or bad.
Well. Let the games begin. I hope she comes out swinging. Somebody must counter the barrage of venom and nonstop negativity from the mean-sprites men of the GOP.
Who better than Hillary?
Who better than Hillary?
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Like watching paint dry or grass growing. Gee Whiz. She better hope the campaign is more exciting than the coming out party. If not election day will not be a page turner.
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I'm so excited. I've waited for this since 2008. GO HILLARY!
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How truly awful for the country. Just think 2 years of stories about this ambitious, power-hungry, aggressive, egotistical woman, who want to give Bill a Third Term as President.
Really can't the Democratic party do better than Hillary?
Really can't the Democratic party do better than Hillary?
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Time for a female POUTS? Not now, not Hillary for sure! Need a strong, honorable and honest, truthful POTUS with no past baggage and/or scandals. No thanks, Hillary!!!
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Try finding that in this country. No matter who runs, and gets elected, they will have "baggage". They will be holding to the special interests who paid to put them there. The upcoming is not about betterment of the US; it is the betterment of the special interests; so the called 1%. Candidates only care about the voting public, when they run elections; the rest of the time they don't care. To them we are "takers", "entitled", ravel that is an inconvenience.
It comes down to this, to get what you are looking for, we need to change election laws, campaign finance laws and add Congressional term limits. That way we do not get life time, bought and paid for politicians. Washington, and state houses are full of bought and paid for politicians. And those who bought them; want them to deliver.
The change this nation needs will not come from Hillary Clinton, the Democrats or the Republicans. There is too much money at stake, including new proxy wars fro the 1% to gain more wealth.
So, another ho-hum election of the better of two evils; and business as usual in Washington. And more disintegration of the so called 99%. When will people realize that we, and much of so called western democracy, are really living in oligarchies?
It comes down to this, to get what you are looking for, we need to change election laws, campaign finance laws and add Congressional term limits. That way we do not get life time, bought and paid for politicians. Washington, and state houses are full of bought and paid for politicians. And those who bought them; want them to deliver.
The change this nation needs will not come from Hillary Clinton, the Democrats or the Republicans. There is too much money at stake, including new proxy wars fro the 1% to gain more wealth.
So, another ho-hum election of the better of two evils; and business as usual in Washington. And more disintegration of the so called 99%. When will people realize that we, and much of so called western democracy, are really living in oligarchies?
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Like....who?
I am ready for Hillary! I am sorry for all the flak (I'm thinking of another word but since this is the NYT I won't say it) that Hillary will have to deal with but I know she is tough.
I am a moderate and could never see myself voting for any of the Republicans, even Jeb.
I don't want to lose my healthcare.
I am a moderate and could never see myself voting for any of the Republicans, even Jeb.
I don't want to lose my healthcare.
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Oh, this is such a surprise? Rather than fawning, gushing reporting that "she is running" … she's been doing that not stop since at least 2000. -- the media needs to press Hillary Clinton on her emails and on the conflicts of interests represented by contributions to the Clinton Foundation buying influence by nations and interests, corporations contacting with the government, and BIG money donors.
Hillary is clearly running to be president for women and girls. Ok… what about the other 50 percent of the nation, the world and the future?
Hillary is clearly running to be president for women and girls. Ok… what about the other 50 percent of the nation, the world and the future?
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@ Ladislav Din - "...the media needs to press Hillary Clinton on her emails and on the conflicts of interests represented by contributions to the Clinton Foundation buying influence by nations and interests, corporations contacting with the government, and BIG money donors."
"The media needs to press..." - Never happen, she is a Democrat!
"The media needs to press..." - Never happen, she is a Democrat!
We don't even get one, huh? Have you heard that women's rights are human rights? You might wind up doing better with a humane leader in office.
'president for women and girls'? Well, we're overdue for someone to be.
We hold up half the sky. You better hope, boys, that, like Atlas, we don't shrug.
We hold up half the sky. You better hope, boys, that, like Atlas, we don't shrug.
I have a great deal of respect for Hillary's intelligence and courage. She has been swiftboated from the time before "swiftboating" became a term. She has been undermined, scourged, vilified, kicked, demonized, and disrespected to the nth degree for some 23 years now. But she still shows a strength and a vision and a resolve that few politicians do. I would not vote for her simply to make her the first woman president - in the same way I did not vote for Obama to make him the first black president. The only reason I would regret her candidacy is the knowledge that the "other side" will pull no punches and hold back no lies to make her candidacy fail and once again, if she wins, they will vow again to make hers a failed presidency....because they love this country so much.
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Please, some other (hopefully real) Democrat, give Hillary a run for her money! Make her declare where she stands on the issues of the day, rather than uttering wispy platitudes on income inequality vetted by Lloyd Blankfein.
I'm sick of dynasties. I'm sick of same old, same old. I'm sick of the supposed standard-bearers of the Democratic and Republican parties.
The people need an Elizabeth Warren, or a Bernie Sanders, or a Robert Reich. Hillary's 'time' has come and gone, and President Hopey-Changey didn't give me what I wanted and so desperately needed. I'm not voting for a Republican simple 'because' (which would be INSANE, given one look at the offerings). Give me someone who truly cares about the people of this country.
Warren, Sanders, Reich. That's it.
The people need an Elizabeth Warren, or a Bernie Sanders, or a Robert Reich. Hillary's 'time' has come and gone, and President Hopey-Changey didn't give me what I wanted and so desperately needed. I'm not voting for a Republican simple 'because' (which would be INSANE, given one look at the offerings). Give me someone who truly cares about the people of this country.
Warren, Sanders, Reich. That's it.
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Oh, No! Why can't she step aside for somebody younger and less controversial?
She has to think of her party and the country!
She has to think of her party and the country!
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With a Hillary ticket I presume, correctly or incorrectly, that I am getting two for the price of one: Hillary up front with Bill playing advisor in the background. I view this as a potential positive: Hillary is the more stable and methodical personality, while Bill is the more clever at tactical maneuvers - something of value when dealing with a Republican led congress that is fanatically hostile to any Democrat in the White House (as they already know too well).
Whomever the Democrat choose, that candidate should be combat-ready to deal with congress because it has never been more combative since 1859.
Whomever the Democrat choose, that candidate should be combat-ready to deal with congress because it has never been more combative since 1859.
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One commenter writes that she's afraid to go to the bathroom, lest she miss Hillary's announcement.
That's understandable. Friday the Times reported that Hillary would announce on Sunday. Today is Sunday and the Times ran another article reporting that Hillary would announce on Sunday. Now one of Hillary's top advisers tells the Times that Hillary is running.
In short, we're getting closer and closer -- by the minute. It's quite possible that, by the time I finish typing these words, Hillary will actually have announced that she's running, and this could actually happen today, Sunday. Certainly that's something you won't want to miss. So don't even think about going to the bathroom.
That's understandable. Friday the Times reported that Hillary would announce on Sunday. Today is Sunday and the Times ran another article reporting that Hillary would announce on Sunday. Now one of Hillary's top advisers tells the Times that Hillary is running.
In short, we're getting closer and closer -- by the minute. It's quite possible that, by the time I finish typing these words, Hillary will actually have announced that she's running, and this could actually happen today, Sunday. Certainly that's something you won't want to miss. So don't even think about going to the bathroom.
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What a deal if she wins- two presidents for the price of one! We've had enough men presidents, it would be interesting to see how a women does in the job.
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I love you Hillary you go girl!!!
We've already seen how THIS woman performed as SOS. Fail. Find another one.
You go, Ms. Clinton!
This time we must work extremely hard to remind people of the homophobia and trickle down poverty that Bush and Walker, the likely GOP contenders represent.
This time we must work extremely hard to remind people of the homophobia and trickle down poverty that Bush and Walker, the likely GOP contenders represent.
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If Hillary Clinton's donors read the NY Times comment boards about her during the past week or longer, they'd be tempted to ask for their money back. There's been no letup to stinging, negative remarks not so much about her politics as about how she is perceived as a person. Although a shoo-in for the nomination currently, the Democrats need to do some serious analysis about a running mate for her. She is not a strong campaigner. She will be vulnerable to her own baggage and to the trip-ups that happen with her. Her age and energy level will become larger concerns with the physical demands of the race. And as comments here suggest, she is not loved. A visibly younger candidate for vice president with broad likability will make the difference in what is likely to be a tough and very close race.
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Most Democratic voters will vote for anyone but the Republican running in the election race. The usual commentary "as long as it's not a Republican" "its time for a woman in the white house" comments are coming on strong already. Although not particularly good reasons for presidential election, she stands a good chance of being elected.
Hilary does have a lot of experience, but do we know if that means she's a highly skilled leader or highly crooked? As Peolsi said of the Affordable Care Act- you'll have to pass it to know what's in it; the same goes for Hilary.
Many have grown weary of the continued exaggeration of minority rights, support for illegal immigration, programs and policy for redistribution of wealth, expensive education for young American Citizens while it's free education for illegal immigrants. The idiocy of not going into Syria to make for the idiocy of going into Iraq and too many atrocities that stain the Democratic competence ranking.
And then there's the "I didn't know" baloney that we hear when Federal issues that our president is ultimately responsible for like IRS & Bengahzi make the media. There are no worthy or good candidates in either party unfortunately.
Hilary does have a lot of experience, but do we know if that means she's a highly skilled leader or highly crooked? As Peolsi said of the Affordable Care Act- you'll have to pass it to know what's in it; the same goes for Hilary.
Many have grown weary of the continued exaggeration of minority rights, support for illegal immigration, programs and policy for redistribution of wealth, expensive education for young American Citizens while it's free education for illegal immigrants. The idiocy of not going into Syria to make for the idiocy of going into Iraq and too many atrocities that stain the Democratic competence ranking.
And then there's the "I didn't know" baloney that we hear when Federal issues that our president is ultimately responsible for like IRS & Bengahzi make the media. There are no worthy or good candidates in either party unfortunately.
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Exaggeration of minority rights? What on earth do you mean by that?
While I hope a Democratic candidate wins, she better not take us Progressives for granted. No more triangulation, Hillary.
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How about a presidential candidate running for the 'American People' all of us. Not progressives, not conservatives, not liberals. The majority of the American people regardless of race or creed are barely hanging on to what they have either worked hard for all their lives or they are striving to build a life of security with a home, a good job for themselves that will enable them to save for their future and educate their children and a few well deserved vacations now and again. The middle class, people whose income ranges from the 40's to 100's thousand a year. These are the folks that help to fill the government coffers for schools, roads, healthcare, defense, welfare, food stamps, and roads to nowhere. I think that Hillary gets this. If we start this "you better do this for me" then the 1% is going to destroy her chances. We have to come together not with a "me first" attitude, but with a real message of power and hope, with a concrete plan that is going to stabilize this country financially, a vision for our future that all Americans can get on board with, not just the progressives. If I was talking to Hillary I would advise her to stop using her daughter and grandchild as an example of what she wants for all of us because we all know there is no way that the majority of us are ever going to move in those circles or have those kinds of privileges. We just want fairness and to quote De Tocqueville "equality of conditions", and the rest is up to us.
And this is "breaking news" because?
In other breaking news - the sun rose in the East this morning. Aides of the Sun, who have requested anonymity, have told this reporter off the record that it's likely the sun will rise in the East again tomorrow.
In other breaking news - the sun rose in the East this morning. Aides of the Sun, who have requested anonymity, have told this reporter off the record that it's likely the sun will rise in the East again tomorrow.
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As usual, the choice will most likely be between a not quite a lunatic establishment Republican v. an establishment Democrat.
And the section will be the lesser of the two evils.
How depressing.
And the section will be the lesser of the two evils.
How depressing.
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Thirteen years after the infamous Iraq invasion resolution of 2002, no US Senator who cast a vote either for or against at that time has been elected president. All the senators at the time who voted in favor and have run for president since (Kerry, Clinton, McCain) failed in their campaigns to win the White House or even the party nomination.
I say give Lincoln Chafee a chance--the only GOP Senator in 2002 who voted against the Iraq invasion. America is indeed a hopeless country if a moderate, reasonable fellow who runs for president like Chafee is to be written off immediately. Who cares that he went from being Republican to Independent to Democrat. Party affiliation has come to mean little if anything at all in American politics.
I say give Lincoln Chafee a chance--the only GOP Senator in 2002 who voted against the Iraq invasion. America is indeed a hopeless country if a moderate, reasonable fellow who runs for president like Chafee is to be written off immediately. Who cares that he went from being Republican to Independent to Democrat. Party affiliation has come to mean little if anything at all in American politics.
I get a little weary with the presumptuous comments that Hillary would not get us into more Middle East wars, while a Republican president would.
Let's talk about reality here.
When John Kerry ran in 2004, he criticized Bush for getting us into Iraq. So did I, but I started earlier. Kerry actually got to vote on the question, and he voted "yes." So did Hillary.
True, Kerry later turned "against the war." And Hillary later said she'd assumed Bush would ask the Senate to vote again before actually attacking Iraq. And both of them did say they'd prefer that the matter be solved by diplomatic means -- but, as I clearly recall, so did George W. Bush.
Who cares what they thought later? When they got to vote, both voted "yes." They took polls, found out that voters were in favor of attacking Iraq (Bush made sure to press for a vote before the 2002 mid-term elections), and they voted "yes."
Both are Democrats. Both later ran for President. Both claimed, and still claim, to oppose Middle East wars and ask voters to distinguish them from Republicans on this basis. But when they actually vote on such matters, they vote exactly the same as Republicans.
That's reality.
Let's talk about reality here.
When John Kerry ran in 2004, he criticized Bush for getting us into Iraq. So did I, but I started earlier. Kerry actually got to vote on the question, and he voted "yes." So did Hillary.
True, Kerry later turned "against the war." And Hillary later said she'd assumed Bush would ask the Senate to vote again before actually attacking Iraq. And both of them did say they'd prefer that the matter be solved by diplomatic means -- but, as I clearly recall, so did George W. Bush.
Who cares what they thought later? When they got to vote, both voted "yes." They took polls, found out that voters were in favor of attacking Iraq (Bush made sure to press for a vote before the 2002 mid-term elections), and they voted "yes."
Both are Democrats. Both later ran for President. Both claimed, and still claim, to oppose Middle East wars and ask voters to distinguish them from Republicans on this basis. But when they actually vote on such matters, they vote exactly the same as Republicans.
That's reality.
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The Bush administration crafted their argument in favor of an Iraqi war precisely so those with good judgement, including Colin Powell, would accept the lies as fact. Who would expect the President to create an elaborate lie to go to war? Bush got the benefit of the doubt from almost everyone, they were all fooled. That's reality.
I can appreciate your comments regarding the $6 trillion, "shock and awe" Bush/Chaney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz Iraq war. However, I believe you have selective recollection. This foolish fiasco was, "sold" to the public masterfully and rammed down legislatures throats with threats of opposition being labeled unpatriotic. Truly remarkable, marketing" but wholly owned by Republicans. The best way to prove that citizens opposed this war (unfortunately ignorantly to late) was the two terms provided to Ibama.
If people could understand subtlety, Hillary Clinton would have been President long ago. Have you read her Iraq War vote speech? She clearly speaks against actually going to war and lays out a clear alternative. But she votes for the bill as a bargaining chip for the President, hoping it would get a common sense alterative to have a good chance of working. She is smarter than anyone else I have seen run for President and her Iraq War vote speech shows very clearly how she thinks and why she is considered a foreign policy whiz. It stands up to scrutiny even though it was based on false intelligence fed to Congress at the time:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/01/12/435624/-A-golden-oldie-Hillary-...
The Obama presidency has been a disappointment to Ds and Rs alike. Over promise, under deliver on positive change. Leaving the middle class and our international standing worse than when he got here. And HE was the one the Ds overwhelmingly chose over Hillary. So now, after we know much more about Hillary's ineptitude, dishonesty and greed (and she still hasn't contributed or accomplished anything Americans can be proud of), the Ds say she was really the one we wanted after all? Only people whose snouts are in the public trough could fail to see the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of her candidacy. Fail.
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I had breast cancer and was uninsurable except through my state program. I paid $24,000 a year in insurance premiums. Now insureres have to cover me with standard rates.
DISAPPOINTED in Obama record?
Not hardly. If you think that makes me a person whose "snout" is in the "public trough," then that's your problem.
DISAPPOINTED in Obama record?
Not hardly. If you think that makes me a person whose "snout" is in the "public trough," then that's your problem.
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Speak for yourself. President Obama may not have achieved everything he set out to do, but that is 100% because he faces an opposition that cares far more power and stopping everything he does than any other reason. Even with such a disloyal opposition he has a range of accomplishments that will rank him in the top handful of American presidents. And President Clinton will continue that legacy, especially when we get the yahoos out of control of the senate in 2016.
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Don't know where you've been, Rex, but Obama has been a pretty impressive president. Under his stewardship our country has turned around economy and gotten out of two useless wars. He caught the guy who was Really in the mastermind of 9/11. He ushered in a system that ensured millions of people had access to health insurance. Sure, he hasn't been perfect, but absolutely leaps and bounds better than the mess the republicans have a proven history of making things. Sure, I'd love Obama to run for a third term, but since I can't have that, I'll take Hillary.
Like one commenter already stated, Hillary is a wolf in sheep's clothing. If a Progressive Independent - someone like Ralph Nader or Bernie Sanders -doesn't emerge, I will either not vote or vote for a Republican for the first time in my life out of protest. I'm sick of today's Democrats. I used to think Obama was bad, then Hillary came along, and now I find myself wishing Obama could just have a third term.
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SO .....what you are saying is that you are a paid blogger for the rnc, as are many on this thread.
Amelie, this is a very naive and dangerous statement, and if you would so flippantly say if Hillary ran you would not vote or vote for a Republican, this shows you are either lying or have no knowledge at all of the damage a republican would do for women's rights and gay rights. Not to mention the damage their policies have been proven to do the middle class.
Ralph Nader is an ego out of control, with delusions of grandeur subsiding, after 2000, into delusions of relevance. Even before 2000, I wouldn't have voted for him at gunpoint, not because he had no chance of winning but simply on the merits.
I cannot believe Hillary Clinton has the gall to run with her deceitful money making record, or that she is the only candidate that the Democrats can offer the country. We are a nation of patsies if we are willing to accept someone with her dismal record, but I hope we are offered a candidate who is less of a party hack and who represents women more honestly than this rider on the coattails of a man who waffles in court, with her connivance, on the meaning of "is".
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I'm a longtime supporter of Mrs. Clinton, but I'm not now. I'm still waiting on her to explain the email mess. Doesn't she think Americans want transparency in their government? Big mistake! It cost her longtime supporters.
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And that's just the tip of the iceberg...
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Methinks many comments like yours are planted by conservatives posing as liberals. Longstanding Hillary supporters aren't going to dump her over an email blip. Polls show voters don't care about this issue, and don't care much about Benghazi either.
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Long-time supporter? And you have abandoned her because she used personal email account just as did Colin Powell and EVERY other SecState before her.
Pretty think "support."
Pretty think "support."
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My unsolicited advice to HRC is that, while capturing the woman's vote will be the key to her victory, she should focus on improving the lot of the middle and lower middle class American's and not always pander exclusively to women. If Americans are convinced that HRC will fight for them, regardless of ones race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender, she will get their votes. Both male and female. I'm afraid that she runs the risk of alienating white men if she keeps hammering on income inequality between the sexes. Women will know Hillary is fighting for them when she's fighting to improve the economic lot of the American middle class family.
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Do none of these white men have mothers, daughters, sisters or wives? If these white men are married wouldn't it benefit them to have their wives earning a fair wage in exchange for their work?
Why is it assumed that if something benefits women (or gay people, or people of color) that it will some how harm white men?
Why is it assumed that if something benefits women (or gay people, or people of color) that it will some how harm white men?
Why not Taylor Swift of David Lee Roth?
Really? I have to deal with 30+ years of my adult life with the Crown being passed back and forth between the Clinton's and the Bush's?
Is it a sure bet that Americans go for celebrity if they have the chance?
Really? I have to deal with 30+ years of my adult life with the Crown being passed back and forth between the Clinton's and the Bush's?
Is it a sure bet that Americans go for celebrity if they have the chance?
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If hard pressed to choose, I would vote an openly war-mongering, regressive, corporate-moneyed Republican hack over a wolf-in-sheep-clothes, opportunistic democrat like Hillary. She voted for the war, is funded by the same corporate agenda as the Republicans. She blows the way the political weather-wane tells her to.
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Exactly! If it takes another four or even eight years of a Republican in the WH to get this country on a truly Progressive track, then so be it. I'm sick of these money-hungry war-hawk Democrats who only pretend to care about historically disenfranchised groups. If neo-lib Democrats refuse to help the Progressive cause, then they are no better than the Republicans and deserve to lose these elections.
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Many voted for the war.
Really? You're willing to roll back LGBT rights and environmental protections, and let the Supreme Court finish its slide into complete corporate control? Get real.
Jeb Bush or Rubio could with their ties (by birth or marriage) to the the Hispanic community could easily win Florida and make a strong play for California.
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Funny, the exact reasons everyone here is hating on Hillary--she's presumptuous, arrogant, not qualified, thinks she's entitled because she's a type that's never been there before--are the same reasons I dislike Obama now even though I voted for him in 2008. I am fine with whoever becomes president but I'd prefer a Republican; I'm tired of Democratic lies form the bully pulpit.
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(waiting by computer) I sure wish she would just go ahead and do it.
(glances down hall towards bathroom, then back to screen) C'mon, c'mon...
(glances down hall towards bathroom, then back to screen) C'mon, c'mon...
Regardless of Hillary's credentials, I think the Dems need to seriously consider her electability, and this in terms of her ability to attract independents. The GOP is in control of Congress and are currently conducting investigations and holding hearings on two matters with which she was/is intimately involved--Benghazi and the private email account. I have no doubt these investigations and hearings (and anything else the GOP can dream up)will continue till November 2016 if she is the nominee and will be subject to the maximum publicity the GOP can muster during the campaign. In view of her and Bill's questionable past, independents may well be swayed against her, especially of the GOP doesn't self destruct in choosing its nominee.
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everyone knows her, and she would poll 55-60% of the electorate. We know that repubs have at the behest of their 85 or so billionaire sugar daddies put together a smear campaign the likes of which we have not seen since her husband was president, but she is going to be the next president.
It is really pathetic that Democrats will vote for Hillary because she has more money than a Wall Street titan and she is not a Republican. It is a shame the Democrats cannot run a woman like Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar, or even a man like Jim Webb or Martin O'Malley. The Democrats have good potential candidates, but instead turn over the party to an ethically challenged, Wall Street owned oligarch like Hillary. She's not as bad as a Republican is not a reason; it is an excuse for picking the lesser of two evils. But the lesser of two evils is still evil.
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Oh she will win
I will vote for her because she has had the right ideas about serving the American people for more than four decades. I do not care how much money she has, I do not care that she is a she. I care that she and the Democratic party have been right far more often than wrong, as opposed to the modern conservative movement and it's political party which is wrong with an astonishing and consitent regularity
Mrs. Clinton is accused of being egotistical and un-relatable, but the thing is, humble, sensitive people are not going to run for President. Loads of confidence and preternaturally thick skin are requirements for one even seeking the Presidency, let alone succeeding in it.
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whether she gets in or not or whether you vote for her or not you will pay the price. Big time !!
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Great reason to elect Hillary Clinton. She would be the First woman Democrat nominee and then the First woman President and the First former "First Lady" to become President. Think we had better cancel the elections and save ourselves a lot of money and trouble by just asking the GOP to default and not run anyone against a "Three Firsts" candidate. With three such crucial "Firsts" as Hillary's major qualifications for being elected President to lead our country for 4 or 8 years how can anyone beat her?
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Then why not just lay down in a coffin?
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Elizabeth Warren would be soooo much more effective, trustworthy, and Presidential.... and would have all the "firsts" including not being a phony like her highness
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MD Cooks: Lighten up. My post is meant to be absurd.
Her only claim to being the next president is that she is a woman and a granny. Her negatives are that she is paranoid, distrustful, pathological liar. It's hard to list enough positives to vote for her.
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Any party winning the presidency for a third time in a row is always tough. The Demos are going to have an especially difficult time in 2016 after eight years of Obama, who won mainly due to Republican ineptitude. While Ms. Clinton may sail through the Demo primaries virtually unopposed, there are many voters out there who never liked the Clintons. And many others like myself who will vote against her (and Jeb) just because they do not like political dynasties. I say that the only way she can win in 2016 is for the Republicans to screw up more than they did in 2012.
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Why are so many complaining that she doesn't "connect" with the public. We are electing a President, not a BFF. Connect with Katie Couric.
Just as Obama was made out to be the greatest liar that ever lived, Hillary is being painted with same brush. I have news for those you holding the brush. Anyone that has worked for decades in the highest levels of government can be shown to have stretched the truth from time to time. Just about every other line out of every politician's mouth is a complete lie. That's just the nature of the job. Benghazi was not a lie or incompetence. It was a tragedy. We were the victims. Iraq was a lie, a criminal lie.
Integrity is much more important. Will she be bought by big money, or represent the people? Will she do what she says she will do?
If our political climate wasn't so toxic, she wouldn't have used a private email server. I wouldn't have either. This shows resourcefulness and cunning instead of being a yutz.
Entitlement? When you are this intelligent, experienced and talented, and the competition is so horrible, I would describe her attitude as a sense of public responsibility. She knows there is a job to be done and very few out there have the combination of skills and talent to do it. Speaking from personal experience, no one likes a high achiever, but everyone is glad there are a few high achievers around when things go bad. Go Hillary!
Just as Obama was made out to be the greatest liar that ever lived, Hillary is being painted with same brush. I have news for those you holding the brush. Anyone that has worked for decades in the highest levels of government can be shown to have stretched the truth from time to time. Just about every other line out of every politician's mouth is a complete lie. That's just the nature of the job. Benghazi was not a lie or incompetence. It was a tragedy. We were the victims. Iraq was a lie, a criminal lie.
Integrity is much more important. Will she be bought by big money, or represent the people? Will she do what she says she will do?
If our political climate wasn't so toxic, she wouldn't have used a private email server. I wouldn't have either. This shows resourcefulness and cunning instead of being a yutz.
Entitlement? When you are this intelligent, experienced and talented, and the competition is so horrible, I would describe her attitude as a sense of public responsibility. She knows there is a job to be done and very few out there have the combination of skills and talent to do it. Speaking from personal experience, no one likes a high achiever, but everyone is glad there are a few high achievers around when things go bad. Go Hillary!
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"Just about every other line out of every politician's mouth is a complete lie. That's just the nature of the job. ... Integrity is much more important."
Forgive me, but I've always thought there was a connection between the two -- i.e. that people with integrity don't tell "complete lies" every time they speak.
Forgive me, but I've always thought there was a connection between the two -- i.e. that people with integrity don't tell "complete lies" every time they speak.
OF COURSE she's better than than the Republican field, but most of us see -- that's not saying much. She voited to go to war in Iraq, she's very cozy with Wall Street, and her husband was responsible for NAFTA. She's been a relucatnt environmentalist (loves fracking!) and seems to have a monthly scandal. Really. . . can't we do better?
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Clinton is probably irrelevant at this point as it is unlikely the next President will not be a member of her party. Obama has so tarnish the Democratic brand that many whites have left the party. Clinton is unlikely to attract African American votes to the same degree as Obama. A third "shellacking" is likely in the works.
For two elections I have heard Republicans bemoan, "Why did we nominate the old man?" Now the old woman is running. Being her age, I cannot imagine why she would want to go through this---there does come a time in life to retire. Unfortunately for her, she lost her chance to Obama and now it is too late.
I personally look forward to the next election with dread. The Republicans control Congress and the Supreme Court. If the White House is added, major changes are likely. The Senate may abolish the filibuster and unleash a torrent of conservative legislation: a national right to work law, perhaps the outlawing of unionization for government workers, privatization of Medicare, changes to Social Security, and of course, tax changes favorable to corporations and the wealthy. Any support of urban concerns such as house, transportation, and education will disappear. Amtrak may find itself on the auction block. Evil days are upon us.
For two elections I have heard Republicans bemoan, "Why did we nominate the old man?" Now the old woman is running. Being her age, I cannot imagine why she would want to go through this---there does come a time in life to retire. Unfortunately for her, she lost her chance to Obama and now it is too late.
I personally look forward to the next election with dread. The Republicans control Congress and the Supreme Court. If the White House is added, major changes are likely. The Senate may abolish the filibuster and unleash a torrent of conservative legislation: a national right to work law, perhaps the outlawing of unionization for government workers, privatization of Medicare, changes to Social Security, and of course, tax changes favorable to corporations and the wealthy. Any support of urban concerns such as house, transportation, and education will disappear. Amtrak may find itself on the auction block. Evil days are upon us.
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overall,i love hillary, if only because she was the first person to articulate in plain english that we average americans are under assault by "a vast right-wing conspiracy."
it may seem super obvious today, kids, but when hill dared to say it out loud, it was thrilling.
why do you think republicans hate her so much? why do you think they impeached her husband based on evidence that makes the rational for shrub's iraq war seem coherent? after all, she's not black.
it may seem super obvious today, kids, but when hill dared to say it out loud, it was thrilling.
why do you think republicans hate her so much? why do you think they impeached her husband based on evidence that makes the rational for shrub's iraq war seem coherent? after all, she's not black.
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It's a deep mistake to think that a Hillary Clinton presidency would read like a repeat of her husband's presidency. He did many things right, but he had some things wrong too. If I were to pick the more able of the two, I would pick her every day of the week and twice on Sunday. And contrasted with anybody in the Republican field, she has far more international and national experience, not to mention far sounder values and vision for the American people as a whole.
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Yeah, maybe she could push a reset button like she did with Russia, boy what a good deal that was!
You think someone who covers up as much as she had and lies as often as she has and violates protocols someone with sound values? (sigh)
Those who have been pressing Clinton to run need to remember she is in a similar position to Bobby Kennedy in 1968. She actually has much to lose, and plenty of people who cannot wait to attack her. It is unlikely she will be easily stopped. In fact, she is probably unstoppable both because of who she is, and because the GOP is so anti-women.
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While I personally dislike her politics, I hope she does not meet the same fate as did Bobby in '68. I want her stopped by ballots, not bullets.
Typically, the only logical explanation Ms. Clinton would credit for the loss of the 2008 Democratic nomination would be a "glass ceiling" imposed by a sexist electorate. Is it possible she lost what was hers to lose due to a failure to enunciate a vision for the nation besides one in which she presides over the Oval Office? Believe me, we are ready for a woman president, but that does not mean any woman will do.
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It's time for a breath of fresh thinking....do we NOT have persons whose names are NOT Clinton or Bush to represent USa to the world? Are we that devoid of passionate and intellectual leaders?
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Two years of "speculation" followed by almost two years of campaigning add up to four years running for president. This bothers me because there is only so much room on the front page of a newspaper, and there are immediate pressing issues crying out for debate and solutions that are pushed aside by interminable horse race handicapping about who will be the president two or four years from now.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton supports the TPP, corporate capitalism's final nail in the coffin of democracy. The American people deserve and need an insurgent candidate who is a real Democrat and stands with them against plutocracy, oligarchy, and the tyranny of the 1%.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton supports the TPP, corporate capitalism's final nail in the coffin of democracy. The American people deserve and need an insurgent candidate who is a real Democrat and stands with them against plutocracy, oligarchy, and the tyranny of the 1%.
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That may well be what we need, but if we focus on that we'll hand the White House the Republicans. In 2010, Democrats failed to show up, and handed the House the Republicans; same thing for the Senate in 2014. The next president may well have 4, yes 4 Supreme court nominations. If you are anywhere on the spectrum from center right to extreme "progressive" and don't vote for Hillary Clinton or whoever the Democrats elect then you will deserve the president we get. Unfortunately, those of us who do show up will be suffer for your failure too.
I have some suggestions for Mrs. Clinton's campaign websites - - #ideserveit and #billandobamapromissedittome and #IAmAWomanandthereforeIQualify. I require no compensation for these and will agree to erase any email correspondence about the subject.
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Any Rep or Senator who voted for the Bush Administration's illegal war of aggression on Iraq should be ashamed to show their face in public, much less run for the highest office. But, HRC apparently has no shame.
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But we know that already. Neither she nor Bill, the serial cheat.
President Bush sought, and received, Congressional approval including many socialist-democrat traitors for his actions. But that was when we had a president who followed the law and the Constitution. That was before our banana republic style dictator took over.
You are deluded. Bush "followed the law"? He and his lackeys violated the supreme law of nations. They started a war of aggression on a country that did not attack the US, with falsified information, distortion and outright lies. We executed Germans and Japanese after WWII for the same crimes.
And it was only some "socialist-democrat traitors" who didn't go along with the worst war crimes of a leading industrial nation since WWII.
And it was only some "socialist-democrat traitors" who didn't go along with the worst war crimes of a leading industrial nation since WWII.
How Hillary Clinton's candidacy fares will depend not only on her campaign itself, but on the performance of Democrats everywhere, especially in Congress. Come on liberals, don't kowtow to Republicans, delineate the party differences strongly and loudly. The future head of the Democrats needs you and so do we voters.
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She won't win the Miss Congeniality title, but she will give the Republicans a dose of their own castor oil.
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Hillary would have made a great president had she been elected in 2008 but all the best things in life are worth however long the wait and her having worked as Secretary of State for President Obama has immeasurably deepened her life experience and made her even better prepared for the burdens she'll be assuming on behalf of the country (and the world) that she loves in 2016.
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Compared to any of the Republican Koch-puppets, HRC is a female version of Abraham Lincoln and the two Roosevelt's. And among her many fine qualities, she is the world's foremost authority on fending off Republican slime-ball political attacks- as with Swift-boating and Willie Horton.
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Don't forget the Rose law firm billing office, the White House Travel Office, the Lewinsky scandal and her email stuff. She really is the world's foremost authority on sleaze and slime and fending off any attempts at holding her accountable for anything. But for those who worship Hillary the way Evangelicals worship Christ, it is completely understandable.
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In other words, rather than a Koch puppet, you would prefer a Wal-Mart Goldman Sachs Saudi Arabia puppet.
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Tony - How exactly is she responsible for her husband's infidelity?
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I thought that President Obama's ability to turn the other cheek to the endless barrage of disrespect and lies sent his way by the Republican opposition and false reporting by Fox News was an incredible display of grace and dignity. He made me proud to be a Democrat.
But you know what? I am not Hillary's biggest fan by a long-shot but she is tough. I can't wait to see her get in the face of Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Chris Christie. We'll see who the tough guy is then. I am betting on Mrs. Clinton.
But you know what? I am not Hillary's biggest fan by a long-shot but she is tough. I can't wait to see her get in the face of Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Chris Christie. We'll see who the tough guy is then. I am betting on Mrs. Clinton.
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Agreed with everything you said, except Christie. He will be lucky to finish his term as Governor here in New Jersey without being indicted, much less nominated to run for President. Even the Republican party isn't that stupid -- and I'm old enough to have survived Reagan.
Nobody was in any serious doubt that she would declare. The likelihood is high that she'll clear the Democratic benches of other erstwhile contenders every bit as much as Jeb Bush will clear the Republican benches -- although there will more entrants on the right than on the left.
To me, the ideal match-up beyond the primaries would be the Hillster, with Andrew Cuomo as her Veep aspirant, against the Jebster, with Marco Rubio as HIS. The Jebster would need to register to vote in Maine, since both he and Rubio currently are residents of Florida, and Hillary would need to register in Virginia, as I believe she's still a resident of Cuomo's New York ... but these things can be finagled.
THAT would be a storied election.
And despite the fact that I would love to see Bush and Rubio win, I could actually live with Hillary and Cuomo. For the first time in a loooong time, there's really no serious downside to the coming election for me, if the candidates play out as they might.
To me, the ideal match-up beyond the primaries would be the Hillster, with Andrew Cuomo as her Veep aspirant, against the Jebster, with Marco Rubio as HIS. The Jebster would need to register to vote in Maine, since both he and Rubio currently are residents of Florida, and Hillary would need to register in Virginia, as I believe she's still a resident of Cuomo's New York ... but these things can be finagled.
THAT would be a storied election.
And despite the fact that I would love to see Bush and Rubio win, I could actually live with Hillary and Cuomo. For the first time in a loooong time, there's really no serious downside to the coming election for me, if the candidates play out as they might.
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Mrs. Clinton and Andrew Cuomo are both NYS residents.
If their ticket won NYS the NYS electors [in the electoral college] according to the 12 amendment could not vote for both Clinton and Cuomo but could vote for one of them.
Electors in other states could vote for both.
But I think Cuomo has enough problems in NYS with his abolishing the Moorland Commission and his [correct in my view] position on gun safety [Safe Act] will doom the proposed Clinton / Cuomo ticket in states with large numbers of gun nuts.
If their ticket won NYS the NYS electors [in the electoral college] according to the 12 amendment could not vote for both Clinton and Cuomo but could vote for one of them.
Electors in other states could vote for both.
But I think Cuomo has enough problems in NYS with his abolishing the Moorland Commission and his [correct in my view] position on gun safety [Safe Act] will doom the proposed Clinton / Cuomo ticket in states with large numbers of gun nuts.
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Given the problems Hillary and Andrew have with ethics and email transparency, I just wonder which one of them will be named sleaze and which one will be named slime.
Bush and Rubio are both Florida residents so their proposed ticket faces the same 12th amendment constraint as the proposed Clinton / Cuomo ticket with Florida replacing NY.
Since 1951, when we constitutionally changed the rules so no one can serve more than two terms - - the party in power has always been tossed out after the obligatory two-terms in a row, the one exceptions over those 60 plus years was George H. Bush in 1988.
I don't think most Americans want to have a third Obama term or another Democratic president, unless it is someone novel and exceptional, like fmr Senator Jim Webb.
Hillary is just an extension of Obama, and by my observation, not a good one.
So, nominate Hillary, and statistically it is likely we will have a Republican president; nominate Jim Webb, and that trend might be up ended again. SF
I don't think most Americans want to have a third Obama term or another Democratic president, unless it is someone novel and exceptional, like fmr Senator Jim Webb.
Hillary is just an extension of Obama, and by my observation, not a good one.
So, nominate Hillary, and statistically it is likely we will have a Republican president; nominate Jim Webb, and that trend might be up ended again. SF
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One thing Mrs. Clinton will be steering away from today as if it was the Death Star will be President Obama's try at a nuclear deal with Iran. There are plenty of American Jews who are not enamored of Mr. Netanyahu, but few who are credulous enough to believe that Iran will honor any deal that is arrived at or will be prevented by it from succeeding in their efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
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Hillary Clinton's candidacy is rife with obvious dangers (as well as booby traps) that will challenge all of her intelligence and ingenuity to overcome. The Madame Secretary will pursue the youth vote but she also represents a demographic that predates today's young people by half a century. She will not be especially persuasive arguing for income equality, either; the sitting president has been unsuccessful in his attempts to budge a bloated confrontational Congress and a dug-in corporate culture off their hammocks. How will Mrs. Clinton succeed where President Obama failed? She will have to navigate the treacherous way between her service as Mr. Obama's SecState and the non-issue of Benghazi simply because it will not go away; it's a red-meat diet for the Right. More importantly, Mr. Obama has moved off the center as his term nears its end. If Mrs. Clinton extols his domestic (ACA, gender equality, e.g.) and foreign policy successes (Cuba and Iran), also red-meat issues, how will she parry and thrust against their interventionist-isolationist policy attacks? America is both weary of military engagement and also wary of simple codified talking points. The Madame Secretary's $2.5 billions (in anonymous contributions) may not be protection enough against finding her candidacy in a tide edging toward the right in her last attempt for the presidential grail she's so ardently sought for a quarter of a century.
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Compared to the candidates on the Republican roster,
expected and probable, a vote for Hillary Clinton may be
but should not be a "Hard Choice"
There is no one who has the same degree of experience or well-honed resumé as HRC.
In the words of her opposition for the Democratic nomination in 2008, Senator Obama, voters may need to remember, whether they like it or not,
"You're likable enough, Hillary."
The leadership of the Democratic Party should urge a primary process for other candidates to enter the debate.
expected and probable, a vote for Hillary Clinton may be
but should not be a "Hard Choice"
There is no one who has the same degree of experience or well-honed resumé as HRC.
In the words of her opposition for the Democratic nomination in 2008, Senator Obama, voters may need to remember, whether they like it or not,
"You're likable enough, Hillary."
The leadership of the Democratic Party should urge a primary process for other candidates to enter the debate.
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I love the idea of a woman president. However, I would love even more a president whose point of view I agree with, and whose integrity is unblemished, even more. To put the gender thing in perspective, we liberals need to ask ourselves whether we'd rather have e.g. a Supreme Court of nine conservative women or nine liberal men. I know what my answer would be. And I know who I'd support in a New York minute if Jerry Brown announced tomorrow he was going to run for a single term, and then defer to his vice-president.
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Hillary is a member of the American political oligarchy. This ought to disqualify
her of participating in democratically held elections. The same is true for J. Bush.Besides, Hillary makes an artificial, calculating impression. She stood by her husband during that scandal, okay that was her choice. Still I wonder if that was a normal wife's response?
her of participating in democratically held elections. The same is true for J. Bush.Besides, Hillary makes an artificial, calculating impression. She stood by her husband during that scandal, okay that was her choice. Still I wonder if that was a normal wife's response?
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Hilary Clinton: What does her track record really tell us?
In the early 1990s working as a partner to her husband, then POTUS, she rolled out a healthcare plan that neither house of Congress would vote for.
As Secretary of State, she set the "reset" button with Russia, and Russia later invaded Ukraine? She also supported the regime change in Libya, which is today in a state of disarray.
When she left the White House, she took government property, that was later returned.
Recently she admitted that she didn't want to use government Internet servers because it was better to have only one device.
I ask myself what Mrs. Clinton hopes to tell the electorate about her accomplishments.
In the early 1990s working as a partner to her husband, then POTUS, she rolled out a healthcare plan that neither house of Congress would vote for.
As Secretary of State, she set the "reset" button with Russia, and Russia later invaded Ukraine? She also supported the regime change in Libya, which is today in a state of disarray.
When she left the White House, she took government property, that was later returned.
Recently she admitted that she didn't want to use government Internet servers because it was better to have only one device.
I ask myself what Mrs. Clinton hopes to tell the electorate about her accomplishments.
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Yes, her announcement will make her the front runner for democrats, and simultaneously hand the election to the republicans. Already not liked by most Americans, her recent purposely deceitful and illegal email and text fiasco and poor record as SOS, she has zero chance.
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Wrong. Democrats like me don't like her but we'll be there at the polls because there's no way we're going to see a Republican win.
Women like me helped defeat Romney and we'll do the same in 2016.
Women like me helped defeat Romney and we'll do the same in 2016.
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If Hilary pledges to unwind all of lawless Obama's actions she will have my vote. This from a lifelong Republican who never voted for her husband. For the last 6 years I have never be so ashamed of my country and for the citizens who voted for such an inept leader. No matter who wins in 2016 at least I will be able to be proud of my country again.
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Really? You were proud of your country when we waged two expensive and useless wars? How proud were you when we threw our economy into the toilet? Did you really feel proud when the rest of the world was laughing at us every time G.W. opened his mouth?
I was in the UK last year and they're still talking about G.W. and asking what made the U.S. lose their collective minds.
I was in the UK last year and they're still talking about G.W. and asking what made the U.S. lose their collective minds.
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And I guess you think the GOP Congress was doing a "fine" job to be "proud" of these last six years, right?
Like you are surprised she is running? Now do the world a favor, stop writing gossip and discuss what Hillary Clinton's positions are on the issues and what she might do about certain problems our country faces.
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An uncommon intellect and capacity - no doubt about it. In my view, however, she is best and most effective "behind the scenes". She does not connect with the crowd - the comes across as saying "listen to me" as opposed to "I am here to listen to you".....
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Ms. Hillary's platform: I am a women. Nothing else. So, sad.
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Stock up on Rolaids. As you will have to repeat the phrase President Clinton until 2025.
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@ Coolhunter, while the significance of HRC becoming the first female US president cannot be denied anymore than the significance of Obama becoming the first African American president, being a woman is certainly not Hillary's sole platform as you state. Hillary Clinton has given voice for over 30 years to being on the right side of history on a myriad of social and human rights issues while also serving in the US senate and as SOS. Clinton embodies the ideals that most Democratic voters believe in. Your simplistic conclusion that all HRC has to offer as a platform is that she is a woman says more about your narrow worldview than anything else.
As a life-long flaming liberal, who supported George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, I cannot support Hillary. If we must go center left, then get someone with character, experience, independence and who can win against Jeb Bush: Namely, James Webb. I, too would like someone more liberal, but that is not going to happen. Webb is our best choice, if we really want to win against the crazies!
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Most HRC haters seem to spout simillar talking points: 1.) Hillary is calculating and proof of this is that she has always wanted to be president and 2.) Hillary suffers from being somehow entitled to become president. Neither of these charges makes any sense. First, so what if Hillary always wanted to be president. We allow little boys to dream of one day becoming president and encourage their path to fulfiling this dream. Why should it be any different with girls? Why is a woman who wants to be president calculating while a man has poltical ambition? Second, somebody who feels they are entitled to anything in a derogatory sense implies that they have not earned the right for their title or position through hard work and paying their dues. Hillary has a record of 30 years in public service, has been elected twice by voters to be a US senator, and has served as SOS. While haters may not like her record or debate over her accomplishemnts this is clearly not a resume of a person who feels entitled to anything. This is a track record of somebody who has worked hard to be in a position to make a serious run for the presidency. The charge of entitlemnt is perhaps better suited for Jeb Bush who was born into a political privileged aristocratic family and groomed to be president since he was born. And what exactly is Jeb's track record? A two term governor who left office seven years ago who suddenly decides now to run for the presidency? Now that smacks of entitlement.
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Great post. Thank you. And Mitt Romeny was another who clearly communicated a sense of entitlement to the Presidency, and the Republicans are still worshiping that empty suit.
oops, Romney.
Thank you!
Given that the GOP will continue to control the House after 2016 there is probably little in terms of new legislation a Dem president [whether Hilary or someone else] can do.
A Dem president can prevent destruction of Social Security and Medicare and repeal of ACA as well as repeal of the limited Dodd Frank reforms.
I would like to know more about Hilary's positions on financial regulations.
But we do know the GOP candidates' positions.
For me the real issue is the Supreme Court which has become a legislative body.
Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer are not spring chickens and the liklihood is that the next president will have several Court nominations.
Do we want another Scalia, Thomas, Alito.
I don't so I would vote for Hilary.
I would prefer someone like Senator Warren but with only 2 years in the Senate she stands NO chance of winning the general election.
Let her continue the good fight in the Senate and let's compromise and win with Hilary.
Consider the alternatives, Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio Jindal, Christie etc.
A Dem president can prevent destruction of Social Security and Medicare and repeal of ACA as well as repeal of the limited Dodd Frank reforms.
I would like to know more about Hilary's positions on financial regulations.
But we do know the GOP candidates' positions.
For me the real issue is the Supreme Court which has become a legislative body.
Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer are not spring chickens and the liklihood is that the next president will have several Court nominations.
Do we want another Scalia, Thomas, Alito.
I don't so I would vote for Hilary.
I would prefer someone like Senator Warren but with only 2 years in the Senate she stands NO chance of winning the general election.
Let her continue the good fight in the Senate and let's compromise and win with Hilary.
Consider the alternatives, Cruz, Rand Paul, Rubio Jindal, Christie etc.
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I hope that folks can get over the idea that 'purist' of liberal OR conservative thought would be both ideal and electable. I hope that unlike in most of life, a persons credibility, intelligence, leadership and elect-ability will not be derailed because of rare human mistakes in judgement that ALL of mankind exhibit and that it is all too easy to point to and act as if the entire life and candidacy are therefore negated. We REQUIRE a strong, creative, intelligent and experienced LEADER. Today, I see only Hillary Clinton approaching that standard.
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Unfortunately, the volume and gravity of her "mistakes" and illegal activity as an elected official make her unelectable.
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@LMW
Not unelectable, in my opinion. I can think of at least one other president whose "mistakes and illegal activity" were more egregious than Hillarys and he was elected for a second term.
Not unelectable, in my opinion. I can think of at least one other president whose "mistakes and illegal activity" were more egregious than Hillarys and he was elected for a second term.
Mocking the late Tammy Wynette, she quipped that she wouldn't "stand by her man." She did.
She said she wouldn't just "be baking cookies." Now we're to believe that's exactly what grandma does.
She is tarred with the failure of healthcare reform during her husband's administration.
She elbowed her way on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in a blink found herself Secretary of State. But she has had a hard time recollecting her accomplishments -- as will we all now that her communications have been deleted.
And the list of concerns, minor to major, goes on and needn't be belabored here.
But the thing that bugs me most is her perpetual underestimation of the wisdom of the electorate. She panders, is phony and condescending, no matter how scripted and staged she is, and she must give her spin doctors fits. A polarizing person with power is clearly not what Washington needs.
My kingdom for an alternative!
She said she wouldn't just "be baking cookies." Now we're to believe that's exactly what grandma does.
She is tarred with the failure of healthcare reform during her husband's administration.
She elbowed her way on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in a blink found herself Secretary of State. But she has had a hard time recollecting her accomplishments -- as will we all now that her communications have been deleted.
And the list of concerns, minor to major, goes on and needn't be belabored here.
But the thing that bugs me most is her perpetual underestimation of the wisdom of the electorate. She panders, is phony and condescending, no matter how scripted and staged she is, and she must give her spin doctors fits. A polarizing person with power is clearly not what Washington needs.
My kingdom for an alternative!
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I'm a grandma. I bake cookies. I also have a good career in tech and kick box and the older I get the more of an activist I become. Grandmothers have a lot to fight for and we have to be tough, there's another generation relying on us.
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You state ....."underestimation of the wisdom of the electorate".
For the most part the so-called electorate is ignorant and/or uninformed or simply doesn't pay any attention to much of anything these days.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Bidenvice-presidentPewsurvey/2010/09/29/...
So much for "wisdom".
For the most part the so-called electorate is ignorant and/or uninformed or simply doesn't pay any attention to much of anything these days.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Bidenvice-presidentPewsurvey/2010/09/29/...
So much for "wisdom".
She was our Secretary of State. What are the results of her, and Obama's foreign policy? Aside from her lies about Benghazi, Libya is in flames, and for the most part in the hands of terrorists. We had to close our Embassy in Yemen and flee as the country is in a civil war. Iran bombs a mockup of our warship, and calls for the death of America, even as we negotiate with them. We will not meet with Netanyu, but embrace Raul Castro . Egypt has its army in the Sinai and at the door of Yemen. The Saudi's are bombing Yemen. The Suni's are at war with the Shiites throughout the Middle East and it is getting worse. We retreated from our "red line" in Syria. Our allies no longer believe us-with cause. Our Congress is just about at war with our executive branch over foreign policy. We are contentious at home, and for the most part disliked abroad.
A nuclear arms race is a real possibility in the Middle East. India and Pakistan are firing at each other in Kashmir. Iraq, also has a civil war. Greece is about to withdraw from the Euro. Russia threatens us while occupying the Ukraine. Perhaps none of this is Hillary's fault- yet the record of the past is the promise of the future. What is her record? It seems to be limited to catching Usama Bin Laden.
A nuclear arms race is a real possibility in the Middle East. India and Pakistan are firing at each other in Kashmir. Iraq, also has a civil war. Greece is about to withdraw from the Euro. Russia threatens us while occupying the Ukraine. Perhaps none of this is Hillary's fault- yet the record of the past is the promise of the future. What is her record? It seems to be limited to catching Usama Bin Laden.
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It is 1.15 P.M. I definitely know she is running but I am waiting to see the actual announcement. For all her detractors, they should know that she is the only one with oodles of noodles in her brain, Her political climb has been extremely arduous. She is hard as nails,giving as good as it gets and then some. She may have some bones in her closet but it pales in comparison to the skeletons in the closets of the hapless G.O.P. contenders. She is not warm and fuzzy but her agenda would be to allow our citizens to be warm and fuzzy in their personal lives.Increasing minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, better access to affordable child care, pay equity to name the obvious in her agenda. And the biggest asset would be her intolerance to an incalcitrant Congress. And she knows History, so she will not repeat it. She is extremely smart not to make the same mistakes that dogged her in the past, including sticking up for her warm, fuzzy, charming, wayward, successful spouse. And being the first woman to break the ultimate glass-ceiling i.e. the Office of the President - THAT TOO!
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Her "warm, fuzzy, charming, wayward, successful spouse" has been credibly implicated in roughly half the sexual exploitation crimes attributed to Bill Cosby and has a long association with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein and others. According to Ron Kessler, meetings with his current mistress involve close coordination between Bill's and Hillary's Secret Service details. He couldn't have done all this without her enabling posture. If elected, I predict further scandals and perhaps the first president to divorce while in office.
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One way to put this is its Hillary Clinton's race to lose. Though, she has to show the electorate that she is not the arrogant, stand offish person of 2008. Also, she has to prove, to the electorate, that Bill Clinton will be kept silent in a corner.
The GOP's path is to continue down the road of voter suppression, super PACs and discrediting Hillary Clinton. They do not have to run on what they can accomplish, but tarnishing the opposition.
Again, the White House will be contested in a hand full of states: Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Virginia, North Carlina and Pennsylvania. The West Coast and most of the northeast will stay Democrat, the South, south-central and middle of the country, parts of the mountain west; Republican. That is our system, ignore 42 - 44 states, and concentrate on what's left.
Finally, anything promised in a campaign, is just that; promise. Look at our current president, for great example of a road of broken promises. The latest salvo, dump Medigap policies in 2020; and nail retiring seniors.. And he will continue to do so until he leaves office. The GOP's promise are lower taxes, smaller government, more military spending and privitize so called "entitlements". Hillary Clinton just has to prove that she will protect seniors (who do most of the voting) and the working classes (who have suffered for the past 15 years). A very tall order indeed.
I loathe the next 19 months of political ads coming to my phone and TV, by living in a battleground state.
The GOP's path is to continue down the road of voter suppression, super PACs and discrediting Hillary Clinton. They do not have to run on what they can accomplish, but tarnishing the opposition.
Again, the White House will be contested in a hand full of states: Ohio, Colorado, Florida, Virginia, North Carlina and Pennsylvania. The West Coast and most of the northeast will stay Democrat, the South, south-central and middle of the country, parts of the mountain west; Republican. That is our system, ignore 42 - 44 states, and concentrate on what's left.
Finally, anything promised in a campaign, is just that; promise. Look at our current president, for great example of a road of broken promises. The latest salvo, dump Medigap policies in 2020; and nail retiring seniors.. And he will continue to do so until he leaves office. The GOP's promise are lower taxes, smaller government, more military spending and privitize so called "entitlements". Hillary Clinton just has to prove that she will protect seniors (who do most of the voting) and the working classes (who have suffered for the past 15 years). A very tall order indeed.
I loathe the next 19 months of political ads coming to my phone and TV, by living in a battleground state.
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It will take a Hillary Clinton loss to wake up the Democratic party that it has to nurture new talent. And not just bank on established brandnames.
This is such a disappointment.
This is such a disappointment.
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I don't like her at all but I seriously doubt that any of the clowns in the Republican clown car can win against her.
And it will take another clown show for the Republican party to come up with somebody with brains and the American People (all of them) as their constituents.
Enough. Announce and get on with it. The speculation-- including the Times's three days of "expected to announce" coverage-- is building Clinton fatigue, not excitement.
And a low-key, sincere campaign focused on the voters and their needs would be a refreshing change. In the end, it should be about the voters and America-- not about the Clinton saga.
And a low-key, sincere campaign focused on the voters and their needs would be a refreshing change. In the end, it should be about the voters and America-- not about the Clinton saga.
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An addendum to Maureen Dowd's piece today implicitly attacking HIllary and Jack Kennedy is worth noting. Ted Kennedy was instrumental in putting Obama over the top in the 2008 nomination battle. He endorsed Barak, I believe, because he did not want the Clinton legacy outshining the Kennedy's. Ted also did a job against Carter's renomination in 1980 which resulted in the Reagan win and the beginning of deficits. We can try to rewrite history, but we must live with the present and try to make it better.
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Lest we forget, Hilary Clinton voted Yes to George W. Bush's terrorist attack on Iraq. That should never be forgotten. It says a lot about her personally and politically.
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She is also Bill's doormat. Yea Hillary supporters!!!
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A terrorist attack that most of us thought was justified due to false information on WMD. Let's say she support the commander and chief and believed he knew what he was doing.
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"Most of us"?
Millions around the world and in N. America knew the impending disaster that war would be, and marched against it. Let's say she did it for political gain, to show that she was as tough as the boys, and it backfired. She already had ample evidence that "the Commander in Chief" had no clue what he was doing.
Millions around the world and in N. America knew the impending disaster that war would be, and marched against it. Let's say she did it for political gain, to show that she was as tough as the boys, and it backfired. She already had ample evidence that "the Commander in Chief" had no clue what he was doing.
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Not another war. When one looks at the Republican candidates, one doesn't get that impression. My vote will go for Hillary.
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Don't kid yourself. I wouldn't be surprised at all if HRC took us to war again. Her only redeeming feature is the people she would nominate for the Supreme Court and (perhaps) support for affordable health care.
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I am Arno Williams and I to are running for President. I realize you may have never heard of me. You can blame that on the media, the Democrats and Republicans. I am the perfect candidate for President. I scare both parties because I have no negative information in which to use against me. I scare the legislation because the new attorney general will be told to go after all the corrupt politicians and prosecute the to send to jail. The same thing goes for corrupt government employees. During my term corruption will end and jail for the guilty. America will also end welfare for other countries except Israel our only truly trusted friend. If countries declare they need our welfare. They will have to prove it. Countries must prove they are worthy by demonstrating they are providing for their people. By creating jobs and stopping cruelty and torture of their own people. The days when the leaders of the country steal the money and not improve life for their people. They must also end violence and corruption. Then and only then they will be concidered. We will also stop providing weapons to untrained militaries to use against their own people. Schools must be opened and protected. DC. Violence will be totally stopped. No more will our Nation's Capital me know as the murder capital. We will secure the borders totally stop the influx of drugs.
We will have to deal with ISIS and all the other named terrorrists. If we must go to war against these America haters.
Arno
We will have to deal with ISIS and all the other named terrorrists. If we must go to war against these America haters.
Arno
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There are no barriers to a brighter future. Arno Williams in 2016!
Two years of speculation? There was never any doubt - she's been campaigning since she left office and passed the start line ages ago. Not even an interesting development when viewed for what it is, political theater.
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This is the kind of news that sends this Dem to the Rand Paul homepage.
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First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, long time Advocate for children, and
Women's Rights.
And she brings a former President to the White House.
What more could you ask for?
Ready for Hillary.
Women's Rights.
And she brings a former President to the White House.
What more could you ask for?
Ready for Hillary.
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Hillary Clinton demolishing Scott Walker will be a lot of fun to watch, especially for those of us in Wisconsin who know how dangerous he is and want the rest of America to see it too.
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Those of us in NYC and the rest of the country will be watching and enjoying it, too.
Hillary will win because she will get more votes than the nominee of the other party.
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Outstanding analysis, Alan.
My guess is that the Democrats will vote for her not because they are in love with her candidacy but because they are mortally afraid of any Republican alternative. She may also galvanize many Conservatives to turn out to vote against her. She must win the moderates and independents if she wants to prevail this time around: a tough sell, considering her email-gate stigma and her Janus-like two-facedness when it comes to championing the cause of woman and then accepting contributions to her family foundation from the sultans of Brunei and Saudi Arabia where women have as much chance of human rights as a juvenile clown fish has of finding a room in sea anemone.
Also, the Dems cannot be unashamedly two-faced when it comes to how much money it takes to mount a campaign and win elections. That she will raise $2.5bn in donations should be revolting to any reasonable human being, Democrat or otherwise.
As Piyush Jindal said, her campaign slogan must be, "(after 8 years of Obama presidency), what difference does it make (who the next president is".
Also, the Dems cannot be unashamedly two-faced when it comes to how much money it takes to mount a campaign and win elections. That she will raise $2.5bn in donations should be revolting to any reasonable human being, Democrat or otherwise.
As Piyush Jindal said, her campaign slogan must be, "(after 8 years of Obama presidency), what difference does it make (who the next president is".
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"Email-gate"?
"Two-faced"?
I always get a chuckle out of the one-percenters like Mr. Pitchumani who has no idea of what "moderates" really care about and what hypocrisy really is all about.
Because, most ordinary folks have more important things than being riled up about emails and know what real campaign funding "hypocrisy " is all about.
But, I guess that is what happens when your viewpoint comes from working at a consulting firm whose main role is to advise one-percenters on the best way to avoid paying their fair share in taxes and advise the most expedient ways to lay off hard-working American workers.
"Two-faced"?
I always get a chuckle out of the one-percenters like Mr. Pitchumani who has no idea of what "moderates" really care about and what hypocrisy really is all about.
Because, most ordinary folks have more important things than being riled up about emails and know what real campaign funding "hypocrisy " is all about.
But, I guess that is what happens when your viewpoint comes from working at a consulting firm whose main role is to advise one-percenters on the best way to avoid paying their fair share in taxes and advise the most expedient ways to lay off hard-working American workers.
Her campaign sounds like it's marketing a new, improved Hillary containing additional ingredients. But we're not choosing among cereals.
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I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want her as president. Her biggest accomplishment was marrying Bill.
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Really? What have you accomplished that compares to her resume?
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Dean, are you unaware she was a US Senator and was once Secretary of State?
Remarkable that the unchallenged Democratic nominee is someone who voted for the Iraq War, the biggest disaster of this century, and became a multi-millionaire collecting fees from Goldman Sachs.
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Look at the alternatives...
Blame the Iraq War on the Republicans who controlled the "intelligence" apparatus and started the war. 77 Senators voted to give Bush 42 four additional months to double-check his information (and he told the country and Colin Powell he had), and none of the 23 who voted the other way has ever been a candidate for President (think of the "disloyal" charges). And when did Hillary Clinton draw a paycheck from any investment bank?
She couldn't beat a guy with no experience and who belonged to a racist church where the head racist was his mentor. She stands no chance at the Democratic nomination.
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Luckily, Hillary Clinton is not running for sainthood. She has the brains and credentials to lead our nation with the help of the talented people she will be able to appoint and nominate, if they are not obstructed by the frothing-at-the -mouth crowd. Maybe we can get a Supreme Court justice who has some common sense and judicial wisdom. Another commenter pointed out that she has never been a governor. I would say that that is in her favor. George W. was a governor and, surely, we haven't forgotten where he got us, since we're still trying to clean it up.
More than a year of ugliness and hysteria is going to be interesting. Re: $2.5 billion on campaigning ~ perhaps, some unemployed and/or homeless folks could be hired to do something.
More than a year of ugliness and hysteria is going to be interesting. Re: $2.5 billion on campaigning ~ perhaps, some unemployed and/or homeless folks could be hired to do something.
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Being Secretary of State trumps being a governor any day.
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Because of her contributors and the foundation contributors I seriously doubt she will be able to appoint the best qualified people to the supreme court and government posts, it will end up being political favors and NOT good for us.
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Hillary has been bought by big money. She is not a candidate of the people. She sits where she is today because of a few well heeled 'investors'. There is no reason to believe here choice of cabinet/advisers will be any better than Obama.
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No matter what - we have waited for this day. Bring it on.
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It is not a good sign for a democracy when a country is governed by the members of some well-connected families. Of course, there are political differences between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, and those differences matter. What they have in common, however, is their ability to draw on the support and connections first established by their relatives. And I don't mean support by "the people," but support by the one percent.
Should we perhaps, for the sake of honesty, stop referring to democratic governance, and call the current regime what it is? It's an oligarchy.
Should we perhaps, for the sake of honesty, stop referring to democratic governance, and call the current regime what it is? It's an oligarchy.
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Mr. Rosemann,
Whether it is on a national, state or local level, olitical legacies are nothing new in this country, so why are you seem all of a sudden, concerned, about this?
What you should be concerned about are the differences between candidates like Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, or are you just another naysayer who will simply complain and foolishly choose to stay home on Election Day because things do not fit your view of a perfect world?
Whether it is on a national, state or local level, olitical legacies are nothing new in this country, so why are you seem all of a sudden, concerned, about this?
What you should be concerned about are the differences between candidates like Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton, or are you just another naysayer who will simply complain and foolishly choose to stay home on Election Day because things do not fit your view of a perfect world?
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1- The top 1% owns 90% of all wealth.
2- The top 1% takes home 95% of all new income.
.....Wake me up to vote when elections are publicly funded by law.