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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Reading this forum is like reading "Red State" with a big splash of Alex Jones. [View all]Human101948
(3,457 posts)41. I supported Hillary until she spouted that nonsense about Nancy Reagan...
It was a slap in the face of all the poeple who had friends and family dying while the Reagan administration laughed about AIDS.
I defended her on the email server until her personal IT guy's emails went missing, reminiscent of the 18 minute gap in Nixon's tape.
I was gung ho for Hillary's position on health care until I found out she doesn't have one these days, saying "The last thing we need is to throw our country into a contentious debate about health care again."
I was for Hillary as Secretary of State. until I discovered that she was promoting fracking around the world.
Clinton promised it would do so "in a way that is as environmentally respectful as possible."
But environmental groups were barely consulted, while industry played a crucial role. When Goldwyn (oil company lobbyist recruited by Hillary) unveiled the initiative in April 2010, it was at a meeting of the United States Energy Association, a trade organization representing Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips, all of which were pursuing fracking overseas. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
I was for Hillary until she actively supported military thugs and criminal administrations in Honduras and Haiti.
In both Honduras and Haiti, Clinton chose to shy away from letting each countrys voters choose their leaders when the going got tough. American voters, the people of Honduras, the people of Haiti and anyone who cares about democracy and human rights should know whether Clinton as president would be a promoter of such values.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/10/hillary-clinton-needs-to-answer-for-her-actions-in-honduras-and-haiti/
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Reading this forum is like reading "Red State" with a big splash of Alex Jones. [View all]
boston bean
May 2016
OP
I know ... As a Host of the African-American Group, I can tell you ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#104
How to identify an ideologue on either side of spectrum or any direction on compass:
KittyWampus
May 2016
#102
LOL - Hillary CREATED her own pile NO ONE else. Sorry yall just can't accept it.
nc4bo
May 2016
#172
The truth is spam? Then what do you call Hillary's boatload of lies about AIDS and Reagan?
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#109
Tell that to the dead women and children in Libya, Syria, Honduras, Iraq and many more
Hare Krishna
May 2016
#71
I'm shocked, shocked that the Pentagon would give a former Secretary of State
msanthrope
May 2016
#18
I don't think there is a fucking soul on this website that praises Henry Kissinger.
boston bean
May 2016
#21
Looking at myself for what? Me praising Henry Kissinger? You best be able to provide some proof of
boston bean
May 2016
#28
I said "looking AROUND yourself". as in, finding the comments, Bean.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#161
Yeah i did...She was saying very nice things about Kissinger, and praising his view of the world..
Armstead
May 2016
#64
Look- in all seriousness- "the time" is only as "deeply cynical and ironic" as we decide to make it.
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#164
Warren....kinda too busy registering voters to wonder what the millenials are yearning for.
msanthrope
May 2016
#166
So well said, nothing like an election cycle to demonstrate why I don't live back East....
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#35
If only Rahm Emanuel would have run, then we all would have united behind Bernie against Clintonian
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2016
#19
To me it's all noise caused by sour grapes of a losing candidate supporters
beachbumbob
May 2016
#27
Interesting -- I would say the same thing -- but for the opposite reasons you have
Armstead
May 2016
#34
True. You folks ought to cut it out with the "free stuff" memes, the support of
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#116