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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:39 AM
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If Hillary is really a republican, why does the "right" hate her so?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:40 AM
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1. Brand recognition. n/t
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:43 AM
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2. Because of the right wing smear machine...they really do hate
her..
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:47 AM
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7. They hate Al Gore just as much. Why do dems even give a shit what they think?
The republicans are a big crumbling mess
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:44 AM
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3. for the same reason they hate everyone they hate
because they were told to hate her. Plus she's a woman.
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:45 AM
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4. The only folks worse than DEM's about turning on their own ....
Edited on Mon Oct-15-07 09:46 AM by AnneD
Are the GOP...they tolerate little variation from the talking points. They bounce on them and rip them to shreds. Dems just cut them enough so they bleed to death-slowly.
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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:45 AM
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5. She's a blue dog Dem, not a republican
Hacking for the DLC.
She is a threat to the power of the g.o.p., that's why they hate & vilify her.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:58 AM
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12. IS she?
People like to complain about the DLC, but they vote in line with Democrats much more often than Blue Dogs.
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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 11:06 AM
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20. On Iraq and globalization
I would put her in the Blue Dog category - but not on every issue.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:45 AM
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6. I thought that the right loved Hillary?
They want her to get elected so that she can continue the Bush agenda. You know...stuff like overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating social programs, nominating conservatives to the Supreme Court. That kind of thing.

Or so I'm told.

So, which is it? Do they love her or hate her?
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:48 AM
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8. Because her husband did everything they were supposed to do more-or-less right
Because they are further right then any sane party should be.

Because she would do the same thing as her husband.

eg: Small Government, economic growth, little concentration on social issues etc... I'm sure she'd do those thing and do them right...but I'd rather see the Republicans come to their sense and move to a sensible "right" so that we would a legitimate "left" as well.

Just my 2 bits.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:49 AM
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9. she is NOT a republican. 90% of her social issues are progressive or liberal
However, she does have some major flaws, not the least is her international experience, with the handling of Iraq being the most obvious example

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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:49 AM
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10. ...Many of them don't think Bush is a "real" conservative... n/t
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 09:54 AM
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11. Look at the "Hillary nutcracker"
They are downright afraid of strong women. In fact, they might be afraid of all women which could explain both their smokescreen family values and their lust for young boys.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:01 AM
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13. I guess I must have missed her announcement that she was changing parties.
The only comparison I see between Hillary and the GOP is her love of corporate and lobbyist money. And we all know said money always comes with expectations of preferential treatment later.

I don't like Hillary's support of the war, I don't like how her opinion changes to suit the current audience, I don't like her befriending big business, and I am not thrilled with the Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton cycle if she's elected. I think we need more diversity than two families running the country for at least 24 years in a row, possibly 28. That's almost three decades, and that's too long.

We need to diversify, break the corporate hold on politics, and return the power to the people. I don't think Hillary will allow any of that to happen, but I'll vote for her anyway if she gets the nomination, because I don't want another GOPer in there.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:08 AM
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15. I Agree only to add
the Gop believes us (Dem's) to be stupid. as well as they believe the vast majority of the electorate to be stupid as well. if they bash one particular candidate thay feel we DEMS WILL RALLY BEHIND THEM BLINDLY! sadly this is true. as evidenced with how they propped up Kerry to knock him down. This tactic is straight out of Roves playbook.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:01 AM
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14. In part, to maintain a ruse. The herd takes the "instruction" and it becomes reality n/t
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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:22 AM
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16. The right wing hate machine despises Hillary for 2 reasons. 1.)She exposed the VRWC as hatemongers
Edited on Mon Oct-15-07 10:29 AM by Maribelle
2.) For all their money, for all their power, the hatemongers were only successful in driving up the Clinton's approval ratings, which either of the Bushes, Cheney, and the rest of the neoconservative thugs combined would not receive today.

The Hunting of the President by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons gives us an education into that hate machine that still pursues the Clintons with unquenchable lust, a vile and consistent drive, which is only surpassed by their lust for power.
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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:23 AM
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17. She's a woman.
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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:27 AM
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18. She is a women that shows off their abject failures. Double trouble, that Hillary.
We could just call her "double".


You rock, Double!
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 10:57 AM
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19. Well Obama's supporters on here have to try to bash her one more way
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western mass Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 11:21 AM
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21. If Hillary is really a democrat, why does the "left" hate her so?
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