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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:54 AM Original message |
You may or may not understand: Hillary Clinton has to be FLAWLESS. |
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maddiejoan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. i hold the same standards to her |
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stuartrida (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Same here |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Your choice. But what I find so upsetting is |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. There is egregious swifting on all sides. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Take it from a liberal guy whose governor and senators are all women. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sen. Clinton's a threat to whom? |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. The corporate media anointed Hillary? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. You answered your own question. They're propping her up to shoot her down. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. You can't be flawless with neoliberal connections. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Agreed. I've seen this many times in the workplace. But same is true for ANY minority...so Obama.. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well, the public doesn't expect Hillary to be flawless. They expect her to be a liberal & shes not. |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. But Repukes and Indeps DO regard her as a liberal. Many Dems do not, though. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. The media has set high standards for her (as have others)! |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's because she's the frontrunner, not because she's a woman |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Hillary's getting it far far worse than Dean did n/t |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. How dare you! Some of my best friends are ......... (women). |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Was her vote on Kyl-Lieberman and her opposition to the Alito filibuster part of that flawless... |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. You're partly wrong I think |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Hillary opposed Kerry's filibuster, just as she opposed Kerry's troop withdrawal resolution |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nonsense. Political royalty doesn't have to be perfect. Not even |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sorry, but you can also take the other side of this |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wellesley College is unrepresentative of American working class women |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Wellesley college is a women's college |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. She has been flawless till now so she has set the bar really high for herself. |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is such nonsense |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. But it's okay for you to label others as being racist, right? n/t |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. um, where did i label anyone as racist? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You accused me once of being racially insensitive... |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Of course it's ok to point out sexism |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. seriously, if you're going to accuse me of something like that |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Hillary won't say her IWR vote was wrong |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. My husband noted this morning that the main thing Senator Clinton |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe I am misunderstanding your post. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, that is somewhat what I'm saying. n/t |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. She's a member of the DLC. She's endorsed by Lieberman. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. And as Governor, Bill Clinton executed a mentally impaired prisoner for political expediency |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. The prisoner was faking mental impairment |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Sure! He left the ice cream behind because he wanted to eat after the execution |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Her first name is not "Bill" |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. Then I don't have to worry about her nomination, |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think thee's a lot of truth to what you've said, as well as... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Dems suffer most from their own standards. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Great post! |
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Think82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. The high standard of answering a "yes" or "no" question? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh give it a rest will you... |
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Carrieyazel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes, but Hillary's made many gaffes that have been essentially ignored by the MSM. |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have to disagree Writer. Hillary is the only one who thinks she must be perfect. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
45. The MEDIA magnifies the sexism & misogyny that still exist, tho I think the PEOPLE are ready |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
48. If you are right then maybe she shouldn't be our choice for President. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. No way. To get my vote she just has to commit to repealing the Patriot Act, |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
50. Does automatically disliking someone's politics make them a sexist if the person whom they dislike |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
51. She stopped being flawless when she stayed married to someone who repeatedly abused her trust |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Are marital problems your specialty? nt |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Now there's a useful response |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
54. Most relevent is an abiltiy to stand up to pounding |
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