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whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:28 AM Apr 2015

Clinton Cash

But “Clinton Cash” is potentially more unsettling, both because of its focused reporting and because major news organizations including The Times, The Washington Post and Fox News have exclusive agreements with the author to pursue the story lines found in the book.


You know when those of us sounded the alarm on Clinton this is EXACTLY what we didn't want to happen by having the Democratic Party putting all of OUR eggs in her basket.

Most of this was known well ahead of time. But no one would listen.

Now instead of focusing on the very important issues of the day, it's going to be the Bill and Hillary show from now til end times.

Do you understand the consequences of having her as the candidate? Can you understand the holy hell she is going to create for everyone?

What the hell is so hard to understand about not wanting this behavior associated with the Democratic Party?

The brainiacs behind her second coming better have a damn good plan b.

This all or nothing shit is patently idiotic.

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Clinton Cash (Original Post) whereisjustice Apr 2015 OP
Oh yay! More B.S. thrown at HRC. KMOD Apr 2015 #1
Well, when Clinton costs us the election, don't say we didn't warn you this would happen. whereisjustice Apr 2015 #2
Okey dokey! KMOD Apr 2015 #3
Yeah, Republicans would sure leave other Dems alone. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #56
You think betting everything BojackFan Apr 2015 #5
Nope! KMOD Apr 2015 #8
no one else is running as of yet cali Apr 2015 #35
Thank You, Cali. bvar22 Apr 2015 #103
Welcome to Democratic Underground./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #11
Degrees of sadness won't decide the election. CanadaexPat Apr 2015 #36
Frankly it's not coming from one of "our own" Sheepshank Apr 2015 #126
I hope these faux scandals do for Hill what they did for Bill DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #4
Sure, 8 years of Bush had nothing to do with Clinton's screwed up handling of his sexapade whereisjustice Apr 2015 #6
Gore ran away from Clinton DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #7
Actually, Clinton ran away from Gore the minute he unzipped his fly for an intern. whereisjustice Apr 2015 #9
Was Clinton the first president to have a paramour? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #10
duplicate whereisjustice Apr 2015 #17
No Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #24
That's a testament to the perfidy of the Rethuglicants.. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #26
It was certainly a circus Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #30
They say a man is only as loyal as his opportunities. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #32
Don't forget Helen Chenoweth. (We don't want to appear sexist.) 11 Bravo Apr 2015 #105
First to test our patience by arguing the meaning of the word "is". Guess what, we lost. He made a whereisjustice Apr 2015 #12
WTF JI7 Apr 2015 #15
He's channeling Ken Starr. Shows what he's got and he's got nothing./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #19
Gore lost by running away from Clinton, remember DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #16
Repeating that as much as you want won't make it true. I will agree it is a convenient backstory whereisjustice Apr 2015 #23
Bill Clinton had an approval rating in the 60s during the campaign. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #25
And yet his behavior gave us Bush and set us back for a decade. Ironic isn't it? whereisjustice Apr 2015 #28
Asked and answered DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #31
And cost the American people at least $3 Trillion dollars!! Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #33
Gore lost his own race.* I already established that. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #39
The only thing you established is that you can stay up all night posting on DU!!! Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #51
I have insomnia. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #53
20 posts in just this one thread!! Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #55
I will not apologize for my tireless work to inform the denizens of DU DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #57
What kind of work do you do? Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #61
I feel I am fulfilling my civic duty which is a solemn obligation./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #63
Just like HRC's numbers before the campaign started... CanadaexPat Apr 2015 #37
Those numbers have been consistent for fifteen years. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #41
the Bill and Hillary show AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #13
Yes, forget Scooby Doo...Eliza-liza-beth...where are you...we got some work to do now... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2015 #79
the democratic party has done no such thing. the primaries are open to anyone who cares to announce msongs Apr 2015 #14
Then how is it that the NDP was asking sadoldgirl Apr 2015 #20
I would not be surprised about a good plan sadoldgirl Apr 2015 #18
That is a great start. You've perfectly captured the insanity of it all. whereisjustice Apr 2015 #21
It's not Ms. Clinton's fault she has no credible threats. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #22
The Clintons are mice, the mainstream media are cats. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #27
How did it end? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #29
... Enthusiast Apr 2015 #34
Delusional hogwash, pun intended. MoonRiver Apr 2015 #80
This thread has a definite scent o pine to it...nt SidDithers Apr 2015 #38
I like my candidates battle hardened Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #40
I fixed it for you, Mr. Rinalldo DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #42
Would you agee that non-republicans can tell the difference bt a "scandal" hedgehog Apr 2015 #43
Politics is poluted by filthy money. The public gets that. It's like in Casablanca... Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #45
"of course it won't always be spotlessly clean," hedgehog Apr 2015 #48
Start with human nature and go from there... Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #66
She said she dodged bullets in Bosnia. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #67
That must be why she didn't get confirmed to be Secretary of State.... Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #68
She's not Secretary now, is she? Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #69
As I have said, ad infinitum and ad nauseum, that which doesn't kill the Clintons only ... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #44
Kickin' Faux pas Apr 2015 #46
We deniers just don't get it: DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #50
lol Faux pas Apr 2015 #70
No, we just don't align ourselves with rightwing slime merchants. geek tragedy Apr 2015 #108
It's NOT Faux pas Apr 2015 #109
you are here promoting rightwing slime merchant swiftboating crap. geek tragedy Apr 2015 #110
Ummm Faux pas Apr 2015 #112
You recommended this thread, which is promoting that rightwing piece of agitprop geek tragedy Apr 2015 #113
This message was self-deleted by its author Faux pas Apr 2015 #114
"I recommend any anti hrc thread" Agenda revealed, kthxbai nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #115
Even if it is not worth a rec? hrmjustin Apr 2015 #116
TOAST. Sheepshank Apr 2015 #127
Guess it's time to dust this one off. JTFrog Apr 2015 #47
The right will throw sludge no matter the nominee. Metric System Apr 2015 #49
Exactly, ANY candidate can have sludge thrown. We will just have to handle as it comes. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #54
What got Nixon into trouble is he was meddling in our primaries... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #62
And meddling continues today. Bill Kristol and friends wants anyone but Hillary Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #64
Precisely... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #65
It is called getting used. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #71
Hahahaha! Here's the author: JaneyVee Apr 2015 #52
This has become a regular occurance.. Bobbie Jo Apr 2015 #60
The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary... SidDithers Apr 2015 #83
Can you understand the level of stupidity reached when surrendering to RW propaganda? blm Apr 2015 #58
This happens to EVERY Democratic candidate. They exaggerate shit or make it up. NYC Liberal Apr 2015 #59
Jim Webb 2016 HR_Pufnstuf Apr 2015 #72
Really? I thought we wanted a liberal. Evergreen Emerald Apr 2015 #76
Why do so many Democrats want her? treestar Apr 2015 #73
R fadedrose Apr 2015 #75
YAY! More Republican Talking Points on DU! Dr Hobbitstein Apr 2015 #74
I'm Ready For Oligarchy - Are You? - Vote HRC cantbeserious Apr 2015 #77
Why are you implying a RW book should effect Democratic decisions? ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #78
Some people aren't what they appear to be? MoonRiver Apr 2015 #81
Matthew 7:15/NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #82
D'oh! ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #84
Proverbs 6:19/NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #93
MediaMatters says this guy Schweitzer lies for a living. What's your Plan B? Hekate Apr 2015 #85
Well,someone had to replace Dinesh DSouza now that he's sufrommich Apr 2015 #86
Purveying RW slime & blaming HRC for it seems to be a popular tactic here among some. Wonder why? Hekate Apr 2015 #88
Excerpts will be in the New York Times and the Washington Post later on. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #90
I think we can count on that much. Then the tv pundits can talk about it daily. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #91
Somebody has to be surrogates for the GOP candidates because they are so weak and ineffective. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #95
There were dozens of articles in the " New York Times and the Washington Post" about Whitewater... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #92
There were also dozens of articles about Bubba and Monica. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #96
They hounded and continue to hound the man for twenty five years DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #97
Bubba will never be allowed back in the White House. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #98
"A dream is a wish the heart makes." DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #99
LOL DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #100
Now is the time to publish a hate-filled Clinton book and turn a few bucks. Vinca Apr 2015 #87
So pathetic to see right wing lies like "Clinton Cash" here on DU workinclasszero Apr 2015 #89
Matthew 7:16/NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #94
Right on cue, it shows up on MSNBC on the fluffy program "The Cycle"! This is the... Hekate Apr 2015 #101
So you'd rather spread propaganda.... Historic NY Apr 2015 #102
Here's a good link for you. William769 Apr 2015 #104
"Clinton Cash" author admits he can't back up his book... SidDithers Apr 2015 #106
People who promote rightwing, Swiftboating trash are not above suspicion nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #107
Hanging one's hat on a hoax press release is an accurate gauge of objectivity versus bias. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #111
Kick for exposure... SidDithers Apr 2015 #117
Oh I was just thinking ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #118
Sometimes, shit-stirring needs to be exposed for what it is... SidDithers Apr 2015 #119
Kick for continued exposure...nt SidDithers Apr 2015 #120
Fox’s Chris Wallace confronts ‘Clinton Cash’ author: ‘You don’t have a single piece of evidence’ SidDithers Apr 2015 #121
Sid, you do know the most dangerous place to be is the buffer between the accused and a lynch mob. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #123
I'm with you. 99Forever Apr 2015 #122
You are very naive if you really thought they wouldn't do this to ANYONE who appeared pnwmom Apr 2015 #124
Kick for RW slime in GD...nt SidDithers Apr 2015 #125
The one thing that stinks more than the OP Sheepshank Apr 2015 #128
 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
1. Oh yay! More B.S. thrown at HRC.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:42 AM
Apr 2015

It's sad enough when it comes from the RWers. It's even sadder when it comes from our own.

BojackFan

(21 posts)
5. You think betting everything
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:55 AM
Apr 2015

on HRC is a good idea? I think that is what concerns the OP. I wouldn't question his motives based on that post.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
8. Nope!
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:00 AM
Apr 2015

I'm all for many candidates running for the primary.

But I have yet to see a better candidate than HRC running.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
35. no one else is running as of yet
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 04:44 AM
Apr 2015

but even so, she's a shitty campaigner and a very poor candidate. risk averse, opportunistic, unprincipled, far too hawkish, about as Israel right or wrong as you can get. Defender of Nuttyyahu. for attacking Syria and training forces there. Corporate entanglements to gag on. Hell, even on abortion:

" I have said many times that I can support a ban on late-term abortions, including partial-birth abortions, so long as the health and life of the mother is protected."
http://www.ontheissues.org/Cabinet/Hillary_Clinton_Abortion.htm

Hey, maybe she's changed on that.

She always voted the right way in the Senate, but that kind of rhetoric is not helpful- particularly now when abortion rights have been so sharply diminished.

Hillary is a master at weasel words and obfuscating.

She is against raising taxes on the wealthy- raising taxes on capital gains or raising the SS cap. "Inclusive prosperity" is slowed down trickle down with a few attractive fig leaves.

She's the ultimate follow the poll pol.

fuck that.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
103. Thank You, Cali.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:52 PM
Apr 2015

That sums it up for me too.

"She is against raising taxes on the wealthy- raising taxes on capital gains or raising the SS cap."

All 3 of those Economic (and Democratic) measures would begin a turn around for the dying Working Class and the Poor.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
126. Frankly it's not coming from one of "our own"
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 04:56 PM
Apr 2015

don't be too shocked when the vitriol continues from the OP and those who hit the rec button.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
4. I hope these faux scandals do for Hill what they did for Bill
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:49 AM
Apr 2015



What Nietzsche said..."What doesn't kill the Clintons make them stronger."

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
6. Sure, 8 years of Bush had nothing to do with Clinton's screwed up handling of his sexapade
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 01:57 AM
Apr 2015

Nope, you'll probably say it was Nader. You'll say Bill was very popular and did nothing wrong that would change anyone's perception about the Democratic Party. Well nothing that might cause them to vote for Bush.

Nope, couldn't have been anything Clinton did. Must have been Nader.

And you'll argue that it was so much fun the first time around, let's do it all over again.

Because history never repeats itself.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
26. That's a testament to the perfidy of the Rethuglicants..
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:43 AM
Apr 2015

And despite that historians rate him as one of our more effective presidents.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
30. It was certainly a circus
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:50 AM
Apr 2015

especially when it was revealed how those who were leading the Republican charge, including Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston, and even the Republican Senator from Clinton's home state, the Reverend Tim Hutchinson, were also found to have had their own paramours.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
32. They say a man is only as loyal as his opportunities.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:57 AM
Apr 2015

That being said I wouldn't want Bill as a B I L but he didn't invent infidelity.


BTW, you forgot Henry Hyde who made a cuckold of his best friend.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
105. Don't forget Helen Chenoweth. (We don't want to appear sexist.)
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 05:26 PM
Apr 2015

Ms. Chenoweth (R. Idaho) was one of the loudest and most insistent callers for President Clinton's resignation over the Lewinsky affair. But wouldn't you know it, old Helen had indulged in a six-year long adulterous relationship of her very own.
A Republican hypocrite, who'da thunk it?

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
12. First to test our patience by arguing the meaning of the word "is". Guess what, we lost. He made a
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:10 AM
Apr 2015

a ton of cash though.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
16. Gore lost by running away from Clinton, remember
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:13 AM
Apr 2015

We established that when I disabused you of the notion it was Nader's fault.




whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
23. Repeating that as much as you want won't make it true. I will agree it is a convenient backstory
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:32 AM
Apr 2015

to cover up the reckless behavior of Bill Clinton who's bad behavior gave us Bush and the Iraq War.

Would you have advised him to go ahead and have sex with an intern because he'd never get caught and there was no risk to Democratic Party?

You know, because everyone does it. Like running their own email server for the US State Dept business.

What could go wrong? I mean, it's a Clinton for god's sake.

You'll be bailing water for her the rest of her campaign.

Just don't call it fighting for change.

















DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
25. Bill Clinton had an approval rating in the 60s during the campaign.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:40 AM
Apr 2015

Bill Clinton had an approval rating in the 60s during the campaign despite Ken Starr's and the Republican's witch hunt, ergo:





Al Gore ran away from a uber popular president and lost. In fact if not for the pesky 25th Amendment Clinton would have wiped the floor with Bush as there is no precedent in history for a president not to be re-elected with an approval rating in the sixties.



Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

-John Adams,


DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
31. Asked and answered
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:53 AM
Apr 2015

Al Gore ran away from Clinton, picked a comically inept vice president, and lost. If you believe Al Gore lost for any other reason there is nothing I can do to disabuse you of that notion.


I am fully engaged so we can continue this "I'm rubber, you're glue" argument into infinity. I didn't get to 51,000 posts for nothing. Crazy and persistent has its benefits.


Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
33. And cost the American people at least $3 Trillion dollars!!
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:21 AM
Apr 2015

2 fucking wars that were completely immoral, illegal, and unnecessary, and at least a million lives!

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
39. Gore lost his own race.* I already established that.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 08:17 AM
Apr 2015

I can retire from this board and allow the Clintons to be maligned or I can stay and defend them. The choices for me are mutually exclusive. It would be DU's loss because there is no way I can post here, see them attacked and not defend them.






*He actually won...We can litigate that too...

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
51. The only thing you established is that you can stay up all night posting on DU!!!
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:51 PM
Apr 2015

I don't know why you would even bother.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
61. What kind of work do you do?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:06 PM
Apr 2015

Although it may not be obvious to others how hard you work, or what you call work, but this is not work.

CanadaexPat

(496 posts)
37. Just like HRC's numbers before the campaign started...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 07:58 AM
Apr 2015

Notice the actual president has the lowest numbers - people are happy to love someone who isn't doing anything.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
20. Then how is it that the NDP was asking
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:17 AM
Apr 2015

me for money for HRC? Is that an open primary
invitation or not??!!

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
18. I would not be surprised about a good plan
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:13 AM
Apr 2015

from their side:
1) Make sure there is more than enough money
to discourage anyone else to run

2) Make sure that a "necessary" primary will only
encourage people, who are aiming at the 2nd spot

3)Make certain that even a lunch meal and everything
else is covered by the MSM

4) Preempt any popular other person by claiming
their support and using their issues.

I am sure there is more, but is that not a great start?

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
27. The Clintons are mice, the mainstream media are cats.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:44 AM
Apr 2015

And they are going to tear those meeses to pieces.

Enjoy the show.
It will end the same way the last one did.
Early, let's hope.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
29. How did it end?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:48 AM
Apr 2015

With Clinton as our most popular living ex president?

A more apt analogy is the Clintons are the Road Runner and the Rethuglicants are Wile E. Coyote.


And I don't have to hope. I know.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
40. I like my candidates battle hardened
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 08:20 AM
Apr 2015

Like the Republicans won't invent scandals out of thin air to knock down any Democrat who runs? Yeah, right. John Kerry got swiftboated, Barack Obama is a secret Muslim. Al Gore invented the internet, etc. etc. etc.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
42. I fixed it for you, Mr. Rinalldo
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 08:28 AM
Apr 2015

Like the Republicans won't invent scandals out of thin air to knock down any Democrat who runs? Yeah, right. John Kerry got swiftboated when they alleged he shot himself to got his Purple Heart, and shot a VC teenager in the back as he ran away to get his Bronze Medal. Barack Obama is an illegal alien, a secret Muslim and "pals" around with terrorists. Al Gore invented the internet, etc. etc. etc.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
43. Would you agee that non-republicans can tell the difference bt a "scandal"
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 08:41 AM
Apr 2015

made up out of thin air, and a situation involving say, what looks like an exchange of money for favors and/or access? Not all scandals are baseless.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
45. Politics is poluted by filthy money. The public gets that. It's like in Casablanca...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 09:29 AM
Apr 2015

They no doubt are shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that there is gambling going on in the casino. Attacks on Hillary about this from Republican Party candidates who audition to become the personal servants of billionaires while taking orders from the Prime Minister of Israel would expose Republicans as crass shrill hypocrites, except for one thing: they already are exposed as crass shrill hypocrites and this just fits that narrative.

The Republicans are the boy who cried wolf one thousand times over. That is why attacks on Hillary now from them will always tend to backfire. Their true intent is always crystal clear and it never is a dispassionate public examination of proper ethical standards for elected officials to follow. They are chronic habitual shit throwers hoping something, anything, will stick on the wall, and they always come across as assholes doing it.

The Clinton Foundation is a large scale international charity that isn't outsourcing American jobs, and of course it won't always be spotlessly clean, but I hope the Republican Party knocks themselves out trying to make an issue out of this instead of speaking to the American public about issues that really matter to them, the way that I expect either Hillary or any other Democratic nominee will do.

It's not the details of this alleged latest scandal that will register on the average non-Republican voter, it is the cumulative knee jerk piling on negativity of their reflexive attacks on Hillary that will stick. With Hillary Clinton they no longer have the political luxury of defining her negatively before she had a chance to define herself to the American people. Personal attacks on Hillary are already fully baked into the political equation after two decades of non stop Republican assaults. It demonstrates how the Republicans have nothing constructive to offer the voters now far more than it says anything negative about Hillary.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
66. Start with human nature and go from there...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:44 PM
Apr 2015

People tend to try to return favors in one way or another, even when there is no explicit trade off. Corporations sponsor programs on PBS for the "good will" it "buys them". It is considered a business investment even if it isn't reported as same.

And people, and corporations, donate large amounts of money to political campaigns. Even though everyone swears up and down that no votes are being purchased, and claim that simply purchasing "access" in that way is merely a wholesome exercise of American democracy.

Our entire politics is rife with conflicts of interests or at least the appearances of same. It's unseemly to say the least but it leads to large amounts of money getting raised, sometimes for good, sometimes for evil.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
67. She said she dodged bullets in Bosnia.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:46 PM
Apr 2015

Not like the Republicans have to invent anything when it comes to Hillary, her imagination is enough to get r' done.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
68. That must be why she didn't get confirmed to be Secretary of State....
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:51 PM
Apr 2015

Oh wait a minute, she was, and she won high approval ratings from the public while in that office. No one on the national stage for a generation or more never said anything that was not totally accurate. Her chances in a general election will not hinge on such trivial gotcha attempts..

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
69. She's not Secretary now, is she?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:55 PM
Apr 2015

25 years of lying on the national stage of politics, and you dinnt blink.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
44. As I have said, ad infinitum and ad nauseum, that which doesn't kill the Clintons only ...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 08:51 AM
Apr 2015

As I have said, ad infinitum and ad nauseum, that which doesn't kill the Clintons only makes them stronger.





http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026536413


Faux pas

(14,681 posts)
70. lol
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 04:02 PM
Apr 2015

already saw the 'polls'. It's easy to to be ahead when you're the ONLY 'Dem' running. Have a good one!

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
108. No, we just don't align ourselves with rightwing slime merchants.
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 12:45 PM
Apr 2015

Why folks such as yourself embrace the rightwing noise machine's crap like this book---you will have to answer for that yourself.

Faux pas

(14,681 posts)
109. It's NOT
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 01:12 PM
Apr 2015

the 'rightwing noise machine's crap' that I base MY opinion on, it's years and years of watching, listening to HER two face BS noise machine. Thank you and have a nice day.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
110. you are here promoting rightwing slime merchant swiftboating crap.
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 01:14 PM
Apr 2015

That you do so because you agree with its contents is hardly a defense

Faux pas

(14,681 posts)
112. Ummm
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 03:46 PM
Apr 2015

I NEVER said I agreed with it's contents, you're PROJECTING. I just don't like hrc it's simple really. You're baiting me. I'm liberal squared bordering on socialist. That is all.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
113. You recommended this thread, which is promoting that rightwing piece of agitprop
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 03:51 PM
Apr 2015

as a legitimate critique of Clinton for which only she can be blamed. And explicitly assuming that the contents of that rightwing piece of agitprop are accurate.

Moreover, you are attacking critics of that rightwing piece of agitprop.

When you go so far left you wind up holding hands with the right, it's take to get perspective.

Response to geek tragedy (Reply #113)

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
54. Exactly, ANY candidate can have sludge thrown. We will just have to handle as it comes.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:54 PM
Apr 2015

I remember Gary Hart and his problems and yes the GOP is going to pull some very dirty stunts. The GOP worked a deal with Iran before the 1980 election and Jimmy Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan and that was a shame. Dirty rotten politics. Nixon pulled the Watergate break in and though Nixon was elected he was pulling dirty stunts. The GOP worked their asses off to keep Bill Clinton in continuous scandal but Bill still did his job despite the GOP efforts. President Obama has worked very hard and the GOP has worked overtime to destroy him even having McConnell say he was going to work to make sure Obama did not have a second term. We can choose to follow the RW trash talking or we can choose to work hard for our candidates to be elected.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
62. What got Nixon into trouble is he was meddling in our primaries...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:06 PM
Apr 2015

What got Nixon into trouble is he was meddling in our primaries and scheming to get the Democratic presidential nominee he wanted to run against.


Sound familiar?

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
64. And meddling continues today. Bill Kristol and friends wants anyone but Hillary
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:21 PM
Apr 2015

And he has many working to help him. Of course Rand and others surely doesn't want Hillary running, the clown car will work overtime but Democrats needs to work to get Democrats elected in order to turn this country around.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
65. Precisely...
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:41 PM
Apr 2015

This is a sticky subject and while I will zealously defend Hillary I don't want to sow more seeds of divisiveness...

The Republicans are scared s--tless of Ms. Clinton and would prefer to run against anybody but her. Their track record against the Clintons is not exactly stellar. That's a fact. That's why their minions are tacitly encourage a Democratic battle.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
83. The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:01 PM
Apr 2015

It's getting harder and harder to tell them apart.

Sid

blm

(113,065 posts)
58. Can you understand the level of stupidity reached when surrendering to RW propaganda?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:04 PM
Apr 2015

Did you crawl in a hole and give up after the Left Behind Books came out, too?

There would never be ANY Democratic candidate ever with your reaction to RW propaganda - which is exactly why the professional propagandists keep putting it out - for stupid GOP voters and trembling Dems too inarticulate to counter the abject lies.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
59. This happens to EVERY Democratic candidate. They exaggerate shit or make it up.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:04 PM
Apr 2015

You don't think it'll happen with someone like Warren or Sanders? You bet your ass they'll find something to attack ANY Democrat on.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)
76. Really? I thought we wanted a liberal.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:51 AM
Apr 2015

You might want to consider his record and his stance on the issues.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
74. YAY! More Republican Talking Points on DU!
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:23 AM
Apr 2015

Most of the news reports I've seen on this book have referred to it as "written by a former Bush aid, and rightwing author"... They even said that on the Today Show. But certain DUers find no issue in using right wing hatchet jobs to smear Hillary...

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
85. MediaMatters says this guy Schweitzer lies for a living. What's your Plan B?
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:04 PM
Apr 2015
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/04/20/clinton-cash-author-peter-schweizers-long-histo/203209

Media should be cautious with Republican activist and strategist Peter Schweizer's new book Clinton Cash. Schweizer has a disreputable history of reporting marked by errors and retractions, with numerous reporters excoriating him for facts that "do not check out," sources that "do not exist," and a basic failure to practice "Journalism 101."

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
86. Well,someone had to replace Dinesh DSouza now that he's
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:10 PM
Apr 2015

an ex-con. Not sure why it's being marketed on DU though.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
88. Purveying RW slime & blaming HRC for it seems to be a popular tactic here among some. Wonder why?
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:16 PM
Apr 2015

It doesn't matter who our nominee is -- the RW will lie about them. Why do we tolerate it here? Why the enthusiastic support among some here?

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
90. Excerpts will be in the New York Times and the Washington Post later on.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:16 PM
Apr 2015

And then the legitimacy will be established for this issue.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
92. There were dozens of articles in the " New York Times and the Washington Post" about Whitewater...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:22 PM
Apr 2015

There were dozens of articles in the " New York Times and the Washington Post" about Whitewater and the legitimacy of it as an issue was never "established"..

DemocratSinceBirth

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
96. There were also dozens of articles about Bubba and Monica.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:42 PM
Apr 2015

And the legitimacy of that issue was established, even though he lied about it!

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
97. They hounded and continue to hound the man for twenty five years
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:46 PM
Apr 2015

They hounded and continue to hound the man for twenty five years and all they got on him is a consensual blow job...I am of the opinion if his detractors would have given or gotten one they wouldn't be so ornery.






#lol@me

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
100. LOL
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:10 PM
Apr 2015
Bubba will never be allowed back in the White House.People don't forget that type of thing

-Major Hogwash








#lol@me

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
87. Now is the time to publish a hate-filled Clinton book and turn a few bucks.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:11 PM
Apr 2015

That's what this amounts to: swiftboating.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
101. Right on cue, it shows up on MSNBC on the fluffy program "The Cycle"! This is the...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:26 PM
Apr 2015

.... smear equivalent of money laundering.

-- Make up a lie --
-- publish it in a book --
-- the story about the book, not about the veracity of the author or his "sources", gets repeated in newspapers --
-- through the miracle of 24/7 television "news" the story gets repeated on air with few disclaimers, except to call it "controversial."
-- If questioned, the cutie-pies on The Cycle can say they read it here! or someplace. Maybe the WaPo or the NYT. But people are talking about it!

-- Lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
111. Hanging one's hat on a hoax press release is an accurate gauge of objectivity versus bias.
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 01:42 PM
Apr 2015

Hanging one's hat on a hoax press release is an accurate gauge of objectivity versus bias for many reporters.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
117. Kick for exposure...
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:25 PM
Apr 2015

and because the OP hasn't had a chance to come back and acknowledge their use of right-wing sourcing to attack a Democrat.

Sid

ismnotwasm

(41,989 posts)
118. Oh I was just thinking
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:30 PM
Apr 2015

"Who kicked this dammit" but I appaud your effort, and I won't trash the tread as I wait with baited breath for the no doubt forthcoming explanation

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
119. Sometimes, shit-stirring needs to be exposed for what it is...
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:33 PM
Apr 2015

especially when the shit being stirred falls apart under closer scrutiny and further reporting.



Sid

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
122. I'm with you.
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:35 AM
Apr 2015

I have had more than enough of the on-going Clinton Drama Saga for this lifetime. I want a President that doesn't have to spend 90% of his or her time defending their personal history instead of FOCUSING on the problems of working people.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
124. You are very naive if you really thought they wouldn't do this to ANYONE who appeared
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:54 AM
Apr 2015

to lead the pack, no matter how strong.

John Kerry was the first swift boated candidate, attacked on totally spurious terms, whose greatest strengths were twisted into weaknesses. It worked, so the techniques will be used on whomever we put up.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
128. The one thing that stinks more than the OP
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 06:06 PM
Apr 2015

is predictable reccers for a thread already shown to be hogwash. I wonder how many originally recc'ed and then changed their minds bwah haa haa haa

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