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SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:30 AM Feb 2016

I now think Hillary is stupid

Raygun Revolution

Tea Party

The republicans have had 2 revolutions

They relentlessly push for the most extreme positions

AND THEY HAVE THE BACKING OF THEIR REVOLUTION

We must have continuing - relentless - loudly vocal calls for our positions and insist that our leaders also stand strong and voice our positions

Hillary will get nothing done without a revolution - and what does she do?

The Stupid Thing - She says that we do not need a revolution

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I now think Hillary is stupid (Original Post) SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 OP
She's happy with the status quo - it 840high Feb 2016 #1
It's all about her. Vision and principles be damned. eom Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #5
^^ this ^^ Myrina Feb 2016 #28
I jumped with joy when Bernie reminded Cooper of the 2 GOP 'revolutions' n/t 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #2
I saw MSNBC laugh about the Sanders revolution idea and... SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #3
Sounds like she's applying for the job of an administrator.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #4
As intelligent as she is, And as experienced as MasonDreams Feb 2016 #6
+10,000 'The solution is too lock them all up in private prisons that support me.' nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #13
I do not understand why Soros who spends so much on a campaign to legalize marijuana JDPriestly Feb 2016 #14
At the end of the day, Soros is just another billionaire protecting his billions with other w4rma Feb 2016 #20
This crap should be locked or hidden. zappaman Feb 2016 #7
"Hillary is too stupid to be President" -Mineral Man v2.0.08 Fumesucker Feb 2016 #9
+10,000 nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #11
+1 stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #17
Right? Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #24
As a Bernie supporter VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #27
It will soon be over my friend rbrnmw Feb 2016 #32
I have a hard time taking seriously an argument where Reagan is spelled Raygun Matariki Feb 2016 #35
Agreed. MelSC Feb 2016 #36
Revolution? asuhornets Feb 2016 #8
I now think your post is stupid. RBInMaine Feb 2016 #10
You think? nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #12
... PonyUp Feb 2016 #22
It's tied, too close to call with dozens of others. Hortensis Feb 2016 #18
She wants incremental change Depaysement Feb 2016 #15
But what does incremental change even mean? starroute Feb 2016 #25
It goes something like this- Rose Siding Feb 2016 #29
I understand what it meant then -- it's now that concerns me starroute Feb 2016 #30
The FIRST WOMAN TO WIN IOWA! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author PonyUp Feb 2016 #23
I think you would have been well served... NCTraveler Feb 2016 #19
LOL Bobbie Jo Feb 2016 #21
What a peculiar view. JohnnyLib2 Feb 2016 #26
She's never struck me as the most intelligent person. closeupready Feb 2016 #31
What. The. Fuck? PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #33
I believe the you "AmRight" part of your name, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2016 #34
What exactly "WE" is she talking about? nolabels Feb 2016 #37
I think posts like the OP are devoid of thought or meaning. Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #38
She's a narcissist and self-absorbed bully, but not stupid. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #39
She thinks we are stupid. That's the problem. left lowrider Feb 2016 #40

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
28. ^^ this ^^
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:04 PM
Feb 2016

It truly is all about "her place in history", not about making this country a better place for ALL OF US.

 

SoLeftIAmRight

(4,883 posts)
3. I saw MSNBC laugh about the Sanders revolution idea and...
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:50 AM
Feb 2016

after a break came back on and the second thing said was

raygun revolution

MasonDreams

(756 posts)
6. As intelligent as she is, And as experienced as
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 04:25 AM
Feb 2016

we know she is, Even with Slick Willie and THE best advisors $ can buy. She still manages to shoot herself in the foot again and again. She said we will "NEVER NEVER" get single payer health care!!
Now We can't have a REVOLUTION??
Did you hear her answer the Cannabis question??
Drugs Bad Overdose Heroin
WE ARE DEMOCRATS Madm Secretary
not repukes
Go for the republican nomination. That way the supreme court will be ok no matter

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
14. I do not understand why Soros who spends so much on a campaign to legalize marijuana
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:00 AM
Feb 2016

supports Hillary.

Personally, I could care less about marijuana, but Soros' stand baffles me. What is he for? What is he against? Very strange in my view.

 

w4rma

(31,700 posts)
20. At the end of the day, Soros is just another billionaire protecting his billions with other
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 08:11 AM
Feb 2016

people's lives and livelihoods. He's good on some things, but his number one priority is still the money he hoards.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
27. As a Bernie supporter
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:02 PM
Feb 2016

I'm heavily inclined to agree with you. We should be skirmishing over issues, not grade school recess attacks like this. Otherwise, we really are no better than Republicans.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
35. I have a hard time taking seriously an argument where Reagan is spelled Raygun
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:29 PM
Feb 2016

It makes me think the speaker is an adolescent.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
25. But what does incremental change even mean?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 01:03 PM
Feb 2016

It used to mean taking small steps in the direction of a grand vision. It was forward-looking.

But nothing I've heard from Hillary seems to amount to more than small tweaks to improve existing programs or extend their benefits a bit more widely. This is not change of any kind. It's merely solidifying the status quo.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
29. It goes something like this-
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:27 PM
Feb 2016

Social Security started out benefiting only a portion of society. We expanded it incrementally to cover more and more until it looks like the inclusive program it is today. We would not have it if FDR said Whole Hog! All or Nothin'! at the outset. Never. Would. Have. Happened.

It is how our nation was designed to work -progressively, which is just another way to say incrementally.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
30. I understand what it meant then -- it's now that concerns me
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:20 PM
Feb 2016

I don't know of any present-day programs that are like Social Security in being able to be incrementally expanded.

Obamacare in its present state is as good as it's going to get -- more people might sign up, but the limited benefits under the cheapest plans don't offer much of an inducement. In addition, the insurance companies are starting to whine about their loss of profits under the ACA. And I don't see any way to get from the current setup to true universal coverage by way of small incremental tweaks.

As another example, the drop in the overall employment rate means that food stamps are about to be cut back dramatically by excluding a million able-bodied adults who are not working or in job training programs -- a cut mandated by the 1996 welfare reform bill passed by Bill Clinton and repeatedly endorsed since by Hillary.

To bring about incremental change, you need to start with a bold vision, like Social Security, and then work towards it a bit at a time. But what bold vision is Hillary offering? All I hear is, "We'll never get that, so let's settle for some minor adjustments to existing programs." And that's not real change.

Response to stonecutter357 (Reply #16)

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
31. She's never struck me as the most intelligent person.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:23 PM
Feb 2016

So you are late to the party - for example, she got in front of Congress and testified that she was an expert in women's rights because she'd traveled a lot as Secretary of State.

Big deal. Lots of people travel a lot - some MUCH more than she ever did - and that travel alone doesn't make them authorities on women's rights.

Just not the brightest thing to stand on when appearing on a national stage.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
37. What exactly "WE" is she talking about?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:44 PM
Feb 2016

When you live in bubble.......well you know, you got to understand were the speaker is standing before the words get to you.

Stupid is relative term if you ask me. My preferred word would have been insolent

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insolent

 

left lowrider

(97 posts)
40. She thinks we are stupid. That's the problem.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:50 PM
Feb 2016

The high road- honesty, integrity, truth- isn't available to her anymore. It was "stupid" of her to sell out decades ago but now she really has no choice.

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