That Silver Bullet that some are waiting on to end Hillary Clinton’s candidacy-Not Going Happen

[asuhornets]

Email indictment-won’t happen
Goldman Sach’s transcripts-who cares; all politicians give paid speeches
Iraq vote – Is that Bernie Sanders foreign policy experience?

She is more qualified than Bernie and the remaining GOP race put together.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Bernies only real hope

He must win by at least 10% in New Hampshire.
He must lose by less than 10% in Nevada.
He must cut into the black vote getting it to around 60-40% in S.Carolina.
If all of that happens, then March 1 could get very interesting.

[asuhornets]

31. You asking for a helluva lot..n/t

[Perogie]

40. why does he have to win NH by 10%?

Did Hillary have to win Iowa by 10%?

[roguevalley]

62. I love flat predictions. Where did your ideas? They're tied nationally.

[cali]

2. No, people who are involved in running for president as Hillary

was in 2013, don't suck up millions to personally enrich themselves. Hillary is in a very small club on that one. Maybe even a club of one.

That is a text book case of conflict of interest.

[treestar]

20. she's not personally enriching herself

You can argue about the Clinton Foundation but it's there.

Also in America most people don't find that a sin - if you can make money, it's considered fine. Few voters would respond to this.

[cali]

21. What bullshit. She made fucking millions from speeches

Most to corporations and particularly the financial industry. She did not donate all her proceeds from speeches.

[KittyWampus]

23. So? She should give speeches for free? Sanders gave speeches, but he costs less

cause he hasn't done much.

[Fawke Em]

65. Well, no, he wasn't married to a president.

Other than that, he's done more than her.

[treestar]

68. Most Americans would say go for it.

If you can command it.

Who says she has to live like a pauper to have compassion for others? Was that also true of FDR?

[thereismore]

26. It's useless with this one. nt

[asuhornets]

32. The emails did not touch her and those

speaking fees after NH, will be forgotten.

[asuhornets]

66. Bernie Sanders has been in the..

US Congress for 25 years and if he is not a millionaire by now that his problem.

[stonecutter357]

3. K&R!

[TheBlackAdder]

4. She stayed in the campaign all the way through June of 2008. Why? Well, because...

Things really get going after the 7 min. mark...


Dissing MLK, Jessie Jackson, Rev. Wright, favoring McCain over Obama, etc., and her allusion to assassination.

She partially atoned for her actions, but KXL, Big Money, Big Oil, etc. gives me reservations.

I will vote Democratic, no matter who the nominee is, but I stand uncommitted right now.


Who is she really, inside? I don't think anyone of us knows!


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[kath]

24. Thanks! people really need to see this.

Glad to see that it keeps popping up, especially in the past week or so.

[Go Vols]

46. Need more like Keith

[daleanime]

5. So yea! for bad judgement?

The only thing her foreign policy has over Bernie's is more death. Qualified indeed. Take care of yourself, if you get your way the world will only continue to become a harder place to live.

[asuhornets]

33. I am all about Peace and Love...n/t

[azurnoir]

6. No it's not a silver bullet it's more a swarm of bee's killer bees to be more clear

all of the things against her cumulatively might just do it

[asuhornets]

34. And yet she is still standing....n/t

[Perogie]

44. I think they have had an affect

but you won't see it that way. most would say unfavorable numbers like these are probably due to all the scandals

Colorado

Colorado voters say 62 - 34 percent that Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy; 52 - 46 percent that she has strong leadership qualities and 57 - 39 percent that she does not care about their needs and problems.

Iowa

Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, Iowa voters say 59 - 33 percent. She is a strong leader, voters say 52 - 43 percent, but she does not care about their needs and problems, voters say 55 - 39 percent.

Virginia

Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, Virginia voters say 55 - 39 percent. She is a strong leader, voters say 54 - 42 percent, but she does not care about their needs and problems, voters say 50 - 45 percent.

Florida

Clinton gets a negative 37 - 55 percent favorability rating and voters say 64 - 32 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.

Ohio

Ohio voters give Clinton a negative 36 - 54 percent favorability rating and say 60 - 34 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania voters give Clinton a negative 38 - 55 percent favorability rating and say 63 - 32 percent she is not honest and trustworthy.

[whatchamacallit]

7. ...

[HERVEPA]

9. +++

[Bobbie Jo]

11. Unintentional irony at its best!

Nicely done!

[whatchamacallit]

12. Yes

on your part. congrats.

[asuhornets]

36. IS that you?

[SammyWinstonJack]

42. Hehe.

[FBaggins]

8. The GS transcript could have an impact

I can see "She sure as heck didn't get paid a quarter of a million dollars for that. I wonder what it was for? " impacting a Democratic race.

[NanceGreggs]

35. Makes sense.

No doubt the average voter would read through hours of speech transcripts, and base their vote on whether they thought they were worth the money.

[asuhornets]

37. LOL!!!

n/t

[FBaggins]

41. You've missed the point

It's highly unlikely that there are "hours" of speech transcripts for a Goldman Sachs speaking engagement.

They were short Q&A sessions.

[NanceGreggs]

47. No, you've missed the point.

The point being that the average voter is not the least bit interested in this crapola.

The only people interested in those transcripts are Bernie supporters, who are pinning their hopes on the idea that they contain a "smoking gun" statement by HRC that will impact her campaign, clearing the way for Bernie to win the nomination.

Ain't gonna happen. And it's too bad that this is BS's only hope - because he can't win any other way.

[FBaggins]

56. When did you join the Democratic Party?

The average Democratic primary voter absolutely cares if a large financial institution pays large sums of cash directly to a politician.

The only ones who don't either aren't Democrats or are pretending that they don't care because it's their candidate receiving the apparent graft. The only thing that keeps it from being a larger issue is that they assume that there might be some expertise on her part that actually justifies the large sums paid to her (as is implied by your assumption that there must be hours of transcripts for one of her speeches).

Transcripts of her remarks would make that fiction very difficult to support.

[NanceGreggs]

61. The average voter ...

... is pretty much aware that politicians make enormous sums giving speeches. They also realize that their opinion of whether a speech was "worth" the money paid is pointless. If the buyer thinks they got what they paid for, that's all that matters.

"Transcripts of her remarks would make that fiction very difficult to support."

There's the tell. You haven't read the transcripts, but you've already determined that their value is a "fiction".

[FBaggins]

70. Lol! "If the buyer thinks they got what they paid for, that's all that matters"

And that's where real Democrats have a legitimate concern. They're worried that GS will get what they paid for.

[gollygee]

10. She's been too thoroughly vetted.

I still support Bernie and I still think he could win, but I recognize that she's the front runner, and I will support her for the general election if she gets the nomination.

[asuhornets]

39. Excellent...n/t

[morningfog]

13. It won't take an indictment for the emails to hurt her.

The Goldman Sachs speeches are hurting her because the price cannot be sufficiently explained away and we all know she will fight releasing the transcripts.

The Iraq war vote is representative of her judgment and is not a lone data point. It is but one of many poor policy decisions/positions, but likely the worst and most deadly.

Furthermore, the race is about much more than those points. It will not be a "silver bullet." It is the whole package that hurts her. Poor judgment, questionable ties to Wall Street and a lack of trust.

[asuhornets]

48. But the whole package has been thrown at her for 25 years..

And guess what? she still has the audacity to run for President.

[morningfog]

50. After her first loss and will lead to her second.

Her hubris has no bearing on this.

[Orsino]

14. More qualified = longer in the public eye?

More qualified than Sanders plus the entire GOP field? Absurd.

I believe you're talking brand recognition rather than specific qualifications.

[casperthegm]

15. I'm not waiting on a silver bullet. I'm waiting on common sense to kick in.

I keep assuming that the issues below will cause Clinton supporters to pause at some point and ask themselves why they would support her when Sanders beats her on every single one of them.


Wall Street regulation/Glass Steagal; You honestly think that Wall Street and the banks contribute and expect nothing in return?
Campaign finance reform, speaking fees/transcripts for GS and others
Voted for the war in Iraq. Bernie had the vision to see that would destabilize the region. And it did.
Classified email investigation; Shows poor judgement at the very least. Criminal at worst. Great to have hanging out there during the general election, right?
Marriage for gay couples; completely flopped per politifact. Yet another politically convenient flip flop
Keystone; no opinion offered until Obama made his decision. Sanders made his stance known from the start

[frylock]

16. It's more like a bleed-out that's going to end her campaign.

Most of us expect her to drag this out to the bloody end.

[Matariki]

17. Says some random person on the interwebs

[bowens43]

18. Its not going to be a bullet

It's going to be a thousand cuts....

Interesting you say silver bullet...that is only needed to dispatch the nastiest kinds of evil.

[asuhornets]

53. Hillary

has been smeared by the nastiest insults.

[NurseJackie]

19. "She is more qualified than Bernie and the remaining GOP race put together."

She is more qualified than Bernie and the remaining GOP race put together.

Absolutely true!

[cali]

22. And her judgment on foreign policy is almost as bad as the republicans!

[GreatGazoo]

25. Artist's conception of voters asking the DNC for somone MORE progressive than Hillary...

[Motown_Johnny]

27. No, she is not more qualified than Bernie. Not even close.

8 years in the Senate (with no real accomplishments) and 4 years as Sec. of State (when no former Sec. of State has become President since Buchanan) is not much experience at all.


Most of us know how the "Big Lie" works. If you say it often enough, some people will believe it.


Bernie has more experience in Congress than Hillary (by a long shot) plus executive experience as a Mayor (hailed as one of the country's best).

Bernie is more qualified than Hillary, and has better judgement.

The really funny thing is, even though Bernie has much more time in elected office, he has far less baggage. I wonder why that is?

[Go Vols]

49. +1 for truth

[liberal_at_heart]

28. The silver bullet some are waiting for to end Bernie's rise is not going to happen.

From day one we heard he would never get enough support to even be considered a real challenge, but he is receiving lots of support and is definitely are serious challenge to Hillary's so called inevitable nomination.

[hoosierlib]

29. No FBI criminal referral; care to wager?

[asuhornets]

54. how much? n/t

[hoosierlib]

63. 300 Super Delegates...lol

[asuhornets]

67. No way!! too many..n/t

[hoosierlib]

69. Lol...I only have 8 to bargin with...

Damn it Bernie...get more Super Delegate endorsements!

[Fumesucker]

30. More like a tar pit of personal foibles will slowly suck her candidacy down into oblivion

Hopefully she won't take the Democratic party down with her although I'm halfway expecting it.

[HooptieWagon]

38. The silver bullet...

...is a flawed tone deaf candidate who will sink her own campaign. She obviously has learned nothing from the '08 disaster. Just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, Hillary will meltdown. Thus it is written.

[rbrnmw]

43. thank you for posting this

[asuhornets]

55. Anytime...n/t

[Oilwellian]

45. Oh, c'mon

everyone knows silver bullets only work with werewolves!

[AtomicKitten]

51. Bumper sticker suggestions: PROBABLY WON'T BE INDICTED! OOPS MY BAD ON IWR VOTE! EVERYONE TAKES $$!

[CharlotteVale]

59. ...

[oasis]

60. Comedy Club suggestions: Don't call us, we'll call you.

[Betty Karlson]

52. That silver bullet is called status quo. Clinton is qualified for the satus quo.

Unfortunately, the status quo has become untenable.

[oasis]

57. Most qualified AND a woman.

A 2016 extra bonus for true Democrats.

[asuhornets]

58. Absolutely..n/t

[Fawke Em]

64. She's only more qualified to get us into unnecessary wars.

Other than that, she's really not more qualified.

He has more years in government, he's been an executive and he's not beholding to the vampire squid who have destroyed the Middle Class.