Discussion: Dems Are Still With Her: Clinton Set To Headline DNC Fundraisers In CA, IL, NY

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“the former secretary of state and failed presidential candidate is also planning to fundraise for women running in pivotal congressional race”

What an oddly hostile way to word that…

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While Clinton remains a darling of the DNC, her involvement in key races could have the inverse effect. With Clinton planted as the lingering focus of Republicans’ ire, GOP campaign officials told NBC they welcome Clinton’s involvement.

This is exactly what i’m afraid of. She did nothing wrong to earn her place in infamy among Republicans, but that is precisely where she is. Without her stumping for other Dems, the only thing Republicans have to run against is Pelosi, and those people hate Clinton even more. Her re-emergence on the campaign trail will undoubtedly raise lots of money for Dems, but it will also get a lot of Republicans out to the pols to oppose whoever she supports. I fully realize this is not fair to her in any way. She definitely does not deserve a back seat in anything she does, but right now the Dems have very strong momentum heading into the mid-terms. I hate to see anything compromise our collective momentum. Granted, my fears might be unfounded, but that doesn’t make them go away. And trust me on this. I would much rather my fears go away than Clinton.

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If the Democrats are smart they’ll boldly support HRC. She’s the victim of a GOP tear down and MSM complicity in that. The real HRC is one of the most honest pols we’ve had in 50 years, second only to Obama, and if the Democrats want to stop what’s been killing them for 40 years they’ll go full blown HRC.

The article above is written in the “mandatory” style for journo’s discussing her and it’s time to fight that. It stinks of the same tenor that framed Al Gore as a serial fabulist and John Kerry a fake war hero. False. What MSM and liberal complicity in those and the HRC war monger “stand down order” smears got us was an unnecessary war in Iraq that killed 1000’s of young Americans and DJ Trump. “Al Gore said he invented the internet” got millions of people killed at the hands of the people that told the lie. " John Kerry didn’t earn his medals" got 4 more years of death and destruction all compliments of the Swift Boat assholes. And how did you hear it? MSM. They loved it. The same MSM that went hog wild with a GOP scam to blame HRC, the Sec. of State, for an embassy attack when that was never done to previous Sec’s of State. In both cases, With Bush and Trump the nation suffered but in both cases it took extraordinary means, Florida and SCOTUS in the case of Bush and Russia in the case of Trump to push them in the Oval Office. Neither would have been successful if it weren’t for the full blown assault on the Democratic candidates ( both Dem’s won the popular vote ) by the MSM bullshit.

Don’t let anyone tell you what your values are. That includes by formula journalism put out by this blog and others. HRC is not what she’s been cast to be. We know that. Take pride in it and shove it in the face of those that want to continue the lies.

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It’s the crap they teach in Journo school. HRC 101 says that’s how you speak of her.

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I’m still seeing “Lock Her Up” and “4 people died and Hillary lied” bumper stickers around here. WTF, dumbasses?

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That’s because the style manual used by our MSM mandates that journo’s run with GOP bullshit cast at HRC. She didn’t lie about Benghazi but thanks to “the free press” more than half of America thinks she did. NYT, WaPO Politico…all ran with that fabrication. We expect it from FOX but it made it on A1 above the fold in Amerca’s most “respected” journals.

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While Clinton remains a darling of the Democratic base, her involvement in key races could have the inverse effect with people who wouldn’t have voted for her anyway.

That’s right, I fixed it for them.

but it will also get a lot of Republicans out to the pols to oppose whoever she supports.

I disagree with this. Her involvement will bring out the die-hard base of feral trumpers for whom you could substitute the name HRC for Pelosi. I doubt it will serve as a rallying cry for the so-called Indies who wanted to "shake things up.’

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“GOP campaign officials told NBC they welcome Clinton’s involvement.”

Just because they say something doesn’t necessarily mean it should be taken at face value. For God’s Sake.

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It does if it’s about HRC. All the bullshit that’s fit to print is the rule for her.

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I thought the same thing. In fact, I scrolled up to see if this was an AP article. It’s not. WTF TPM?

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That is exactly what I was about to type. I’ll just make the coffee, instead.

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The GOP did everything they could during the clinton presidency to obstruct and smear him. They successfully controlled the media narrative, although if he had been a republican, they would have loved him as one of them. Hillary they hate with the burning hatred of 1,000 suns .

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that’s what I thought too

Oddly hostile?

It’s as if it were written by Andrea Mitchell…

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me too!
perhaps “former Democratic presidential candidate” or “the democratic opponent” or something…

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This is a bad idea for several reasons, not the least of which is the energy in the Democratic party is moving away from Clintonism. HRC’s choice to re-engage via big money donor fundraiser may bring more money and fire up a big contingent of Dem voters but it will also turn off another contingent at a time when Dem presidential hopefuls are increasingly making an issue about where their money is coming from. Hopefully HRC is only doing this for the midterms as I would really hate for Clinton style fundraising, and all that implies, to become an issue when people like Elizabeth Warren start officially running for president. There are so many ways HRC could be an effective asset for the midterms and beyond that don’t involve fundraising.

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right on jax - during the election I was always running into democrats, young and middle aged - people who insisted the clintons were dirty and ‘no different than republicans’ - the steady drumbeat of republicans and lazy journalists for years. but they couldn’t come up with a single crime. It’s like how I never read magazines or facebook , but somehow I know about the Kardashians…it’s just background noise every day until it soaks in.

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We are still with her but I would be relieved to see her take a different role in these elections.The toxicity among Bernies upporters and the mindless GOP haters is real and will be difficult to overcome. Being a great American and public servant seems to be a liability in our current bizzaro world…scum bags like the Don and Rudy routinely suck up all the oxygen while serious difference makers struggle to be heard.

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