You want to have a beer with her! : )
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Yeah, Iāve never really understood the need to point out that a human being is imperfect. Iāve always assumed thatās a given. I find it almost as asinine as having to say, āI donāt agree with X on everythingā¦ā Well, no shit!
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And yet, without that 2002 AUMF, inspectors never would have been put into Iraq, and Bush would likely have invaded anyone under the 2001 AUMF which Sanders voted for BTW which Bush was saying is all he really needed to invade Iraq if he felt was a threat to our national security and āconnected to 9/11ā which Cheney et al were peddling as well.
Thanks for demonstrating your binary shallow thought process which can lead to ignorant demagoguery.
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Iām talking about a very specific media narrative about whether sheās āgenuineā that you are conflating with broader and different criticisms of you, your chosen candidate, and your beliefs. You may well agree with that particular media narrative, but Iām not the customer service department for generic Sanders supporter complaints.
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And personally Iāve always thought the politiciansā job was to negotiate and balance the various claims different constituencies had and find a modus vivendi. When you do it right, nobodyās completely happy, but life goes on more or less calmly.
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I donāt characterize it like that, particularly when you are running to be president of 300 million people, not 20 who meet every Friday afternoon for tea.
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Wow. Youāre crankier today than normal.
Nope. The normal level of ācrankyā at commentary that earns it.
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Of courseāitās the Internet and weāre all perfect. Yay! : )
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Well, except for those I disagree with. They are Hitler. 
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Including the most important thing (to me), which is that I have 100% confidence that Clinton will nominate principled progressives to SCOTUS, finally beginning to unwind the Rehnquist-Roberts devolution weāve suffered for a generation.
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The new meme:
Trump Is A āMan-Babyā With A Babyās 'Temperament And Handsā
Trump going off on Stewart in 3ā¦2ā¦1
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Exactly, we can argue whether or not she or any candidate is sincere, even though she actually has a voting record that backs up most of what she says she believes, but pretending sheās somehow failed to tell us is just a massive load of bullshit. Itās the kind of Beltway wisdom, bullshit Chris Matthews often gets off into that makes me want to slap him with my handbag. There are plenty of fair knocks on Clinton, thatās just not one of them.
Also, Stewart āimagines her to be a very bright womanā. Just stop it. SMDH
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Thatās gonna leave a mock.
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I intensely dislike this idea that, in the face of vicious attacks from Sanders supporters and a media eager to criticize Clinton in the hope of getting a real horse race, itās somehow the responsibility of Clinton supporters to turn the other cheek or āadmitā that they donāt really like her. No other candidateās supporters would be expected to kneecap themselves like this.
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Is it that she is a proponent of projecting American Power in the world, or that she recognizes that inherent in Americaās existence, especially given its many strengths, including financial, moral, and even political stability (although I know the last has seemed to be shaky at times, nevertheless, over time we have been remarkably stable, politically, compared to the vast majority of nations), is the fact that people around the world almost always want to know what our position, and/or role, is going to be regarding just about any issue that arises on the world or even regional stages.
That means that it is incumbent upon us to take thoughtful, forward looking positions even on issues where we may not appear to have a dog in the fight.
That may look to some as if weāre meddling where we donāt belong, but to many of us it means being a responsible world citizen.
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I just donāt see HRC as waffling or pandering. Sheās laid everything out so precisely that I guess you missed it, Jon!
Thatās one of the things I never trusted about Stewartāhe tries for ābalanceā just like the rest of the media. I finally quite watching him when he made a really nasty montage of Obama saying āErrā¦ā as he was answering questions or delivering speeches, just to make the very eloquent Obama look the fool.
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actually Iām not a Sanders supporter.
whoād you say was fictionalizing things?
other people are allowed to have their opinions, too. you donāt need to have so much contempt for people who donāt agree with you on everything.
What on earth is wrong with WONKY, when you need someone whoās knowledgeable??
Well you just respond to her high level of insight with āI donāt trust her judgmentāā¦the opposition to her has the very bad aroma of deep misogyny.
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itās just that Clinton supporters so often have this accusatory stance - if youāre not āwith herā then something is wrong with you. I personally donāt like to be chastised into my political views. Itās a real turn off.