A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

One of the things I like about the Politics Board on this site is that it has a mix of political spectrums posting. Most sites eventually end up with commenters who all lean the same way, and that gets boring to follow.

But yeah, I also can't find the energy to care who posts where and how often. That said, if some folk get something out of getting outraged about it, that's cool. If they have always aspired to being a MSMG (Middle School Mean Girl), far be it from me to stomp on their dreams.

i like that 'msmg' acronym.

[OldDog]

Huma (referring to Hill in an email): "She's often confused."
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-r...ften-confused/

Hillary explains, "I come from the 60s."

[Danzig]

her comments at the debate, invoking 9-11 as defense for taking wall street money, was beyond the pale.
her husband signed the repeal of glass/steagall, and they love giving her funds..
a huge weak point for her.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

her comments at the debate, invoking 9-11 as defense for taking wall street money, was beyond the pale.
her husband signed the repeal of glass/steagall, and they love giving her funds..
a huge weak point for her.

Um, how about the omission of anything similar to the term "Islamic Terrorism" when the Paris was the day before?

And guess what - they (the Democratic leadership, especially Debbie Wasserman Shultz) are taking great pains to hide these debates by putting them on a weekend when many will not see them.

They are all in on protecting Hillary. And she needs the protection.

She has not had a real question in forever. A glass house in fear of pebbles, let alone the boulders that are out there.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Um, how about the omission of anything similar to the term "Islamic Terrorism" when the Paris was the day before?

And guess what - they (the Democratic leadership, especially Debbie Wasserman Shultz) are taking great pains to hide these debates by putting them on a weekend when many will not see them.

They are all in on protecting Hillary. And she needs the protection.

She has not had a real question in forever. A glass house in fear of pebbles, let alone the boulders that are out there.

there's been some criticisms of DWS, with good reason. but not nearly as much as one would expect, given the stakes.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

there's been some criticisms of DWS, with good reason. but not nearly as much as one would expect, given the stakes.

You're right. But once they co-opted the press, they were able to mute a lot of that.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

You're right. But once they co-opted the press, they were able to mute a lot of that.

co-opt the press?
the criticism i saw was from the press, else i wouldn't have known of any criticisms. now, the dem party might be closemouthed about it, thus hindering any further reporting. stand united and all that rot.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

her comments at the debate, invoking 9-11 as defense for taking wall street money, was beyond the pale.
her husband signed the repeal of glass/steagall, and they love giving her funds..
a huge weak point for her.

Speaking as someone living in NYC during that time, there was a lot of fear in the aftermath that the big financial firms were all going to pick up and move someplace far away from NYC. I get what Clinton was trying to say, which was that it was her job as a Senator representing NY State to do what was best for the state, which was keeping those firms based in the city. Of course, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, getting campaign donations from Wall Street is incredibly bad PR, but in 2001 the city was really afraid that it's place as the financial capital of the world was over.

I'm not the biggest fan of PolitiFact, but this is a pretty good brief look at Glass-Steagall and the claim that its repeal was the cause of the recession. (It wasn't: the state of affairs that led to the collapse had been building since the 1970s):

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ng-do-financi/

Ultimately, the President has really no control over the economy. Now, things like lying the nation into a trillion dollar war in the Middle East, that he does.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Ultimately, the President has really no control over the economy. Now, things like lying the nation into a trillion dollar war in the Middle East, that he does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5p-qIq32m8

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by OldDog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5p-qIq32m8

Talking to sound tough and actually sending men and women off to war (without paying for it) are two different things. The war was started in 2003.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_773038.html

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Talking to sound tough and actually sending men and women off to war (without paying for it) are two different things. The war was started in 2003.

The Resolution was passed in October, 2002. All the Dem legislators in the video, except Nancy Pelosi, voted yea.