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Hillary 2016 for the win tonight. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2022 OP
We see more and more why Putin installed Trump into the WH. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #1
I am sure Putin thinks Americans are really gullible and dumb SouthernDem4ever Aug 2022 #11
Putin is not wrong on this point. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #18
I have to admit EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #2
What does "She couldn't have been worse if she tried" mean? betsuni Aug 2022 #15
Well EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #22
I've never wanted ANY politician to win an election MORE than I wanted her to win. WarGamer Aug 2022 #3
Same here. 2naSalit Aug 2022 #5
She was one of the most qualified candidates in history. joshcryer Aug 2022 #6
THE most qualified ever....... NC DENVERPOPS Aug 2022 #10
Rarely has anyone been more qualified to be POTUS than HC. OMGWTF Aug 2022 #9
Same here. triron Aug 2022 #21
the election was MOSTLY corrupted by a MEDIA that failed to do it's job. WarGamer Aug 2022 #23
Hillary is always right LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #4
The Vox report at the time ... Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #7
I wonder if AIPAC regrets spending millions to defeat Donna Edwards spooky3 Aug 2022 #8
Actually in the last decade or so, Israel and Saudi Arabia... WarGamer Aug 2022 #24
Yes, we were ALL robbed when Hillary lost and ai might add that flying_wahini Aug 2022 #12
Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2022 #13
Wow, I'd forgotten that one. She and we were all right about everything, Hortensis Aug 2022 #19
Hillary Knew Exactly What She Cha Aug 2022 #14
I'll never understand why so many people were persuaded to hate her for no reason. betsuni Aug 2022 #16
Yes she was, Cha! Hillary had the experience and it showed. Nixie Aug 2022 #20
She predicted it all... Lucinda Aug 2022 #17

Irish_Dem

(47,382 posts)
1. We see more and more why Putin installed Trump into the WH.
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 10:12 PM
Aug 2022

The amount of damage has been horrific and we don't yet know the full extent of it.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
11. I am sure Putin thinks Americans are really gullible and dumb
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 12:39 AM
Aug 2022

especially for letting someone like trump take over the white house.

EnergizedLib

(1,898 posts)
2. I have to admit
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 10:14 PM
Aug 2022

As a Bernie supporter, I held my nose. I wasn’t enthusiastic about her. Her election would’ve been more relief about her opponent losing than her winning.

She was right about every single thing. She saw everything miles away. Everything she’s said has aged beautifully and America didn’t listen.

She couldn’t have been worse if she tried.

EnergizedLib

(1,898 posts)
22. Well
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:41 AM
Aug 2022

I wasn’t a fan of Hillary, I wasn’t enthusiastic. I was a big Bernie fan and let’s be honest, neither nominee in 2016 was well liked.

She couldn’t possibly have been more corrupt, picked worse judges, be more neglectful during a pandemic, have botched a transition of power or be a bigger national security threat than TFG has been. Not even if she tried to be worse.

That’s how pathetic TFG was, and still is.

WarGamer

(12,483 posts)
23. the election was MOSTLY corrupted by a MEDIA that failed to do it's job.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 04:33 PM
Aug 2022

They have Trump a platform and actually a big PUSH at first because he was good for ratings... it wasn't until AFTER he won the Primary that SOME in the MEDIA stepped back at the Frankenstein THEY had helped create and were the slightest bit regretful.

Oh and yeah, don't forget Comey.

spooky3

(34,476 posts)
8. I wonder if AIPAC regrets spending millions to defeat Donna Edwards
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 12:18 AM
Aug 2022

And other D’s, rather than use their wealth to stop Saudi Arabia.

WarGamer

(12,483 posts)
24. Actually in the last decade or so, Israel and Saudi Arabia...
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 04:36 PM
Aug 2022

Brookings (as always) details the relationship

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2022/07/11/how-to-understand-israel-and-saudi-arabias-secretive-relationship/

Clandestine cooperation between the Saudis and Israelis dates to the early 1960s, when both supported the Royalists in Yemen against the Egyptian and Soviet-backed Republican government in Sana’a. Their intelligence services coordinated the delivery of weapons and expertise to the Royalists, who were based in Saudi Arabia. The chiefs of the Mossad and Saudi intelligence met at the Dorchester Hotel in London on one occasion. The 1993 Oslo agreement facilitated more behind-the-scenes contacts.

Iran and its allies like Hezbollah and the Houthis now form the common foe. Saudi Arabia’s Gulf allies Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognized Israel in 2020, largely to get the Saudis’ support against Iran. The Saudis have allowed direct flights from Tel Aviv to Manama, Abu Dhabi and Dubai crossing over their territory.

flying_wahini

(6,646 posts)
12. Yes, we were ALL robbed when Hillary lost and ai might add that
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 12:57 AM
Aug 2022

I also still believe that Gore’s victory was stolen from us as well.

I wonder just how great the world would be today if we had had Gore hand off to Obama and Hillary take over from them. It would have changed everything.

The whole world was robbed and it breaks my heart what they have done.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
19. Wow, I'd forgotten that one. She and we were all right about everything,
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:22 AM
Aug 2022

but lacked a few hundred thousand voters seduced away by hostile demagoguery. Actually millions counting the other hostile demagogue.

Nixie

(16,975 posts)
20. Yes she was, Cha! Hillary had the experience and it showed.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 09:47 AM
Aug 2022

She was up against manipulative one-note populists who only peddle in generating hate and discontent. I’ll take a traditional intelligent politician like her any day.



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