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4bucksagallon

(975 posts)
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 08:32 PM Apr 2016

Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton

The changing positions of Hillary are in stark contrast to Bernie. Why would anyone go with Hillary if they truly are a liberal. She shifts her stances so often it's hard to keep track of them. Here are a few........

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Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton (Original Post) 4bucksagallon Apr 2016 OP
SHARE WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW! kadaholo Apr 2016 #1
Just tweeted it... Thespian2 Apr 2016 #4
Hillary could open a waffle house. n/t OxQQme Apr 2016 #2
Let's Be Clear About This...and BEWARE! miamipilot Apr 2016 #3
no, they either have to be weeded out, or they should just go to the republican party where litlbilly Apr 2016 #5
Tim Robbins made a really interesting point about this... Peace Patriot Apr 2016 #6
This was interesting to see...... Left Coast2020 Apr 2016 #7

kadaholo

(304 posts)
1. SHARE WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 09:14 PM
Apr 2016

Please share this video with everyone you know! It draws a clear comparison between our two Democratic candidates. One is consistent, forthright and truthful while the other is simply "blowin' in the wind." A must see!

miamipilot

(82 posts)
3. Let's Be Clear About This...and BEWARE!
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 09:28 PM
Apr 2016

Bernie Sanders has the power in his hands be break up the Democratic Party into several pieces. Now the question remains, is the establishment (and Blue dogs) are they going to come back to the parties 'traditional' long held progressive roots?

 

litlbilly

(2,227 posts)
5. no, they either have to be weeded out, or they should just go to the republican party where
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 10:32 PM
Apr 2016

they belong.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
6. Tim Robbins made a really interesting point about this...
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:42 PM
Apr 2016

...last night as an intro speaker for Sanders in Manhattan. He said that there are a lot of Democrats who favor Sanders but are misinformed about Sanders' chances in November and other related issues. (Sanders, of course, beats Trump by twice Clinton's margin in national polls and has been doing so for months--because he DRAWS independents and new voters).

Robbins said, basically: Reach out to these Democrats. Inform them. Tell them what's going on in the favorability and trustworthy polls (Clinton very low, Sanders very high), and the matchups with Republicans. (Sanders beats them all; Clinton lose to several). Sanders REALLY IS the best candidate for the GE, and he will most certainly have coattails as well.

Nobody else has mentioned this, except Robbins' former wife, Susan Sarandon, who said something similar not long ago. I read an interview of her about a month ago in which she said she had been recruiting women in the entertainment business for Sanders, and many said to her that they favor Sanders but are afraid to say so. What are you afraid of? she asked. They answered that they were afraid of "being shamed." I won't go into what this strange response might mean in liberal circles in Hollywood. My point is that both she and Tim have found "hidden" Sanders supporters, whether these potential Sanders voters need better information or need bolstering up.

DO NOT ASSUME that Clinton voters are locked in. Many are not.

They need to know the evidence that Sanders will do much better than Clinton in November, that she is the one with trouble ahead in the GE, and they need to know that the political culture in the Democratic Party is already changing, and when Sanders wins the GE, will change dramatically. There will be no "shame" in having supported a New Deal presidency. The McCarthyism (fear politics) that may be at work in Hollywood, or wherever that is at work, will go away (or will at least go underground).

Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts)
7. This was interesting to see......
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:25 AM
Apr 2016

Now I see she called herself a moderate?

If I'm not mistaken, she claimed to be a progressive several months.

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