There is a revolution happening and it's being led by Hillary Clinton.

[riversedge]

Bernie claimed high voter turnout and new voters will propel his Revolution. Not happening.






Ryan J. Davis ‏@RyanNewYork 13h13 hours ago Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal

There is a revolution happening and it's being led by Hillary Clinton. #ImWithHer

[SidDithers]

1. DU rec...nt

Sid

[kristopher]

120. Thank you!

Signed

[noretreatnosurrender]

2. Revolution?

[VulgarPoet]

4. I dunno if it counts as revolution

when it looks like the same tripe we've been forced to shovel down for the past 16 years.

[Dustlawyer]

6. She has claimed many of Bernie's true Progressive positions (insincerely I will add),

now his revolution? Yea right! Go ahead and vote for Wall Street's candidate, but it, by definition cannot be a revolution because Wall Street is already in power. She is protecting the Establishment government of corporate America, not trying to restore Representative Democracy. They began to take power under Reagan, and Hillary and her husband cemented their revolution in the 90's.

[spyker29]

32. Judging by South Carolina

I doubt she's interested in claiming his "revolution"

[roguevalley]

37. she won a state where she and her husband have been historically popular. No revolution there.

[Lizzie Poppet]

70. Yep. And which is deeply conservative and will certainly go red in November.

Whoop-de-fucking-do...

[Bubzer]

108. Right! Hillary won one of the reddest states in the union... kind of a dubious distinction.

[Fuddnik]

96. Other than Charleston, South Carolina is the cradle of stupid.

Always has been. I've spent too much time in that shithole.

[Vincardog]

104. She won a state that has not gone Democratic in 80 years. BFD.

[DataDrivenFP]

116. Yup. She talks a good game. NM

[UglyGreed]

15. Yeah meet the new Boss

same as the old Boss....some revolution

[6chars]

98. where do you get 16 years?

[Phlem]

105. Bill Clinton and Obama are Thirdway and twice elected.

is my guess, and I completely agree, Hillary is more thirdway bullshit.

I'm sure you've heard "Do you want a Republican for President!?"

We're past that fear mongering.

[6chars]

117. Ah. You skipped over Bush

that confused me. I think it's fair to expect that if Hillary ends up president, she will have a similar approach to policy to that of Bill and Barack.

[Phlem]

119. I think the original concern was over Dems, Bush

was basically the Republican establishment and how bad it's gotten.

So two terms for two Presidents = 16 years.

We haven't had traditional Democratic representation for almost 24 years and everyone wonders why we're so effed up.

[cwydro]

3. Happy to k and r!

[riversedge]

19. 1

[Depaysement]

5. Of course

Like Harriet Tubman. Same thing.

[lunamagica]

7. That is correct! She's going to make history

[riversedge]

8. @HillaryClinton is the first woman to EVER win a South Carolina primar--Herstory being made....

@HillaryClinton is the first woman to EVER win a South Carolina primar--Herstory being made....





Adam J. Smith ‏@AdamSmith_USA 16h16 hours ago

.@HillaryClinton is the first woman to EVER win a South Carolina primary. Proud to be on team @HFA. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/JnFzvbuXmn

[bvf]

12. That expression... where have I seen it before?

Oh, yeah:

/revision/latest?cb=20100613215709

[davidthegnome]

75. Great pic of Hillary/nt

[Duval]

87. I knew it was familiar. Thanks!

[oasis]

20. Great pic of Hillary.

[peggysue2]

58. Agreed!

Hadn't seen that particular picture before. Great shot.

[AlbertCat]

73. Great pic of Hillary.

Posed and fake looking.... yep it IS!

[Lizzie Poppet]

24. But the latest in a long line of conservatives.

Sorry, not cheering for a victory by the 1%.

[Iliyah]

30. Iowa too!

[Duval]

88. I am not surprised, since S.C. has a FEMALE Governor.

So where is the "Hillary Revolution"?

[w4rma]

9. Join Hillary's counter-revolution. Help stamp out dissent against the economic royalists. (nt)

[Indepatriot]

10. THE WALL STREET REVOLUTION HAS FOUND THEIR LEADER. Her name is Hillary.

[tk2kewl]

13. global financial/corporate governance revolution

[stonecutter357]

11. K&R!

[swilton]

14. So low voter turn-out is your goal?

[Codeine]

18. She got her base out.

You didn't.

[jeff47]

28. In a state that has voted for the Democrat in the GE once since 1964

Nixon stink on Ford was just too much. Otherwise, they've voted for the Republican since the Civil Rights Act.

[Codeine]

34. Which has exactly fuck-all to do with the democrats in that state.

Bring out your base or stop crying. Simple as that. Get your guy nominated and we'll all back him in the GE. But if you can't win the playoffs you don't make the championship.

[jeff47]

43. Actually, it has a ton to do with the Democrats in that state.

The formula for delegates takes in to account past election results, and reliably "red" states get fewer delegates. Democrats in SC literally count less to the DNC.

But if you can't win the playoffs you don't make the championship.

These aren't the playoffs. These are out-of-conference games.

Clinton did very well, but this is going to be a long primary.

[TheFarseer]

16. A revolution to maintain the status quo?

Now I've heard everything.

[bigtree]

17. needed to be said

...big k&r!

[mcar]

21. K&R

[Lizzie Poppet]

22. Yep: the revolution that began with Citizens United.

So call me a proud counter-revolutionary...

[MaggieD]

23. Women too!

Woo hoo!! #imwithher

[retrowire]

46. Argentina beat us to that.

But if having a woman in power is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, then knock yourself out.

[Ron Green]

25. Rather a revolution led by the M$M, with white masses for Trump,

Black masses for Clinton, and the PTB ready to sweep her into the WH with a mandate for "sanity" or "experience" or some such.

[Politicalboi]

26. LOL!

Now they think they have a revolution. It's Hillary's REVOLTING not revolution.

[AlbertCat]

78. Now they think they have a revolution.

They'll co-opt anything Sanders came up with 1st..... for the primary anyway....


Have you ever seen a campaign with such a dearth of ideas????

[JimDandy]

102. And Clinton is PAYING David Brock for this? Hahahahaha..

[Samantha]

27. I see this more as a hostile takeover of the Democratic party by the Third Way people

Not quite a real revolution when it is being done so undercover. A true revolution is one where people show their faces, speak their words to the public and do not have an alternative program running in the background that voters cannot see.

Hillary Clinton should be embarrassed to keep purloining words and policies promoted by Bernie Sanders. She should be authentic enough to come up with her own material.

Sam

[Duval]

89. +1

[MyNameGoesHere]

110. Isn't it Sanders who should be ashamed

by taking socialist ideas and then becoming a traitor to that cause , and then pretending he is some kind of "democratic socialist"?

[Samantha]

118. Not at all -- he has declared himself as a Democratic Socialist for years

When he entered Congress, there was no classification of Democratic Socialists for him to join. He was classified as an Independent but caucused with the Dems forever. Sanders doesn't embrace the pure socialist label, which is why socialists in Vermont had to debate whether or not to support him.

He has been called a socialist in public by the MSM because they believe that word alone will repel many voters. To the contrary, when people are asked today if they support socialism, which is the basis for, for instance, social security, unemployment, Medicare and many other of our FDR programs, they say yes.

Sanders is that rare politician who tells people how things really are, no I see zero reason for him to be embarrassed about anything. As he has often explained it, a Democratic Socialist is basically one who embraces the Democratic party platform, but goes a step further to incorporate the government working for all of the people, instead of corporations and the super wealthy.

Sam

[Cheese Sandwich]

29. This will be like that Revolution* Brand Toothpaste

Makes your gums bleed.

Revolution means taking power from the billionaire class. Hillary is not it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. By Hillary Clinton..and Wall Street, the MIC, and other corrupt politicians.

[mindwalker_i]

33. Hillary's even trying to steal this?

Jesus H Fucking Christ! Hillary is as status quo as one can possibly get. And her supporters eat it up like it's divine jizz.

[riversedge]

35. She is making history. Get used to it.

[mindwalker_i]

41. What kind of unrelated platitude crap is this?

[retrowire]

42. As first woman president? Nah.

Argentina beat the US to that as well.

"In 1960 Sirivamo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the world's first female elected Premier Minister and in 1974 Isabel Perón of Argentina became the first woman President - one woman had been Acting Head of Government and two women Acting Heads of State before that."

Looks like America is always behind the curve when it comes to being progressive. And centrist Hillary, though she may become our first woman president, will continue that status quo.

[bvf]

80. History repeats itself.

Excuse me for not getting used to it.

[retrowire]

36. since theres no higher turnout and hillary = more of the same...

that's a pathetic looking revolution.

[jalan48]

38. The Wall Street revolution is happening! Woo Hoo! Get on board baby!

[litlbilly]

39. Hillary winning with a 12% turnout, just like winning a baseball game because the other team

didn't bother to show up. Something a repub would be proud of. You have to be kidding with this nonsense op.

[Codeine]

45. Then show up.

[litlbilly]

48. really? that's your answer? easy ignore on you, bye bye

[YCHDT]

51. Why do you think people didn't show up for Sanders?

[litlbilly]

54. Because theyve been knocked down for so long, and the low info, its not surpising at all. Most of

red states are like that. You cant even blame Bernie for the bullshit showing last night. If you want to hold onto that meme, then your are a big part of the problem

[YCHDT]

63. Is there anything that's been posted as a reason Sanders turnout was low? Thanks

[litlbilly]

65. annnnnnd igore, idiotic post

[KansDem]

40. It's a re-MOTS-solution!!!

MOTS: "More Of The Same"

[Impedimentus]

44. The Goldman Sachs Revolution !

One of the leaders would be Lloyd Blankfein. He would claim he's doing God's work.

[YCHDT]

47. There it is then

[GreatGazoo]

49. Turn out was down.

[malletgirl02]

50. The Status Quo Revoluton? nt.

[Impedimentus]

52. The NO WE CAN'T Revolution

Kind of a counter revolution that will only benefit the 0.1%

[The Midway Rebel]

53. Revolution?

Yeah, sure.

[liberalnarb]

55. Oops. I'm sorry, but your OP is misleading.

Low voter turnout for South Carolina's first-in-the-South Democratic primary
Turnout for the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary Saturday was expected to be much lighter than last week's GOP primary vote, when a record 740,000 people cast ballots.

Democratic party leaders expected about half that number for their primary.

However, according to the SC Election Commission, South Carolina had a record number of absentee ballots returned.

So far, 54,000 absentee ballots have been returned which is up from 35,000 returned in 2008.

Most polls showed Hillary Clinton had a big lead heading into the vote, but Vermont Senator

Bernie Sanders still has his passionate fans.

[Mufaddal]

56. That's adorable

Hey everyone, the Bank Lives Matter candidate is leading a revolution!

[Laser102]

57. President Hillary Clinton. I like that! Nice ring, right?

[RoccoR5955]

60. NO WAY! n/t

[Lizzie Poppet]

66. On Wall Street.

Elsewhere, it sounds a lot like a defeat for the people.

[RoccoR5955]

59. BULLSHIT!

Clinton is NOT a revolutionary. She is an establishment corporatist.
Where you got the idea that she is a revolutionary, especially after she won one of the most CONservative states in the Union, is beyond me.

[YCHDT]

67. Progressive Democrats aren't conservative... Progressives voted on Saturday

[RoccoR5955]

71. No way are they progressive.

Not if they want the status quo that Hillary shall yield.
They may have been mesmerized by her promises, which she has been forced to voice, but in no way do I believe that she intends to keep ANY of her promises to the middle class. This is how she has been in the past, it is how she is now, it is how she shall be in the future.

[YCHDT]

77. So your saying if they voted for Hillary they're not progressives?

[RoccoR5955]

81. No, I am saying that they have been duped

Like many of her supporters, they actually believe that she works for them, when her actions tell us otherwise.

[Politicub]

91. How so?

That's some power to be able to dupe more than 3/4 of the dem primary voters. Sorcery!

[RoccoR5955]

92. They go with who they are familiar with

Not who is correct. Clinton parrots everything that Bernie states, only two weeks later. Her past actions prove to me that she shall not make good on ANY of these promises.

[Lizzie Poppet]

72. True. Bernie DID get some votes.

It's just that progressives are pretty thin on the ground in SC...

[INdemo]

61. Give us a break....12.2% of Democrats truned out to vote in SC

If there is a revolution lead by Hillary Clinton,it would be to end all banking regulations,no fines or punishment for those Too Big to fail banks that swindle consumers,give the military Industrial Complex more capacity to build up our War machine.

Subsidies to the Private Prison Complex

Removing restrictions on individual campaign donations....

Stronger Demands for Countries like Iran and Syria to conform to demands or else

That would be just a small part of Hillary's revolution.

[Live and Learn]

62. That tweet is crap. Simply not true. nt

[OnlinePoker]

64. It's not a revolution if you're doing what you always do

Voting for the corporate stooge and expect things to get better for you. A revolution means actually trying something different for a real change.

[Hortensis]

85. Agree. Revolution is destructive. Evolution is far more appropriate.

[AlbertCat]

68. high voter turnout and new voters

So glad you are against that!

[Avalux]

69. This is really amusing to me.

You tout the results in South Carolina as a "revolution". A revolution of what?

All it tells me is that POC voters in South Carolina bought her "I care about you" schtick hook line and sinker. Name recognition and relentless pandering worked. All the results show is that 1) South Carolina is in no way progressive, and 2) it's a state that means absolutely nothing in the GE.

Go ahead and keep trying to frame it as you wish, if it makes you feel better.

[ismnotwasm]

74. K&R

[jwirr]

76. She is just a follower. raygun started the revolution she is

touting.

[zentrum]

79. Voting for an Establishment

Well known, insider politician is a revolution—how?

Locking up more poor urban people that ever before—which criminalized poverty and it's victims—is a revolution for, oh, I know—the usual power brokers.

Must be a third way definition of the meaning of Revolution.

[Todays_Illusion]

82. Not exactly so, it was led by Bill Clinton, it is only being continued by Hillary. Why not jump

ship while there is a tiny chance because if Hillary is the nominee it will be the same as if you elect any Republican.

The money behind H.C. is the same money behind all the Republican candidates.

[whereisjustice]

84. hahahahah, privatizing social security, more prisons and wall street deregulation

isn't really very revolutionary. Clinton the revolutionary, oh my gawd

[tex-wyo-dem]

86. Meh...a "revolution" of the status quo...

Now there's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.

[Politicub]

90. I love LOVE that the AA community is flexing its political muscle

When Obama got elected I don't believe I was alone in feeling so much pride in my country. It seemed like everything was possible in America again. I still feel that way - more than ever before.

[w4rma]

123. Is your goal to elect President Trump? Not a good use of political muscle. (nt)

[hobbit709]

93. Status quo does not a revolution make.

[erlewyne]

94. Bernie Sanders was not even mentioned a year ago and now Hillary is bragging about beating him.

The times are changing!

I am voting for BERNIE SANDERS !!!

[Broward]

95. A revolution by oligarchs for oligarchs? Too funny.

[SunSeeker]

97. Excellent point, riversedge!

[Vinca]

99. "Also rans" do not create revolution. They are politicians first and foremost.

Any "revolution" on Hillary's part has been created by adopting Bernie's talking points.

[bvf]

100. The "Me too!" Candidate.

GMAFB.

Nice try, but fail.

[SciDude]

101. Her only revolution is to add even more wealth to the 0.01% oligarchs

and if that is considered a revolution I suppose she is revolutionary.

Of course it won't matter because she probably won't beat Trump with her abysmal negative trust numbers.

[Wibly]

103. Too Much Kool Aid

Someone has been drinking too much Clinton kool aid.

[mwooldri]

106. Make history? Yes. Revolution? Please convince me.

I've yet to hear anything real game changing from her campaign. All the Republicans want to roll back Obama's incremental changes. ... Hillary seems to me to want to continue incremental change.... not have a stated goal and then work towards that.

So, please sell me on Hillary so I can determine whether or not she is revolutionary. Evolutionary would be the best word I can use to describe her policies.

[Attorney in Texas]

107. Yes, she is leading a third-way revolution to take over FDR's party (and that sucks)

[JimDandy]

109. You are embarrassing yourself with this ridiculous statement.

Grab a cup of caffeine to clear your head before you start posting. Things that sound clever in the first five seconds, often don't stand up to logic and the test of even a little time. Maintaining the status quo, promoting fascism and an oligarchy, and a 12% turnout does not a Revolution make.

[jpb33]

111. Yeah, a revolution for the status quo!

Yeah, a revolution for the status quo! Not even tiny, itty bitty, small incremental steps, but the status quo. That incremental step nonsense was nothing but a campaign tactic to counter Bernie's great vision. Hillary is for and only for the status quo. Unless, it is foreign policy and the drug war where she will double down and get America more involved in foreign wars and aggression.

Once (if) she is elected she will quickly revert to supporting and passing trade deals and placing her Wall Street cronies to her cabinet.

And the Hillary sycophants will still make excuses for her. I will not vote for Hillary in the Fall and it will be the Hillary faction of the party that will be at fault when Donald is elected president because they backed a corrupt candidate.

[silenttigersong]

112. Thanks for the Laff

I consider it the $election vs the revolution.

[Geronimoe]

113. An oxymoron

A status quo revolution.

It is like of saying change you can believe in, when putting a new diaper on your baby.

[highprincipleswork]

114. All you Clinton rationalizers should realize that those numbers will never win you the GE.

I'm one of those who think PoC are voting drastically against their own best interests. What makes me think this? So many things Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton have done and said.

I am not interested in telling anyone how to vote. Everyone needs to make their own choice. However, the snide derision that we get when trying to point out essential facts in the biographies of Bill and Hillary Clinton is just astounding.

Laughing over things like that, including the likely watering down of basic Social Services like Medicare, Social Security and who knows what else, all because 'we just simply have to do it - face facts" - the thought of that is simply intolerable and likely to wipe the smile off the faces of just about everybody here.

Also, whether there is a "revolution" of Black votes for Hillary or not, that will not be enough to make up for the rest of the lack of enthusiasm and lack of sponsorship from other groups.

It's a sad day when the Democratic Party once again puts forth such a weakened, unProgressive candidate, and I feel sure that whether Bernie can or will win or not, someday soon we are going to do better. The numbers of people who adamantly support him, across the entire political spectrum, lead me to that conclusion.

Thank God! I just wish it could be now.

[jpb33]

115. Stupid Bumper Sticker Nonsense

This is just a stupid bumper sticker exclamation, nothing more.

[Warren DeMontague]

121. THE FUTURE NEVER HAPPENED

[Cobalt Violet]

122. you are right Hillary is leading the low turnout revolution!

[SCantiGOP]

124. I would have taken 10-1 odds

that this would not have happened. Unless you were here in SC you can't realize the enthusiasm and support for the Clinton campaign. If all of your info comes from the postings on DU you are getting a very biased depiction of reality.