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whirlygigspin

(3,803 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:24 PM Mar 2016

Hillary in Michigan

Did anyone else notice Hillary saying she would 'stand her ground'?

-it sounded like a dog whistle to me, but i'm not familiar with Michigan's law & order base voting groups--

"Michigan's stand-your-ground law, MCL 780.972, provides that "[a]n individual who has not or is not engaged in the commission of a crime at the time he or she uses deadly force may use deadly force against another individual anywhere he or she has the legal right to be with no duty to retreat if . . . [t] ..."


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Hillary in Michigan (Original Post) whirlygigspin Mar 2016 OP
she did use that phaseology but she was talking of working with Republicans--that riversedge Mar 2016 #1
Shouldn't be too hard for her 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #3
You do understand we live in a representative government, right? Lucinda Mar 2016 #6
if only some didn't weathervane so that people knew what they really stand for. 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #7
I understand whirlygigspin Mar 2016 #2
Yep, i noticed that, because I now hate that expression. Punkingal Mar 2016 #4
Dog whistle politics whirlygigspin Mar 2016 #5

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
1. she did use that phaseology but she was talking of working with Republicans--that
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:28 PM
Mar 2016

compromise is not a bad term--but believes it is necessary yet she will stand her ground about things she believes in.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
3. Shouldn't be too hard for her
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:49 PM
Mar 2016

She shares most of their views anyway. At least she did before she realized how popular Bernie's positions are and took them as her own until and if she should get in office, when the winds Weill change.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
6. You do understand we live in a representative government, right?
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 09:32 PM
Mar 2016

And we elect these people to work together on our behalf.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
7. if only some didn't weathervane so that people knew what they really stand for.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 10:01 PM
Mar 2016

and I've had enough of giving in to the republicans without a real fight.

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