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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:50 AM Apr 2016

Hillary, stop using President Obama as a political weapon!

I'm am so sick of Hillary Clinton using President Obama as a campaigning tool. Question: "Hey, Mrs. Clinton, how can you claim you will be tough on Wall Street, even though you take millions of dollars from big Wall Street donors?" Answer: "OBAMA!!" Q: "Hey, Mrs. Clinton, do you think Dodd-Frank is tough enough on Wall Street?" A: "OBAMA!!! Are you attacking Obama!!??" She brought him up so many times in last nights debate that I had to stop watching. It makes me sick! Hillary, Bernie isn't running against Barack Obama, he is running against YOU! You smeared Barack Obama ruthlessly in 2008. You said "Shame on you Barack Obama." while talking about his Healthcare proposals which you now practically claim as your own. You even went so far as to claim you weren't sure Barack Obama was a Christian in 2008. Secretary, you are not Barack Obama. His achievements are not your achievements. If someone is critical of you, they are being critical of YOU not Barack Obama. Stop using him as a political tool, it is extremely distasteful!

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QC

(26,371 posts)
3. And let's be honest--no one has ever trashed Obama any worse
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:19 PM
Apr 2016

than she did in 2008. Her campaign put out the birther and secret Muslim attacks before the Republicans. She did everything but come right out and call him that word, and even referred to the Bobby Kennedy assassination when asked why she was staying in the race.

Bernie would have to get up early in the morning to be her when it comes to slandering Obama.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
6. She's banking on our bad memories and our faulty logic.
Reply to QC (Reply #3)
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:22 PM
Apr 2016

And counting on the corporate echo chamber to have her back.

All in all, I'd say that's a pretty good gamble.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
13. No, her supporters remember
Reply to QC (Reply #8)
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:42 PM
Apr 2016

They just happen to support her overt racism because they are themselves racist motherfuckers. Even those who don't support her anti-black 2008 shit, support her now because she's running against a Jew

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
15. Oh well, I guess. it happened, and Hill supporters rallied around it.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:21 PM
Apr 2016

They showed us who they are. What they are. We'd be nuts to just forget or forgive.

Apology not accepted.

QC

(26,371 posts)
17. It's all about personalities now.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:29 PM
Apr 2016

Ideas and principles are for losers.

The very idea that, for example, someone might attend a conference on social justice out of conviction is being mocked by the pep squad here. They can't comprehend a person actually caring about justice. What a geek!

QC

(26,371 posts)
12. Oh yeah. Hell, she's alternately thrown him under the bus*
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:39 PM
Apr 2016

and pulled him out and given him a hug throughout this campaign, depending on the needs of the moment.

Frankly, I would bet the farm that the reason for the private email server was not so that she could keep her beloved BlackBerry or whatever, but so that she could conduct business without the president knowing what she was up to.

He's a smart man. I'm sure he knows not to turn his back on her.

*And I really think "under the bus" needs to go under the bus. Anyone know of a good alternative?

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
11. It did first appear on a Hillary Clinton mailing list
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:34 PM
Apr 2016

I saw it getting tossed around on liberal sites in May-June 2008, but it was shot down hard for the racist shit it was.

imari362

(311 posts)
10. I wish I knew how to make
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:33 PM
Apr 2016

those gif's...I think that's them?...with her seeing questions...she don't like/can't answer/won't answer...as incoming and pulling President Obama in front of her as her shield from it.

Anyway, it disgusts me how she cowers behind saying "Obama" now, when in '08 Obama stances were fairy tales, rainbows and unicorns.

Did anyone keep count of how many times she did that last night?

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