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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can we just be honest about why Hillary even got to be SOS... [View all]bvf
(6,604 posts)104. It would seem so.
Look at the bright side: You got a nice smilie out of it.
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please feel free to post a Clinton foreign policy accomplishment we can all be proud of
tk2kewl
Mar 2016
#113
Or, since you couldn't be troubled to offer any support for YOUR "argument", let's just ignore this.
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#2
"Nearly every foreign policy victory of President Obama’s second term has Secretary Clinton’s
BreakfastClub
Mar 2016
#244
exactly what is wrong with the portrayal of Clinton as a good foreign policy choice
tk2kewl
Mar 2016
#42
That's the kind of in-depth rebuttal for which Hillary's supporters have become famous.
Marr
Mar 2016
#184
I mean...my blood curdles when I think about the neocon founder endorsing Hillary
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#106
And HRC treats Kagan's endorsement in the same way Drumpf has treated David Duke's.
GoneOffShore
Mar 2016
#138
But Hillary Clinton's hand-picked Kagan as one of her advisers while she was Secretary of State
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#143
If you're asking if I'm unconvinced that the DU Sanders crowd thinks HRC is a neocon...
Buzz Clik
Mar 2016
#110
I'd like to know how you feel about Hillary being endorsed by Kagan, the neocon founder?
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#128
But the neocons were in Hillary's camp way before Trump arrived on the scene
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#197
Your points are well taken and dead on. Unfortunately, we're outnumber by about 7-1 right now.
Buzz Clik
Mar 2016
#132
Clearly, you've been presented with facts. I've spent a great deal of time and effort
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#164
Your "facts" are laced with opinion. So are mine. We've come to different conclusions.
Buzz Clik
Mar 2016
#166
Hm. So, Kagan says he'd be forced to vote for Hillary if Trump is the nominee.
Buzz Clik
Mar 2016
#142
When I think of all the millions of lives destroyed by PNAC it turns my stomach.
polly7
Mar 2016
#154
Yes, there is absolutely no way to justify this, but I am hoping as more learn
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#162
Obama didn't appoint Bill Ayers as his Middle East adviser when he became President
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#222
"adds nothing to the true mission of having a Democratic President elected"
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#64
I am genuinely feeling bad for our opponents as they are reduced to this...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#7
The deal was made during the June meeting in Georgetown when Obama slipped off the plane
leveymg
Mar 2016
#48
He recognized he did not have all the cards.- she represented the only threat of an in party
karynnj
Mar 2016
#202
These are good points, especially how the Clintons wound up coming to Obama's rescue at times
Hydra
Mar 2016
#245
Obama probably felt badly since he had beat her in the election so badly..LOL..n/t
monmouth4
Mar 2016
#9
She didn't say so publicly. But do you think Obama really thought she was his best option?
tk2kewl
Mar 2016
#19
read into it whatever makes you feel better... Do you think GWB would have been a good choice?
tk2kewl
Mar 2016
#32
The Clinton's still controlled wide swaths of the Dem establishment after losing the primary
FlatBaroque
Mar 2016
#21
I think you mean that her unpopularity with the left has been a constant
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#131
Even critics understate how catastrophically bad the Hillary Clinton-led NATO bombing of Libya was
coyote
Mar 2016
#38
yes she did - particularly since she came in after 8 years of fumbled foreign policy from bush
DrDan
Mar 2016
#57
A Better Question -- Why wasn't she appointed to something more in line with her experience?
Armstead
Mar 2016
#49
It was Obama's call, not hers. He is a very smart man not given to manipulation.
randome
Mar 2016
#159
You mean he decided to jump back on the fence about gay rights all by himself?
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#173
Her job was to advise Obama. You make a common mistake when you take someone else's words...
randome
Mar 2016
#121
Unrec, so sick of right wing trolls running amok on this board with their garbage.
Pisces
Mar 2016
#65
That's because many are Repubs in sheep's clothing or just bots. It's crazy the right wing
Pisces
Mar 2016
#270
Well, apparently she did challenge Obama on Libya if the latest emails released by the FBI are true.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#179
Organized, compassionate, practical, open to discussion, open to viewpoints, good listener, etc. etc
Chalco
Mar 2016
#214
Obama and Hillary made this deal so he could get her delegates and win the nomination
Arazi
Mar 2016
#127
History has tried hard to teach us that we can’t have good government under politicians. Mark Twain
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#147
I saw John Perkins talk about imperialism on the Thom Hartmann Show.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2016
#224
I think she was given the position for endorsing Obama after she bowed out of the 2008 race.
notadmblnd
Mar 2016
#226
Assassination of environmental activist in Honduras and Hillary's record there...
Gmak
Mar 2016
#241
Evidence for the news blackout: blank looks from friends and family when you mention Libya debacle
virgista
Mar 2016
#255
The caul fell from my eyes in 2010 when he and Boehner tried to cut Social Security.
virgista
Mar 2016
#261