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stopbush

(24,632 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 01:31 PM Jul 2016

"Establishment" Candidate Hillary Clinton Looking Awfully Good Right About Now

Compared to the non-establishment, off-the-rails Trump candidacy and RNC convention.

We would be in a precarious situation if we were running an über-left candidate this year. The media would do their false equivalency game ("which extremeist do you like?&quot , reducing everything to a question of how far from the norm the country wished to go. As Rs are seen unjustly as the least-radical party, Ds would end up being the communists in the race, a losing characterization for sure.

It will be nice to see how NORMAL political parties behave themselves at next week's D convention. I believe the electorate will respond very positively.

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"Establishment" Candidate Hillary Clinton Looking Awfully Good Right About Now (Original Post) stopbush Jul 2016 OP
I am a fan of our nominee! Her Sister Jul 2016 #1
Kinda makes you wonder if they are running for the same office. Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #2
All this cry babying about the VP....... GusBob Jul 2016 #3
Yes indeed it is! It's tedious, obvious, and tiresome. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #5
She's the best! GOTV2016! Cha Jul 2016 #4
She's looked great to me from BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #6

GusBob

(7,603 posts)
3. All this cry babying about the VP.......
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 03:01 PM
Jul 2016

Just a way to fight the primaries all over again.

Actually every decision she makes will be the same " I whined about it" kinda thing

Cuz it's OK to criticize ya know

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. Yes indeed it is! It's tedious, obvious, and tiresome.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 06:26 PM
Jul 2016

They're really not being as clever as they think they are. But, even though the primaries are official over, I remain hopeful that after tomorrow they'll be "over-over" and people will stop with their nonsense.

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