Why Hillary Clinton Lost My Vote

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Saturday March 19, 2016 · 9:40 AM PDT

2016/03/19 · 09:40

Hillary Clinton lost my vote in 2008. I think a person’s character comes into focus when under pressure. When Hillary was under pressure from Barack Obama during the primaries, she decided to throw the kitchen sink at him, including birther innuendos. That was and is unforgivable. That showed her character. Everything else really just confirms this central point.

I am not a Bernie Sanders supporter in the sense that I “feel the Bern”. But I do think he is a decent human being. He got my vote in the Virginia primaries.

I am disheartened that the Democratic party establishment believes that Hillary Clinton should be our next president. With what is going on in the Republican party right now and the likely Democratic nominee, I fear for the future of this country.

I am amused at this site’s attempt to stifle critical commentary of Hillary Clinton. It just highlights weakness. I’ve visited and contributed to this site since 2006. There was plenty of good writing here to keep me coming back. Being that its March 19th, I am looking forward to my banning so that I can take this one off my reading list.

Hillary Clinton does not have my vote in Virginia this November. I suspect she will lose enough Democratic votes here to lose this state — and as a result the election. At the end of the day, people do not vote because they are told to “toe the party line” and people — at least Democrats — don’t vote out of fear. Bill Clinton was right — you should always pick hope over fear. Here’s hoping we have better choices in 2020. I liked the "hopey changey" thing in 2008. We had a great run.

For Trayvon Martin

Mash

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Saturday July 13, 2013 · 11:58 PM PDT

2013/07/13 · 23:58

This evening a six member jury in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the murder of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Though a verdict was delivered I can't say justice was served.

A teenager walking home was profiled, followed and shot to death at point blank range by George Zimmerman. No one has been held accountable. That cannot be justice.

Mash

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 9:05 PM PDT

2009/03/23 · 21:05

After the Treasury Department released the refurbished plan to buy up "legacy assets" (formerly known by the less tasteful moniker "toxic assets") Wall Street responded with two thumbs up. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has gone from goat to hero in one day:

But the stock market’s first-day verdict went in the right direction for Mr. Geithner this time, up nearly 7 percent and 500 points, in contrast to the precipitous slide after Mr. Geithner’s first effort, when his inability to explain in any detail how the program would work left Wall Street jittery about whether the administration had a workable plan.

Mash

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 7:17 AM PDT

2009/03/23 · 07:17

The United States government is colluding with the banks to rob the taxpayer. That, in a nutshell, is the newly shaped Tim Geithner bank rescue plan. That, in a nutshell, was the Hank Paulson bank rescue plan that has already stolen $350 billion of taxpayer funds, plus over $175 billion in funds directly to AIG, and paid off casino bets that the banks made with their depositor's money.

Mash

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Tuesday March 17, 2009 · 9:04 PM PDT

2009/03/17 · 21:04

Barack Obama was outraged yesterday over the AIG bonuses. He was OUTRAGED. He saidyesterday:

This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed.

Under these circumstances, it's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?

In the last six months, AIG has received substantial sums from the US Treasury. I've asked Secretary Geithner to use that leverage and pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole.

That was yesterday. That was after the public outrage grew over the news that AIG gave out huge bonuses to its employees while receiving massive taxpayer money.

Mash

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Monday March 16, 2009 · 9:24 PM PDT

2009/03/16 · 21:24

Let me get straight to the point. If the Obama administration gives AIG the additional $30 billionthat it says it will, then it is the Obama administration that is using taxpayer money to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to AIG's employees. So, if the Obama administration is really that outraged over the AIG bonuses, I recommend that they do not give AIG the money. It is that simple.

Mash

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Sunday March 08, 2009 · 10:43 AM PDT

2009/03/08 · 10:43

Bangladesh has blocked YouTube and some other file sharing websites after audio of a meeting between the Prime Minister and a large gathering of army senior officers was leaked and posted on YouTube. The AFP reports:

Mash

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Tuesday February 24, 2009 · 7:52 PM PST

2009/02/24 · 19:52

President Obama delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight. It was a speech for our times.

There is one sentence from this speech that may not get much press coverage. But it literally means the world to me, and I suspect to millions around the world. So, I want to highlight it here.

Mash

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Wednesday February 11, 2009 · 10:16 AM PST

2009/02/11 · 10:16

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced the Obama administration's financial rescue plan yesterday. The Administration calls this the "Financial Stability Plan." The "Plan" has Paul Krugman confused. Krugman refers to it as "The Rorschach Plan." Krugman says "It’s really not clear what the plan means; there’s an interpretation that makes it not too bad, but it’s not clear if that’s the right interpretation." I think Krugman is being generous. A straightforward reading of the plan, as it exists on paper today, is not encouraging.

Mash

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 7:57 PM PST

2009/01/20 · 19:57

Today was a beautiful day in Washington, DC. To be sure, it was bone chillingly cold, but it did not matter.

Mash

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Monday January 19, 2009 · 7:06 PM PST

2009/01/19 · 19:06

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." - Robert F. Kennedy, Cape Town, South Africa, June 6, 1966

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. And tomorrow Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. It is very difficult to overstate the historic nature of what is about to take place. I intend to be on the Mall to bear witness to the moment.

Mash

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Wednesday January 07, 2009 · 10:56 PM PST

2009/01/07 · 22:56

The International Committee of the Red Cross has issued a written release demanding immediate access to Gaza after the discovery of weak children laying next to their dead mothers.

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Why Hillary Clinton Lost My Vote

For Trayvon Martin

Wall Street Hearts Geithner

Robbing The Taxpayer

Barack Obama's Bonus "Outrage"

The Taxpayer Gravy Train

Bangladesh Bans YouTube

"In Our Time"

A Disappointing Financial Stability “Plan”

My Day At The Mall

Biko

The Children Of Gaza