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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 80092" data-attributes="member: 35">What&#039;s interesting to me is that Clinton referred to Bernie&#039;s positions as a &quot;pipe dream&quot; after she lost the general election.&nbsp; The reason I find that interesting is that she had adopted some of those positions at the Democratic Convention.&nbsp; I had my doubts that she would follow through since it was so far removed from her usual brand of moderate corporatism.&nbsp; This just reinforces my belief that she would have been business as usual.And as per usual, she&#039;s laying blame on someone else.&nbsp; She always acts like she&#039;s the victim of sexism, despite using the sexist term &quot;Bernie bros&quot; in regards to Bernie supporters.&nbsp; First off, not every Bernie supporter is a &quot;bro.&quot;&nbsp; Secondly, I&#039;ve seen Clinton supporters rip Bernie supporters to shreds on various Internet sites.&nbsp; The difference is I&#039;ve never linked it to sexism.&nbsp; Like Clinton, her fanbase&#039;s grievances seem to be that Bernie told the truth about her policy record and ties to Wall Street, and that he didn&#039;t drop out of the race before the convention.&nbsp; Never mind that Clinton also refused to drop out before the convention while running against Obama.I&#039;ve taken a lot of guff for continuing to talk about Hillary, but she&#039;s the one trying to make herself relevant now.&nbsp; If she thinks attacking the most popular politician in the country and his supporters is somehow going to bring her popularity up, she&#039;s got another thing coming.&nbsp; &quot;White privilege&quot; is a term used far too loosely these days, but it most definitely applies to people like Hillary Clinton.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a woman who&#039;s been first lady, senator, Secretary of State, and won the presidential popular vote by three million votes, yet she always acts like the victim of sexists.&nbsp; Or worse, people who dare expose her neoliberal record and ties to Wall Street.&nbsp; Woe is Hillary.And for someone who didn&#039;t want to &quot;alienate&quot; Bernie supporters, I don&#039;t think saying they all have dead end jobs and live in their parents basement really helped any.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 80092, member: 35"] What's interesting to me is that Clinton referred to Bernie's positions as a "pipe dream" [I]after [/I]she lost the general election. The reason I find that interesting is that she had adopted some of those positions at the Democratic Convention. I had my doubts that she would follow through since it was so far removed from her usual brand of moderate corporatism. This just reinforces my belief that she would have been business as usual. And as per usual, she's laying blame on someone else. She always acts like she's the victim of sexism, despite using the sexist term "Bernie bros" in regards to Bernie supporters. First off, not every Bernie supporter is a "bro." Secondly, I've seen Clinton supporters rip Bernie supporters to shreds on various Internet sites. The difference is I've never linked it to sexism. Like Clinton, her fanbase's grievances seem to be that Bernie told the truth about her policy record and ties to Wall Street, and that he didn't drop out of the race before the convention. Never mind that Clinton also refused to drop out before the convention while running against Obama. I've taken a lot of guff for continuing to talk about Hillary, but she's the one trying to make herself relevant now. If she thinks attacking the most popular politician in the country and his supporters is somehow going to bring her popularity up, she's got another thing coming. "White privilege" is a term used far too loosely these days, but it most definitely applies to people like Hillary Clinton. Here's a woman who's been first lady, senator, Secretary of State, and won the presidential popular vote by three million votes, yet she always acts like the victim of sexists. Or worse, people who dare expose her neoliberal record and ties to Wall Street. Woe is Hillary. And for someone who didn't want to "alienate" Bernie supporters, I don't think saying they all have dead end jobs and live in their parents basement really helped any. [/QUOTE]

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