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Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination
The New York Times ^ | 1/30/2016 | New York Times Editorial Board

Posted on 01/31/2016 11:53:31 AM PST by Lazamataz

For the past painful year, the Republican presidential contenders have been bombarding Americans with empty propaganda slogans and competing, bizarrely, to present themselves as the least experienced person for the most important elected job in the world. Democratic primary voters, on the other hand, after a substantive debate over real issues, have the chance to nominate one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history.

Hillary Clinton would be the first woman nominated by a major party. She served as a senator from a major state (New York) and as secretary of state — not to mention her experience on the national stage as first lady with her brilliant and flawed husband, President Bill Clinton. The Times editorial board has endorsed her three times for federal office — twice for Senate and once in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary — and is doing so again with confidence and enthusiasm.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016endorsements; cultureofcorruption; hillary2016; hillaryendorsement; nytcorrupt; nytendorsement; nytforhillary; nytimesbias; unelectedcopresident
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To: Lazamataz

Some legal folks think Hillary can pardon herself after taking office in Jan 2017. Will Congress then have enough b@lls to impeach and convict her?

Or would the thought of making her VP the new POTUS scare them off?


21 posted on 01/31/2016 12:07:48 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Describing Bill Clinton as "brilliant but flawed" is over the top, even for the Times.


22 posted on 01/31/2016 12:09:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: Lazamataz

How does this bird cage bottom lining rag make money anyway? Do people actually still buy this tripe?


23 posted on 01/31/2016 12:11:02 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Is it really knows when everybody knows ahead of time?


24 posted on 01/31/2016 12:13:03 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump then Cruz for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: Lazamataz

Calling someone “brilliant and flawed”, as they do about Bill Clinton in this op-ed, is a liberal’s way of criticizing a fellow liberal without criticizing them.


25 posted on 01/31/2016 12:14:43 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: redfreedom
The NYT has got to know they are preaching to a very small crowd of total bafoons and far left socialist/commie’s.

They still can't figure out why or how George McGovern lost.

26 posted on 01/31/2016 12:15:23 PM PST by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: manc

Without her name, the private sector would never hire her.

At job interviews, it is routine to ask, what did you do with a project you were in charge of had issues (deadline, failings, etc.)? Have you ever taken the blame for problems in your department?

Refusal to accept blame, shouting out conspiracy “out to get me” charges, lying to investigators, lying to the public, lying to co-workers, destroying evidence, engaging in secretive means to circumvent oversight of communications(in compliance with laws about document retention), paying staff to moonlight on conflicting business interests on company time...

Did the NYet Times write any editorials against the GOP “culture of corruption” in 2006?


27 posted on 01/31/2016 12:15:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: Lazamataz

If Hillary isn’t indicted and manages to actually win the election she won’t be protected by Dept Justice anymore, she’ll be under the jurisdiction of Congress. The House can impeach her the minute she is sworn into office.


28 posted on 01/31/2016 12:16:01 PM PST by Domandred (Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
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To: dowcaet
Calling someone "brilliant and flawed", as they do about Bill Clinton in this op-ed, is a liberal's way of criticizing a fellow liberal without criticizing them.

True. Next they'll be calling him a "tragic figure" ...

29 posted on 01/31/2016 12:16:34 PM PST by x
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To: Lazamataz

I can’t even see this woman being nominated. You’ve got the Obama and Clinton factions maneuvering for control of the Democratic Party and I can’t see the president and his wing of the party allowing the Clintons to run the show again.


30 posted on 01/31/2016 12:16:58 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: dowcaet

If Bill Clinton was so f-brilliant, why isn’t the press endorsing Bill’s policies to turn the economy around?


31 posted on 01/31/2016 12:17:45 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: Domandred

“No controlling legal authority”


32 posted on 01/31/2016 12:18:33 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: r_barton

Hillary Clinton would be the first woman nominated by a major party. She served as a senator from a major state (New York) and as secretary of state — not to mention her experience on the national stage as first lady with her brilliant and flawed husband, President Bill Clinton.
sh## supporting and eating other sh##


33 posted on 01/31/2016 12:18:54 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Lazamataz

If there was ever an article that deserved a Projectile Vomit Alert, it’s this one.


34 posted on 01/31/2016 12:21:16 PM PST by anoldafvet (they're not immigrants, they're criminal aliens)
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To: a fool in paradise

Because Bill used elements of the Contract with America in his domestic agenda. Whatever we think about Bill as a person he was a very shrewd and pragmatic politician when it suited him during his presidency. He knew the political winds were blowing away from the far left agenda he promoted in the first two years of his administration, and when Newt and the boys showed up in 1995 he adapted some of their agenda, such as welfare reform, and reaped the political benefits a year later when he smashed Bob Dole for reelection in 96.


35 posted on 01/31/2016 12:23:08 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Lazamataz
Democratic primary voters, on the other hand, after a substantive debate over real issues, have the chance to nominate one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history.

What has she done that matches the deeply qualified experience(s) of other presidents?

Oh yeah, she tripped on her face while boarding government planes (while drunk as heck). She lies constantly. She alters her message contradicting herself (and her voice) depending on which audience she addresses. She's absent while bad stuff goes down on our troops and agents (very like Obama). She accepts money from outside parties to influence government decisions enriching the outside bribers.

So she has a few "qualifications". None qualify her to fix the problems of our nation.

36 posted on 01/31/2016 12:23:42 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Domandred
If Hillary isn't indicted and manages to actually win the election she won't be protected by Dept Justice anymore, she'll be under the jurisdiction of Congress. The House can impeach her the minute she is sworn into office.

(snort) Yeah, that'll work as well as the Obama impeachment.

37 posted on 01/31/2016 12:26:10 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: Lazamataz

38 posted on 01/31/2016 12:27:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: redfreedom; anoldafvet
There should have been a barf alert.

There is! I very clearly stated the source was the New York Times! That's all the warning ANYONE needs!

39 posted on 01/31/2016 12:29:39 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: a fool in paradise

EXACTLY.
NY Times is a rag and is certainly not worth the money they charge.


40 posted on 01/31/2016 12:35:07 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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