Posted on 05/02/2018 2:55:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Clinton: Being a Capitalist Probably Hurt Me in 2016 Because So Many Democrats Are Socialists
BY: David Rutz May 2, 2018 5:14 pm
Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that being a capitalist probably hurt her cause in 2016 because so many Democrats in the party today are socialists.
Her interviewer at the Shared Values Leadership Summit quipped Clinton might have been the first presidential candidate since World War II who had to stand up and announce she was a capitalist.
"Did it hurt you?" he asked.
"Probably," Clinton said. "It's hard to know, but if you're in the Iowa caucuses and 41 percent of Democrats are socialists, or self-described socialists, and I'm asked, Are you a capitalist?' And I say, Yes, but with appropriate regulation and appropriate accountability,' you know, that probably gets lost in the Oh my gosh, she's a capitalist.'"
Clinton fought off a surprisingly sturdy challenge from Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) for the 2016 Democratic nomination. Sanders won primaries and caucuses in 22 states, and he came close to pulling off an upset in Iowa, losing by less than half a point to Clinton.
She has laid blame on numerous factors for her eventual general election defeat at the hands of President Donald Trump, Sanders and his diehard supporters among them. Sanders ripped Clinton as beholden to Wall Street interests during the primary, and she wrote his attacks did "lasting damage" to her.
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I find Hillary’s reaction amazing. Even though the blame game is typical of the left, she takes it to a higher level than I imagined possible.
When I fail, I always put the blame on myself. I didn’t plan carefully enough. I didn’t have a critical skill that I needed. I made a specific and identifiable mistake. Whatever the explanation, the point is that I can recognize one or two main things that I should do differently the next time around to produce a better outcome.
Hillary is the opposite. When she lost to Barack Hussein, it was because his diversity trumped her diversity. That is out of her control. When Hillary lost to President Trump, that was because of Russia, sexism, racism, Russia, misogyny, a fake Hillary sex tape, Russia, bad luck, media bias against Hillary, Russia, low information voters, white men telling women how to vote, Russia, Wikileaks, Hillary being a lizard person, Russia, the vast right-wing conspiracy, Netflix, . . . Hillary cannot control any of those vulnerabilities, so she cannot change the things that went wrong in 2016 when she runs again in 2020, 2024, or even 2028.
I’m a freewheelin’ free market advocate (capitalist being a Marxist term), also law-abiding, but I’m stealin’ that graphic, it’s quintessential. :^)
Nice list!
She’s an old blues singer... “I’m griftin’ I’m griftin’, I’m a shearer of the sheep...”
Hillary, what color is the sky in your world? Thanks Sub-Driver.
The list is so long I thought her blame game was over... but this is a creative addition...
Who knows - maybe the list will go on forever and we’ve found the one area where Hillary actually IS creative... longest and best pity party list.
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