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Hillary Clinton

In reply to the discussion: HRC's "Hard Road" [View all]

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
1. Good stuff
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 11:05 PM
Jun 2016

The Beltway Press has much to answer for. The double standard regarding Hillary for decades has been appalling.

This piece especially hit home:

what if the press had done its job vetting Bernie Sanders’ lofty campaign promises from the beginning? What if more had done as the New York Daily News did, but months earlier, looking beyond shouts of “millionaires and billionaires” to report he had no concrete plan of enacting policy past powerful platitudes? Would as many have voted for him? The beltway press cynically built him up in order to create a horse race.


Excellent question.

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HRC's "Hard Road" [View all] fleabiscuit Jun 2016 OP
Good stuff ladym55 Jun 2016 #1
Finlay has a talent for cutting through the fog. fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #3
It is an excellent question. teamster633 Jun 2016 #12
The double standard is sickening. Kath1 Jun 2016 #2
K&R LuvLoogie Jun 2016 #4
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #5
There is a double standard for Hillary.. she's had the negative forces of the m$m, BS, gog/DT Cha Jun 2016 #6
saying "HRC yells" is a way to quiet HER Her Sister Jun 2016 #7
Nailed it! pandr32 Jun 2016 #10
Excellent article and one to remember SharonClark Jun 2016 #8
that's a great article DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #9
Thanks to the writer for telling it like it is! Her Sister Jun 2016 #11
K & R BootinUp Jun 2016 #13
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