(Must be getting flack): Clinton: ‘Nobody’s Talking About Contesting The Election, Including Me’
Clinton: ‘Nobody’s Talking About Contesting The Election, Including Me’
In an interview earlier this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she wouldn’t “rule out” challenging the legitimacy of the 2016 election, but clarified Tuesday she has no plans to “contest” the election, regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Russian meddling in the election.
Nobody is talking about contesting the election, including me. No,” she said appearing on the “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. “Because there is no mechanism. But I think legitimacy is rooted in what comes out of these investigations because if there is evidence of communication, coordination, whatever it might be, then I think millions of Americans would say, ‘Well, those raise questions about legitimacy.”
She said besides voting in the next election, there’s not much else she or anyone else could do besides ask questions about President Donald Trump’s legitimacy as an elected leader.
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“We’re going to find out a lot more, Stephen, and I am saying as clearly as I can, I feel I’m a bit of a Paul Revere, I’m trying to sound the alarm,” she said. “,” she said. “You have to understand what Putin’s strategy is. He really doesn’t like democracy, he thinks it’s an inconvenient messy process and he doesn’t like us and he wants destabilize our country.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/clinton-nobodys-contesting-election
So WTF is she babbling on sbout? She said she's not ruling out contesting the election but she can't do it because legalities and technicalities? Now Paul Revere in a pantsuit who's only mission in life is to fuck with Trump and push phony conspiracy theories involving the Russians?
OMG she's never going to go away. Never.
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Paul Revere in a potholder.
Check, pantsuits large enough
for lanterns
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
One in each pocket!
You know the song that never ends?
She is the politician that never fades into the woodwork.
We need IT to come and make her float!
Yaldabaoth, Saklas I'm calling you. Samael. You're not alone. I said, you're not alone, in your darkness. You're not alone, baby. You're not alone. "Original Sinsuality" Tori Amos
More evidence of Russian involement
Dozens of Trump rallies around the nation originated with Russian propaganda groups
The evidence? Glad you asked:
Yep. Enough proof for a conviction. Who needs Mueller to investigate? The comments on this are even more loony. But entertaining
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Putin doesn't like democracy?
That's an odd statement. Putin has run for election several times. If he didn't like elections, he could end them in Russia. If Putin didn't like elections, he could have overturned the 2014 Ukrainian election.
On the other hand, the United States does have a long history of denying, delegitimizing, and overturning democratic elections we don't like (Gaza Strip, Venezuela, Iran, Guatemala, Congo, Dominican Republic, South Vietnam, Brazil, Chile...).
What do they call that again? Oh, yeah. Psychological Projection.
When Trump does it, it's gaslighting.
When Her does it, Her gets applause on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
... “We’re going to find
I'm guessing that TPTB had a little chat with, and finally got through to, Her that Her couldn't possibly (at least at this point) be simply coronated as President Hillary as a replacement for Trump. (Something that was suggested in various emails landing in my inbox as quickly as they could be blocked to whatever degree, and under a myriad of names.)
Putin, as that authoritarian corporatist who disapproves of democracy, would, no doubt, be close to Her heartlessness and those of the Psychopaths That be in general, if he'd just give The Right Corporations And Billionaires free rein (or, rather, reign) over Russia and cut those damn pensions for his people instead of cutting the military budget to ensure that his people had them, rather than providing The Right Corporations And Billionaires with the people's money instead.
But Her's going to remain as the mote in the public eye in this phase of Her campaign for next time, sucking up money 'to fight Trump'. I suspect in the next election.
So Her'll continue to project what Her and Her ilk do onto Putin and others and bitterly complain that Trump gets to do all of the horrible things Her wanted to do, to profit from them Herself.
If Potholder Hillary had only been holding pot, much of this ugly might have been avoided...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Putin
wants to destabilize our country?
We're so stable. How could anyone, even a crook like Putin, destabilize our country? By posting ads that undermine our belief in democracy? That would be one way. Or by stealing emails and publishing them, showing that our politicians are crooks? That would be another way. Are there other ways? I'm trying to think of some, but I'm not a genius like Putin.
disrupt the country
If Putin wants to disrupt the American PTB, I've got a real solution. Quick, easy, very cheap by international disruption standards, and of mutual benefit to the common working folks of both countries.
Have him donate a couple million dollars to good ol' c99!
THAT would disrupt the PTB but good!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
AMEN!
That's an awesome idea
Maybe I should put together a prospectus for Putin. I mean... we come with the pro-Putin endorsement of DKOS so that ought to count for something, right?
A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard
idea
Thank you!
When you're right, you're right!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Seriously
Someone should write an essay on this. I'd tweet the hell out of it lol
"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
... “We’re going to find
I'm guessing that TPTB had a little chat with, and finally got through to, Her that Her couldn't possibly (at least at this point) be simply coronated as President Hillary as a replacement for Trump. (Something that was suggested in various emails landing in my inbox as quickly as they could be blocked to whatever degree, and under a myriad of names.)
Putin, as that authoritarian corporatist who disapproves of democracy, would, no doubt, be close to Her heartlessness and those of the Psychopaths That be in general, if he'd just give The Right Corporations And Billionaires free rein (or, rather, reign) over Russia and cut those damn pensions for his people instead of cutting the military budget to ensure that his people had them, rather than providing The Right Corporations And Billionaires with the people's money instead.
But Her's going to remain as the mote in the public eye in this phase of Her campaign for next time, sucking up money 'to fight Trump'. I suspect in the next election.
So Her'll continue to project what Her and Her ilk do onto Putin and others and bitterly complain that Trump gets to do all of the horrible things Her wanted to do, to profit from them Herself.
Got 'page not shown' due to another redirect when I tried to post, so, sorry if this is a duplicate...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Obviously, Russia bought the election.
Facebook has identified $100,000 in ad spending that MIGHT have been Russian. Meanwhile, Americans spent $283,000,000 on social media ads for the election. I guess every Russian dollar has the power of $2,830 American dollars. We really need to work on our currency disadvantage. Perhaps a switch to Rubles is in order.
@edg
Well, money is a symbol, after all.
Or perhaps the added value lies in the advertising bought by those rubles being also backed by facts than rather than only such things as the precedence and profiteering of corporate/billionaire interests and their lackeys?
Nah, couldn't possibly be worthless-because-not-worth-real-money Non-Billionaire-Americans refusing to fall for known BS... must be something special about the ruble itself after all... or about that magical, ubiquitous superman Putin, who has the US Psychopaths and Parasites That Be so hopelessly outclassed that they continually and publicly admit it.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
9 Months later, and congratulations, it's a zombie...
This election is going to continue until the next election cycle...
Which will be a rematch, because clearly the last election was illegitimate, since we've been saying so for 4 years! This time there will be lots of safeguards in place to ensure that the proper procedures are followed, and that the votes cannot possibly be interfered with!
All the elections will be overseen by the DHS, and all Russian interference will be dealt with immediately! You'll know it's russian because the DNC will be the only one interefered with!
/end media spin.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
If she got up on her hind legs
and FOUGHT for what she believed in I'd maybe believe her. This standing around as the smartest, fiercest victim in the world is just shit. If the democrats had a backbone they'd be harassing the republicans in the press, hiring lawyers to press suits over the legitimacy of the elections. Hell, the birthers showed them how. I guess they have to hoard all that donor cash for the next party panderer to come on stage. Tim Kane? isn't it his turn?
@Snode
This is how Her fights for what Her believes in; Her paymasters and pay-offs - by doing their bidding. This is clearly either what they want, or what Hillary figures will otherwise pay off best for Her.
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Yes
Her strategy is to preside over a battlefield where the stated goal is to take ground measured in increments, a victory declared over inches gained. For all the talk, no action taken that would rock the boat.
How on earth did Steven Colbert
manage not to laugh out loud at Her Paul Revere statement? I mean really. I was never a big Colbert fan, he was a little too hyper for me, but jeez. How could one not laugh their ass off when she made that statement? Oh I know, big money stifles that laugh until later, when they laugh for a while and then, hopefully, have to face the fact that they allowed her a forum. Must be a slimy feeling. I hope.
And I haven't watched the clip so maybe he did laugh real hard but all of them are bought off to me, I refuse to watch any of it.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
I never have been fond of Colbert.
He reminds me of a hyperactive chihuahua. And I can't see anything funny about the guy.
But that's just my opinion. YMMV.
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa