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Category: Hillary Clinton

Comey-Mattis

A Tale of Two Jameses

September 10, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Democracy, Ethics, Hillary Clinton, Impeachment, Legal issues/Law, Trump Leave a comment

John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize winning book (with much help from speechwriter Ted Sorensen) , Profiles in Courage, focused on eight white men (yes,

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Barack-Hillary

Obama and Clinton can lead way for Democrats to get back to their roots

May 22, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Obama Leave a comment

One of the lessons of the presidential defeat of the Democrats in 2016 is that Hillary Clinton paid minimal attention to the voters who

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Comey-Lynch

Comey’s Situational Ethics Make Common Sense

June 8, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Courts, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Trump One comment

All of us strive for perfection; none of us achieve it. But some come closer than others and James Comey seems to be one

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Rural America

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Democrats Have Larger Problems

June 6, 2017 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Hillary Clinton, Missouri region, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

There are several theories that attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton was defeated in November, and most of them are at least somewhat credible.

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Hillary Money

Please, Hillary, spare us

May 17, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics One comment

This past Monday, Hillary Clinton formally announced her post-2016 election plans. She will be establishing a political organization aimed at funding “resistance groups” that

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Comey

Theory: Comey’s Pre-Election Letter Was Well Intentioned

March 25, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, FBI/NSA/CIA, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Politics, Trump, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican from Utah made this statement on Monday at the House Intelligence Committee, “Every media organization, every political organization, every

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Manafort at RNC

Did Trump become a Republican because of his Russia troubles?

March 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Republican Brain, Trump One comment

Remember when you might have thought that Donald Trump was a Democrat at heart? We know that he was once pro-choice, that he had

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A very unfair 160-year streak that Hillary Clinton could not overcome

January 13, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Democrats, Government, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

James Buchanan did something that Hillary Clinton could not do, nor could any other Democrat since the election of Buchanan in 1856. Buchanan succeeded

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Buyer’s remorse? Perhaps you should have voted for her

January 2, 2017 James Wilson 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Widgets: Voting 2 comments

Are you having post-election buyer’s remorse? There are many reasons people did not cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. Some people, including myself, generally

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We can learn a lot from the President and Hillary Clinton about how to respond to Trump

November 10, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Republican Brain Leave a comment

What happens when a narcissist is overwhelmed with kindness? I really can’t call Donald Trump a narcissist since I am not a trained therapist

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