2016 Postmortem

scottie55

(1,400 posts) Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:03 PM Jan 2016

Sanders, Trump, Cruz - Anti-Establishment / Get It?

Watching CNN (I know) this morning I watched the talking heads spouting about the "Republican Establishment" striking back against Cruz, and Trump. It got me thinking. Their shtick is "fighting against the corruption in D.C." and other crap. Similarly, Bernie's main platform is income inequality, and our country being ran by the oligarchy. Real similar in many ways.

We know Cruz, and Trump are (fill in the expletive) who would say anything, and would sell out at the first opportunity, and who pander non stop to angry, racist, deluded, hate filled morons, but the similarities of "who is popular" in both parties is striking.

I wonder what the folks who own our government are going to to do. The natives appear to be restless.

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Sanders, Trump, Cruz - Anti-Establishment / Get It? (Original Post) scottie55 Jan 2016 OP

Sorry Cruz is batshit crazy hollysmom Jan 2016 #1

Sanders is Establishment. Simple as that. He can yell and wave his arms all he wants but riversedge Jan 2016 #2

K&R! stonecutter357 Jan 2016 #3

Wrong. lake loon Jan 2016 #4

I Guess We Have A Different Idea scottie55 Jan 2016 #5

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. Sorry Cruz is batshit crazy

Reply to scottie55 (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:09 PM

Jan 2016

Trump is entranced by the lights (kitty with laser)
Sander has been a senator for how many decades now? He can claim anti-establishment, I don't believe it.

riversedge

(81,554 posts)

2. Sanders is Establishment. Simple as that. He can yell and wave his arms all he wants but

Reply to scottie55 (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:14 PM

Jan 2016

it will not change the fact that Sanders is Establishment.

stonecutter357

(13,060 posts)

3. K&R!

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:32 PM

Jan 2016

lake loon

(99 posts)

4. Wrong.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:34 PM

Jan 2016

The voters on all sides have ONE message here: No more Clinton. No more Bush. End story.

scottie55

(1,400 posts)

5. I Guess We Have A Different Idea

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:52 PM

Jan 2016

Of what it means to be establishment....

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