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2016 Postmortem

One of the 99

(2,280 posts) Fri Jul 29, 2016, 06:38 PM Jul 2016

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Bill Maher nails it!

Wednesday night he called out the people booing and said, “this disease on the left of purity gotcha that going after your friends that are a little bit different than you.”

And last night, New Rule: Bernie supporters you can't claim to be "silenced" if you won't shut the hell up.

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Bill Maher nails it! (Original Post) One of the 99 Jul 2016 OP

NAILED IT! JaneyVee Jul 2016 #1

Yes, please note how the Trump RWingers have dropped almost all RW purity tests except law and order glennward Jul 2016 #7

+1 iandhr Jul 2016 #9

Yes! Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #2

Perfect! NurseJackie Jul 2016 #3

Most "Bernie Supporters" are Democrats who understood the primary process and now support Hillary. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #4

Rec. Well stated. MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #8

This! nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #10

+1! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #14

The irony is that the purity people can't pass anything Old Terp Jul 2016 #5

Hillary did her best to be inclusive in her acceptance speech mdbl Jul 2016 #6

You're being ridiculous! One of the 99 Jul 2016 #12

Touche! Cha Jul 2016 #13

Since you started this thread mdbl Jul 2016 #18

You're being ridiculous! One of the 99 Jul 2016 #19

Maher cracks me up when he talks about Trump's finger wagging thing. WTF is that he says. B Calm Jul 2016 #11

You would think he would keep those stubby little fingers well out of sight. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #16

Primary is over people. Let's move on. GOTV! nt TeamPooka Jul 2016 #15

Well said! NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #17

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

1. NAILED IT!

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:08 PM

Jul 2016

The regressive left actually hurts their cause. The purity politics turns people off and against them. It's amazing they need to be told this. Build coalitions.

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glennward

(989 posts)

7. Yes, please note how the Trump RWingers have dropped almost all RW purity tests except law and order

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:14 PM

Jul 2016

Most people are not purist. Most people vote either their interests or their prejudices. Our job is to make their INTERESTS more important.

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iandhr

(6,852 posts)

9. +1

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 06:47 AM

Jul 2016

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Johnny2X2X

(23,826 posts)

2. Yes!

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:48 PM

Jul 2016

Been saying that all week about the purity test they are putting h to everyone. It's flat out scary.

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

3. Perfect!

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:49 PM

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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

4. Most "Bernie Supporters" are Democrats who understood the primary process and now support Hillary.

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 07:52 PM

Jul 2016

The few that aren't probably belong to the Ralph Nader category, and I can tell you from experience that there is little use in trying to logically reason them into supporting the Democratic party.

So we likely gained some people, but I doubt we ever "lost" very many.

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MerryBlooms

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8. Rec. Well stated.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:16 PM

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LostOne4Ever

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10. This! nt

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 07:01 AM

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DemonGoddess

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14. +1!

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 02:28 PM

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Old Terp

(485 posts)

5. The irony is that the purity people can't pass anything

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:06 PM

Jul 2016

So they can't reach their goals (and it's always others who are responsible). No one else likes to play with them.

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mdbl

(8,275 posts)

6. Hillary did her best to be inclusive in her acceptance speech

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:14 PM

Jul 2016

Don't blow it by starting these stupid threads again.

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One of the 99

(2,280 posts)

12. You're being ridiculous!

Reply to mdbl (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 02:24 PM

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Cha

(317,714 posts)

13. Touche!

Reply to One of the 99 (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 02:27 PM

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mdbl

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18. Since you started this thread

Reply to One of the 99 (Reply #12)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 06:28 PM

Jul 2016

I figured you'd disagree.

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One of the 99

(2,280 posts)

19. You're being ridiculous!

Reply to mdbl (Reply #18)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 07:15 AM

Jul 2016

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B Calm

(28,762 posts)

11. Maher cracks me up when he talks about Trump's finger wagging thing. WTF is that he says.

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 11:17 AM

Jul 2016

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smirkymonkey

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16. You would think he would keep those stubby little fingers well out of sight.

Reply to B Calm (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 03:17 PM

Jul 2016

Guess not.

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TeamPooka

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15. Primary is over people. Let's move on. GOTV! nt

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 02:50 PM

Jul 2016

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NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

17. Well said!

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 03:33 PM

Jul 2016

"Bernie supporters you can't claim to be "silenced" if you won't shut the hell up"

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