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ehrnst

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446. Yes, Democrats are "abdicating" because you want to think that.

Fri Mar 23, 2018, 07:09 PM

Mar 2018

But nothing to back that up.

Meanwhile, Betsy Devos and conservatives get a big middle finger, thanks to Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/23/17152122/winners-losers-omnibus-congress-spending

She's not chasing the spotlight to self-promote on this, nor does she need to. There is a satisfaction in getting the job done, among many devoted public servants. She's focused doing the job her colleagues and constituents continue to elect her to do, in heels, while ignoring the frantic squawking of men who are threatened by that.

Of course the idea that house Democrats, who are in the minority, didn't achieve the full and total capitulation from the GOP that many lefties demand will be used as a baseball bat (on Nancy in particular) by those who have a constant bone to pick with the Democratic party, when they fail to yell and scold everyone else sufficiently then stomp away from the table, after accomplishing nothing.

I'll take actual results over "sound and fury, signifying nothing." I'm a progressive.

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... LexVegas Mar 2018 #9

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Yuppers.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #85

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Officially join the Dem party Bernie awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #60

Purity politics helps nobody Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #75

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+10 whathehell Mar 2018 #82

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Deal Omaha Steve Mar 2018 #158

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He never had a real job until he was 40 years old. That is a well known fact lunamagica Mar 2018 #125

Wow Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #130

His resume and accomplishments are quite modest and unimpressive lunamagica Mar 2018 #137

Let's start with their college years. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #148

Nice try, lol. She wore a button to please her dad. Now, let's see lunamagica Mar 2018 #160

OK. Couple things. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #224

Did any of this (Other than the sit-in) happen before he was 40? lunamagica Mar 2018 #234

Or voting for the Crime Bill EffieBlack Mar 2018 #299

This is copy and pasted from a site? sheshe2 Mar 2018 #235

"Couple things"? George II Mar 2018 #236

You may want to check your sources... lunamagica Mar 2018 #287

That is very interesting, luna. brer cat Mar 2018 #326

Funny how no link to the source was added, huh? lunamagica Mar 2018 #327

He has pretty much zero foreign policy. Something that will be critical in 2020 Wwcd Mar 2018 #161

Just some of the mysteries in Senator Transparecy's past lunamagica Mar 2018 #162

R U kidding? Since when do people vote for president because of their foreign policy bonafides? progressoid Mar 2018 #194

It's an impotant factor for me. comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #304

That's not at all what was stated. Wwcd Mar 2018 #157

SNCC may not hold a torch to corporate lawyering. David__77 Mar 2018 #201

How about being the former director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic? It's all matter lunamagica Mar 2018 #203

Yes, let's conveniently forget the history here... ehrnst Mar 2018 #335

He did this in college-and then high-tailed it out of there and ran to the whitest state in the US EffieBlack Mar 2018 #211

Well, that's kind of a Catch-22, isn't it? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #227

Not at all EffieBlack Mar 2018 #230

We have other Senators of pretty liberal states elected as "progressives", too. George II Mar 2018 #290

Not sure what the number of people in his state have to do with it. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #305

95.2% white. 61.1 % rural ehrnst Mar 2018 #336

Nothing wrong with what he did EffieBlack Mar 2018 #340

hehe JCanete Mar 2018 #122

Bernie doing outreach, energizing voters and new voters that resides KPN Mar 2018 #110

Who's Party? Which Party does an independent have loyalty to? Wwcd Mar 2018 #127

Magnitsky, Magnitsky. How many times KPN Mar 2018 #149

What should be a broken record is about our Dems voting to gut Frank Dodd. I still haven't Autumn Mar 2018 #154

That vote neither aligned with Democratic nor Progressive values Wwcd Mar 2018 #163

What about the other 3 Democratic votes against? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #187

An honest answer was given .. by Sanders himself. KPN Mar 2018 #209

Oh ya, something something..oh ya Iran.. ya thats it. Wwcd Mar 2018 #229

Here is some nice reading for you. CentralMass Mar 2018 #165

Thx. KPN Mar 2018 #213

I will never forget how Bernie Sanders spoke out against the Iraq War and voted against it. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #302

That's not true. Sanders was one of 133 Members who voted no EffieBlack Mar 2018 #312

Bernie was one of 23 Senators who voted against the war. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #318

No, he wasn't. Sanders was a Congressman in 2001. He wasn't elected to the Senate until 2006 EffieBlack Mar 2018 #320

OK, I was wrong. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #322

Well apparently none of that matters. Or even that the Dems gave him that position. Good thing DU Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #193

Not everyone supports Sanders proposed policies. David__77 Mar 2018 #200

Not all Democrats? Which proposed policies? KPN Mar 2018 #216

...you don't say? I can imagine that nobody in the top 1 percent of the top JCanete Mar 2018 #330

Love it! That's what Bernie does best! Showing, once again, why he's such a valuable asset. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #206

Yep. KPN Mar 2018 #260

You mean at the Our Revolution rally in Texas? sheshe2 Mar 2018 #258

You feel that way as well about the Working Families Party? KPN Mar 2018 #259

I hope they signed up voters for the Democratic party at the rally. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #261

Sanders has always harped on the way to KPN Mar 2018 #262

Aaah. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #263

This was an online rally. It wasn't a huge love-fest KPN Mar 2018 #264

Yes...on line. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #265

It was excellent.. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #134

You got that right.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #281

How many times was the word "establishment" mentioned? Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #147

were we ever in the Sanders camp? I'd avoid conflating media bullshit with JCanete Mar 2018 #153

Slow your roll my man, I voted for Sanders in the primary... Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #156

+++++ sheshe2 Mar 2018 #185

"not worthy" .... Perfect. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #188

+++yup, anyone not acknowledging current Russian interference R B Garr Mar 2018 #228

Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality Cha Mar 2018 #247

Always with the screaming angry face. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #269

I never liked him.. since he thought it was Cha Mar 2018 #270

So many what the fuck moments for me. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #271

I love it when people Cha Mar 2018 #272

Oh FFS! mcar Mar 2018 #301

Perhaps the purists are opposed to Bernie Sanders. David__77 Mar 2018 #199

This message was self-deleted by its author comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #306

". . .during an online broadcast Monday night." ucrdem Mar 2018 #202

Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality Cha Mar 2018 #249

Inequality ucrdem Mar 2018 #250

I know.. Conor Lamb campaigned a lot on Cha Mar 2018 #252

Yes Lamb addressed these issues in an honest way it seems and won. ucrdem Mar 2018 #469

Yeah, Cha Mar 2018 #481

Exactamenudo. ucrdem Mar 2018 #482

Interesting.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #280

LOL, people have been telling me that since 1994 ucrdem Mar 2018 #288

Socialist.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #337

Not very. ucrdem Mar 2018 #356

Thank you, Donkees saidsimplesimon Mar 2018 #205

The panic is palpable GaryCnf Mar 2018 #226

Sanders Has Named the Problem -- Now Let's See Action dlk Mar 2018 #277

Thank God EffieBlack Mar 2018 #296

Hell, I'll just accept that you recognize that Sanders has the right JCanete Mar 2018 #329

And I'll just accept that you don't know the difference between EffieBlack Mar 2018 #334

I have no reason at all to argue with you on that point because we can't even get JCanete Mar 2018 #347

Wow still going on eh? awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #303

This is THE issue for our times that Democrats are not addressing effectively. alarimer Mar 2018 #339

17 out of how many? Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #342

Enough for the bill to pass so it doesn't fucking matter. alarimer Mar 2018 #346

17 out of how many? nt Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #376

ENOUGH FOR IT TO PASS!!!!!!!!!!!! alarimer Mar 2018 #378

So a majority of Dems voted against the bill. Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #379

So what? alarimer Mar 2018 #380

You seem to be focused on the 17 rather than the 32. Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #381

Because they voted with the GOP. alarimer Mar 2018 #382

So if the GOP sponsored a bill for Single Payer Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #395

You win today's Jumping the Shark Award. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #428

Why? Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #463

I love hyperbole. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #467

Well they can't if they want to get elected. Have you looked at the Senate map? This was not a bad Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #402

Bernie would have defeated Donnie in 2016 quartz007 Mar 2018 #354

Not hardly but if he'd run 3rd party like Perot he might have done us some good. ucrdem Mar 2018 #355

This is EXACTLY the scenario! R B Garr Mar 2018 #369

Yes I've thought all along that they should have called his bluff ucrdem Mar 2018 #440

Exactly right, again. We couldn't get through a second one of his spiels R B Garr Mar 2018 #473

3rd parties are unpredictable nm quartz007 Mar 2018 #374

That's a strange but interesting point. Now it would have damaged Sanders horribly and JCanete Mar 2018 #405

I don't think so...he might have taken more votes from Hillary...in would have in my Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #408

Nope...the votes were not there to become the nominee so how could he win a general? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #404

well, I don't know that he could have, but that logic doesn't hold, since JCanete Mar 2018 #406

Maybe, I am not an expert. But I keep thinking there is a reason, the GOP and it seems the Russians Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #415

It hasn't damaged the party. The damage done to the party is most significanlty JCanete Mar 2018 #421

There is an entire group out there who thinks Sen.Sanders was cheated out of the nomination. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #447

So you have the ability Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #464

No, but my rate of prediction success is quartz007 Mar 2018 #465

That high a rate is impression Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #468

Don't change the subject matter quartz007 Mar 2018 #474

Trump observed politics for 50 years too Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #475

tRump had little time for politics quartz007 Mar 2018 #477

You dont know that Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #478

Again 2/3 times my predictions were correct. quartz007 Mar 2018 #479

And I am the czar of all the Russias Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #483

We have been through this already. Isnt this the same R B Garr Mar 2018 #370

Has anyone watched the video? oberliner Mar 2018 #412

I read the transcript. I have ADD ...couldn't possibly have sat through that. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #416

Where did you read the transcript? oberliner Mar 2018 #417

My son sent it to me...he knows I have trouble with stuff like that...he loves Sen.Sanders. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #456

Does it include all the interviews with the guests or just the statements from Sanders, et al? oberliner Mar 2018 #457

I don't know if it has all the statements or not since I didn't watch it but it was quite long... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #459

That story about Selma really hit me as well oberliner Mar 2018 #462