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betsuni

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19. A career dedicated to equality, children's rights, child care, universal health care,

Thu May 13, 2021, 11:15 PM

May 2021

paid sick leave, racial justice, equal pay, and much more wiped out with the word "establishment" and false accusations of some sort of vague corruption because people contributed to her campaign or there were PACs that wanted to help elect her. Those fucking idiots that believed it.

They pretended the Roosevelt's were their big progressive non-establishment heroes and here's what populist hero Teddy Roosevelt said when criticized for taking large corporate contributions and refusing to give them back, that if they were freely given who cares, it is "entirely legitimate to accept contributions, no matter how large."

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I was wrong, votes weren't flipped or prevented from being counted in 2016. [View all] Eliot Rosewater May 2021 OP

I understand cate94 May 2021 #1

I still believe there were shenanigans in those 3 statee "won" by just enough votes... brush May 2021 #2

So the State of PA, under Democratic Governor Wolf, cheated? brooklynite May 2021 #8

Thousands of ballots from Detroit, a majority Black city, turned up with no mark... brush May 2021 #10

And the Democratic Governor, Democratic AG and Democratic SoS have done nothing? brooklynite May 2021 #18

Let me get this straight. You seem to be contending that republicans gave up... brush May 2021 #20

No, I'm contending that vote rigging hasn't happened. brooklynite May 2021 #21

Doesn't the Detroit situation with thousands of ballots having no mark... brush May 2021 #30

It doesn't seem suspicious to the Democratic Attorney General...I'll follow her lead. brooklynite May 2021 #31

A factual assertion is, by definition, right or wrong. Ms. Toad May 2021 #3

Just because one election is legitimate doesn't mean every election has been legit questionseverything May 2021 #4

oh believe me, I still have harsh opinions about all that, but for now I am trying to be consistent Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #6

You shouldn't be consistent when the facts imputed are different questionseverything May 2021 #9

In 2016 all the red states and all those battleground states with Republican governors purged their ShazamIam May 2021 #5

And is happening again. It is war as far as I am concerned. Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #7

I just remember that debacle with complete disgust. ismnotwasm May 2021 #11

People on the left who oppose her cant really tell you why, at least not with facts. Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #12

They convinced themselves that it was like voting for Joe Lieberman. StevieM May 2021 #15

A career dedicated to equality, children's rights, child care, universal health care, betsuni May 2021 #19

Exactly, thank you for this response Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #29

I have a certain amount of faith in stillcool May 2021 #13

The cognitive dissonance required to think otherwise is astounding. tritsofme May 2021 #14

There was cheating. Cheating with the ruskies. boston bean May 2021 #16

He might have won, but I'll go to my grave believing he & the GQP stole Michigan. catbyte May 2021 #17

They used voter suppression...but many did not vote in Michigan. I did outreach and Hillary was Demsrule86 May 2021 #25

Good point Eliot Rosewater May 2021 #28

This defies logic. RegularJam May 2021 #22

You are wrong. Demsrule86 May 2021 #24

Deep thought but I am not. RegularJam May 2021 #26

I know. I believed it too...in PA particularly. It was statistically impossible for those results Demsrule86 May 2021 #23

Anyone who voted for Hillary was not wrong. I have voted for many politicians in my life that Autumn May 2021 #27