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Butterflylady

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15. Oh ye of little faith, remember when

Mon May 9, 2022, 09:54 AM

May 2022

A lot of you here on DU said Biden won't win any primaries let alone become president. How did that work out?

I am not giving up.

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Remember when we said---"Trump will never win the GOP primaries!" [View all] Atticus May 2022 OP

Fascism IS happening here Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #1

Exactly. Time to start calling our dem leaders LLCARD May 2022 #3

That's insightful bucolic_frolic May 2022 #6

Maybe it is time for new Democratic leadership in Congress. Ace Rothstein May 2022 #13

Just what we needed to lead us Democrats. A failed candidate. calimary May 2022 #24

I've had doubts all along, but he's there for the fundraising bucolic_frolic May 2022 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman May 2022 #16

Yeah, where? Job looks to be too big for him. Joinfortmill May 2022 #30

That time inthewind21 May 2022 #43

LOL, who's 'we'? The "crackpots" and out-of-left-fielders were and are saying the opposite ck4829 May 2022 #2

Let me make a film recommendation. mwooldri May 2022 #4

Americans today, generally, are unwilling too be inconvenienced, even to guard Liberty. Magoo48 May 2022 #5

What we really need is positive thinking. dalton99a May 2022 #7

I gave up on that a long time ago. calimary May 2022 #26

I was one of those who said that malaise May 2022 #8

I'm not sure it even happened IronLionZion May 2022 #10

THAT has long been my view malaise May 2022 #14

People won't drink bleach or deliberately infect themselves with a virus IronLionZion May 2022 #9

I never said that. CrispyQ May 2022 #11

Me neither, I posted and said at the time he was no joke Cosmocat May 2022 #20

I said he was going to win because of his novelty. NYC Liberal May 2022 #21

Many of our police departments are fascist. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #12

Especially out in the small towns. They have been indoctrinated to fascist methods. overleft May 2022 #31

Oh ye of little faith, remember when Butterflylady May 2022 #15

What does "not giving up" look like? What action constitutes "not Scrivener7 May 2022 #49

A HUGE number of Americans would accept full-bore fascism LeftinOH May 2022 #17

I disagree, HUGE NUMBER of AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHAT FACISM IS. Stuart G May 2022 #39

Our job is to educate. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #47

When we start getting imprisoned or executed, we'll know fascism is here. Kaleva May 2022 #18

You mean on a larger scale than at present, wnylib May 2022 #34

I'm talking about DUers being disppeared Kaleva May 2022 #36

Oops. My bad. I thought that by "we" you meant wnylib May 2022 #40

Summer 2020 was pretty nasty for protestors of all demographics IronLionZion May 2022 #37

most thought the moderate candidate would prevail bigtree May 2022 #19

Not me - I have had heart burn over all of this since the 90s Cosmocat May 2022 #22

I didn't say never. pwb May 2022 #23

I don't remember ever saying that. intheflow May 2022 #25

It could. We're on the brink. Stay alert. VOTE! Joinfortmill May 2022 #27

Now that people are awakening from a pleasant dream, what do they do? hay rick May 2022 #29

It's been a nightmare for me, and for many others. Boomerproud May 2022 #32

When you figure out that the monsters are real and not just a nightmare... hay rick May 2022 #41

And this time many states are willing to fake the vote so Trump wins... Kablooie May 2022 #33

Some of us "Debbie downers" sarisataka May 2022 #35

Hmmm, I predicted he would win the Presidency in Aug 2015 relayerbob May 2022 #38

Not only do I remember hearing it inthewind21 May 2022 #42

I remember rejoicing when Trump was nominated. ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2022 #44

In the USA, fascism will be brought by great marketing by the GOP andym May 2022 #45

Define 'we' I stated to my wife (and I believe posted on DU he would be the R JCMach1 May 2022 #46

That "we" was never intended to be all-inclusive. In fact, Mrs. A shared your opinion from Atticus May 2022 #48