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shrike3

(5,370 posts)
21. My goodness.
Fri Jun 28, 2024, 11:10 PM
Jun 2024

I suspect historians will be too busy sifting through the smoke and ash to worry about the opposition.

Hitler, Goebbels, Eichmann, Mengele, et. al. get a lot more ink than Hindenberg. A lot more books written about them. I suspect most people don't even know the latter's name.

I'll ask the same question I've asked repeatedly. Who should be the candidate instead? Who polls better against Trump than Joe?

And, frankly, it'll be the American people's fault if Trump gets back in. Nobody else's. A potted plant should be preferable to him. Yet he got more votes in 2020 than in 2016 and only barely lost the Electoral College. Who did that? The voters. Who don't pay attention. Who don't even know how their own government works. And they don't want to know. They'd rather watch cat videos. They'd rather have a candidate who entertains them than promotes solid policy. Who's to blame for this? In a representative democracy voters are expected to be educated and well-informed. If they aren't, it's on them. If America goes down, it'll be the people's fault. Plain and simple.

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Which democrats? edisdead Jun 2024 #1
Maria Shiver, Claire McCaskill plus many others womanofthehills Jun 2024 #12
Well screw both of them angrychair Jun 2024 #18
So no elected Democrats? Self Esteem Jun 2024 #27
Exactly. It is bullshit and a sure way to lose the election, and the fact that they ignore VP Harris ready to take over JohnSJ Jun 2024 #28
Where does Maria Shriver say MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #44
McCaskill is usually full of it. LiberalFighter Jun 2024 #47
Losers in other words Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2024 #48
'Some democrats' ought to throw in their own towels. elleng Jun 2024 #2
Thank-you Ellen. Excellent analysis. +++ JohnSJ Jun 2024 #29
onesuspects article does not name names nt msongs Jun 2024 #3
Dem lawmaker, huh? orange jar Jun 2024 #4
the only one quoted on the recordwas Axelrod who's been less than helpful to this presidency with his clickbait nonsense bigtree Jun 2024 #5
No Dems who will show their faces? Cha Jun 2024 #6
I Wonder If These Dems Actually Exist WiVoter Jun 2024 #17
Yeah M$M makes us Cha Jun 2024 #19
People are saying... kysrsoze Jun 2024 #53
Tom, you're on the money, like usual! marble falls Jun 2024 #7
Post removed Post removed Jun 2024 #16
Popular enough, my friend, popular enough. Ethics read pretty good in history. marble falls Jun 2024 #20
Ethics? shrike3 Jun 2024 #22
Even more cryptic retort. marble falls Jun 2024 #23
I didn't see any display of ethics, so I wondered where they might be. shrike3 Jun 2024 #26
My goodness. shrike3 Jun 2024 #21
Who is suggesting otherwise? marble falls Jun 2024 #24
Numerous posters here, over and over. shrike3 Jun 2024 #25
Do you have any idea of how many of those we've banned since last night? A lot. I took my first hide in years ... marble falls Jun 2024 #32
I'm not the one who made a comment about blaming the DNC for something that hasn't even happened yet. shrike3 Jun 2024 #37
Over and over MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #46
Really? and how will history judge IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? Will the doomsayers come out and say they were JohnSJ Jun 2024 #34
Thank you. You did a much better job than I did. shrike3 Jun 2024 #38
If you caught Lawrence O'Donnell tonight, it was a breath of sanity. JohnSJ Jun 2024 #40
I did not. I'll look for it. shrike3 Jun 2024 #41
Here JohnSJ Jun 2024 #43
Excuse you? MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #45
A convicted felon & rapist has 100% support from Rs Sibelius Fan Jun 2024 #8
And if their views represented most Democrats... W_HAMILTON Jun 2024 #9
This 👆👆👆👆👍 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2024 #49
Most Democrats will wait, a bit. But I have no doubt some Democrats are talking. Silent Type Jun 2024 #10
Oh, of course they are. This is a very important election. AND, there were those who expected Trump to melt down. shrike3 Jun 2024 #30
"Some Democrats"?? NAME NAMES or else just SHUT THE FUCK UP! DemocraticPatriot Jun 2024 #11
Very fucking succinct and dead on. The MSM motherfuckers won't put a fucking face on the goddamn shit. SoFlaBro Jun 2024 #39
Does anyone take the unfortunate Jonathan Allen seriously? lapucelle Jun 2024 #13
I read LUCKY, and was quite offended by it. shrike3 Jun 2024 #31
and what those jackasses did to Hillary is a disgrace. F**K them and the NY Times. JohnSJ Jun 2024 #35
He should become a Republican Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2024 #50
Some Democrats are wrong. spanone Jun 2024 #14
Either way, I'll be voting for the Democratic candidate and against Trump. Ping Tung Jun 2024 #15
Really? you mean the one bad debate performance isn't going to force you to change you mind on the issues? JohnSJ Jun 2024 #36
Yeah, I just unfriended one on Facebook. Turbineguy Jun 2024 #33
'Many Democrats are saying...' emulatorloo Jun 2024 #42
Not smart. IMO that would give it to trrump and a dictatorship. brush Jun 2024 #51
Wow, there must be a real groundswell of support for Biden dropping out if EarlG Jun 2024 #52
I agree, EarlG. Part of the narrative. shrike3 Jun 2024 #56
Way, way too many Americans are such low information voters that they couldn't compute Biden being replaced elocs Jun 2024 #54
Fuck that shit. Enough already we can do it Jun 2024 #55
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