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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
20. But since Day One ...
Tue May 7, 2013, 09:05 PM
May 2013

He/She has been doing something that he/she really cares about ... posting invectives on an anonymous bulletin board, claiming that but for those traitorous Democrats that do not pursue his/her politically impossibly pure progressive agenda; we would be living in some progressive paradise. Even though, progressive only win in solidly Blue districts that make up maybe 5% of the electorate.

He/she clearly knows nothing of the two-party system that we have, or have the ability to count to 60 (right or wrong, the new political reality) or 218 (the same old political reality).

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Perfect! oldandhappy May 2013 #1
That's what it looks like. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #2
Too bad all of the political... 99Forever May 2013 #3
They see it ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #9
"Count me in" for what? 99Forever May 2013 #11
Then ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #12
Is there a rule against having principles and... 99Forever May 2013 #13
No ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #17
Anything to silence the sad truth. 99Forever May 2013 #18
Sad, yes ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #19
Yeah.. I know... 99Forever May 2013 #21
No ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #22
Have a nice life. 99Forever May 2013 #24
I do ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #25
Then you have no right to complain. jazzimov May 2013 #15
Bullshit. 99Forever May 2013 #16
But since Day One ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #20
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth May 2013 #4
lol Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #5
He forgot to put in a red line. n/t L0oniX May 2013 #6
That was way off to the left already. Used to be the center. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #7
Only trouble is . . . Brigid May 2013 #8
No he is NOT ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #10
That's Perfect on Multiple Levels! n/t Timbuk3 May 2013 #14
Liberal Republicans of the 60s would be run out of town as Socialists today.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #23
Actually ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #26
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