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joshcryer

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28. The demoralized GOTV left is.

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:58 AM

Nov 2013

The left should always want to GOTV. I did. I kept Colorado blue in 2010 despite insurmountable odds. Yes, I take responsibility for 10% of the vote that made us win. It was a true challenge. I never fought so hard in my life.

It led, ultimately, to marijuana being signed into law. Hickenlooper, a moderate, arguably blue dog, signed marijuana into law while being, personally, against it. We were the first state, if not the first region on the planet to legalize marijuana consumption for personal use.

The left shouldn't fucking shut up. The left should fight.

First hand experience.

You'd be deluded if you thought Tom Tancredo, or Dan Maes would've signed marijuana legalization into law. The Democrats won there and if only we'd fight, even if we disagree on some single voter issues, we can and will win.

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5 Reasons Obama Never, Ever Should Have Trusted the Healthcare Industry [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

Don't you mean "health care insurance industry"? delrem Nov 2013 #1

+1,000,000 GreenPartyVoter Nov 2013 #2

*this* SammyWinstonJack Nov 2013 #3

What power does Obama have to "end" the insurance industry? tridim Nov 2013 #5

As President he certainly did not have to declare that 'Insurance Companies deserve to profit' Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #6

PPACA caps profits. tridim Nov 2013 #9

aca is not a step toward a po or sp Doctor_J Nov 2013 #15

Erm, except due to ACA one state has gone toward single payer. joshcryer Nov 2013 #18

Unless you happen to live in a red state Fumesucker Nov 2013 #20

You didn't cheer the loss of the blue dogs? joshcryer Nov 2013 #24

At least I didn't cheer when Grayson and Kucinich lost their seats Fumesucker Nov 2013 #26

Neither did I. Nor Feingold, who I wanted for President. joshcryer Nov 2013 #30

yup. It worked for Canada, and it will work here... magical thyme Nov 2013 #36

Canada had mandatory for profit health insurance? Doctor_J Nov 2013 #37

Vermont was already going to sp Doctor_J Nov 2013 #39

Don't you know? The US President is a dictator! joshcryer Nov 2013 #19

That meme has been debunked so many times, tiresome to hear it repeated by those who know better Fumesucker Nov 2013 #21

I saw it first hand. joshcryer Nov 2013 #23

Yes, the left is the real impediment to progress in America Fumesucker Nov 2013 #25

Insurance salesmen are peddling hard, aren't they? nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #27

I'm in the same camp as Krugman. joshcryer Nov 2013 #29

Insurance, or the politicians they paid for? nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #32

The demoralized GOTV left is. joshcryer Nov 2013 #28

a public option would have sunk the health insurance industry within 5 years Doctor_J Nov 2013 #38

+1 leftstreet Nov 2013 #10

This, exactly. ^^^ Why did the OP change the title of the article to make it wrong and misleading? magical thyme Nov 2013 #34

ACA - as if insurance companies give a shit about providing health care. KG Nov 2013 #4

+1. jsr Nov 2013 #7

k/r marmar Nov 2013 #8

How could anyone have possibly seen any of these five reasons coming to fruition? indepat Nov 2013 #11

You put the words..."trusted"...and "Healthcare industry" in the same sentence. WRONG! nt Bigmack Nov 2013 #12

trusted them? He works for them Doctor_J Nov 2013 #13

K&R liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #14

it's as if the people who write these things Egnever Nov 2013 #16

The Heritage Foundation's "mandate" was a tax credit, not a penalty. joshcryer Nov 2013 #17

How many ways to say "We Told You So" ? 2banon Nov 2013 #22

Who says he trusted the industry? Orsino Nov 2013 #31

As seen, Insurance corporations are not trustworthy to run healthcare quinnox Nov 2013 #33

1. Obamacare was written by the industry for the GOP. WRONG. magical thyme Nov 2013 #35