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Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts) Wed Nov 6, 2013, 07:29 PM Nov 2013

How to win friends and influence people. Do the opposite of Barbara Buono [View all]

Yes, I get it that she is unhappy the Dems pretty much ceded a 30 point margin to Christie and decided it's better to get in good with the prohibitive favorite for governor than throw in with her campaign.....but jeezus. Is she pretty much telegraphing she's done with politics the way she's ranting against her own? Just doesn't seem like the smart thing to do.

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How to win friends and influence people. Do the opposite of Barbara Buono [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 OP

Now that is funny coming from you. Rex Nov 2013 #1

I'm not a professional politician Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #2

I guess she could have also endorsed Christie - seems like the Dem thing to do. djean111 Nov 2013 #3

That's really the only sensible thing to do NoOneMan Nov 2013 #13

She's certainly not very Sensible(tm), now is she? hatrack Nov 2013 #22

+1 It was rude of her to even run against him leftstreet Nov 2013 #17

If she had her "own", she wouldn't be ranting at all. Turns out she had no "own". TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #4

I don't blame her one bit. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #5

What will they do? Not endorse her next time? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #6

well, if she continues in state assembly...one would imagine Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #7

Yes, she should start endorsing Republicans right away, particularly Christie. djean111 Nov 2013 #14

How about she endorse the republican challenger for every dem MattBaggins Nov 2013 #23

Go get her!!!!!!! Enrique Nov 2013 #8

Where is his bus? nt TBF Nov 2013 #10

Lulz! Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #46

She has every right to be pissed off. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #9

She's right and she's not the only one who noticed what they did to her. Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #11

so because of this election alone? Despite all the Dems elected to state assembly? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #15

How many Republicans endorsed Democrats? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #18

cricketts pscot Nov 2013 #20

By now... 99Forever Nov 2013 #12

Getting totally sold out by people you thought were Democrats can leave you feeling Zorra Nov 2013 #16

Gad! Those liberal ideologues are disgusting Fumesucker Nov 2013 #19

she's not wrong and she has nothing to lose at this point La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #21

I don't know her plans for the future Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #24

Maybe she values truth more than the hypocrisy JackRiddler Nov 2013 #25

Politics is PR quite a lot of the time Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #26

Maybe that is part of the problem. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #30

That observation is so insightful and true JackRiddler Nov 2013 #43

Depends on who Goliath is going to be next time around Chathamization Nov 2013 #31

As already said up thread. What could they do next time that is possibly worse than now? Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #27

The stupid thing to do is to claim to be a Democrat and endorse a Republican as mean JDPriestly Nov 2013 #28

What's the point of this hit piece on a liberal Democrat? Laelth Nov 2013 #29

IMHO.... sendero Nov 2013 #33

I am not disagreeing with anything you wrote above. Laelth Nov 2013 #34

Sorry, I .. sendero Nov 2013 #36

No biggie. Laelth Nov 2013 #40

I don't believe he has even a reasonable chance of winning the office. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #48

We will see. sendero Nov 2013 #49

You could well be right. I would have (almost) bet anything that Bush would not have a 2nd term. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #56

You.. sendero Nov 2013 #57

I'm referring to "going forward"--not how it affected her in the past Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #53

I appreciate your response. Laelth Nov 2013 #54

Wonder how many people thought she was Nancy Pelosi - she looks exactly like her. nt Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #32

sadly her experience not totally rare dembotoz Nov 2013 #35

She's right. Iggo Nov 2013 #37

What happened here is very frustrating. This Christie worship is over the top. stevenleser Nov 2013 #38

I disagree. No one could have beat him...IMHO Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #42

She's 60 and her husband makes about half a million a year. FarCenter Nov 2013 #39

i really don't care if you had Jesus come down and support her - there was NO ONE Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #41

whether he could have been beaten or not - rurallib Nov 2013 #44

Sorry, disagree. Sounds like to me that Christie's election - despite his failures and shitty ways Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #47

Your post confuses me - are you saying if the polls rurallib Nov 2013 #50

If anyone knows about this topic Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #45

I agree with her, Democrats aren't perfect and some times gopiscrap Nov 2013 #51

I may misunderstand this situation. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #52

Exactly! I don't have to like it to evaluate it as true Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #55

I have witnessed how hard a loss can be on an induvidual... NCTraveler Nov 2013 #58

Breaking: "moderate" dislikes liberal politician Union Scribe Nov 2013 #59