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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
3. Why cancel them
Tue Jan 14, 2014, 11:06 PM
Jan 2014

When you can control the process and always get favorable results while still maintaining the illusion of choice?

When I am touched by any of the above, personally. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2014 #1
"..the line between the two parties is so thin as to be virtually non-existent." xfundy Jan 2014 #6
When the elections are canceled (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #2
Why cancel them Bonobo Jan 2014 #3
Yep... In Poker... That's Known As A "Tell"... WillyT Jan 2014 #4
So the corporate overlords preferred Obama to Romney? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #9
No, either were acceptable. Bonobo Jan 2014 #11
I don't know, one stolen election, gerrymandering, NuclearDem Jan 2014 #5
THIS... (I Don't Know How To Make An Up Arrow)... WillyT Jan 2014 #8
Upper Case Number "6" left on green only Jan 2014 #23
A grade B actor becomes President should be clue enough, right? Coyotl Jan 2014 #7
How about a peanut farmer? (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #10
Has to be someone, but the peanut farmer wasn't working for a gang of crooks and robber barons. Coyotl Jan 2014 #12
+1 Go Vols Jan 2014 #17
Didn't hear of Reagan majoring in reactor technology Lars39 Jan 2014 #14
The peanut farmer also studied post-graduate-level reactor technology and nuclear physics ... Shampoobra Jan 2014 #20
OK, point taken. I didn't know that (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #21
I have to add that the Peanut Farmer Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2014 #22
Amen. I don't think we even deserved a president of his caliber left on green only Jan 2014 #24
He was more than just a "peanut farmer." factsarenotfair Jan 2014 #27
Farmers are almost generally very practical people, who actually know how to grow their own food. Zorra Jan 2014 #30
I like many of your posts Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #13
"When I am not able to see a post like this." WillyT Jan 2014 #15
That is, in fact, my point Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #16
"Survived" is enlightenment Jan 2014 #31
Just look in the rear view mirror ... Gordon Alf Shumway Jan 2014 #18
Selection 2000 was the final seal for me. K&R Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #19
I'd say we haven't been a democracy since at least the 1950's CFLDem Jan 2014 #25
I agree with others here that it happened a long time ago... polichick Jan 2014 #26
After the government's zombie apocalypse. JoePhilly Jan 2014 #28
When people on a blog site can't complain about the overthrow of our Democracy... brooklynite Jan 2014 #29
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