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longship

(40,416 posts)
91. Some 530+ days before the election!?
Sat May 30, 2015, 01:57 PM
May 2015

Uhm! Why????

It is not like anybody has to decide on a candidate any time soon.

DUers seemingly have jumped the shark on 2016. I find the narratives here about 2016 to be more than a bit maddening.

It is months until any caucus or primary. It is nearly a year and a half before the election.

Only in the USA does the media twist the public into actually believing that there is any urgency to who is running or not in 2016.

I see no urgency at all. I am listening to the putative candidates and will make a decision some time before I can vote. Until then, I find the infighting to be not only counterproductive but premature in the extreme.

Above all, let us discuss, but playing into perpetual campaign narrative plays into the media hands, not those of your putative candidate of choice at this time.

Relax! At this point, all this hyperventilating about 2016 hurts us all. Take a breath once in a while.

Also, it makes DU suck.

You are being played.

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Message auto-removed [View all] Name removed May 2015 OP
Yeah, um, no LOL...Time for new ideas and someone new to Washington snooper2 May 2015 #1
What does the original poster have against the democratic process? DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #2
You are really funny! Andy823 May 2015 #3
I called this weeks ago. LOL! KittyWampus May 2015 #4
sorry..I disagree..the more people in the race... chillfactor May 2015 #5
I'd say wait until we see where the vote goes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #6
Uh, no. What a ridiculous idea. nt scarletwoman May 2015 #7
I disagree, and I like Bernie. HooptieWagon May 2015 #8
The more... The merrier nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9
LOL ! (nm) PosterChild May 2015 #10
Don't take the bait... Agschmid May 2015 #11
Yeah, dozens of replies, and where's the OP? Nowhere to be found! MADem May 2015 #60
Yep Andy823 May 2015 #83
No thanks JustAnotherGen May 2015 #12
Why would he do that? He just announced his own candidacy. MineralMan May 2015 #13
Why would he do that? DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #18
I always forget the power of DU! MineralMan May 2015 #20
I am sure the former governor has DU on his smart phone and is reconsidering right now./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #22
You're probably right, of course. MineralMan May 2015 #25
lolz workinclasszero May 2015 #65
Oh, we know what this is about! MADem May 2015 #55
A stirring theory, to be sure. MineralMan May 2015 #57
Heh! MADem May 2015 #61
. hrmjustin May 2015 #14
Seriously. This guy's not even trying. Buzz Clik May 2015 #16
No. hrmjustin May 2015 #17
That was fast. Buzz Clik May 2015 #15
"Worst covert name ever." Yup, pretty much. scarletwoman May 2015 #28
good gawd.. the arrogance. it's damn sure some of Bernie's supporters around here are doing him Cha May 2015 #19
"Supporters," Cha. "Supporters." Number23 May 2015 #23
What do mean, 23? Cha May 2015 #29
... Number23 May 2015 #31
Okay.. Cha May 2015 #35
As a Bernie supporter I don't see some of these recent 'supporters' blm May 2015 #37
Yeah, silly me.. I wasn't thinking of that until 23 alluded. But, even some Cha May 2015 #48
How about "Vote for HRC and let the country slide right into fascism" zappaman May 2015 #66
Haha.. yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about.. right there. Lots of freakin Luck! Cha May 2015 #72
And what if this is NOT a Bernie supporter? What if this is just another trouble maker? jwirr May 2015 #41
And how would I know that? I have no idea who this guy is.. took him at face value. Cha May 2015 #50
If you take a look at the answers in this threads there is not a Bernie supporter who supported the jwirr May 2015 #52
yeah, I know.. and I posted what I thought of his stupid idea. Cha May 2015 #56
Thank you. Because as I stated here in another post IMO no one should drop out until the jwirr May 2015 #59
Been like that since the first primary battle here at DU. RNC ops running blm May 2015 #51
LOL Thank you. jwirr May 2015 #54
No he shouldn't AgingAmerican May 2015 #21
absurd cali May 2015 #24
Or Bernie could drop out...equally silly dembotoz May 2015 #26
Hey, if Ralph Nader had heeded your advice in 2000, and dropped out and endorsed Gore, Nye Bevan May 2015 #27
So is this the start of the Bernie/O'Malley wars? DCBob May 2015 #30
No this seems to be just another post trying to cause trouble. jwirr May 2015 #40
Yep. Seems so. DCBob May 2015 #42
I'd vote for an O'Malley/Sanders or a Sanders/O'Malley ticket with equal comfort carolinayellowdog May 2015 #32
No. nt peecoolyour May 2015 #33
Crazy talk. n/t demmiblue May 2015 #34
But why? HassleCat May 2015 #36
Excuse me?? CherokeeDem May 2015 #38
That will happen at the convention. No one should give up before the convention unless it is very jwirr May 2015 #39
Oh FFS MohRokTah May 2015 #43
He just got started! Maedhros May 2015 #44
Holdin' yer breath are ya? WillowTree May 2015 #45
or nah. frylock May 2015 #46
O'Malley has the right to run if he wants, and he'd likely support Clinton if he was not running. tarheelsunc May 2015 #47
Series? MoonRiver May 2015 #49
That's absurd. Anyone who wants to run, should run. We're a Big Tent. nt MADem May 2015 #53
That's not what some said about Nader. But then they didn't say that about rhett o rick May 2015 #63
Perot got Clinton elected--he split the race three ways. MADem May 2015 #71
Take a hike son, take a hike. HERVEPA May 2015 #58
You probably have that reversed. I'm not sold on O'Malley, but he's much more electable and could Joe the Revelator May 2015 #62
Lol! zappaman May 2015 #64
I refuse to respond to this stupid OP. Koinos May 2015 #67
I see what you did there... MineralMan May 2015 #74
I see...so you want a coronation for Bernie? brooklynite May 2015 #68
More progressives in the debates the better. RichVRichV May 2015 #69
I had hoped this was a joke deutsey May 2015 #70
Not a joke, just a fake. nt scarletwoman May 2015 #73
Ah. deutsey May 2015 #90
That's ridiculous. The Dems need a strong bench, not a game of patty cake with only two candidates. Hekate May 2015 #75
If another candidate has announced and it would split the progressive vote then the non Democrat Thinkingabout May 2015 #76
I believe O'Malley is running for VP, to help HRC - his entire speech was what Bernie's been saying peacebird May 2015 #77
He was a big Hillary backer in 2008 oberliner May 2015 #78
Besides, they could team together and O'Malley be the VP candidate.... on point May 2015 #79
Not. I have reserved Julian Castro for VP...in my own little mind... libdem4life May 2015 #84
No, thanks. bigwillq May 2015 #80
I heard that after 50 years of public service and getting elected, it's Bernies Turn libdem4life May 2015 #81
StopTheTPP, maybe we should STOPTHEPOSTER/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #82
You know who should drop out? FSogol May 2015 #85
"Thirsty Rubio.." lol Cha May 2015 #89
Isn't it possible that he will instead split the establisment vote? drm604 May 2015 #86
He just announced today Spirochete May 2015 #87
Well that didn't take long...nt greytdemocrat May 2015 #88
Some 530+ days before the election!? longship May 2015 #91
Trollololol Dr Hobbitstein May 2015 #92
You're adorable. Can I pinch your cheek? Scootaloo May 2015 #93
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