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quickesst

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32. I think...
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:55 AM
Jun 2015

...everybody knows that, just as everybody knows that the HRC / Goldwater thing is bullshit too, but.... They keep bringing it up. if someone feels offended by others comments on Bernies article, then they should know how HRC supporters feel about the Goldwater girl bullshit. if there is any desperation showing, it is not on the part HRC's supporters.

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I wish folks would just stop with the Goldwater cali May 2015 #1
Yeah, anyone who brings that up can't complain when people bring up Bernie's article about rape, Nye Bevan May 2015 #3
really silenttigersong May 2015 #10
Bernie does not have a rape fantasy. cui bono May 2015 #13
Nye, did you actually read the "rape fantasy" article. JDPriestly May 2015 #17
OK, I edited the post (nt) Nye Bevan May 2015 #18
That's not a very helpful edit. The article is not about rape. It is about the conflict between JDPriestly May 2015 #20
Bit of a maturity difference should be expected between a 30+ year old man and a teenage girl. eom tarheelsunc May 2015 #22
Bernie's article was about how (many) men and society view women; it was not about rape magical thyme Jun 2015 #31
I think... quickesst Jun 2015 #32
2 things you are missing from this little exchange are magical thyme Jun 2015 #33
yep... quickesst Jun 2015 #36
In general, I agree, and have posted as much. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #4
But people can change their minds politically, Warren was a Rdpublican as well. cui bono May 2015 #14
+1 cui bono May 2015 #15
Bernie is Bernie. Avalux May 2015 #2
With Bernie we get what we see. jwirr May 2015 #5
Thank goodness- ruffburr May 2015 #6
let's see Robbins May 2015 #7
You are mistakenly assuming that positions, voting record, or political history actually matter to BrotherIvan May 2015 #8
Don't forget the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #26
And primaries are for "vetting candidates for their fundraising abilities" BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #29
I had that conversation with someone yesterday and couldn't Exilednight Jun 2015 #34
Yeah but that was a joke. Please tell me no one here said Autumn Jun 2015 #35
We were informed in the debate thread BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #37
Some people just twist themselves into pretzels Autumn Jun 2015 #38
+1 LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #27
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #9
Heh. Orsino May 2015 #11
The people who made up the DLC are still there. They just rebranded. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #12
In our home... SoapBox May 2015 #16
After Obama that's the big question ...who do you trust to not sell us out again. L0oniX May 2015 #19
Retire "Hope & Change" as a campaign slogan. bvar22 May 2015 #23
Trouble is, people still want change BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #24
Hope & Change ! bvar22 Jun 2015 #40
Hope & Change *Suckers!* BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #41
That damned Elizabeth Warren started all that "populism" shit. bvar22 Jun 2015 #43
Exactly- and to them it most definitely is "populism shit" BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #44
I look at being a "Real Democrat" the same way I look at being a "Real Man", Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #21
Wow that's really unfair treestar Jun 2015 #25
Bernie is my Kind of Democrat madokie Jun 2015 #28
But he's got bad hair! Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #30
I think you just made my bumper sticker BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #42
Bernie is more of a Democrat than most Democrats that we have now. Autumn Jun 2015 #39
^^^TRUTH^^^ bvar22 Jun 2015 #45
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