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rhett o rick

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39. Those that continue to support corp-backed candidates. Afraid to take a chance to

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:43 PM

Oct 2015

help the 50 million living in poverty. Goldman-Sachs doesn't give a crap about them so why would a real Democrat support them?

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All Repigs and too many "Democrats" have forgotten these wise words of Theodore Roosevelt [View all] hifiguy Oct 2015 OP

What Dems forgot that? upaloopa Oct 2015 #1

If you have to ask, the substance of the quote hifiguy Oct 2015 #2

How long have you been a Dem? upaloopa Oct 2015 #3

My first hero who wasn't a baseball player was Robert F. Kennedy. hifiguy Oct 2015 #5

My point is that lots of us have been Dems for upaloopa Oct 2015 #7

The presentation of facts is neither narcissistic nor egocentric. hifiguy Oct 2015 #10

You forgot Larry Summers, author of the End Game Memo. marym625 Oct 2015 #25

Robert Rubin too, a thief of epic proportions. hifiguy Oct 2015 #28

someone laughed at the fact Bernie Sanders has legislation passed marym625 Oct 2015 #31

The Little Chimp himself has said that hifiguy Oct 2015 #33

well said! marym625 Oct 2015 #38

There are two sides to this class war, the People's side and the Corporation's side. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #41

I confess I also thought you were just another of the cons hanging here Hortensis Oct 2015 #8

I'm sure the folks who are getting 50% increases hifiguy Oct 2015 #9

Oh, go blame the conservatives then. The vast majority of us Hortensis Oct 2015 #11

When negotiating, you always start by asking for more than you know hifiguy Oct 2015 #13

Right. They were all incompetent. If only they'd just grabbed just about Hortensis Oct 2015 #15

ITtwas anything but incompetence. hifiguy Oct 2015 #18

Okay. Actually, the profit margins in medical care are very small. Hortensis Oct 2015 #21

It's enormous on insurance hifiguy Oct 2015 #22

There's another one that I like, but from an...unlikely source, to say the least.. Volaris Oct 2015 #24

I notice you're completely evading the topic of discussion, Upaloopa. Scootaloo Oct 2015 #32

No I just don't need to defend against upaloopa Oct 2015 #34

Who said anything about you? or Hillary? Scootaloo Oct 2015 #36

I've come to wonder, these past weeks/months Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #44

Those that continue to support corp-backed candidates. Afraid to take a chance to rhett o rick Oct 2015 #39

"The era of big government is over." moondust Oct 2015 #4

wasn't that Hillary's husband �? nt littlewolf Oct 2015 #40

Yes it was. n/t moondust Oct 2015 #42

kick Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #6

K&R for exposure of who's controlling whom meow2u3 Oct 2015 #12

can't we just tell them to "cut it out?" tk2kewl Oct 2015 #14

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #16

Bernie told us that the corporations are to be controlled by jwirr Oct 2015 #17

Yep. There's a lot of TR in him. hifiguy Oct 2015 #19

Yes, that to. jwirr Oct 2015 #20

Don't worry, they're going to cut it out! Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #23

you beat me to it! n/t marym625 Oct 2015 #26

They HAVE, Cass! elleng Oct 2015 #27

K&R! marym625 Oct 2015 #29

Corporations/Business are allowed to exist by the government for the benefit of society. They Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #30

TR repeated the essence of your wonderful first sentence hifiguy Oct 2015 #35

The pendulum always stops in a state of perfect balance. Bernie would restore that balance just Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #43

...! KoKo Oct 2015 #37