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StarzGuy

(254 posts)
15. Yep, I agree with what you posted here...
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:15 PM
May 2016

I agree with what you have opined in this post. Consider MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Now I love her show but really? Now it appears more than ever that this program along with the rest of MSNBC has gone to the dark side and should be named MSGOP. I remember how she was enthusiastic about Sanders entering into the campaign. It will make Clinton a much stronger candidate in the general election. You reap what you sow. Now that Sanders has given the Clinton candidacy a lot of trouble stating they are going all the way to the convention and perhaps make it a contested one.

I wonder if she ever thought that egging one Sanders to enter the race would result in a weakened Clinton candidacy because now she has to fend off from a democratic socialist, who by his own past is an independent not beholding to the rules of the Democratic party.

Does Rachel care? Probably not because she is member of the media elite. Now it does appear that a lot of what MSGOP is doing was imposed on the remaining rational media types such as Rachel Maddow.

However, I don't see or hear any outrage about what Sanders is doing. I voted for Sanders in the Arizona primary with the hope that, if he really were to take the nomination maybe, just maybe, we would get some changes in this country hoped for by a Sanders presidency.

She appears to be mushy mouth about the situation that now confronts the Democratic party.

I would have never let Sanders run as a democrat. If he wanted to run for president let him run as an independent. Then lets see how much support he would get...

I also would reject the Democratic policy to let independents vote in the primaries. Let us vote for a true Democrat, not a wolf draped in Democratic cloth. If we had closed primaries I can assure that I would have voted for clinton. I would have rejected the Sanders independent campaign.

Time and the election will tell whether or not the Sanders insurgency into the Democratic party will have helped or hurt. Right now, I feel I'm being denied the democratic candidate I will or would have voted for in the general election.

Good work!

A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #1
A shout-out for waking the fuck up. K&R GliderGuider May 2016 #2
I wasn't Asleep fred v May 2016 #27
they are all prompting violent revolution with their behavior too. roguevalley May 2016 #42
It indeed ended badly. And the peasants got their revenge, but truedelphi May 2016 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author carolinayellowdog May 2016 #3
they FAILED at letting Trump happen? THEY WERE COMPLICIT Skittles May 2016 #4
What she said sarge43 May 2016 #5
Ditto that. snot May 2016 #19
COMPLICIT?! freebrew May 2016 #36
Complicit is the correct word. bvar22 May 2016 #43
like with 9/11, like with the Iraq war, like with the Wall St meltdown and bailout... Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #51
Kicked. zentrum May 2016 #6
Our choices this election. ZX86 May 2016 #7
2016 election explained in one picture! ReasonableToo May 2016 #8
One big happy family.. mountain grammy May 2016 #22
Wow!! Just Perfect. FighttheFuture May 2016 #52
Caption contest? Califonz May 2016 #57
They did NOT fuck each other indiscriminately! Divernan May 2016 #9
This is the same Bill Clinton that Hillary wants to have do all our Trade Deals. Melissa G May 2016 #16
CLINTON TRADE DEALS - NOT JUST FOR LETHAL ARMAMENTS ANYMORE! Divernan May 2016 #18
I think it was Digby who coined the term "the Villagers" truebluegreen May 2016 #10
This is why we turned the TV off 8 years ago. The media is so deep into the bubble NRaleighLiberal May 2016 #11
Divorced the TV 5 years ago HOPNOSH May 2016 #24
K&R. nt tblue37 May 2016 #12
A Great Big FAT K&R! ReRe May 2016 #13
I have reached the same conclusions. zeemike May 2016 #14
The M$M is much better at it...nt freebrew May 2016 #37
Yep, I agree with what you posted here... StarzGuy May 2016 #15
BTW, I don't think Rachel Maddow cares who wins the Democratic nomination so long as she... StarzGuy May 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author FighttheFuture May 2016 #54
Why I am voting for Bernie. JDPriestly May 2016 #20
I was getting my master's in public affairs reporting danimich1 May 2016 #21
Well done, Fred Jack Rabbit May 2016 #23
Kardashian News, Inc. fred v May 2016 #28
I Want to Save this Article mckara May 2016 #25
Wow. K&R. vanlassie May 2016 #26
The most brilliant analysis I've read in years! - Thom Hartmann on Twitter. ebayfool May 2016 #29
Wow fred v May 2016 #47
Yupper! Your OP is getting well-deserved notice. Like I said, a gut-puncher & spot on! ebayfool May 2016 #59
K&R. nt DLevine May 2016 #30
It's painfully obvious Babel_17 May 2016 #31
Agree 100%. Specially that America isn't much different than another country on earth. sinkingfeeling May 2016 #32
Kill Your Television. Ikonoklast May 2016 #33
Kardasian News, the people that gave us Trump AND Clinton. Katashi_itto May 2016 #34
Can't blame a snake for being a snake. malthaussen May 2016 #35
Kudos! Good OP. Guess which group the Clintons identify with & belong to ... nt 99th_Monkey May 2016 #38
Interesting OP. But I see this as the media backing off on anybody white, no matter the crazy. ancianita May 2016 #39
that's one excellently righteous rant right there! lakeguy May 2016 #40
K & R AzDar May 2016 #41
To the extent the media is part of the establishment, power corrupts not just closeupready May 2016 #44
Can journalists stop crying about how they have "failed" about Trump Blue_Tires May 2016 #45
yeah, but it's no fun, and it hurts their ratings Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #50
HILLARY SPEAKS ELITE, not the 'real' people. pansypoo53219 May 2016 #46
fuck the evil corrupt MSM-- they are killing us Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #49
"journalism".. sendero May 2016 #53
The absolute truth malaise May 2016 #55
I like my TV... be selective on news... Larry Wilmore, Samatha Bee, RT News, John Oliver... FighttheFuture May 2016 #56
I hate the number 57 fred v May 2016 #58
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