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DemocratSinceBirth

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66. Some posters come here to discuss the issues and some posters come here to discuss other posters.

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 09:15 PM

Dec 2016

Do you think the former or the latter comes closest to fulfilling Skinner's mission for the board and which behavior strikes you as puerile, pusillanimous, and petty?

Thank you in advance.

Three posters in this thread came to discuss other posters. The other thirty came to discuss the issues. Which group do you think comes closest to fulfilling Skinner's mission for this board ?

Thank you in advance (REDUX)

Happy New Year.

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Please stop saying the votes of California are superfluous. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

what manner of idiot besides a maggot voter MFM008 Dec 2016 #1

Please check your inbox/nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #2

Next election let's start the voting in the west and move east. panader0 Dec 2016 #3

They certainly aren't. Bettie Dec 2016 #4

I'd hope we wouldn't edhopper Dec 2016 #5

Please check your inbox/nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #6

got it edhopper Dec 2016 #20

Was also factually incorrect... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #22

well when the dealer edhopper Dec 2016 #26

Exactly. eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2016 #57

DemocratSinceBirth ..... LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #29

They did it to get W in. They did it to keep Wisconsin and Ohio. Why wouldn't they do it again? Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #38

We have to wage a determined and sustained effort to fix or preferrably get rid of the EC brush Dec 2016 #56

Popular vote is called the "vote" everywhere but here. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #59

And apparently a left wing trope for those who think that the Democratic Party ehrnst Dec 2016 #7

Well we aren't going to win the senate or presidency NobodyHere Dec 2016 #8

America sure loves our food, technology, entertainment, and tax receipts DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #13

Not sure why you're hostile to simple math NobodyHere Dec 2016 #32

How am I hostile to simple math? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #37

Well I'm not saying the system is perfect NobodyHere Dec 2016 #55

I have an idea... why not encourage Californians and New Yorkers to move to states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida where their votes would count for a helluvalot more?! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #61

We'll probably be moving to Virginia OnionPatch Jan 2017 #82

We gained a comparable amount in the blue east coast pnwmom Dec 2016 #40

Yeah, but the midwest likes West coast ideas more than it does east coast ones. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #46

What exactly are "west coast ideas" vs "east coast ideas"? NobodyHere Dec 2016 #54

Well, the beltway is only starting to realize they can't treat legal pot like a giant har har joke Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #65

Not so fast dflprincess Dec 2016 #78

How easy some will jump on RW talking points... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #9

They have meaning. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #10

By your measure, no Democrat's vote has meaning pnwmom Dec 2016 #41

Exactly. They don't mean a whole lot in terms of winning the presidency aikoaiko Dec 2016 #45

But why single out CA? The same thing is true for EVERY Democratic voter pnwmom Dec 2016 #47

What the hell? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #11

I'd hope such ignorance isn't being pushed here. tammywammy Dec 2016 #12

The lefties saying this are probably the same ones that said charlyvi Dec 2016 #14

Well, we know why they want to dismiss southern primary votes. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #15

lefties? Aren't we all? mountain grammy Dec 2016 #16

Yes, we are all proud members of the left. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #18

I was just re reading your excellent mountain grammy Dec 2016 #28

Do you have a link? I don't remember that thread. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #67

Me too. I put my foot in my mouth constantly mountain grammy Dec 2016 #68

"Our economy is twice as large as that of Trump's pal, Russia..." DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #69

That was such a good thread mountain grammy Dec 2016 #70

Thank you. Happy New Year. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #72

Happy New Year to you too. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #73

I didn't say we weren't all lefties. charlyvi Dec 2016 #25

Happy New Year.. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #30

I would wish you the same charlyvi Dec 2016 #50

Not really. I meant it sincerely. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #53

Huh? I have never seen that here. demmiblue Dec 2016 #17

Please check your inbox/nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #19

I can't because you are blocked. demmiblue Dec 2016 #23

It is a violation of DU rules to call out individual posters. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #27

Starting flamebait which makes it seem like a plethora of DUers are being arseholes... demmiblue Dec 2016 #31

I will continue to go high when others go low and not respond in kind ... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #34

It's a common meme around here, that Hillary's popular vote win was solely due to CA. pnwmom Dec 2016 #43

+1 Lol pintobean Dec 2016 #44

All my fans are in this thread. I love them all... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #48

Are you sure it's "not" Nadin? SlimJimmy Dec 2016 #49

No pintobean Dec 2016 #51

That's so true. No crunchies. SlimJimmy Dec 2016 #52

Inside jokes. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #63

There's nothing inside about it pintobean Dec 2016 #64

Some posters come here to discuss the issues and some posters come here to discuss other posters. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #66

You admitted up thread that this is a call-out thread. pintobean Dec 2016 #71

I didn't call anybody out in this thread. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #74

tl;dr pintobean Dec 2016 #75

Sure you didn't. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #76

Where I come from, honesty is a virtue. pintobean Dec 2016 #79

I don't have a clue, pintobean, what you are referring to. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #81

Who's not Nadin? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #62

I don't particularly care what you think or not. My comment was directed to Pinto Bean. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #83

You seem upset. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #84

I'm not upset at all. I just don't care what you think. (nt) SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #85

Your posts say you aren't upset but they are belied by your words, Jimmy DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #86

Thanks for the hug. But I still don't care. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #88

You posts indicate a bereft of hugs so here is another one. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #89

Thanks. One can never have enough hugs. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #91

Agreed. And as a Californian, I'm very disgusted that my vote is worth 1/4 of Wyoming vote. GAH iluvtennis Dec 2016 #21

The other tacit distortion is that the votes were COUNTED correctly elsewhere. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #24

The other tacit distortion is that the votes were COUNTED correctly elsewhere. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #36

very true...My right wing office mate tried to pull that one off...I said "you can't say that Demonaut Dec 2016 #33

U need to remember that our Beltway party betters are only dimly aware of the West Coast's existence Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #35

They and the Reich love to harp about all the big red areas 47of74 Dec 2016 #39

I think we're well overdue for some direction from the west coast Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #42

We're bigger than Russia hunter Dec 2016 #60

Or, worse, meaningless ailsagirl Dec 2016 #58

That is total BS. Kath2 Dec 2016 #77

I seem to recall the votes of us Democrats in southern states mcar Dec 2016 #80

The surplus is irrelevant when it comes to the electoral college. alarimer Jan 2017 #87

Okaaay. LWolf Jan 2017 #90