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NurseJackie

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15. Why? Besides ... Ellison is toast already. Susan Sarandon adores him and ...

Reply to NCTraveler (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:09 PM

Feb 2017

... that's enough right there (with no further research or consideration needed) for me to completely dismiss him out-of-hand ... and to know that I've made the correct decision.

Our party is not corrupt. Our party is not weak. The only people who weaken our party are the ones who try to do so from within by saying such things in the first place.

The "We're only trying to help" mantra is a total bullshit... and so is the "we must destroy it to rebuild it" philosophy.

Did you hear the latest? Get this! Apparently, people who don't support Ellison are "anti-Muslim". Yeah, know, right? Someone actually said that!

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How would you feel if the DNC made a bold move and went with a co-chair? [View all] NCTraveler Feb 2017 OP

IMO - If they could work together it might be a great solution Lucinda Feb 2017 #1

My immediate concern... NCTraveler Feb 2017 #6

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #16

give it a try gopiscrap Feb 2017 #2

Is that idea even being offered or floated? still_one Feb 2017 #3

I read an article about it last year. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #7

Thanks, just wondering still_one Feb 2017 #10

Yes, let's stop fighting each other fallrey Feb 2017 #4

Just stop already. demmiblue Feb 2017 #13

I'd like that, especially if one of them was Howard Dean MrPurple Feb 2017 #5

Like the old staying goes "If you have two starting quarterbacks, you have none". hughee99 Feb 2017 #8

What we are mainly dealing with here is structural. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #14

Yes, but when game time rolls around, you only have one QB on the field at a time. hughee99 Feb 2017 #23

Ultimately those two agendas have to succeed together anyway so why not start now? TeamPooka Feb 2017 #22

I have no problem with that (though it is not going to happen). demmiblue Feb 2017 #9

No, it's really hard to have "equals" in a leadership position. One voice is needed. SharonAnn Feb 2017 #11

No. The organization needs a leader. The operative word there is "a". As in one. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #12

Why? Besides ... Ellison is toast already. Susan Sarandon adores him and ... NurseJackie Feb 2017 #15

oh... didn't know Sarandon liked him... shit uponit7771 Feb 2017 #18

I fully understand your position. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #20

To add, the person who inferred we are anti-Muslim can go fuck himself. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #21

I'm OK with it. n/t GP6971 Feb 2017 #17

2 brains are better than one. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #19

Both are good men and I could live with both. hrmjustin Feb 2017 #24