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Hekate

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27. Benghazi. Emails. Comey. Putin. Assange. Etc. As for your final question, I hope you are kidding...
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:51 PM
Mar 2017

...because otherwise I don't know what to say to you. The members of this board are politically engaged, to say the least. People who wanted to essentially sabotage the Party and candidate by voting 3rd party were shown the door.

Hillary got 3 million more votes than Red Don. Her message got across to the majority of American voters, as I am sure you will agree. Whatever flaws there were in the campaign, she won the vote.

Every time I look at "what happened" to the outcome, I keep bumping up against the FACT that we got fucked. We fought back as best we could, and we still got fucked. Trump is beyond being a "useful idiot" for Putin, he is a fucking Trojan Horse. The country got invaded, and Hillary and the rest of the Dems were the first casualties in the war. DU itself only survives because whoever took the site down was possibly only toying with us.

We were walking down the street on a sunny day going about our business when we were attacked. We got fucked.

THAT was "your and my role in getting here."

Like all survivors of assault, people here have good days and bad days, and some folks have been damn near suicidal. But we are survivors and we are hauling each other up as best we can, because of the magnitude of the work that must be done. What we don't need is any more of the blame that has been leveled at us as survivors, or the self-blame that comes with the territory. All evidence considered, more of it each day, indicates that the FACT that we got fucked over was not our fault.

At least they won't need health insurance then. Win-win! WinkyDink Mar 2017 #1
Yes, cut from the poor so Trump can eat a 10 million dollar dinner. infidelsavant Mar 2017 #2
Three weekends at Mar-a-Loco! Woo-hoo! Hekate Mar 2017 #19
Republicans have always done that. The aristocrats did terrible things to the poor and middle class caroldansen Mar 2017 #3
Don't forget the later years in America when Pinkerton Detectives Kittycow Mar 2017 #6
It was nice knowin' ya America. ... Kittycow Mar 2017 #4
All of those slackers vote Dem anyway TBA Mar 2017 #5
"smilies", marybourg Mar 2017 #11
Thanks! Marthe48 Mar 2017 #17
After 8 years, #WarOnthePoor makes a comeback :( Panich52 Mar 2017 #7
How did we get from "free college tuition" to taking meals from the disabled and elderly? nikibatts Mar 2017 #8
her emails mercuryblues Mar 2017 #10
and Benghazi baloney lunasun Mar 2017 #29
Benghazi. Emails. Comey. Putin. Assange. Etc. As for your final question, I hope you are kidding... Hekate Mar 2017 #27
Hekate mercuryblues Mar 2017 #47
Thank you so much. I've had it up to here with survivor's guilt ... Hekate Mar 2017 #49
A push against electing more of the same SticksnStones Mar 2017 #48
Her secret speeches to Goldman Sachs liquid diamond Mar 2017 #50
Yeah, many of us saw this coming.. that's why we knew how Cha Mar 2017 #9
But there will be military parades galore! Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #12
And he has the tailor picked out! jmowreader Mar 2017 #39
Touche'! Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #40
How much worse can it get? smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #13
when do the camps get constructed with the ovens? blue sky at night Mar 2017 #14
Well, that takes care of the food vs medicine choice mvd Mar 2017 #15
so the 1% can start hunger games Marthe48 Mar 2017 #16
They are ripping out bdamomma Mar 2017 #18
The gop is showing the world who they are. Ilsa Mar 2017 #20
they will pay attention when MFM008 Mar 2017 #35
I have a bunch of postcards to send. Stonepounder Mar 2017 #21
They know damnwell don't. Volaris Mar 2017 #23
If we starve the poor to death, at least they won't be a burden on the billionaires any more. tclambert Mar 2017 #22
What are they trying to do? bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #24
What do they think is going to happen to all these people? procon Mar 2017 #25
yes MFM008 Mar 2017 #36
They seem to be directly attacking the peoiple who voted against them. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #26
yes cant help but notice lunasun Mar 2017 #30
Satire is reality. Marcuse Mar 2017 #28
WWJD? dchill Mar 2017 #31
What Would Jared Do? FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #32
What's the price of tea... in China? dchill Mar 2017 #33
Matthew 25:34-40 FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #38
"take your inheritance..." dchill Mar 2017 #45
Following the hertigage foundation plan ...The wet dream of beachbum bob Mar 2017 #34
What's gonna happen when you have a Republican president, congress and senate? LisaL Mar 2017 #37
Yup... the very worst that could happen C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #53
how is this going to balance the budget? Betty Mar 2017 #41
Absolutely right! FiveGoodMen Mar 2017 #54
So when do we break out the pitchforks and torches? Initech Mar 2017 #42
Ah but this will free them from 'dependency!' Heck, when they are kicked PatrickforO Mar 2017 #43
This puts everyone at risk. These sick bastards think they will sit it out behind security gates and 58Sunliner Mar 2017 #44
Reminds me of when fucking reagan tried to convince America that ketchup was a vegetable. calimary Mar 2017 #46
Hey . . . someone has to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy. Vinca Mar 2017 #51
Trump's plan is to kill off millions by lack of food and health care. It's 1000% obvious what RKP5637 Mar 2017 #52
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