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In reply to the discussion: Go F*ck Yourselves: Bill Maher Goes Off on Liberal Purists Who Didnt Vote for Clinton [View all]Cha
(297,047 posts)220. No they don't give a shit if the Planet is going to hell.. it's
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Go F*ck Yourselves: Bill Maher Goes Off on Liberal Purists Who Didnt Vote for Clinton [View all]
RandySF
May 2017
OP
I'm a big proponent of Instant Runoff Voting, but I agree, until we get it, a third party
Jno_Gilmor_
May 2017
#61
Our Constitution doesn't allow coalition governments so all a 3rd party does
Fresh_Start
May 2017
#127
The way I like to put it is that the Greens want to be the lefty party in parliament...
JHB
May 2017
#86
Aye we are a two party system unless of course there is a constitutional amendment that bars
cstanleytech
May 2017
#203
I've been a yellow dog dem all of my life. Any dem over any repug, anytime!
demosincebirth
May 2017
#13
Amen, Freddie. Since 1968 I vote left in the primaries and for the DEMOCRAT thereafter...
Hekate
May 2017
#19
Yeah me too. If your Dem primary choice doesn't get to go to the big dance....
Bengus81
May 2017
#89
STEIN TOOK VOTES FROM KEY STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU TELL 'EM BILL! For those of you
Upthevibe
May 2017
#44
You wrote this: "He also doth protest too much if he says his comments are only comedy."
oberliner
May 2017
#255
I can empathize with your desire to minimize and trivialize the accuracy of satire.
LanternWaste
May 2017
#249
Shoot, if all you wanted was empathy for being wrong we could have cut this convo short. nt
stevenleser
May 2017
#262
If the youth are getting their political analysis from comedians than we are in trouble
oberliner
May 2017
#245
If you did not vote at all you are to blame just as much as if you voted for tRump!
BigmanPigman
May 2017
#17
Well they can sit home knowing if they get sick or have an accident as my cousing did,
Demsrule86
May 2017
#71
Thanks for the link, but Maher should have made a strong apology to Gore voters.
John1956PA
May 2017
#78
If anyone was advocating voting 3rd party or not voting for Hillary in the general, they were
Warren DeMontague
May 2017
#33
"Purism," I agree was a big problem, but I actually think apathy and disengament probably played a
Jno_Gilmor_
May 2017
#63
In this case with Trump's position, he was clearly the worst choice...and those who voted for him
Demsrule86
May 2017
#74
Anyone using "the lesser of two evils" in the last election is out of their minds, as Maher said.
betsuni
May 2017
#77
No we can fix this...our kids are counting on us...they want us demoralized but we will not be.
Demsrule86
May 2017
#123
Noam Chomsky was right, "Progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a bad mistake"
still_one
May 2017
#64
maher is 100% correct...those who wouldn't support the lesser of 2 evils GAVE AMERICA REAL EVIL
beachbum bob
May 2017
#69
In fact they were Trump supporters...and we saw Jilly all cozy with Putin...bet she took money from
Demsrule86
May 2017
#72
+1, I looked at that site the other day and they are pointing fingers at each other for
R B Garr
May 2017
#98
The fact is that the disloyal lefties had organized campaigns that promoted boycotting
R B Garr
May 2017
#111
There were 70,000 to 80,000 people who decided this election. It's obvious you're
R B Garr
May 2017
#154
I never understood why the "but but but others were also at fault" argument is ever taken seriously.
BzaDem
May 2017
#185
I wish the ones who "hang out" here would leave. Seriously... why are they here?
NurseJackie
May 2017
#91
An assertion that one can identify other parties with guilt does not make one innocent.
NNadir
May 2017
#170
I like the "organically grown cucumber." I'll steal that line. I have felt this way going back...
NNadir
May 2017
#113
It is magical thinking to conclude that progressives who didn't vote HRC are on our side
missingthebigdog
May 2017
#230
"It was appalling what that he implied Ivanka is sexually involved with her father."
LenaBaby61
May 2017
#148
Maher nailed it! It is time for the "purists" to own it then do something about it.
democratisphere
May 2017
#130
Just the other day I was arguing with someone... right HERE... who still believes that.
NurseJackie
May 2017
#167
Very few situations in life are black and white binary issues, this is one of them
Snake Plissken
May 2017
#181
" But really doesn't matter. And here's why. It doesn't matter which party occupies the presidency."
demosincebirth
May 2017
#187
That's a lie. As the article said, she expressed sympathy for millenials who still live with their
DanTex
May 2017
#204
Okay, so in going forward, because that's all we can do, what good is the blame game?
YOHABLO
May 2017
#208
Yeah, it's not as funny when you try to repeat someone else's joke that we have been discussing. nt
stevenleser
May 2017
#259
Or with the gearshift from a Corvair, since he endorsed Nader over Gore in 2000. n/t
John1956PA
May 2017
#260