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MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
39. Never mind.
Wed May 10, 2017, 06:43 PM
May 2017

I've been reading more about this particular issue and I think I understand the problem better now.

I've got some thinking to do.

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Yeah, all of that over a mayoral race while ignoring Ossoff's race for an immediate House seat. brush May 2017 #1
Also making something a national discussion La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #8
Yes. Created move division within the party...pro-choice v pro-life... brush May 2017 #9
It almost seems calculated to turn some against women's rights at a point where it's been bettyellen May 2017 #13
I didn't want to say that since some are so sensitive about a certain someone... brush May 2017 #19
It feels like nothing more than spitefulness towards women. It's idiotic. bettyellen May 2017 #21
your words are inspiring...yes! frankieallen May 2017 #47
No kidding Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #30
Exactly, the US House seat. brush May 2017 #48
Care to elaborate? redgreenandblue May 2017 #2
We're going to lose again in 2018, aren't we? Ace Rothstein May 2017 #3
If we decide that white male economics WhiteTara May 2017 #4
As long as we think catering to trump voters and trying to win them back La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #7
+1 n/t. okieinpain May 2017 #27
If we run on the idea that ownership of one's own body is not all that important, yes we will. Squinch May 2017 #32
Possibly he just ran a bad campaign? delisen May 2017 #5
The Dem Party Needs To Get It Right Me. May 2017 #6
That's a absurd argument. progressoid May 2017 #10
What argument? That he lost? That he shouldn't have been propped up La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #11
Never mind. progressoid May 2017 #12
I think it's an important discussion about what our "outreach" bettyellen May 2017 #15
Wrong -- once again, women's rights and concerns are handwaved away obamanut2012 May 2017 #17
Not handwaved away. progressoid May 2017 #44
What an adorable allegation! LanternWaste May 2017 #20
Because after the general election women don't need to talk about their rights anymore? JTFrog May 2017 #22
That's exactly what I didn't say. progressoid May 2017 #40
Strawman much? JTFrog May 2017 #42
Casey and Donnelly are both up for re-election in 2018 progressoid May 2017 #46
Really? You feel the rights of women are "tedious"? Good to know. Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #28
Also, not what I said. progressoid May 2017 #41
Yeah, your condescending dismissal of our concerns about our human rights as "general bickering" is JTFrog May 2017 #43
Again, not what I said. progressoid May 2017 #45
If that's true, you should probably stick to the subject of the o.p., which was not about..... Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #49
100% this -- women are always less important than white men obamanut2012 May 2017 #14
Abstract thought was never George Bush's strong suit either. DefenseLawyer May 2017 #16
There were two candidates Bettie May 2017 #18
its been a winning strategy plenty of times for dems, supposedly. But this one is worth mentioning JCanete May 2017 #23
Because a pro-choice candidate would have done better in Nebraska somehow? NickB79 May 2017 #24
Guess the Republican is a lot better then. alarimer May 2017 #25
"only the choice issue" JTFrog May 2017 #26
I guess revolution wasn't a winning strategy .... Fresh_Start May 2017 #29
Wait...you mean his saying that half the population don't own their own bodies DIDN'T get him votes? Squinch May 2017 #31
We won civil rights when we still had the southern segrgationists tirebiter May 2017 #33
Nope. Just wondering why purity sometimes La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #34
I don't understand. MGKrebs May 2017 #35
No, but he could try not pretending that abandoning women's rights La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #36
You don't think Bernie believes in Choice? MGKrebs May 2017 #37
Did I say that? When people can't defend their choices they deflect La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #38
Never mind. MGKrebs May 2017 #39
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