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25. Rammed down whose throat?! My whole voting age family (mom, dad, two adult children)

Thu Jun 1, 2017, 08:10 PM

Jun 2017

started out supporting Sanders. I had voted for him for governor of Vermont when I lived there in 1976. We met him and had a nice chat when his book tour brought him to to our area in the late 1990s. But he lost us over time in the primary, and we voted for Clinton. We CHOSE her. The 2008 primary was a lot closer than the last one, and Clinton was a hell of a lot more gracious in defeat. (With none of her delegates acting like asses during Obama's historic moment at the Democratic convention.)

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Hey it's green party celebration day! They got their wish [View all] FSogol Jun 2017 OP

Stein MFM008 Jun 2017 #1

Today's Green Party is dangerous. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #2

All those fuckers should burn in hell. nt jrthin Jun 2017 #3

Will Oliver Stone address this? bhusar Jun 2017 #4

They need a name change. LisaM Jun 2017 #5

+1, rename to the Red Party, as a tribute to their true benefactors. R B Garr Jun 2017 #35

Love it. LisaM Jun 2017 #42

Cool! We've been calling it the Red House instead of the White House, too. R B Garr Jun 2017 #93

Yep shenmue Jun 2017 #76

ERFs Elitist Cha Jun 2017 #73

The far outs should be so proud 4now Jun 2017 #6

They campaigned on some sort of pro trotsky anti vax platform that appealed to disaffected The_Casual_Observer Jun 2017 #7

K&R Scurrilous Jun 2017 #8

Has the average American even heard of the Green Party? leftstreet Jun 2017 #9

Republicans get more for their money donating to Greens. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #10

with a special congratulations to authoritarian Sarandon. delisen Jun 2017 #11

Amazingly, she still has her vehement defenders that pop-in here. It's disgusting. NurseJackie Jun 2017 #12

yes, they come from beyond OKNancy Jun 2017 #13

At first, I thought the same thing. But I'm now noticing some high-count/long-term members... NurseJackie Jun 2017 #14

NurseJackie tiredtoo Jun 2017 #29

Catering to BOB/JPR types would make it worse, not better. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #34

not all members are BOB or JPR types. tiredtoo Jun 2017 #36

Nope, Bernie would not have won and it's easy to lay out why nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #48

and it would be easy to lay out why he would have but tiredtoo Jun 2017 #49

Yes. Thank you! NurseJackie Jun 2017 #71

LOL NurseJackie Jun 2017 #68

It is so much easier to take over and tear down what others have built than delisen Jun 2017 #101

Curious as to why you refer to her as an authoritarian. Marengo Jun 2017 #100

I think we should proceed with caution here jimlup Jun 2017 #15

How are they helpful? wildeyed Jun 2017 #17

Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #27

Sanders would have done worse than Hillary and it is easy to show how stevenleser Jun 2017 #32

Yes, it's very easy to show a counterfactual hypothetical that no one can disprove Jim Lane Jun 2017 #88

Agree completely. JudyM Jun 2017 #89

Except you are wrong. Its actually very easy to see as I just outlined. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #92

Nope, it's easy to see just how each did in the primary vs states in which Trump is or is not strong stevenleser Jun 2017 #91

Right, because the Democratic primary electorate is all that matters. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #94

Nope, all of those supposed advantages you think he would get are cancelled out by other factors stevenleser Jun 2017 #95

Your absolute certainty is certainly impressive. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #98

You forgot to mention GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #75

Your guy didn't even win the primary. Hillary won the popular vote by over three million. shenmue Jun 2017 #77

Your post perfectly proves my point. wildeyed Jun 2017 #83

Super delegates we're overrated. we had a primary and Democrats made a choice. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #86

Anyone who can't understand a "binary choice" should accept the hell they've help to cause. louis c Jun 2017 #20

Personally Lithos Jun 2017 #39

I can't wait until Jill tweets "Hillary would have done the same thing!" RhodeIslandOne Jun 2017 #16

Yeah, stein and sarandon sure sucked in those Cha Jun 2017 #72

Euro Greens are serious about governing, Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #18

So are European conservatives, all of whom endorse universal health coverage grantcart Jun 2017 #45

Certainly. Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #81

They have nice coloring books. For the children they have puppet shows grantcart Jun 2017 #82

LOL! Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #84

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yep tiredtoo Jun 2017 #24

Nope, not if simple Democratic principles of majority vote winning matters to you. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #30

"yep"? Cha Jun 2017 #74

Rammed down whose throat?! My whole voting age family (mom, dad, two adult children) deurbano Jun 2017 #25

For the BOB/JPR type of Sanders supporter, losing by 3-4 million votes equals being robbed. stevenleser Jun 2017 #31

++++ JHan Jun 2017 #59

I started out supporting Sen Sanders too musette_sf Jun 2017 #44

Hillary was Democratically nominated with millions of more votes than Sanders stevenleser Jun 2017 #26

lol speak for yourself. I also supported Sanders at first JHan Jun 2017 #57

The American people didn't elect Donald Trump, the electoral college did. And Sanders would have... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2017 #69

The Green Party completely knew & understood tRump's position on climate change & promises. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #21

I refer to the US Green Party as Latte Libertarians tenderfoot Jun 2017 #22

I refer to them as Russian tools Generic Brad Jun 2017 #38

all this ranting and raving makes me laugh tiredtoo Jun 2017 #23

Only chance I would laugh is if I had another planet to live on. stevenleser Jun 2017 #28

Here she is... SHRED Jun 2017 #33

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2017 #37

Its all part of the Green party plan it seems... workinclasszero Jun 2017 #40

Stein looks right at home there, doesn't she? NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #43

Yup workinclasszero Jun 2017 #46

We should definitely be condescending douchebags. That's the key to victory. DefenseLawyer Jun 2017 #41

If they enabled Trump, the narrative pretty much writes itself. Don't blame us. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #47

I will happily tell anyone who did not vote GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #79

What is your goal? To be right or to win elections? DefenseLawyer Jun 2017 #85

Your question is better asked of the folks who refused to vote for Hillary. nt stevenleser Jun 2017 #87

My goal is pretty clear GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #90

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3rd party green voters are sucked in by the lying assholes Cha Jun 2017 #70

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so you gave us Trump because Hillary had "way too much baggage"? Welcome to du uppityperson Jun 2017 #52

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ironic bigtree Jun 2017 #58

Covfefe indeed uppityperson Jun 2017 #61

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Make Covfefe Great Again! uppityperson Jun 2017 #67

Welcome to DU Hekate Jun 2017 #63

Speak for yourself please.. JHan Jun 2017 #65

Sanders couldn't beat Hillary bigtree Jun 2017 #55

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you're posting on a board which has exceptional unanimity bigtree Jun 2017 #64

Infighting? stein fucking LIES and we tell the truth.. Cha Jun 2017 #56

yeah, he totally would have, just like heath mello, quist, teachout La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #60

old enough to remember bigtree Jun 2017 #53

"Susan Sarandon compares Debra Messing to President Trump" Cha Jun 2017 #78

The Green party are not our allies. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #80

Boink Scurrilous Jun 2017 #96

Evil shit stains BainsBane Jun 2017 #97

I wonder if other candidates also received money from Putin. We'll eventually learn more... NurseJackie Jun 2017 #99