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In reply to the discussion: Is it really "refighting the primaries" just to post the NAMES of last year's Dem candidates? [View all]Edit history
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Is it really "refighting the primaries" just to post the NAMES of last year's Dem candidates? [View all]
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
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No we don't. We had the platform we had an election. It is over. Time to look to the future. And
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#10
Are you saying it's "refighting" to suggest doing anything differently at all?
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#67
Yes, such discussions are used to re-fight the primary...move on and work for 18 and 20.
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#86
Hillary had the upper hand on the platform committee, as was appropriate under the circumstances
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2017
#34
The platform was almost exclusively Clintons. She is a terrific negotiator, hence what made her an
pirateshipdude
Jul 2017
#36
I hope I dont get in trouble for saying I not only agree with you but Hillary Rodham Clinton
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2017
#51
It's easy to read into statistics, numbers. Without factoring in that Sanders won almost exclusively
pirateshipdude
Jul 2017
#35
Those who are active in the primary process, caucuses included, are typically called "the base"
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2017
#38
Your post is not factually correct. Open primary allows anyone to vote. In rural red open areas,
pirateshipdude
Jul 2017
#39
You seem to make the assumption registered Independents are all to the left.
emulatorloo
Jul 2017
#58
"It's insulting for anyone to insinuate that caucus participants are in ANY way better..."
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2017
#50
Exactly right nurse...for all bitterness still...Hillary Clinton ran as president.
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#41
What is the point of mentioning them. Neither are running for anything and the primary is over...it
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#9
Not only do I still like Dean, I think the loss of Kerry was a huge loss for all of us.
pirateshipdude
Jul 2017
#43
Me too. I was a Deniac but strongly supported Kerry because ...listen up folks...he
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#88
It feels like a demand that we adopt Sanders positions as superior to Clinton positions,
pirateshipdude
Jul 2017
#31
refutation is fine. If you were just saying"here's where I disagree with you"
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#66
Also, it's not true to claim that I don't accept the result of the primaries.
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#76
Almost every time I start posting anywhere in GD, you show up and start derailing the thread
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#96
"GD belongs to all of is...it's just as much my place to post here as it is yours." Glad to hear it!
NurseJackie
Jul 2017
#109
Here is the thing. We lost the election, and I accept that. I don't want to rehash the loss...I
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#89
That is awesome! Congratulations. We need to consider new ideas that were not even
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#100
What the people who accuse me of that want is for nobody here to talk about ideas.
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#77
All that I'm saying is that we need to spend much more time being "for" than "against"
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#105
Oh great, another Lincoln Chafee post from Ken. Give it a rest, Chafee will never
FSogol
Jul 2017
#19
no, I've posted plenty of times I wish Sanders & Clinton had teamed up Pres & VP. But election is
Sunlei
Jul 2017
#23
LOL! If you believe that's the ONLY thing Dems do, then you're not paying attention.
NurseJackie
Jul 2017
#110
I didn't say it's the only thing ANY Dem does(I'm as much a Dem as you are, btw)
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#111
good to agree and I agree with you. I don't think the campaign, including the debates should have
Sunlei
Jul 2017
#107
You're creating flamebait by just mentioning "the primaries" in your title
SecularMotion
Jul 2017
#45
You want to discuss ideas from the primary and past election then implore people not to 'ignore or
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#90
i agree that cheating, Comey and the Russians made at least part of the difference.
Ken Burch
Jul 2017
#93
I am very concerned that Trump has basically given Putin the go ahead to keep it up at the
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#101
It really is. And now we know that his kid, Jared and Paul Manafort were discussing sanctions,
Demsrule86
Jul 2017
#106