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murielm99

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13. I think that is true of many of the Bernie supporters.

Reply to phleshdef (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 09:43 PM

Sep 2017

They are new to politics and do not understand how things work. They have little understanding of the electoral process, and little understanding of how government works and how governing is accomplished.

I see a great deal of this at some of the meetings of the newer grassroots organizations. They need to educate themselves.

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Bernie was mean to Hillary and Hillary was mean to Bernie [View all] Chasstev365 Sep 2017 OP

I am going to trash Bernie threads....starting with this one Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #1

Why is this a "Bernie" thread? Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #4

rehashing the primary Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #5

I am point out how stupid some of these DU posts are by a determined few. Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #7

and they were both mean to Governor O'Malley. elleng Sep 2017 #2

LOL! NurseJackie Sep 2017 #9

And Obama was mean to Hillary. I was a Hillary supporter so I remember. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #19

Oh HA, I hassin bin sober SINCE THEN! elleng Sep 2017 #20

Don't you think we should hash it all out before the next election? In case applegrove Sep 2017 #3

Some establishment type? murielm99 Sep 2017 #12

I meant if the same problems come up it would be nice if we had dealt with them. applegrove Sep 2017 #14

The whole issue of trolls and bots murielm99 Sep 2017 #15

I agree. It would be nice if there was a verifiable ID online. I wish facebook applegrove Sep 2017 #16

Except there is little agreement of why we lost mythology Sep 2017 #17

Discussion of the 20 reasons why we lost will help. There are many reasons applegrove Sep 2017 #18

Ronald Reagan fucking hated GHWB, and vice versa. One pair joined forces leading to 3 GOP terms. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #6

Why is the world so cruel? Why? QC Sep 2017 #8

... beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #10

It's like people have never seen an election play out before? phleshdef Sep 2017 #11

I think that is true of many of the Bernie supporters. murielm99 Sep 2017 #13