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Skittles

(152,964 posts)
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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 04:55 PM
Sep 2017

General disgust at the opportunism displayed when someone becomes a (D) ONLY when it is convenient.

Auto trash by keyword works well for me. Kaleva Sep 2017 #1
I've used more of a "ignore this amnesiac" approach, which has quieted down much ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #4
I've done that since DU came back up after the election Warpy Sep 2017 #15
a good rule ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #17
Apparently there's a lot of Hillary vs. Bernie fighting going on Kaleva Sep 2017 #78
What is FFR and PPR? NT EllieBC Sep 2017 #107
Flagged for Review and Posting Privileges Revoked Warpy Sep 2017 #108
Thanks! EllieBC Sep 2017 #109
Yes it does work rather well tymorial Sep 2017 #51
The memory will come back if a certain someone thinks he'll get to run as... brush Sep 2017 #98
+1000 stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #116
Thank You! Leith Sep 2017 #2
Those are the only two explanations I can think of ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #3
3) Skittles Sep 2017 #10
the point is proven ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #16
you are not fooling anyone Skittles Sep 2017 #23
Would you have preferred he run as an independent in the general? tomp Sep 2017 #114
Yep N/T tiredtoo Sep 2017 #55
THIS! bettyellen Sep 2017 #27
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### NurseJackie Sep 2017 #31
Only when convenient CherokeeFiddle Sep 2017 #61
Tribalism. snort Sep 2017 #93
I'm Not Any More Enlightened Than Anyone Else Here Leith Sep 2017 #106
Well said Catch2.2 Sep 2017 #95
If you don't properly understand the issue, just come out and say so... Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #5
I think I more than understand it ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #7
Unlike you, I do not lounge in its cushions. Jim Lane Sep 2017 #42
How very...poetic NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #129
. Lisa0825 Sep 2017 #6
I soooo agree with you world wide wally Sep 2017 #13
+1000 onecaliberal Sep 2017 #74
I agree... yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #103
LOL Skittles Sep 2017 #8
LOL ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #9
No, but the ones he is referring to can't figure it out. LOL. n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #35
We've forgotten about all those attack ads Bernie ran about Hillary's emails. Jim Lane Sep 2017 #44
It was a primary, they aren't supposed to be nicey nicey CherokeeFiddle Sep 2017 #62
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brilliant ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #130
I gently suggest, you listen to his comments about the Democratic Party on the Sunday shows. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #11
I would say this, I saw the Connecticut Yankee Post and for you to use this is really a horrible Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #12
Well, you know, there IS precedent DFW Sep 2017 #36
Accidental or unconscious, it is indeed in bad taste. Decency would indicate a self-delete. ucrdem Sep 2017 #105
You ask much. n/t DFW Sep 2017 #112
It makes me sick that another DUer would do this to one of our own...use her Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #117
I was more than a little blown off my seat, too. DFW Sep 2017 #128
Or they're paid disruptors. They were used very effectively by Russian intel in 2016 Arazi Sep 2017 #14
Bingo! FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #20
That's really the only explanation. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #24
I respectfully disagree. I apply Hanlon's Law. Jim Lane Sep 2017 #45
This. Dave Starsky Sep 2017 #26
You mean like creating this thread? yardwork Sep 2017 #64
People at TYT also remind people of it all the time. I see that you like them a lot. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #18
Dear god, when will people figure this shit OUT! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #29
All that unity! Ooooh... it tingles me! NurseJackie Sep 2017 #30
Today's fact? MFM008 Sep 2017 #125
That certain Senator probably awakes with the very same gobsmacked reaction! "WTH am I not a WinkyDink Sep 2017 #19
This made me laugh ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #33
Have you tried asking Bernie? beastie boy Sep 2017 #21
Which is more important, FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #22
Yup, when it comes to his voting record TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #79
I really don't give a shit what letter follows his name. Mr. Evil Sep 2017 #25
I like Bernie as a guy and as a progressive packman Sep 2017 #32
Divide and conquer is what the republicans and russians want. You are playing into it. mucifer Sep 2017 #34
Yes, fighting against the dividers ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #37
Huh? I'm saying we should work together for common goals. The democrats, the democratic socialists mucifer Sep 2017 #88
LOL!!! NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #38
Not so funny, Nance. If only Ralph Nader HAD RUN and lost as a Dem in the 2000 primary vkkv Sep 2017 #56
Which has what to do ... NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #68
""had Bernie run as an independent, there wouldn't have been the huge rallies and the media vkkv Sep 2017 #72
Yes, I DO know that. NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #77
Sanders also helps the Democratic party ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #59
Good points. nt vkkv Sep 2017 #63
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The Democratic Party was already behind progressive policies mcar Sep 2017 #84
He's the "leader" of the party, according to some mcar Sep 2017 #67
Thanks professor LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #39
"the rest of us don't actually give a shit" left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #40
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Bernie was NEVER a D Omaha Steve Sep 2017 #53
Because he said he was. lapucelle Sep 2017 #71
Be sure EVERY single time some DUer says he was never a D you post this Omaha Steve Sep 2017 #80
He told Chris Hayes in May 2017 that he is no longer a Democrat. lapucelle Sep 2017 #85
But then again his campaign told Bloomberg News lapucelle Sep 2017 #86
And then he told Chuck Todd yesterday that he is both lapucelle Sep 2017 #87
A Democratic Socialist with an Independent streak caucuses with Ds Omaha Steve Sep 2017 #89
He forgot the "democratic socialist" part lapucelle Sep 2017 #94
See below Omaha Steve Sep 2017 #96
You remembered it. lapucelle Sep 2017 #100
I think I figured it out. lapucelle Sep 2017 #91
He declared as a Democrat on an FEC lapucelle Sep 2017 #73
He also said the same thing to George Stephanopolis lapucelle Sep 2017 #75
Thanks for eliciting another manifestation of the circular firing squad Blue Ridge Virginia Sep 2017 #43
Up until Bernie MuseRider Sep 2017 #54
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Amen. BlueWI Sep 2017 #83
Double Amen eom Arazi Sep 2017 #97
He was mean to Sec. Clinton. Iggo Sep 2017 #46
Funny! But true.. the primarys ARE OVER! We have more important things to AGREE on and vkkv Sep 2017 #48
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True dat and a major source of current discord Arazi Sep 2017 #99
Здравствуйте George II Sep 2017 #104
Why are you so worried about... Podkayne K Sep 2017 #47
Short term memory problems? Blame it on the Kush consumed by DU members. alfredo Sep 2017 #49
Smarmy much? Scurrilous Sep 2017 #52
More like total amnesia. democratisphere Sep 2017 #57
Maybe Democrats would not have put forward a single payer health applegrove Sep 2017 #58
he's just a minor leader heaven05 Sep 2017 #60
I will second all that you said. A Rec isn't enough to show my appreciation. Curmudgeoness Sep 2017 #69
I don't give a damn what Sanders calls himself. NYC Liberal Sep 2017 #81
Oh Brother! ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #123
That is how I saw it, see it. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #132
A couple of things about what you said: George II Sep 2017 #133
Great post Gothmog Sep 2017 #134
To the max RandomAccess Sep 2017 #82
Thank you Professor. nt zentrum Sep 2017 #90
Could it be because he's the loudest voice of a party he's not even a member of?! UTUSN Sep 2017 #92
Well, I don't give a shit that you don't give a shit .... Persondem Sep 2017 #101
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Sep 2017 #102
I like Bernie. chwaliszewski Sep 2017 #110
Teehee... a la izquierda Sep 2017 #111
yep Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #113
Yes! Raster Sep 2017 #115
Stop being so defensive. nt Trumpocalypse Sep 2017 #118
fuck putin...... stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #119
When will someone remind us Trump used to be a Democrat? IronLionZion Sep 2017 #120
Until he is tried, convicted and sentenced for the crime of primarying Clinton... Orsino Sep 2017 #121
K&R.. disillusioned73 Sep 2017 #122
Short term memory is effective for up to 10 minutes. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #124
Lots of passive agressive flamebaiting going on, too. ehrnst Sep 2017 #126
LOL flamingdem Sep 2017 #127
As I began to read this I thought not this shit again LostinRed Sep 2017 #131
A coping technique. They thought an orange, daughter lusting, sexually assaulting LittleBlue Sep 2017 #135
good advice ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #136
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