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Hortensis

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13. When was this call to action and when was this war you presumably fought and lost?

Thu Sep 21, 2017, 07:07 PM

Sep 2017

The one I missed?

I do not accept this kind of undermining defeatism, and profound disrespect for and trashing of all we are and have, as insidious propaganda from Russians or billionaire fascists, and it's no more possible to "respect" when posted by members here. Or accept excuses that it was actually a call to suddenly "wake up" and engage in a pointless fight for what you've said was lost long ago.

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Count The Provisional Ballots & Hillary Won By Any Stretch Of The Imaginations. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Sep 2017 OP

Between voter purges, hacked voter rolls and voter suppression tactics, she lost millions of votes. LonePirate Sep 2017 #1

THIS!! and its funny that all the states she was projected to win by higher margin were voter ... uponit7771 Sep 2017 #4

Excellent points. arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #7

Yup. Repubs simply can't win by the popular, or even honest, vote anymore. Hortensis Sep 2017 #2

That's the net result in a banana republic. arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #8

We're not a banana republic (!), but all the rotten-banana state and county governments Hortensis Sep 2017 #9

Respectfully, i disagree. You can't call yourselves a democracy when the majority arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #10

Not so respectfully, who fights to save a banana republic? Hortensis Sep 2017 #11

I was speaking respectfully, your dismissiveness of such noted. If reality demoralizes, arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #12

When was this call to action and when was this war you presumably fought and lost? Hortensis Sep 2017 #13

No where in my post did I say I fought in some kind arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #15

Nor does contempt start overnight for Democrats and our democratic republic that is Hortensis Sep 2017 #20

any insults I level are always at the party deserved, the repigs. arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #23

I need to add mate, those not immobilized are the Indivisible, arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #26

Who fights to save a banana Republic? That would be it's owners. hedda_foil Sep 2017 #24

Yep, and who gave them the crown you lost lives fighting against? arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #28

Haven't been able to since Reagan drmeow Sep 2017 #14

The free hand of the marketplace of ideas... Beartracks Sep 2017 #30

I thought provisional ballets get counted by default in all states? thx in advance uponit7771 Sep 2017 #3

NO.... the voter has to jump through hoops to prove he's eligible to vote, then it's counted groundloop Sep 2017 #22

so the DNC should be counting the number of provisional ballots in every election in voter suppressi uponit7771 Sep 2017 #27

Madam President! samnsara Sep 2017 #5

get ready for more of the same in 2018 and 2020 0rganism Sep 2017 #6

Unless things radically change, sadly you may be all too right. arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #16

And therein lies the problem world wide wally Sep 2017 #21

One answer is according to the way provisional ballots work the dem candidate shouldn't say uponit7771 Sep 2017 #29

You don't even need to count the provisional ballots to arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #17

I am so tired of hearing how Trump won edhopper Sep 2017 #18

The United States is more progressive and liberal than the representation would like to pretend. .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #19

In a practical sense, we're NOT progressive or liberal when we continue to let monsters rule us FiveGoodMen Sep 2017 #31

An evidence free post mythology Sep 2017 #25