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Willie Pep

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11. It is easy to be a political gadfly when you are rich.

Reply to DanTex (Original post)

Sat Dec 2, 2017, 04:19 AM

Dec 2017

Sarandon, like Stein, is a political gadfly. For them politics is just a way to ego trip. They don't understand or care that political outcomes can be very, very serious for most people, especially the most vulnerable people. Elections have consequences. I tried explaining this to many left-wing "never Hillary" types but I just got called a shill and a promoter of lesser evil-ism.

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Looks like Susan Sarandon is gonna get her tax cut... [View all] DanTex Dec 2017 OP

I would hope if nothing else that no one should ever be fooled again by these self-promoting frauds still_one Dec 2017 #1

That is the truth. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #2

I'm honestly not so sure Nevernose Dec 2017 #3

I don't agree. Every one of them are attention seekers. They knew perfectly well that trump was a still_one Dec 2017 #4

So they're just colossally stupid, then? WinkyDink Dec 2017 #15

Simpleton Sarandon isn't as clueless as she pretends. nt oasis Dec 2017 #5

she is getting exactly what she wanted with the republican tax plan JI7 Dec 2017 #8

Her plan all along no doubt workinclasszero Dec 2017 #10

But wait...Trump's election was supposed to bring about "the revolution" quicker, right? Tarheel_Dem Dec 2017 #6

Don't we all find this revolting? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 #7

Oh, this tax bill is a revolution, all right. But the 1% own all the WinkyDink Dec 2017 #16

Thanks to posts like this... tonedevil Dec 2017 #9

Tell it to Bernie - he made her a campaign surrogate Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2017 #14

DU affects TV programming? Who knew?! WinkyDink Dec 2017 #17

It is easy to be a political gadfly when you are rich. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #11

+1 oasis Dec 2017 #12

K&R betsuni Dec 2017 #13