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MichMary

(1,714 posts)
33. Are you from an overwhelming
Sun Mar 18, 2018, 10:35 AM
Mar 2018

D district? If not, you will lose.

Think Conor Lamb should have told Trump voters they are scum? In that case, we would have Rep. Saccone in the House.

A vote is a vote, doesn't matter if it's from a "deplorable" or from a person of fine character.

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Why do you repeatedly post articles that are critical of Clinton and Democrats? George II Mar 2018 #1
If you think that's what I'm doing, then I cordially invite you to put me on ignore. DonViejo Mar 2018 #7
So I guess you're not going to answer. I don't "ignore", that's running from reality. George II Mar 2018 #8
I did answer you; it's not my fault you can't discern it. Please put me on ignore. DonViejo Mar 2018 #10
I can't discern it either. Please explain. lunamagica Mar 2018 #63
Time to put up or shut up George II... DonViejo Mar 2018 #118
Dick Durbin is a Democrat melman Mar 2018 #19
No one said it "shouldn't be reported" (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #41
Well that's where you're wrong melman Mar 2018 #44
Here we go again, where did "The poster was clearly saying it shouldn't be posted here"? George II Mar 2018 #46
What would you know? You're just the person who actually posted. ehrnst Mar 2018 #47
Indeed. George II Mar 2018 #48
What absolute nonsense melman Mar 2018 #100
Makes absolute sense. ehrnst Mar 2018 #102
Did you not indicate your displeasure in this being posted? melman Mar 2018 #101
Did I say it shouldn't have been posted? That's what you first claimed I did. I didn't. George II Mar 2018 #105
Is asking about the motives they have the same as saying that they should not post? ehrnst Mar 2018 #106
I have the same response for you and your allegations that I've provided to George II... DonViejo Mar 2018 #119
I made no allegations. I pointed out that George didn't say you shouldn't post something. ehrnst Mar 2018 #123
Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #125
??? ehrnst Mar 2018 #126
In what way do I "put up?" ehrnst Mar 2018 #133
Of course melman Mar 2018 #149
Your accusation doesn't stand up under that scrutiny. ehrnst Mar 2018 #150
Not an accusation melman Mar 2018 #151
Like I said, accusation. ehrnst Mar 2018 #155
Amazing how you can't let this go melman Mar 2018 #158
Amazing how you can't let this go ehrnst Mar 2018 #159
This is really getting sad now melman Mar 2018 #160
Isn't it? ehrnst Mar 2018 #161
Yeah it really is melman Mar 2018 #162
Facts are a thing with me. Always have been. ehrnst Mar 2018 #163
Okay melman Mar 2018 #164
Well, that's your opinion. ehrnst Mar 2018 #165
No it's not melman Mar 2018 #166
Keep on repeating that. ehrnst Mar 2018 #167
Who said I was bothered melman Mar 2018 #168
Your continued participation in this "ridiculous routine" ehrnst Mar 2018 #170
Nope melman Mar 2018 #173
Yep. It takes two to make a "routine." ehrnst Mar 2018 #175
The fact is that you twice claimed I said two specific things that I never said. George II Mar 2018 #182
This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #103
I too see a pattern FarPoint Mar 2018 #34
Where is the pattern? CentralMass Mar 2018 #81
My response to your visionary experience is... DonViejo Mar 2018 #120
Don Viejo posts many articles EVERY day about MANY, many topics. pangaia Mar 2018 #56
+1 SixString Mar 2018 #59
Agree DJ is a treasure. But lately the Hill has been spinning things in a way bettyellen Mar 2018 #88
Interesting. About the comments part pangaia Mar 2018 #93
There are RW efforts to blanket the Internet in bullshit, for sure. But Ive noticed lately the bettyellen Mar 2018 #94
You've noticed that, too? obamanut2012 Mar 2018 #60
The interview was eleven minutes long. George II Mar 2018 #64
I make it a habit to not watch Faux but dug up the link. CentralMass Mar 2018 #89
I already found the video (that's how I knew the interview was 11 minutes). It covered.... George II Mar 2018 #98
So, do you think it changes The intent of what was quoted? CentralMass Mar 2018 #99
For my response to you... DonViejo Mar 2018 #121
Because not to is sticking our heads in the sand question everything Mar 2018 #73
Dick Durbin is a tenured, respected Democrat who also happens to be our Senate Minority Whip CentralMass Mar 2018 #74
I think that you are mischaracterizing DonViejo's posts. CentralMass Mar 2018 #77
Should this just be a cheerleading forum where we post press releases from yurbud Mar 2018 #78
Durbin is a fine Democrat!!!! ollie10 Mar 2018 #127
How the bleep is she wrong? They voted for him right? nt BootinUp Mar 2018 #2
Even if she's right MichMary Mar 2018 #21
They wouldn't vote their mortal enemies The Wizard Mar 2018 #55
She was writing off entire sections of our country ollie10 Mar 2018 #80
She is a private citizen, unfettered and voicing an opinion BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #156
So you are saying we should write off WI and MI and PA? ollie10 Mar 2018 #171
Seriously...you can say that? BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #177
Not all people who voted for Trump are deplorables ollie10 Mar 2018 #183
But she didn't say that about them - she said it about the DT using that messaging ehrnst Mar 2018 #136
Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #138
Well, you have your mind made up, clearly. ehrnst Mar 2018 #140
LOL, Won't anyone think about the deplorables? FSogol Mar 2018 #144
Sorry Dick, Hillary is 100% correct comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #3
Well, exactly. LisaL Mar 2018 #11
And people who DO want to run again MichMary Mar 2018 #22
Republicans And Trump Supporters Are Scum PaulX2 Mar 2018 #30
Are you from an overwhelming MichMary Mar 2018 #33
Nonsense. mahina Mar 2018 #68
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. LisaL Mar 2018 #67
Who wants flies? GeorgeGist Mar 2018 #82
LOL!!! (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #132
Because many they talk to will have swallowed the misrepresentation of what she said. ehrnst Mar 2018 #157
You mean the ones who chanted "lock her up" Botany Mar 2018 #4
Deplorable Scum PaulX2 Mar 2018 #31
I was just on a short vacation in Western MD and I drove through S.W. PA Botany Mar 2018 #36
Some folks have more in common with them than others. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #104
Which folks? melman Mar 2018 #148
Exactly. LisaM Mar 2018 #52
Sorry Senator, Hillary was/is correct Va Lefty Mar 2018 #5
OH, NOES! Two democrats with different opinions! rgbecker Mar 2018 #6
Imagine THAT! elleng Mar 2018 #9
Time to pass the torch left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #12
Hillary got the votes of those with economic anxiety. ehrnst Mar 2018 #42
Dick, if you think we want their deplorable votes Mr. Ected Mar 2018 #13
The fact is we lost, despite a terrible Republican candidate with huge negatives. thesquanderer Mar 2018 #14
No, we do not need to reach out to these people Mr. Ected Mar 2018 #15
As far as we know, Russians influenced voters but did not change the tallies on the machines. thesquanderer Mar 2018 #37
It's absurd to think that Russsia interfiered, but didn't change the tallies in the machine lunamagica Mar 2018 #66
How would that be done...vote tallies? AncientGeezer Mar 2018 #107
How would I know? I'm not a Russian operative. It's just comming sense lunamagica Mar 2018 #110
Have a look at this article- How Hackers Broke Into U.S. Voting Machines in Less Than 2 Hours diva77 Mar 2018 #112
I meant alter the numbers in the machines, so that they differed from the votes that were cast. thesquanderer Mar 2018 #135
you did do that rockfordfile Mar 2018 #113
Of course influencing voters affects the vote. That was my point! thesquanderer Mar 2018 #131
Very much disagree. lark Mar 2018 #18
I know people who still defend their Trump vote, but not out of hate... thesquanderer Mar 2018 #39
They saw him as "flawed"? GMAB. The man embodies practically everything that is evil lunamagica Mar 2018 #69
re: "They all knew who they were voting for. " thesquanderer Mar 2018 #134
Yes, many were willing to ignore his racism because Democrats ehrnst Mar 2018 #143
No, we didn't "lose" WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2018 #20
That "antiquated method" MichMary Mar 2018 #29
We lost because people are afraid of the boogey man. nt BootinUp Mar 2018 #23
Yep. The Repukes create a boogeyman and Orange Free State Mar 2018 #72
I know of many that harbor those sentiments... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2018 #17
K&R. To re-use some very famous words... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #117
Outnumbering them nationally MichMary Mar 2018 #24
And who suggested we should shame the Trump voters for the midterms? Mr. Ected Mar 2018 #26
This thread is about Durbin MichMary Mar 2018 #28
Did anyone suggest to him that he say that? ehrnst Mar 2018 #43
It's pretty much implied here in this thread MichMary Mar 2018 #49
Where? ehrnst Mar 2018 #53
Here's one: MichMary Mar 2018 #75
OK. One. And that person is saying that IF THEY run for office ehrnst Mar 2018 #90
Of course you're right MichMary Mar 2018 #92
It doesn't seem that way to me. ehrnst Mar 2018 #96
HRC Steviehh Mar 2018 #16
AAAAAaaaaand???? n/t MichMary Mar 2018 #25
No cancer, though. ehrnst Mar 2018 #45
I'm curious why you posted completely wrong information here in this thread. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #50
You think? And you believe it is OK to spead rumors around? lunamagica Mar 2018 #70
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-injury-hospital-jodhpur-india/ George II Mar 2018 #84
She's not wrong, but she can't sell it. MissMillie Mar 2018 #27
Repuicans stole the election Cary Mar 2018 #32
"Republicans stole the election." LenaBaby61 Mar 2018 #108
She was going to win in a landslide had it not been for the bogus actions of James Comey. StevieM Mar 2018 #61
From the weenie who bawled on the senate floor and begged Bush to forgive him radliberal Mar 2018 #35
First of all, this is far from LBM. For the last week a lot of folks seem to be getting their still_one Mar 2018 #38
Yes, I'm curious why this is in LBN, too. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #51
That is why we read the national enquirer, inquiring minds want to know, no? still_one Mar 2018 #65
No, Dick, she wasn't. ehrnst Mar 2018 #40
Dick Durbin didn't learn much from the last presidential election WhiteTara Mar 2018 #54
Sen Durbin is wrong Gothmog Mar 2018 #57
Mostly interesting for the moving on aspect BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #58
Durbin was asked the question and the question was asked because Hillary recently commented on it. CentralMass Mar 2018 #91
I agree with Durbin! denvine Mar 2018 #62
That only makes sense. CentralMass Mar 2018 #79
She didn't say they were all deplorable. Just half. And she apologized and took it back. StevieM Mar 2018 #109
They have been after Hillary since she was First Lady! denvine Mar 2018 #115
Hillary was right lunamagica Mar 2018 #71
This is gonna be tough for the Glamrock Mar 2018 #76
You would think melman Mar 2018 #83
Ain't that the truth... Glamrock Mar 2018 #86
They are both right. Nitram Mar 2018 #85
I saw a CNN... Mike Nelson Mar 2018 #87
Hillary is running again?!?!?!? tavernier Mar 2018 #95
I know. And "neutralizing" HRC is so much more urgent than ehrnst Mar 2018 #97
And others think attacking Trump supporters is much more urgent than winning in 2020 ollie10 Mar 2018 #128
You mean.... what people here on DU say is SO influencial in elections... ehrnst Mar 2018 #129
If you want to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory..... ollie10 Mar 2018 #141
"make our past candidates god-heads" ehrnst Mar 2018 #145
So what mistakes do YOU think we should correct? ollie10 Mar 2018 #146
Are we still talking about Hillary's India speech? ehrnst Mar 2018 #147
It was an open ended question ollie10 Mar 2018 #153
My questions to you were not open ended. ehrnst Mar 2018 #154
OK. Have a good day ollie10 Mar 2018 #169
Thought so. Have a good day ehrnst Mar 2018 #172
+1000 stranger81 Mar 2018 #180
when the right wing tosses insults DonCoquixote Mar 2018 #111
Would really appreciate a link to the Clinton speech Durbin was asked about greatlaurel Mar 2018 #114
Sorry shellyleit Mar 2018 #116
Here you go: ehrnst Mar 2018 #130
Thanks, I was looking for a transcript of the entire speech. I found the video at India Today greatlaurel Mar 2018 #137
It's called "the Clinton Rules" in media... ehrnst Mar 2018 #139
Exactly. greatlaurel Mar 2018 #142
Maybe not helpful, but certainly not wrong. n/t Orsino Mar 2018 #122
This is the "old guard" mentality, that running Republican Lite campaigns will win the elections Tarc Mar 2018 #124
Dude. Can be confusing when it drifts to Latest Threads Jakes Progress Mar 2018 #152
It's the Latest Breaking News Forum. SixString Mar 2018 #176
The idea that a candidate can call millions of voters deplorable is astonishing. jalan48 Mar 2018 #174
Those f....king deplorable morons we're never going to vote Dem. BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #178
In HRC's speech at the India Today Conclave 2018. she did not use the word deplorable once. greatlaurel Mar 2018 #179
Calling people names is not an effective political strategy IMHO jalan48 Mar 2018 #181
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