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highprincipleswork

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25. I'm sorry for the personal. Not worthy. But here's the deal. You are arguing with me by bringing
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:36 PM
Jun 2016

up the lesser or smaller principle over and over again. For instance, what Bernie says or does about superdelegates. It's not really a huge or meaningful thing, because the rules will win out in the end. Even Hillary was criticized for her dealings with superdelegates in 2008, and the fact that she had superdelegates before anyone else was running has been roundly criticized now. and I think that does have good foundation, and a higher principle at stake. which is, what is the best way to select the best candidate? certainly not by giving one candidate a 400 delegate lead from the start. certainly not to count those votes before even the DNC says they are to be counted, which is at the convention.

try to win the logic game through higher principles, that would be my suggestion. that, at least, is the way I try to do and to promoote. obviously don't always succeed. higher principles yield higher results.

for all his faults, i believe bernie generally stays truer to higher principles than the Clintons pretty much every single time.

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Good question, actually. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #1
How is it sexist? highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #2
Bernie endorsed Obama before the convention in 2008 and called him the Nominee. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #9
He's a candidate now. Representing a whole lot of people, to whom he has a responsibility. There is highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #11
so he should change his principles because of people who gave him money? MariaThinks Jun 2016 #12
Just because your candidate has the lowest principles of just about anybody in politics, doesn't highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #17
i'm giving you facts and statements Bernie made. You're giving me right wing talking points. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #19
Some day you'll learn to think on your own without the birdseed you've been given by the mistaken highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #22
you attack personally, yet i wonder how quickly my posts would get hidden if i attacked you MariaThinks Jun 2016 #23
I'm sorry for the personal. Not worthy. But here's the deal. You are arguing with me by bringing highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #25
Wow! You really nail it here. longship Jun 2016 #36
thanks - that's a good reasonable argument. Wishing you the best. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #37
Thank you. And to you and to all of us as well. Be well. highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #38
NO analogy. elleng Jun 2016 #16
just like Bernie's superdelegates should not overrule voters 3 months ago - to his recent statement MariaThinks Jun 2016 #20
No analogy. elleng Jun 2016 #24
RIDICULOUS question. elleng Jun 2016 #13
Laughable question. Zen Democrat Jun 2016 #30
That's MSM fucked up logic. It's rampant here. floriduck Jun 2016 #3
Was it racist for Clinton to keep running against Obama in the primary'08?? Person 2713 Jun 2016 #4
She didn't. In a tighter race than today, she graciously accepted defeat and did what was best for MariaThinks Jun 2016 #10
No, she argued for Pledged delegates to switch to her. yodermon Jun 2016 #26
And ended up as SOS. Not a bad loss. libdem4life Jun 2016 #28
She bargained for SoS. Obama was set to pick Kerry, but she interrupted for 4 years. Zen Democrat Jun 2016 #31
I agree...except they were pretty heady years on the financial front. libdem4life Jun 2016 #33
Oh My pmorlan1 Jun 2016 #5
IMO its a stupid question. exisiting is not sexist. nt msongs Jun 2016 #6
Totally speechless. I feel for Bernie dealing with these reporters. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #7
It's sexist to treat men and women differently because of their gender. uppityperson Jun 2016 #8
What amazes me is that Bernie and his campaign seemed surprised... CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #14
What a disgusting person ... Trajan Jun 2016 #15
The question is sexist. (nt) enough Jun 2016 #18
That was a bad question. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #21
A woman reporter asks Bernie if he's sexist ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2016 #27
What was the answer?...only when a female wins? Ok for black guy... beachbumbob Jun 2016 #29
The Daily Caller? I thought you guys screamed at links to RW sites like that. Zen Democrat Jun 2016 #32
Only in carefully selected situations...that would be libdem4life Jun 2016 #34
Yamiche Alcindor should go back to writing cloudbase Jun 2016 #35
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