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Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
16. Americans live in a fantasy world
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 06:07 PM
Apr 2015

They sit on the fat asses munching junk food filed with chemicals and hope a hero will fix everything.

They don't have the energy to march into Washington to demand change, to demand an end to TPP or the XL-Keystone Pipeline.

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They also have way too many women and minorities. lob1 Apr 2015 #1
Good Video, Love Liz and all that she stands for QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #31
So you support a corporatist.. Bohemianwriter Apr 2015 #58
+1000 Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #66
As I explain below, Warren is not running QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #68
To much diversity. It's a plot to discredit Hillary. Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #65
Yes, pretty bad Politicalboi Apr 2015 #2
Let me get this out of the way Manny, she's not running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Autumn Apr 2015 #3
Only one exclamation point in your title? MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #6
Drat it, I mess up and outed myself. Autumn Apr 2015 #7
No ones or tildes, either! Scootaloo Apr 2015 #12
It's hard to deny my Warrenista heritage. Autumn Apr 2015 #14
Elizabeth Warren may NEVER run for President of US QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #34
She's not running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Autumn Apr 2015 #36
Hell, the Democrats need a primary QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #42
Are you really, really sure??????????????????????????? LOL. It's a tough crowd around here. libdem4life Apr 2015 #72
Well it is subject to change. Liz wouldn't be the first to say she's not running and then run. Autumn Apr 2015 #73
i was just kidding...totally agree...She's Not Running, no way no how. She is so libdem4life Apr 2015 #74
I'd tell a friend if they had spinach in their teeth. AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #81
Which is why she's spent the last year and a half MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #38
Manny, I know your heart is in the right place QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #41
Only a battle-tested candidate who's withstood Bosnian sniper fire deserves to be President. n/t RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #45
Teabag talking point. Darb Apr 2015 #53
Oh. Hillary didn't totally fabricate a claim that MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #54
It apparently happened for real for sure progree Apr 2015 #57
Nice try. Have you ever seen the footage of her landing? RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #67
Yes, I've seen the video of her landing. She is lucky to be alive, and that's our good fortune too progree Apr 2015 #70
Feh... kenfrequed May 2015 #89
I was being utterly sarcastic in #70 progree May 2015 #90
Oh, sorry kenfrequed May 2015 #91
No problem. Although I might vote for Hillary .... progree May 2015 #92
Sorry about the ISIS thing MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #47
No Problem, you are a prolific poster and I know it is easy to get confused QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #50
Exactly, Manny. She's been campaigning like crazy across the country. hedda_foil Apr 2015 #55
They mention ideas that make the super rich uncomfortable! How dare they! whereisjustice Apr 2015 #4
We don't have a constitutional right to vote! Why are we even worried about this now! cascadiance Apr 2015 #5
Wow, what a terrible video!!!! haikugal Apr 2015 #8
Manny, Manny, how could you?!? RiverLover Apr 2015 #9
America needs some light to shine on your sick little bunch MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #10
I so enjoyed that. Thanks Manny, wonderful...n/t monmouth4 Apr 2015 #11
I love Spring Fairgo Apr 2015 #13
Hulk MAD at income inequality and banksters getting away with committing mortgage frauds!! Electric Monk Apr 2015 #15
respect to Mark Ruffalo!! bbgrunt Apr 2015 #20
Americans live in a fantasy world Geronimoe Apr 2015 #16
Marchers in Washington will just get kettled, tased, pepper-sprayed, shot with rubber bullets, djean111 Apr 2015 #46
Well... Bohemianwriter Apr 2015 #60
300000 people marched in New York calling for Climate Action RiverLover Apr 2015 #61
Oh, baby! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #17
Yes, it is possible to support Warren, not running, and Clinton, running, at the same time...try it...no pain at all. Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #18
The problem is that Clinton stands for nothing but power. onwardsand upwards Apr 2015 #30
Please do not demean Liz "even she bows to this kind of pressure." QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #39
I certainly didn't mean to demean her. onwardsand upwards Apr 2015 #83
Please understand this QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #84
Understood ... onwardsand upwards Apr 2015 #85
Hope springs eternal QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #86
Senator Warren would be embarrassed by your saying QuestionAlways Apr 2015 #87
We can all walk that path if we choose. onwardsand upwards Apr 2015 #88
All those words are wasted on the real person who needs to hear them. DeSwiss Apr 2015 #19
Love that video!!!! JDPriestly Apr 2015 #21
For shame! edgineered Apr 2015 #22
Done. I also said 3 Hail Marys to be 840high Apr 2015 #23
Was womdering when the "Hillary For Hire" gang was to show up... ProudProg2u Apr 2015 #24
Hooked another one, Manny. SwankyXomb Apr 2015 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Elmer S. E. Dump Apr 2015 #25
....rrrrrgggggggggaaaarrrrrrggghhhh... WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #26
Do you expect her to hold that seat for 47 years? nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #32
I expect nothing WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #40
More than four is likely, of course, MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #77
Obama kept the Bush tax cuts for the bottom 99%, and let them go up for the top 1% progree Apr 2015 #78
Should we also include changes to estate taxes MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #79
Yes, and we should look at 4 years of reduced taxes for working class folks under Obama progree Apr 2015 #80
That was a vicious and unnecessary attack on the 1% zeemike Apr 2015 #27
Curious, does she have anything to lose speaking out strongly against Wall Street and the like? AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #28
Campaign funds mostly. Fearless Apr 2015 #37
Well since she's not running for president it shouldn't hurt her then I would assume... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #51
She does need to maintain cash flow for the next senate race, the same as any senator. Fearless Apr 2015 #63
"banks are being bailed out while theyre crashing our economy" ErikJ Apr 2015 #29
Shame on those people! sadoldgirl Apr 2015 #33
I missed it.....Thanks for Posting and to RiverLover, also... KoKo Apr 2015 #43
Pathetic! I bet it wasn't even properly focus-grouped!! RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #44
Thanks for posting the video. Thespian2 Apr 2015 #48
Truly, she's not running, she's said it repeatedly & more & more, we need her desperately. mother earth Apr 2015 #49
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Apr 2015 #52
It's a good thing I'm used to you Flying Squirrel Apr 2015 #56
I don't see... Bohemianwriter Apr 2015 #59
This was a sarcastic OP. RiverLover Apr 2015 #62
Might I also humbly mention the Kennedy Family. They've gone on longer than the Bushes. libdem4life Apr 2015 #64
Yep, and Reagan was once a Democrat, and Michele Bachman actively campaigned for Jimmy Carter cascadiance Apr 2015 #69
I truly understand, I was President of the Whittier Young Republicans while still in high school. libdem4life Apr 2015 #71
And the only time I ever voted for a Republican was for Jon Anderson in 1980... cascadiance Apr 2015 #75
American politics...I had to scratch my head when I saw Jon Anderson...I think those were my libdem4life Apr 2015 #76
I'll wager that if she runs, and gets the nomination, then the full force of reality Darb Apr 2015 #82
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