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59. You just had your proof in 2014 of what oligarchy yields

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 11:28 PM

Apr 2016

This party-brand shit has to go. Its serving as a cover for high-finance corporate politics.

Sanders is willing to support downticket progressives. His candidacy is based on the question of whether the Democratic Party will field such candidates instead of the lame corporatists they usually do. Its no different than the conditions Sanders has placed on support of Clinton is she gets the party nomination.

FWIW, BOTH parties obstruct what Americans want. That's why Dems went to the superdelegate system, to smother disloyalty to the party brand (policies and principles be damned). Just look at DWS: She is a creature created by the Third Way establishment who would feel right at home in the Bush-era Republican party. She even ran some far-right Republicans against Democrats in Florida in a program designed to "welcome" the Right into the Democratic party.

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Bernie supporters shower Hillary Clinton's motorcade with $1 dollar bills [View all] RATM435 Apr 2016 OP

gee those guys coulda given the $$ to downticket dems or homeless people. selfish act msongs Apr 2016 #1

That's where the money from the fundraiser goes. Top of the ticket shares the wealth. alfredo Apr 2016 #9

A few handfuls of ones turned out to be some great publicity. cprise Apr 2016 #11

No one should ever spend money for a political action. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #38

Shut off your internet, use the money you save to run a soup kitchen. Scootaloo Apr 2016 #69

And they picked every one of them back up again....How very satisfying pkdu Apr 2016 #2

The cost of the money bomb was $0, and they got a movie of it that will be used SDjack Apr 2016 #15

good thing the whiners about protests weren't around in the 60s roguevalley Apr 2016 #73

Sure thing skippy, it's playing 24/7 right now dontcha know. Er...not. pkdu Apr 2016 #76

Clinton Counting on Wins in New York FastLearner Apr 2016 #3

A couple of Park Avenue chums using the country for their schemes. cprise Apr 2016 #14

But if they had thrown a quarter million she'd have stopped. Gregorian Apr 2016 #4

^^ Funny ^^ chwaliszewski Apr 2016 #8

At this point, even a quarter million would be unlikely to... afertal Apr 2016 #40

Your venom reminds me of some tea bagger, but there were no misspelled words. alfredo Apr 2016 #45

oh snap. aren't you a piece of work roguevalley Apr 2016 #74

I do my best;) alfredo Apr 2016 #79

And given a speech. forest444 Apr 2016 #63

Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #5

Thespian, that's a nasty slander. I hope you're proud of yourself. Nitram Apr 2016 #7

Not to worry. George II Apr 2016 #12

And censorship reigns. Because that juried remark would have irreparably harmed Hillary Clinton... LS_Editor Apr 2016 #22

I'd respond with something pithy, but it's Sunday night and I have to rearrange my SOCK drawer. George II Apr 2016 #26

I wonder why you responded at all. LS_Editor Apr 2016 #47

Just to show us how little this means to him dflprincess Apr 2016 #57

I'll allow it. LS_Editor Apr 2016 #19

Well, isn't that nice. Nitram Apr 2016 #6

Yeah but very little goes to help down ticket candidates. alfredo Apr 2016 #10

Wrong. All that goes to Hillary is $5k per couple. That means $14.5 million will be going to pnwmom Apr 2016 #16

Downticket DINOs, you mean. cprise Apr 2016 #18

Downticket candidates in all 50 states. But you probably consider ALL Dems to be DINO's. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #20

Have another helping of 2014 mid-terms. cprise Apr 2016 #30

If Bernie is the nominee we can be certain of that. In Wisconsin, for example, pnwmom Apr 2016 #31

Ah, that's right, only the establishment is allowed to win Republican hearts and minds cprise Apr 2016 #36

Do you get it at all. That's what happens if down-ticket dems aren't supported brush Apr 2016 #53

You just had your proof in 2014 of what oligarchy yields cprise Apr 2016 #59

You're not making much sense brush Apr 2016 #65

Its was the Clintons that made a deal with Rs to privatize social security. cprise Apr 2016 #66

You're deflecting and changing the subject brush Apr 2016 #67

I gave you a concrete example. cprise Apr 2016 #68

No answer huh? brush Apr 2016 #71

Are you new to DU? Miss the whole Nader thing? cprise Apr 2016 #72

Midterms always suck for the party holding power. alfredo Apr 2016 #77

Name calling really advances you argument. alfredo Apr 2016 #29

LOL.. Did you even read the parent post? cprise Apr 2016 #37

yes alfredo Apr 2016 #48

Um, actually referring to other post calling Sanders supporters cprise Apr 2016 #52

That was uncalled for too. alfredo Apr 2016 #58

No. Really, DINO is a very apt term. Have a nice day. cprise Apr 2016 #60

Clooney is a Staunch Democrat, so is his dad. alfredo Apr 2016 #61

I was talking about Sanders supporters. He has only helping three candidates. alfredo Apr 2016 #35

keep going. your tears are delicious roguevalley Apr 2016 #75

Because it's SO TERRIBLE that she raised all that money for the 50 state parties. pnwmom Apr 2016 #13

Her wealthy donors are the creeps, not the least the corporate media. cprise Apr 2016 #17

State and local parties host fundraisers. To draw the deep pockets, they headline a big name. alfredo Apr 2016 #43

Mmmmmmmm! DEEP POCKETS!!! cprise Apr 2016 #50

Until we have public funding for elections, that's the way it is. alfredo Apr 2016 #78

So LeFleur1 Apr 2016 #64

How creepy is it that you mind went strait to the stripper analogy??? hueymahl Apr 2016 #21

It didn't. The analogy is being tweeted all over. pnwmom Apr 2016 #23

Yet you are the only poster that brought it up here. hueymahl Apr 2016 #25

So what? Millions of people saw this on MSNBC. pnwmom Apr 2016 #27

I think more likely 100's of thousands - this is MSNBC we are talking about! hueymahl Apr 2016 #39

So that's cool to you, throwing money a woman dem candidate like she's a stripper? brush Apr 2016 #55

This whole "stripper" meme is just the slander-of-the-day hueymahl Apr 2016 #56

Take it up with your fellow Bernie supporters leftofcool Apr 2016 #34

I am a supporter of the ultimate democratic nominee hueymahl Apr 2016 #41

Seems HRC supporters seem intent on making sexism stick even when there is none. PoliticalMalcontent Apr 2016 #54

I'm sorry, but I disagree. PoliticalMalcontent Apr 2016 #51

This reminded of a past action... SeattleVet Apr 2016 #24

They put in the bulletproof glass after that. bigmonkey Apr 2016 #32

Yes, that's the reason that the gallery is glassed in now. nt SeattleVet Apr 2016 #33

Ah, but that was the time when a dollar would buy you two subway rides and a slice of pizza beastie boy Apr 2016 #49

I love guerrilla theater. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #62

Real classy. Darb Apr 2016 #28

Whose silly idea was that? Jack Rabbit Apr 2016 #42

That's nothing. Bernie threw $140 million at Hillary in Wisconsin! beastie boy Apr 2016 #44

LOL fbc Apr 2016 #46

James Carville quote Geronimoe Apr 2016 #70