2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

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107. The source doesn't matter. They didn't tell her what to say.

Reply to synergie (Reply #98)

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 12:39 AM

Jan 2016

We have already proved that HRC isn't the only Dem who can win.

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"Hillary Clinton Is Not The Second Coming Of Harriet Tubman!" Leslie Wimes [View all] pocoloco Jan 2016 OP

Well that was a ridiculous unhinged rant. synergie Jan 2016 #1

You know, it's so hard to keep up with the rules. jeff47 Jan 2016 #4

Um, I was referring to the rather nonsensical and unhinged rant of the author of the article, synergie Jan 2016 #8

And when people said the same thing about some of what BLM protesters said jeff47 Jan 2016 #10

Ah, so you've decided that the tu quoque fallacy somehow supports you here? synergie Jan 2016 #58

Do you need another shovel? Your previous one seems to be getting dull. jeff47 Jan 2016 #60

Keep it, you and your friends seem to be enjoying digging yourself in deeper. synergie Jan 2016 #121

its only ridiculous because it rips the mask off HRC and BC. Listen to what she said roguevalley Jan 2016 #61

Yeah, you might want to look up the source and the commenter, just because the synergie Jan 2016 #99

You're really calling her "this crazy ranting lady" ? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #62

Can you imagine if a Sanders Supporter used that kind of nasty language about Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #84

They're actually accusing this proud, educated, liberal Democratic leader of being mentally ill. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #88

Well, if anyone here was an educated Democratic leader, then perhaps they synergie Jan 2016 #98

The source doesn't matter. They didn't tell her what to say. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #107

apparently you're not educated. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #114

You mean, she doesn't "know her place"? n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #116

I know, isn't it fucking unbelievable? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #117

The worst part is when they throw you under the bus just as the wheels come off. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #120

They certainly do, do you need assistnce with that bus of yours with all those lost wheels? synergie Jan 2016 #126

Apparently the great white liberal thinks I don't know my place and should synergie Jan 2016 #124

Apparently you're fond of projecting, and aren't you the ones telling us all synergie Jan 2016 #123

The source does actually matter, and just because she trashes someone you don't like synergie Jan 2016 #119

You can't point to anything in her piece that isn't true. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #122

And waste perfectly good time and energy on folks whose knee jerk reaction is racist synergie Jan 2016 #127

Simply calling it an unhinged rant is not a rebuttal. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #136

It is pretty racist to try to dictate to me how I am allowed to express my synergie Jan 2016 #141

1. Nobody actually knew your race, or told you how to express your opinion. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #143

Who cares where it was posted? Are Democrats no longer Democrats because of where they're published? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #140

From the content of the GD-P, nasty language is pretty much the currency of the Bernie supporters. synergie Jan 2016 #102

if what is an actual thing? Both the person in question and you, presumably, exist. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #111

Where did I make or imply any such thing? I said this lady was unhinged and ranting and I stand synergie Jan 2016 #115

BOOM!!! jfern Jan 2016 #142

So you don't know what irony is, and you've done as little homework on that synergie Jan 2016 #100

There was nothing unhinged about the article. cali Jan 2016 #11

The author you keep calling unhinged is president of the Democratic African American Women Caucus. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #14

And of course you actually looked up the organization to see that it was legitimate, right? synergie Jan 2016 #103

The Democratic African American Womens Caucus absolutely is an existing organization. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #113

I suspect that many of you assumptions are incorrect, rather often. synergie Jan 2016 #118

It's "an existing organization" founded by none other than Leslie Wimes 15 months ago. Tanuki Jan 2016 #144

The BLM "leaders" who forced Sanders offstage in Seattle put their group together the previous DAY. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #145

Now you're calling her a RACIST? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #139

er funny as jeff was defending the op DonCoquixote Jan 2016 #22

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, I attacked the unhinged rant, you supplied the racism, synergie Jan 2016 #104

supplied it? DonCoquixote Jan 2016 #130

Actually it's pretty racist to insist that any act of criticism of someone who happens to be synergie Jan 2016 #132

misogynist? DonCoquixote Jan 2016 #134

FUCK the cult bullshit will you please? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #31

No thank you, your cultishness is nothing I have any interest in, and perhaps if you'd stop synergie Jan 2016 #105

Very Ignorant retort! The Poster Makes The MOST Solid of Points. Simple and Correct! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #6

Yes, pretty much any and all Clinton bashing is "simple and correct" no matter how synergie Jan 2016 #108

Where was the racism in this? Ken Burch Jan 2016 #125

"ridiculous unhinged rant" ... by a perfectly calm and respectful poster. Not. libdem4life Jan 2016 #18

Gee, that's not hypocritical at all, right? or do only those opinions of poeple who echo your bias synergie Jan 2016 #128

Oh, Please. libdem4life Jan 2016 #129

I liked it. nt artislife Jan 2016 #33

I didn't see anything particularly untrue in it. Gene Debs Jan 2016 #63

'unhinged' was last week. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #83

LOL snagglepuss Jan 2016 #92

No it isn't. MrMickeysMom Jan 2016 #93

Well, she has a point. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #2

Wow! Fantastic article! peacebird Jan 2016 #3

She speaks for this black man ejbr Jan 2016 #5

Who said she is? mcar Jan 2016 #7

Clearly, when any unhinged person decides to say anyting against Hillary, it is gospel truth. synergie Jan 2016 #9

Who the Hell are you to decide if someone is mentally ill? cali Jan 2016 #12

She's pretty hysterical and as a literate, intelligent person not blinde by synergie Jan 2016 #109

Wow, keep blowing that whistle harder... intersectionality Jan 2016 #147

Because a registered nurse who founded a 75,000-member women's group is unhinged. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #16

Well.. if that doesn't prove her/his point... artislife Jan 2016 #36

Yes: they think supporting a non-establishment candidate is unhinged. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #45

I am crazy...for Bernie! nt artislife Jan 2016 #57

where did anyone but you Bernie guys say anything even remotely like that? synergie Jan 2016 #112

Wow, talk about twisting and turning, what issue do you imagine that to be? synergie Jan 2016 #110

I said the rant was unhinged, and it is. synergie Jan 2016 #106

Are you sure she was an RN? The Florida Department of Health website doesn't show anyone Tanuki Jan 2016 #146

We get your Victim Status..."sit back and shut up" no one else has ever said, to my knowledge. libdem4life Jan 2016 #21

Zing! artislife Jan 2016 #37

"sheer insanity"... Hyperbole much? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #32

I've never heard anyone say that KingFlorez Jan 2016 #13

Is Google not working for you today? Fawke Em Jan 2016 #17

That was a rhetorical question KingFlorez Jan 2016 #23

That was rhetorical, too. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #25

Clinton has never said she was a savior KingFlorez Jan 2016 #28

What are you even aruguing? artislife Jan 2016 #42

Exactly - creating a straw person BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #39

You might want to check out Post #9. Seems it cuts both ways, which is unfortunate libdem4life Jan 2016 #43

Well - I did check it out, but BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #46

It's a Straw Issue...what if...make believe...etc. I don't get into personalities, sorry. libdem4life Jan 2016 #51

Uh - OK, I think. BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #52

Peace. libdem4life Jan 2016 #56

K&R 99Forever Jan 2016 #15

Some reflection on this could be very good. highprincipleswork Jan 2016 #19

Very, very good article. kath Jan 2016 #20

how dare the mother of Trayvon Martin, the family of Jordan Davis, and the family of Eric Garner dsc Jan 2016 #24

A thinking person. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #48

given that their sons had a good chance of going to jail because of hill and bill ideas and roguevalley Jan 2016 #64

When the family of Emmet Till was added to her rant, I placed her oasis Jan 2016 #137

"Promotes positivity by and for women." uberblonde Jan 2016 #71

Was she pretending to be? MineralMan Jan 2016 #26

It's a comparative observation like 'Sanders is no Obama' whatchamacallit Jan 2016 #66

OK, so has anyone actually compared Hillary to MineralMan Jan 2016 #72

No one had to LiteralMan whatchamacallit Jan 2016 #74

So, the answer is nobody. Just as I thought. MineralMan Jan 2016 #75

Eh... the author of the piece linked in the OP made it up whatchamacallit Jan 2016 #76

My first reply was to the OP. MineralMan Jan 2016 #95

They're going to just make shit up now, the reports on HRC's 3rd arm are coming this week uponit7771 Jan 2016 #80

I read a book about Harriet Tubman with my child. Now there is a woman that other women can be Skwmom Jan 2016 #27

When your opinion starts as stupid as "Clinton's not 2nd coming Harriet Tubman" KittyWampus Jan 2016 #29

It is also good to remember 2010, bvar22 Jan 2016 #54

Two words Uponthegears Jan 2016 #68

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2016 #81

Wimes is no second coming of Ta-Nehisi Coates. She blames the birth certificate crap on Hillary KittyWampus Jan 2016 #30

Bwahaha. Poor little hill... And you. cali Jan 2016 #34

No, poor you who can't post something without insulting others. Beacool Jan 2016 #38

check out the hillary group. pot look into the kettle roguevalley Jan 2016 #65

Hillary's group is for Hillary's supporters, just like Sanders' group Beacool Jan 2016 #78

No need to pity me Cali. And I question the judgement of any DU'er KittyWampus Jan 2016 #40

Lol. I find blatant hypocrisy funny cali Jan 2016 #41

Funny, isn't it. nt artislife Jan 2016 #44

It's well-known her supporters did that. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #49

The Hillary campaign's behavior during the '08 primaries was reprhensible. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #86

It's a rigth wing site and she's parroting right wing talking points, the synergie Jan 2016 #133

The birth certificate crap was started by Sid Blumenthal during Clinton's 2008 campaign. jeff47 Jan 2016 #138

Gee, Ms. Wimes, I didn't realize she was attempting to be the modern Tubman. Beacool Jan 2016 #35

you seem tense. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #85

A good read. nt retrowire Jan 2016 #47

+1 Very accomplished young woman. Good article. senz Jan 2016 #70

THIS is a perfect example of the Clinton filth: in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #50

What did she say that was wrong? Nedsdag Jan 2016 #53

Kick!!! Faux pas Jan 2016 #55

K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #59

OPs about pro-Sanders AAs draw so many comments from the Hill side senz Jan 2016 #67

they're not just mad that the AA and Latino curves for Sanders are going up the same rate MisterP Jan 2016 #89

I hope you're right. senz Jan 2016 #90

no matter which group you slice it for, Sanders' trendline doesn't wiggle-- MisterP Jan 2016 #91

Insightful comment. senz Jan 2016 #97

I'm surprised at the reactions from Camp Weathervane shawn703 Jan 2016 #69

Uhoh Truprogressive85 Jan 2016 #101

let me sip this hot pipping tea Truprogressive85 Jan 2016 #73

K+R!!! draa Jan 2016 #77

Yeap, another "hillary bad, Sanders good and you people aren't really smart for support her" uponit7771 Jan 2016 #79

Now that is one hell of a lot of logic and truth. Autumn Jan 2016 #82

machine politics produces stories like THIS MisterP Jan 2016 #87

"Hillary knows that what is saving her butt now is the African-American community." MrMickeysMom Jan 2016 #94

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #96

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #131

Black people are told to vote for "Pragmatic Democrats " who end up screwing us Truprogressive85 Jan 2016 #135