2016 Postmortem

WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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49. This website is "all or nothing"

Reply to hill2016 (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 01:34 PM

Feb 2016

I've been saying that for years. If Bernie or Hillary doesn't do it for you, someone else does. It's good to call it out.

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Lots of Bernie supporters take a black-and-white and all-or-nothing approach. [View all] hill2016 Feb 2016 OP

"Many of his supporters don't seem to believe in nuance or limits" cyberswede Feb 2016 #1

What a pantload. Fuddnik Feb 2016 #2

Agree, Coming from the arrogant, dismissive and elitist right wing crowd Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #109

And HRC supporters as just as naive... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #3

I don't see anything unrealistic in his platform... Orsino Feb 2016 #4

here's what's unrealistic hill2016 Feb 2016 #23

The upper middle class might see some tax increases. Orsino Feb 2016 #30

Debunked nonsense. libtodeath Feb 2016 #52

debunked by Bernie? hill2016 Feb 2016 #59

I will take the word of economists over you any day. libtodeath Feb 2016 #67

forgive me hill2016 Feb 2016 #85

I bet when they score it as the economists do you will dispute it too. libtodeath Feb 2016 #95

why would I? hill2016 Feb 2016 #99

Please do not speak for the middle class. We all know you are not a member. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #78

What does this mean? Can you explain it in detail randys1 Feb 2016 #5

check out hill2016 Feb 2016 #25

Beats the heck out of a $6,000 deductible nt Jarqui Feb 2016 #61

the main benefits hill2016 Feb 2016 #26

What? Oh god, I dont have the energy for this anymore. randys1 Feb 2016 #27

Yes that's why my rich pals in the UK buy private. But my poorer pals in UK use National Health. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #34

it's not a problem hill2016 Feb 2016 #37

And I'm sure cannabis_flower Feb 2016 #84

You shouldn't start by asking for anything less than the whole loaf. Broward Feb 2016 #6

If he did become President, he'd end up negotiating on almost everything KingFlorez Feb 2016 #7

He started with a grand goal Cassiopeia Feb 2016 #36

Acually, I have a pragmatic outlook on his candadicy. RDANGELO Feb 2016 #8

+1 We can trust Bernie to work for Us, not the big money interests nt Dems to Win Feb 2016 #31

Stuff and nonsense, and you lack the guts cali Feb 2016 #9

I can honestly say hill2016 Feb 2016 #14

Is your Google broken? Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #18

Marc Bloch was a groundbreaking historian cali Feb 2016 #20

I'm hill2016 Feb 2016 #28

If you're proud of how ignorant you are, stop blathering about education cali Feb 2016 #55

your example hill2016 Feb 2016 #66

Your ignorance is depressing. cali Feb 2016 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author hill2016 Feb 2016 #75

That is hardly my point. cali Feb 2016 #83

You know who else was printed on that NY Philharmonic bulletin? JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #87

honestly hill2016 Feb 2016 #89

That is a perfectly fine opinion. I think it myself sometimes. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #91

I never hill2016 Feb 2016 #93

You don't get to pick Michelangelo and Picasso after knowing their impact. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #97

Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle cali Feb 2016 #73

+1 million Recursion Feb 2016 #76

I would very much liked to have read it. cali Feb 2016 #79

I'll PM you if I can dig up an electronic copy Recursion Feb 2016 #86

yeah hill2016 Feb 2016 #82

I see a lot of reasoning of how things "should be" in science. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #94

yeah hill2016 Feb 2016 #98

You do understand that this is a very american attitude nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author hill2016 Feb 2016 #104

And what makes you think that people give a shit about the Nobel prize in literature? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #105

touch� hill2016 Feb 2016 #107

You mean the United States, and particularly Hill2016 nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #108

um... hill2016 Feb 2016 #110

Petulant people bore me nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #111

funny hill2016 Feb 2016 #112

You are the one still saying that a French hero is a nobody becuase you do not know him nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #113

You are proud of your ignorance? Well, I guess that explains your support for Hillary. peacebird Feb 2016 #64

Just following lasttrip Feb 2016 #65

Thanks, LT cali Feb 2016 #71

Lots of Hillary supporters spend lots of time characterizing Sanders supporters.... Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #10

It's just HippieBashing8.0 HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #39

Yep. LWolf Feb 2016 #51

+1000 OrwellwasRight Feb 2016 #57

All or Nothing ruffburr Feb 2016 #11

And some of them aren't supporters at all. MADem Feb 2016 #12

Some Hillary supporters need to take a long look in the mirror. CentralMass Feb 2016 #16

Why would that be? Are you suggesting that some Clinton supporters aren't really Clinton supporters? MADem Feb 2016 #62

As a supporter of Hillary in 2008, I know the drill. CentralMass Feb 2016 #81

Hillarysplaining? Really? How ugly and partisan of you. And how very wrong. MADem Feb 2016 #90

Spot on. BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #63

You've convinced me. The politics of "NO, WE CAN'T" suddenly seems so appealing... Indepatriot Feb 2016 #13

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #15

It gets worse Recursion Feb 2016 #17

What is the objective of these threads in which Sanders supporters are characterized? Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #21

I've characterized Sanders's message, not his supporters Recursion Feb 2016 #24

That's not what I asked you, and your reductivist charactizations of Sander's message is just that. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #29

I think the OP is wanting to shame Sanders supporters into supporting Clinton Recursion Feb 2016 #33

ha ha hill2016 Feb 2016 #47

Chained CPI for Social Security likely could be passed with this corporate congress. But SHOULD it? cascadiance Feb 2016 #70

By law hill2016 Feb 2016 #103

Thanks. That's what I think as well. That's why I responded that way to the OP. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #53

what do you call hill2016 Feb 2016 #69

What is the point of posting this? EmperorHasNoClothes Feb 2016 #19

Bernie has no clue cosmicone Feb 2016 #22

We should give up. HassleCat Feb 2016 #32

health care cost limits vs drug cost limits pinebox Feb 2016 #35

drug costs hill2016 Feb 2016 #40

Which "european system"? Recursion Feb 2016 #43

It's called the top tier of a progressive tax. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #38

Grey is dreary my dear. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #41

"Many of his supporters don't seem to believe in nuance or limits" AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #42

Bernie is aspiring to greatness, not mediocrity. Vinca Feb 2016 #44

Undoubtedly true. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #45

Serious question, you think this is going to change their minds? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #46

nope hill2016 Feb 2016 #50

Then you will continue to further turn them off nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #56

Good lord, what a pant load of crap. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #74

Fresh take. frylock Feb 2016 #48

This website is "all or nothing" WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #49

nope. Bernie has HIGH expectations, he doesn't start from a halfway mark; aim high amborin Feb 2016 #54

Isn't it horrible? Don't they suck?... whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #58

Oh, yeah, rainbows and unicorns, blah blah blah. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #60

You don't start negotiations at the halfway mark Matariki Feb 2016 #72

Good Post!!!! n/t asuhornets Feb 2016 #77

You asked the question... basselope Feb 2016 #80

what is unrealistic is thinking that hillary is fit to be pres or that she could win the GE bowens43 Feb 2016 #88

He's saying what his goals are gollygee Feb 2016 #92

Doesn't change the fact frustrated_lefty Feb 2016 #96

Predictably Spreading Establishment FUD cantbeserious Feb 2016 #101

I see no reason to give credit to a post from someone who supports voter suppression Android3.14 Feb 2016 #102

it's not hill2016 Feb 2016 #106

Your intent and sentiment was obvious Android3.14 Feb 2016 #116

Please do continue with the... AOR Feb 2016 #114

Primary season is exactly the right time for this My Good Babushka Feb 2016 #115