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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A plea for reason: Regardless of your favored candidate, vote Democratic this fall! [View all]KamaAina
(78,249 posts)91. More like the daily Drumpf Will Set The Country On The Path To Ruin post.
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A plea for reason: Regardless of your favored candidate, vote Democratic this fall! [View all]
Aristus
Mar 2016
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Voting on 'principle' or whatever passes for it, gave us President Bush in 2000.
Aristus
Mar 2016
#7
So you are saying that those with principles should just suck it up because many don't?
revbones
Mar 2016
#8
What I'm saying is, President Trump won't give a hoot in Hell for anyone's principles.
Aristus
Mar 2016
#13
lost decade? The middle class had been in decline since Reagan. Try lost 3 decades and that is
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#16
Under President Gore, we would have had eight more years to level the playing field.
Aristus
Mar 2016
#18
Gore was in favor of budget cuts to balance the budget, so no Gore would not have
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#20
Nope. The playing field was not being "leveled" by the end of the Clinton administration.
jeff47
Mar 2016
#22
Try that argument on Independents. Doesn't work. Maybe you can coerce and bully some
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#9
SCOTUS gave us Bush in 2000 it would be more accurate to say Perot gave us Clinton 1992
azurnoir
Mar 2016
#27
After the BS that Bill Clinton pulled in Mass. I for one will never vote for a Clinton again
awake
Mar 2016
#6
If Hillary wins she and other Democrats will continue to cave to cuts to social services.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#31
But then it will be necessary that you choose the lesser of two evils, won't it?
hamsterjill
Mar 2016
#37
I don't consider Hillary the lesser of two evils. When you take us to war, spend
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#39
We had the Presidency and (albeit a thin one) majority in Congress and we capitulated .
CentralMass
Mar 2016
#63
What do we do if no one running honestly possesses Democratic Principles? /nt
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#35
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night unless I did everything possible to keep a Republican
hamsterjill
Mar 2016
#40
But, once again, IF the printed ballot has Hillary as the Democratic nominee.
hamsterjill
Mar 2016
#46
That's a fair point, and as I mentioned, I'll be watching the polling carefully.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#85
I live with anxiety every day because of both the Republicans and the Democrats.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#51
I keep repeating myself, but I would vote for a turnip if it had a "D" after it's name.
Beacool
Mar 2016
#65
Exactly... Not gonna vote for Liars, Or Cheaters or Wholly-Bought Corporate Shills...
AzDar
Mar 2016
#80
yes that does seem to be the meme of the day. Either vote for Hillary or you are to blame for
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#92
Oh, come on. You're from Louisiana. Remember "Vote for the crook. It's important!"?
KamaAina
Mar 2016
#95
As for my state. It's waking up to the fact it has no money and the people that enabled Jindal
Katashi_itto
Mar 2016
#97
I had heard that. I can't imagine what the people of the Gret Stet will do without LSU football.
KamaAina
Mar 2016
#98
Probably the only thing. After decades of corruption people are fatalistic
Katashi_itto
Mar 2016
#99
You should hear the local radio stations. Describing, that is still bury your head in the sand
Katashi_itto
Mar 2016
#105
I'm voting for Bernie Sanders this fall. If he's the nominee, I'll gladly vote D.
ThePhilosopher04
Mar 2016
#108