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2016 Postmortem

Lizzie Poppet

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10. No, he started his own party.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 01:20 PM

Mar 2016

Is that really what you'd have preferred Bernie do? That would hand the election to the orcs, something Bernie realized. Seeing if he could win the Democratic nod was the best way to carry on the effort to stop the country's disastrous lurch to the right and to prevent a center-right Dem candidate from being nominated. It was the right thing to do, at least from a progressive viewpoint.

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KKK Leader endorses Hillary because he thinks she's a secret conservative [View all] elljay Mar 2016 OP

Oh my, it's another "Hillary is/is like Hitler" post leftofcool Mar 2016 #1

Hitler was consistent. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #4

An accurate statement LanternWaste Mar 2016 #9

No, he started his own party. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #10

Killing 20,000,000 people is/is not worse than being inconsistent?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #14

Do you read before you post? n/t elljay Mar 2016 #5

I had to check that, just to make sure it wasn't from The Onion. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #2

Who could ever tell in this election? n/t elljay Mar 2016 #6

He's brilliant! Dem2 Mar 2016 #3

Where's the "secret" part? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #7

This endorsement is a ploy but NWCorona Mar 2016 #8

Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2016 #11

I guess reading comprehension is not the strong suit for certain people elljay Mar 2016 #12

Thin-skinned and long-winded are a sucky combination for an alerter :) n/t arcane1 Mar 2016 #16

Ha ha! I thought that was funny too. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2016 #17

LOL. Classic sociopathic behavior. Hortensis Mar 2016 #13

You are correct, had it gone the other way... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #15

Funny, just today, I said I didn't know why Trumpers didn't appreciate her hawkishness a bit more. dinkytron Mar 2016 #18