2016 Postmortem

PyaarRevolution

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50. I am sick and tired!

Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:18 PM

Mar 2016

Of this selfish attitude towards services like "Tuition free college" and "Medicare for all" that the Reagan Revolution has inculcated. We are better than that.
Reagan sent us backwards in so many ways, starting the pathway towards cutting programs like NASA, in-state tuition, etc.

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How many people are hell bent for Hillary only because she's a woman? [View all] MidwestTech Mar 2016 OP

nice use of a sexualized comment on a woman. gonna tell us who bernie is "in bed with" too? nt msongs Mar 2016 #1

nice strawman but that's a common phrase MidwestTech Mar 2016 #6

So... "Politicians make strange bedfellows" is now a sexist comment because, women? cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #21

I did consider another term... MidwestTech Mar 2016 #25

Your term was fine. Everyone knows what it means... and it's not sexist in the least. nt cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #27

How many people are hell bent for Bernie only because he's not? 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #2

the sexism charge again? Seriously... Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #5

Why is the one question acceptable while the other is not? 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #10

The other is acceptable - but after 1000 repeats it's starting to look like a dead horse Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #16

If Gloria Steinem was correct, is the converse true? closeupready Mar 2016 #8

Too many - she is a follower, not a leader - and I don't trust whom she follows. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #3

Our mutual lack of a Y chromosome is meaningless to me. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #4

I'm holding out for a hermaphrodite presidential candidate. valerief Mar 2016 #7

Fewer than are viting against her because she is a woman bravenak Mar 2016 #9

Nope, all Sanders supporters are motivated by only the purest intentions. 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #14

Especially considering that most of us wanted Warren MidwestTech Mar 2016 #17

Ahhh. So pure and noble. bravenak Mar 2016 #33

The actual question is: why are so many people hell bent against her for that reason? DanTex Mar 2016 #11

The sexism charge: now twice in one thread! Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #19

Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate in the field Gothmog Mar 2016 #12

Wrong. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #24

...to fight for the status quo. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #48

How many are hell bent on Sanders because he's unrealistically proposing trillions of dollars Trust Buster Mar 2016 #13

Go back to your corner Rand Paul pinebox Mar 2016 #30

Except for the fact that it happens to be the truth. I think more people are hell bent for Sanders Trust Buster Mar 2016 #34

I agree...free in-state tuituion was there when I went to college..it aint rainbows and unicorns angstlessk Mar 2016 #41

You call it an "extra few dollars" ? Really ? You think it's that easy ? Trust Buster Mar 2016 #43

Yes I do n/t angstlessk Mar 2016 #47

I am sick and tired! PyaarRevolution Mar 2016 #50

Where are the votes in Congress going to come from ? Where is the money going to come from ? Trust Buster Mar 2016 #51

I'm with you Rebkeh Mar 2016 #15

I suspect the fact that LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #18

Exactly! I can think of half a dozen better women for the job off the top of my head MidwestTech Mar 2016 #20

Exactly! I can think of half a dozen men better for the job than Bernie off the top of my head DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #28

Not me but they are free to do so. MuseRider Mar 2016 #22

Thanks Muse. I think quantifying it as a decision "of the heart" is a sly way of denigrating the bettyellen Mar 2016 #29

I agree. MuseRider Mar 2016 #31

My first option... MidwestTech Mar 2016 #36

I don't think wanting a female is about heart than it is a desire to see a cultural change. bettyellen Mar 2016 #23

I said prefer... Honestly Hillary probably has the best short at becoming the first female president MidwestTech Mar 2016 #32

ZERO Democrats. She is extremely well qualified as a Secretary of State and US Senator pnwmom Mar 2016 #26

In my experience women are LESS likely Codeine Mar 2016 #39

And as a smart white dude I'm sure you're aware pnwmom Mar 2016 #45

Precisely. nt Codeine Mar 2016 #46

Good points, pnwmom. The low-level misogyny is everywhere. KitSileya Mar 2016 #59

That and they're against Trump. I don't know anyone who's voting for Hillary because of her ideas ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #35

I don't either. Not even one person. 840high Mar 2016 #62

She's the best of the two available choices Codeine Mar 2016 #37

I am happy with Kamala Harris... She's more qualified than Bernie too... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #40

This is true. Codeine Mar 2016 #42

She cleared the field very quickly... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #44

I love the fact the person I prefer is a woman. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #38

How many people are hell bent for Bernie only because Hillary's a woman? Tarc Mar 2016 #49

Simple question but few answers. Talking semantics instead. snowy owl Mar 2016 #52

Hillary is certainly more qualified than anyone else running for president. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #53

evidently more of a woman than the women whose murders she's quite responsible for MisterP Mar 2016 #54

I think a lot of people feel like finally there's someone who speaks to them. KitSileya Mar 2016 #55

Not me. Zira Mar 2016 #56

even birds don't seem to like her Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #57

She is easily the best candidate of either sex. NT. anamnua Mar 2016 #58

offset by people hell bent for Bernie only because he's not Hillary. Interesting, no? n/t Sheepshank Mar 2016 #60

Yes, she is really the best person for the job. JoePhilly Mar 2016 #61