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2016 Postmortem

CrowCityDem

(2,348 posts) Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:27 PM Apr 2016

Optimism Used To Be An American Hallmark [View all]

I find it amusing that the only candidate on either side of the aisle whose campaign is not centered around the idea that America sucks right now is Hillary.

And we call Bernie the optimistic thinker why again?

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Optimism Used To Be An American Hallmark [View all] CrowCityDem Apr 2016 OP

Thanks for the I've got mine, fuck you hungry, poor, dying, elderly and veterans. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #1

And it's entertaining these fringes that have led us to partisan gridlock at every level of politics IamMab Apr 2016 #2

Tell it to the No We Can't candidate. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #3

Uh..... vi5 Apr 2016 #4

It's never optimism to defend the status quo. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #5

I've been wondering the same thing...n/t asuhornets Apr 2016 #6

If you're saying optimism for optimism's sake is an American hallmark, bjo59 Apr 2016 #7

cause it's sucking for over half of us, and the establishment tries to tell us we are mistaken Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #8

1%ers have good reason to be optimistic RobertEarl Apr 2016 #9

That's add. Bernie is the only candidate that makes Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #10