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2016 Postmortem

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

9. 1%ers have good reason to be optimistic

Reply to CrowCityDem (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:34 PM

Apr 2016

H is a 1%er.

The rest of us are in trouble. Some could not care less about others. I guess if they did care they'd certainly be alarmed, and seeing the big picture not be so optimistic?

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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