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2016 Postmortem

oasis

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13. Hillary believes it's wiser to fight fire with fire.

Reply to JudyM (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:02 AM

Apr 2016

You can't take on the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelman, T. Boone Pickens and other ultra right wing billionaires in the general election on a shoestring budget.

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Land of the free? New reports shows the US ranks dead last in electoral integrity. [View all] pantsonfire Apr 2016 OP

Silly lefties. Unicorns, rainbows and fair elections are just blue sky pipe dreams. Scuba Apr 2016 #1

K&R +Murica n/t pantsonfire Apr 2016 #2

Citizens United will be defeated with Hillary's Supreme Court. oasis Apr 2016 #3

Did you forget to add the sarcasm drip? JudyM Apr 2016 #6

Did you forget Citizens United was on Hillary's hit list since her oasis Apr 2016 #8

Ridiculous! She is driving its engine at 120 mph, are you for real??!! JudyM Apr 2016 #10

Hillary believes it's wiser to fight fire with fire. oasis Apr 2016 #13

fight fire with fire = take bribe money to fight bribe money casperthegm Apr 2016 #19

And promising free stuff isn't a bribe. oasis Apr 2016 #22

Oh, the "free stuff" argument again... casperthegm Apr 2016 #23

Convincing "billionaires and corporations" to kick in for oasis Apr 2016 #27

Ah ha, there's our difference casperthegm Apr 2016 #30

The goals of the 99% should rightly be pursued. No argument there. n/t oasis Apr 2016 #32

Promising to reprioritize taxes and spending to provide programs the people want beedle Apr 2016 #26

No "Flint tap water" and definitely no Kool Aid. (eom) oasis Apr 2016 #29

Then where are you getting this "free stuff" nonsense? beedle Apr 2016 #31

Only Hillary is susceptible to "bribes"? See post #19. oasis Apr 2016 #33

sorry to jump in... casperthegm Apr 2016 #34

It can be "spun" as bribe if it's attributed to Hillary. Got it. oasis Apr 2016 #35

You're not making any sense. Read #19 yourself beedle Apr 2016 #36

Well said beedle casperthegm Apr 2016 #37

The author of post 19 introduces "bribes" into the oasis Apr 2016 #38

On her hit list.... casperthegm Apr 2016 #12

See post #13. nt oasis Apr 2016 #14

for 353,000 dollars you can remind George Clooney reddread Apr 2016 #15

That's why Clooney trusts Hill to nominate Supreme Court justices oasis Apr 2016 #16

will she get Brock's help on that? reddread Apr 2016 #17

Some will crack wise for the next four years, while others will roll oasis Apr 2016 #20

she aint getting there from here reddread Apr 2016 #21

If by "exciting" you mean "I can smell the rubble and blood of dying servicemen and women" VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #24

I certainly dont reddread Apr 2016 #25

Don't I wish I could believe that. VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #7

Believe it or not. You can bundle every dream you have with Bernie oasis Apr 2016 #11

Sanders supporters arent the ones bundling reddread Apr 2016 #18

DUzy! TheBlackAdder Apr 2016 #28

In the laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand of the sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #4

So Harvard people can't understand math, re Wyoming? Poor people, guess they should've gone to Yale Tarc Apr 2016 #5

Damn. 11 of the top 12 are in Europe. Electoral integrity is not impossible. pampango Apr 2016 #9