2016 Postmortem

Buddyblazon

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34. Well that's a milquetoast reason...

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Fri Apr 22, 2016, 07:44 PM

Apr 2016

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I'm sorry AmeriCANTS... [View all] Buddyblazon Apr 2016 OP

Thanks for this uplifting message Dem2 Apr 2016 #1

It actually shocks me that most are not only... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #2

They hide their fear of trying, fear of fighting for those struggling, behind what they call rhett o rick Apr 2016 #23

The Neo-Democrats Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #3

Funny how that NEVER gets said to the 1%. Skwmom Apr 2016 #4

Sometimes you can, just not the way some folks think. Hoyt Apr 2016 #5

We're still waiting for NAFTA to be renegotiated. We'll hold our breath for the ACA "fixes". Romulox Apr 2016 #7

It was, TPP. And it's a lot better for people in poor countries. Problem is Hoyt Apr 2016 #9

LOL. You are ridiculous! Romulox Apr 2016 #11

Truth is sometimes ridiculous. leftofcool Apr 2016 #70

No... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #14

America First . . . . . . we taken more of our share of the world's wealth and Hoyt Apr 2016 #16

We get it... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #20

And so you recommend fixing that by making most of those 80% poorer and the top rhett o rick Apr 2016 #28

Ask a peasant in a poor country how much they'd like a decent job. Might not live up Hoyt Apr 2016 #37

There's starving children in Africa... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #55

And you think that is funny or something? Hoyt Apr 2016 #58

No. Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #59

Let me see if I got this correct. You are rationalizing Americans losing their jobs to rhett o rick Apr 2016 #26

Yet every country lines up to sign agreements like NAFTA, TPP. Why, because the countries Hoyt Apr 2016 #38

As the world develops is rhetoric. What does it mean. The world itself builds muscles. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #39

Actually they did. Ask the Mexican workers who just got jobs at auto plants paying substantially Hoyt Apr 2016 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Apr 2016 #49

Yeah... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #8

Well thank God for incremebtalism in FDR's Social Security system which originally Hoyt Apr 2016 #12

So he went whole hog... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #15

Hold on. FDR put in place a number of major programs to help people. These programs rhett o rick Apr 2016 #32

Sorry, the original SS was about like original Medicare. Without incremental change, neither Hoyt Apr 2016 #36

The ACA was sold as the first step. And now the Oligarchs tell us the second step may rhett o rick Apr 2016 #40

Well, the oligarchs won't get their way on major improvements to ACA. Since over 40% Hoyt Apr 2016 #43

On "can't win, so don't fight" meme. pat_k Apr 2016 #6

This is really a fight between... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #10

Yes. pat_k Apr 2016 #19

How do people succeed in life with that attitude? They can't and won't and they blame librlus for it Vincardog Apr 2016 #13

Oh, Hillary does not accept that in her own life - that is just jwirr Apr 2016 #18

Hint... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #22

AmeriCAN/AmeriCANT Tarc Apr 2016 #17

Behold... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #21

ho-hum Tarc Apr 2016 #29

Now we have seen your one liner, but try to argue the facts... insta8er Apr 2016 #45

There were no facts presented, so... Tarc Apr 2016 #47

Yeah...just cuddle back in your seat, watch Faux news and let Hillster sing you a sweet lullaby insta8er Apr 2016 #48

We can improve primary and secondary education in this country. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #24

Not really. There is no can't. It's really a disagreement of "When". Everything we want will stevenleser Apr 2016 #25

You arent wrong, but lets be honest, Hillary is not gonna push as hard Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #27

She will NOT fight for single payer... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #35

I've never said that it must pass for me to be content... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #33

Hillary has devoted her life to Universal Healthcare rbrnmw Apr 2016 #50

The childishness of this "can vs. can't" argument is amazing. It makes clear the absolute Squinch Apr 2016 #52

Please point me to the part where ... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #54

Well said. nt stevenleser Apr 2016 #60

This! mcar Apr 2016 #63

Canters.. Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #64

We're capable of getting our candidate nominated. So there is that. nt stevenleser Apr 2016 #65

We got Dukakis, Mondale, and Kerry nominated too.. Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #66

You betcha. Ah ha. seabeyond Apr 2016 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author mcar Apr 2016 #68

I agree ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #67

grow up...speaking in absolutes is always a losing proposition Sheepshank Apr 2016 #30

Always? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #42

They call it "being realistic" Ino Apr 2016 #31

Well that's a milquetoast reason... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #34

Someone here called sanders "the camplainger" the other day. I guess that makes Hillary Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #41

Please go jump off a tall building. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #44

Hillary and the AmeriCANT's notadmblnd Apr 2016 #51

Or a Disney movie with lots of talking mice. Squinch Apr 2016 #57

"Can't do" is simply cover for "Won't do". nt NorthCarolina Apr 2016 #53

Ding ding ding.... Buddyblazon Apr 2016 #56

48 month car payments and 30 year home mortgages: Can't Nation. oasis Apr 2016 #61

Confucius: LWolf Apr 2016 #62