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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Two cents on the way out the door. [View all]Loki
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The status quo was rolling along just fine, until Bernie Sanders came along and mucked it up with hi
puffy socks
Apr 2016
#130
No, Bernie did not invent this movement, but he is giving it leadership and a much louder voice!
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#153
I agree he didn't invent it, but he's the one currently giving it the most voice.
Scuba
Apr 2016
#154
And yet because this person didnt get his or her way, they are bowing out of the process
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#35
Its in his OP. Climate change essentially renders politics obsolete unless they're fierce advocates
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#74
And your answer is to bow out of the process allowing the FAR worse candidate to take
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#84
This can not be the argument going forward...'Hillary sucks, but Trump sucks worse!' it not the
Joe the Revelator
Apr 2016
#89
Again, that cannot be your argument. Fear mongering is not an argument.
Joe the Revelator
Apr 2016
#98
No, I get it, I do. You know you have two choices only, that one of the two
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#100
Hillary has given me no reason to think she would not be as war hungry as Trump or Cruz
Joe the Revelator
Apr 2016
#101
Her mentor is Henry Fucking Kissinger. She's going use every excuse she can to kill brown people,
GoneFishin
Apr 2016
#131
Single issue voter, i see. i dont have that luxury as I vote for others, not myself.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#120
Bullshit, if you sit out or vote 3rd you are voting for Cruz to destroy the human fucking race.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#122
Its destroyed anyway unless they have an aggressive plan for the environment
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#124
You mean like supporting the one that will drive us off a cliff as opposed to the one that
Live and Learn
Apr 2016
#139
The cherry on the sundae of all those screaming, overheated replies to that guy's post
Number23
Apr 2016
#141
Intermittent long time poster who has posted nearly 20% of his output in the last 3 months.
MADem
Apr 2016
#118
The above post was brought to you by the Clinton campaign outreach to the left program.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#142
Ridicule and derision, ah cool. You've driven off another poster. Are you guys
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#147
Revolution = liking something on Facebook and/or retweeting that thing someone said.
FSogol
Apr 2016
#15
I sincerely doubt that Hillary or Debbie DINO give a flying fuck about what is in the platform.
djean111
Apr 2016
#13
The planet's in its 11th hour. Voting anyone but Bernie or Jill Stein locks our planet's fate
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#75
My vote will go to the candidate pledging to make climate change their priority
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#112
even electing them wouldn't help because congress won't pass shit. the sad truth.
dionysus
Apr 2016
#93
Everyone hell-bent on nominating Clinton is indirectly helping to make Trump president
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#144
You're right that it's all just "Titanic Underground" without biosphere conservation being on top
villager
Apr 2016
#45
It's odd that that's their only demand, as we head straight toward the iceberg
villager
Apr 2016
#52
It's the only power we feel we have left, I guess. The problems seem too enormous
villager
Apr 2016
#65
Not sure why people quit DU for this reason. Plenty of people here criticize Obama and will do
pampango
Apr 2016
#55