2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

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17. Posters here do mental gymnastics to undermine Hillary Clinton.

Tue May 3, 2016, 10:34 AM

May 2016

I thought it was liberal mantra that coal was inherently dangerous to the environment and we should move as quickly as we can away from its use.

People need to find a principle and stick to it.

As an aside when I was a young man I actually dated a coal miner's daughter. Those people are salt of the earth. I wouldn't go into a coal mine, no matter how much I was paid.

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Tearful unemployed father confronts Hillary about plan to 'put the coal industry out of business' [View all] J_J_ May 2016 OP

Her plan actually addresses this... JaneyVee May 2016 #1

With free college for displaced workers? Silver_Witch May 2016 #3

No, with monetary funding and job placement. JaneyVee May 2016 #4

Lived in WV for several years! Silver_Witch May 2016 #2

Mountains don't grow back. Maybe they should stop blowing theirs up for coal? IamMab May 2016 #40

So now BS supports coal mining? Demsrule86 May 2016 #5

Cause c�l�bre du jour NurseJackie May 2016 #9

Haha Demsrule86 May 2016 #14

Is the OP some rep on here for Sanders camp? TimPlo May 2016 #23

I'm going to leave this here bigtree May 2016 #6

This Armstead May 2016 #30

Just empty pandering word with no details and nothing for free... Jitter65 May 2016 #34

Ain't she something? yourpaljoey May 2016 #7

You are in favor of coal mining? mcar May 2016 #12

nope yourpaljoey May 2016 #22

That's one industry that must eventually go away. trumad May 2016 #8

Is Sanders pro coal industry? nt sufrommich May 2016 #10

No here's a bill he co-sponsored Armstead May 2016 #31

I think that poster was reflecting on the irony of a Sanders supporter... iandhr May 2016 #42

Appalachia has one of the highest poverty rates in the country nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #11

She might say "anything" but all others are saying "nothing!" Jesse Jackson did well in Appalachia Jitter65 May 2016 #36

Glad they do nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #41

Next, let's save shoeshine-boys and the people who weave silk-scarfs for pilots. DetlefK May 2016 #13

The buggy-whip industry is suffering. NurseJackie May 2016 #15

yes, keep mocking the poor and unemployed TheSarcastinator May 2016 #18

No one is mocking the poor and unemployed. iandhr May 2016 #27

Oh, it depends on how you frame it: DetlefK May 2016 #29

This is exactly why her events are small rountables. Imagine, lots of people caught up in Hillary ViseGrip May 2016 #16

And why she hides recordings of speeches. She is going to be so duck-and-cover if she gets JudyM May 2016 #24

Has Sanders ever done a roundtable? I mean going one on one with voters and LISTENING? lunamagica May 2016 #43

Posters here do mental gymnastics to undermine Hillary Clinton. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #17

This............ Armstead May 2016 #33

Her plan might address this man's situation. If she really believed in it she would've DebDoo May 2016 #19

I worked for the bureau of mines in Richlands, va. And on my first day an 18 year old boy ohheckyeah May 2016 #20

Using coal as a fuel should have already been phased out. MineralMan May 2016 #21

They need to get educated and get better jobs KingFlorez May 2016 #25

This..... Armstead May 2016 #32

Wow. Now I have seen everything. iandhr May 2016 #26

Ahem... We need to stop mining coal.... Adrahil May 2016 #28

He doesn't know he's an anachronism and coal mining is going the way of buggy whips. procon May 2016 #35

He and his children can always go work in the coal mines in other countries that don't care about th Sunlei May 2016 #37

Well boo hoo. Tens of thousands of Rust Belt people had to leave livetohike May 2016 #38

'things change'....what DOESN'T change is that those with the purse strings, with the money... islandmkl May 2016 #39