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2016 Postmortem

Joe the Revelator

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6. Which part of that includes voting for Trump?

Reply to dlwickham (Reply #2)

Thu May 5, 2016, 09:13 PM

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Let's be clear: You are no longer a progressive if you are supporting Trump in the General [View all] moriah May 2016 OP

Show of hands. Who's supporting Trump in the general? bobbobbins01 May 2016 #1

all I hear is bernie or bust dlwickham May 2016 #2

That doesn't imply support for Trump at all. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #4

Yes it does. iandhr May 2016 #13

In Texas my vote means nothing. So how am I supporting tRump if I don't vote? nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #15

Voter suppression is Clintons thing. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #16

she has been fighting voter suppression for years. are you guys proud of the bullshit or what? bettyellen May 2016 #17

The far right behaves exactly the same way, Bettyellen. Hortensis May 2016 #33

Which part of that includes voting for Trump? Joe the Revelator May 2016 #6

I do not support that idiot Duckhunter935 May 2016 #8

Voting for Bernie is not supporting Trump.... Silver_Witch May 2016 #18

and that's the attitude that gave us Dubya dlwickham May 2016 #20

DLC must be slow learners then. HooptieWagon May 2016 #28

Exactly. Unless people go PUMA, your vote is your own. moriah May 2016 #12

I saw what you were doing. Silver_Witch May 2016 #19

When is Sanders going to become a progressive? Thinkingabout May 2016 #3

You're shitting me. nt Joe the Revelator May 2016 #7

He said, even in his Contested Convention speech, that he would work to defeat Trump. Nt moriah May 2016 #10

You can't be so hardline. runaway hero May 2016 #5

Did I sound hardline? moriah May 2016 #9

This is better. runaway hero May 2016 #14

The progressive question was answered in the primary vote. dgauss May 2016 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Hydra May 2016 #21

Have no idea what you are talking about, but this was a copycat. moriah May 2016 #22

Sorry, wording in OP was a bit hard to follow. Hydra May 2016 #23

But he said he's open to raising the minimum wage!* joshcryer May 2016 #24

Yeah, not voting for him. Don't trust him Joob May 2016 #25

Again, "progressive" is a set of actions and principles taken to address a cause. Yes supporting Tiggeroshii May 2016 #26

Hillary to Bush donors:"I share your values" HooptieWagon May 2016 #27

I live in a state that has kiva May 2016 #29

I worry that being a progressive by the Hillerite standards is off limits to some... JPnoodleman May 2016 #30

Yes, DU has not had enough loyalty oath threads. (nt) jeff47 May 2016 #31

And perhaps some DUers had a little too little coffee? moriah May 2016 #34

You're calling everyone who does not like Clinton a Trump supporter. jeff47 May 2016 #40

Where do you get that? moriah May 2016 #41

Anyone who supports Trump in the GE is a fucking moron. VulgarPoet May 2016 #32

It was a copycat thread... moriah May 2016 #35

I'm not voting for either of them. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #36

That's your choice and your vote. :) moriah May 2016 #37

Votes belong to individuals. Not to any party, candidate, or company. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #38

Sorry Demsrule86 May 2016 #39