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That bolded piece is why things have gone so wrong Blue_Adept May 2016 #1
Load. Of. crap. Adrahil May 2016 #41
Thanks for disagreeing so respectfully! Blue_Adept May 2016 #59
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Thanks for making the President's point about votes, not hashtags. msanthrope May 2016 #5
K&R betsuni May 2016 #3
The Big "O" is cautioning a particular segment of the Left against using the uncompromising Trust Buster May 2016 #4
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That attitude will only lead to more years of paralysis in Washington. Trust Buster May 2016 #7
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"the sane category as the Tea Party" - I don't believe "sane" applies to the TP in any context DrDan May 2016 #15
True, but... Chan790 May 2016 #9
What, precisely, do you think HRC needs to compromise on to win msanthrope May 2016 #10
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Yup Armstead May 2016 #38
You convinced me, you sweet talker, you. Buns_of_Fire May 2016 #57
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I want her to be explicit that she rejects Oligarchy and Trickle Down Schema Thing May 2016 #18
Okay.. .these are slogans, not policies. Talk actually policies. nt msanthrope May 2016 #22
wtf? Those ARE NOT SLOGANS Schema Thing May 2016 #25
Sadly, the Clinton Machine's apologists... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #30
Down with Oligarchy is a slogan. Kindly show which part of her economic msanthrope May 2016 #43
I won't raise taxes even a little on anyone making 250k is not a slogan though, is it? Schema Thing May 2016 #53
She has said many times that trickle economics doesn't work... Adrahil May 2016 #42
Representative Government. We have it, some don't seem to know what it is. Lucinda May 2016 #11
And Obama formerly claimed that denial of LGBT marriage rights in favor of 'civil unions' was Bluenorthwest May 2016 #12
And that those who oppose torture are "sanctimonious". Thanks, but I'll look elsewhere for Doctor_J May 2016 #17
Hooray for capitulation! 99Forever May 2016 #13
People parading their amorality as if it were a virtue is a relatively new thing. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #16
You see....using the extreme term "amorality" to describe thinking different from yours msanthrope May 2016 #21
He was talking to the next generation of very serious people. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #23
Dude. He was at Howard. Kinda puts a pin in your outrage balloon, no? nt msanthrope May 2016 #44
Thanks for the correction. nt lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #48
But Sanders fans think Obama is part of "the problem". baldguy May 2016 #19
Thus, the South was lost to Bernie. nt msanthrope May 2016 #20
It's lost to Clinton too. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #24
How so? She'll win the nomination because of those southern delegates . . . brush May 2016 #35
It is always the process that seems to be a mystery to some here.... bettyellen May 2016 #55
He is Mnpaul May 2016 #52
Obama has always been excellent at the strawman premise. aikoaiko May 2016 #26
Oh, stop it! "Comprimise" is just as much a dirty word to Sanders fans as it is the Tea Baggers. baldguy May 2016 #28
It is a dirty word when you use it to try to justify an agenda that is for the big money backers Skwmom May 2016 #31
Not really. You're confounding uncompromising principles with not being able to negotiate aikoaiko May 2016 #36
I agree with what he said 100 percent -- And I support Sanders Armstead May 2016 #27
^^^ and as long as Obama is pushing bad trade deals Kittycat May 2016 #34
The primary decides if a position is ours or the pukes, not ideological opinions. BootinUp May 2016 #37
That's a large box to unpack... Armstead May 2016 #40
Thank you. Too many people get all balled up in the idea that "Sanders can't do Nay May 2016 #50
I am trying to debate about the big picture here BootinUp May 2016 #60
Maybe Pres Obama is struggling to come to grips with his own actions. Then again, maybe not. I've Skwmom May 2016 #29
I should care because he's president? whatchamacallit May 2016 #32
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #33
This is the guy that ended up a self-exiled, penniless drunkard, right? baldguy May 2016 #47
And? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #49
And what? Isn't that enough? baldguy May 2016 #51
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #56
Go tell it to the marginalized and the poor. mmonk May 2016 #39
WOW, Says the supporters of HRH Queen Hillary beedle May 2016 #45
That speech was just a Job interview. TimPlo May 2016 #46
is this a variation of: "take baby steps..." even if you have been walking and running for years? islandmkl May 2016 #54
Yes, Hillary voters should check their privilege Dems to Win May 2016 #61
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