2016 Postmortem

BillZBubb

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5. trump winning is bad. It is not likely it would help progressives.

Fri May 20, 2016, 12:44 PM

May 2016

Why? Because then the Democratic party goes into opposition and people will rally to it as the only viable counter to trumpism. All the shortcomings of the Democratic party (and there are MANY), would be put aside in order to block trump's actions.

In the 2018 midterms, the Democrats would win a sweeping victory--boosting the current Democratic establishment.

So, no, a trump win being good for progressives is not a valid assumption.

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How many here would like it if Trump won so you could have your revolution faster? [View all] Actor May 2016 OP

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Autumn May 2016 #1

x 2 n/t Contrary1 May 2016 #3

The revolution is happening regardless casperthegm May 2016 #2

Bullshit-That old smear-Hillary was one of the most liberal Senators in Congress redstateblues May 2016 #8

Let me help you out casperthegm May 2016 #12

Honestly, she's to Nixon's right. Fawke Em May 2016 #15

And don't forget... Yurovsky May 2016 #21

Opposed to college for all? I don't believe I've seen that anywhere redstateblues May 2016 #28

Hillary Clinton does not share Bernie's vision for free college casperthegm May 2016 #35

It's always amazing how BSS casually brush off the bad stuff about Bernie redstateblues May 2016 #38

Come on, you really want to start comparing corporate connections? casperthegm May 2016 #41

"Let's avoid this silliness." dchill May 2016 #42

No she wasn't. All those graphs and assessments give equal weight to a vote cali May 2016 #31

"we want to punish the Democrats, we want to hurt them, wound them" joshcryer May 2016 #4

And your screed there is wrong. Fawke Em May 2016 #18

Nope. joshcryer May 2016 #23

Nader denialism Lives!! redstateblues May 2016 #29

GOLDSTEIN!!! frylock May 2016 #40

trump winning is bad. It is not likely it would help progressives. BillZBubb May 2016 #5

Horrible thought, horrible way to think. thucythucy May 2016 #6

This post is dumb for $500 Alex. nt nc4bo May 2016 #7

I'll take "If Susan Saradon said it, it must be true" for $1,000 Agschmid May 2016 #9

Better Susan than having Henry Kissinger on quick dial. nt nc4bo May 2016 #10

Susan Sarandon: Trump more likely to bring 'revolution' than Clinton workinclasszero May 2016 #11

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Yall keep flinging poop here. What happened, ran out of room in there? nt nc4bo May 2016 #22

It would work... Orsino May 2016 #16

I don't want either to win (HRC or Trump), but here's my problem ... Yurovsky May 2016 #17

You, me and Asher Edelson are on the same page with this. Fawke Em May 2016 #20

That's a great piece... Yurovsky May 2016 #25

Correct the Propaganda. snort May 2016 #19

This is dumb even by the standards of the Mid-April Club. QC May 2016 #24

Oh stop worrying, Hillary has declared herself to be the nominee, just ignore us hopeless Bernie Todays_Illusion May 2016 #26

Trump is another enabler of our police state. JonathanRackham May 2016 #27

Another day, same stale propaganda. You need some new material. arcane1 May 2016 #30

Oh boy. This is a Democratic website. Aerows May 2016 #32

The revolution is happening. Without Trump. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #33

Bernie's "revolution" is an empty bumper sticker slogan redstateblues May 2016 #37

You're soaking in it. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #34

Read the title and locked my computer ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #36

I'm beginning to think 4 years of Trump may not be such a high price to pay.. frylock May 2016 #39