2016 Postmortem

thucythucy

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6. Horrible thought, horrible way to think.

Fri May 20, 2016, 12:48 PM

May 2016

I heard the same nonsense in 1980: Electing Reagan will swing the country left. Once people see how bankrupt conservatism is, they'll endorse our liberal platform. In 2000: "There's no difference between Gore and Bush. A Bush victory will enable us to build a viable third (Green) party.

A Trump victory will swing this country even further to the right.

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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