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2016 Postmortem

HassleCat

(6,409 posts) Sat May 21, 2016, 09:14 PM May 2016

Lesser of two evils poll [View all]

OK, Sanders insulted Clinton by suggesting she is the lesser of two evils, or at least many people see her that way because she has high negatives in polls. How does this strike you?

38 votes, 2 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	It's a gratuitous insult. Sanders is a creep. He needs to drop out and shut up.
	5 (13%)
	Sanders is telling an uncomfortable truth about the candidates we offer the voters, but he should cool it.
	1 (3%)
	Sanders needs to carry forward with this theme to boost the progressive cause.
	32 (84%)
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Lesser of two evils poll [View all] HassleCat May 2016 OP

When We Stand Together No Citizen Need Settle For The Lessor Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious May 2016 #1

How you set this poll up is quite suspect Peacetrain May 2016 #2

Sanders supporters outnumber Hillary supporters by at least 5-1 here bigtree May 2016 #3

It's definitely not the Hillary supporter style of disingenuity AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #14

... SidDithers May 2016 #16

I bet I can guess Andy823 May 2016 #18

I used to be indifferent to him KingFlorez May 2016 #4

How funny. I used to really like hillary. Now I really can't stand her. Autumn May 2016 #6

I'll tell you what I think. HassleCat May 2016 #5

So, since Clinton agrees with 70% of what Sanders says, does that make Sanders 70% evil? baldguy May 2016 #7

Presumably somewhat lesser than 70 percent. HassleCat May 2016 #9

Still mostly evil, though. baldguy May 2016 #12

It may be time for Sanders to suspend. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #8

He walked it back within seconds. joshcryer May 2016 #10

Did he say that really? Is there a link to it? YouDig May 2016 #11

Lesser evil = losing democratically Bernin4U May 2016 #13

On a site that is known to be ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #15

Grownups generally understand what "idiom" means LadyHawkAZ May 2016 #17