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Retrograde

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2. Yeah, that's how I'd put it
Mon May 23, 2016, 02:23 PM
May 2016

Last year the pundits-that-be were predicting a Clinton/Bush rematch, because it was their turns and somehow being related to a former president gave one a big enough lead. Both parties seemed to be trying to shove their anointed ones down the voters' throats. Primary voters weren't having it, which is why IMO Sanders has done so well (it would have been more interesting if O'Malley had stayed in the race), and why the early GOP polls came out essentially "Anybody But Jeb".

Except she's not on the Left - she's Right-of-Center.[n/t] Maedhros May 2016 #1
Yeah, that's how I'd put it Retrograde May 2016 #2
Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is the Trump of the left. Donald Ian Rankin May 2016 #3
Said no stable person ever. NCTraveler May 2016 #4
Except for the winning part. nt Buzz cook May 2016 #5
Really? HRC is similar to Jeb! Bush? That's going a bit too far there. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #6
You misread. She's similar but opposite of Jeb. floriduck May 2016 #7
His aloofness is HRC's keenness. His verbal stumbles is HRC's clarity, His dislike is HRC's like? TheBlackAdder May 2016 #8
There was a great post a few days ago with the headline about how Hillary is One Black Sheep May 2016 #9
Anyone can spin a comparison. Now, a fact is that humans have evolutionary ties to fungi. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #12
Yah, well there is a big difference between them. MineralMan May 2016 #10
I didn't write the story. I put it on here for discussion. It did its job. Thanks for participating floriduck May 2016 #14
I didn't say you did. MineralMan May 2016 #16
More like the Democratic Richard Nixon of the 21st Cemtury eom PufPuf23 May 2016 #11
Great comparison, except for one, teeny, almost infinitesimal detail; Tarc May 2016 #13
Does that say more about the GOP or the Dem establishment? It could be either or both. floriduck May 2016 #15
And yet, Bernie Sanders is such a weak candidate that he can't beat her? alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #17
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