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2016 Postmortem

Bluenorthwest

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6. Regarding the idiom 'Hobson's Choice': While Sophie had a terrible binary choice forced upon her

Reply to CrowCityDem (Original post)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 09:14 AM

Jun 2016

the choice in Hobson's choice is no choice at all. 'Hobson's choice' means 'take what you are given' or 'luck of the draw'.
The original Hobson had a livery. If you picked your own horse, it cost more. The lowest rate was 'Hobson's choice' of horses, the mount selected by the house and not by the rider.

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Sorry Hobson; Bernie's Choice [View all] CrowCityDem Jun 2016 OP

K&R! stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #1

An after thought? Nawwww you don't get it pinebox Jun 2016 #2

Sounds good to me. That Guy 888 Jun 2016 #3

Indeed. pinebox Jun 2016 #4

We'll see, he was an after thought before this primary... I don't see him being a force afterwards uponit7771 Jun 2016 #5

I agree. He's nowhere near as influential as Goldman Sachs and Monsanto and Comcast Armstead Jun 2016 #9

Regarding the idiom 'Hobson's Choice': While Sophie had a terrible binary choice forced upon her Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #6

I know. I don't consider one of the 'choices' I suggested to be a viable choice, so there's only one CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #7

Still not Hobson's choice. Sorry, this isn't political I'm like this about words and such at all Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #8

DEM convention... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #10

It's not 'party over principle'. It's 'without a party, you can't make progress'. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #11

...uncharted waters... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #12