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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We done fucked up. [View all]upaloopa
(11,417 posts)58. Like babies crying because they don't have a new binky.
There will never be a ballot good enough for them yet the will bitch and moan "everybody is screwing us over"
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Clueless is not voting. Let's see how that works out for them. Labor was upset with Jimmy Carter
still_one
Nov 2014
#80
Expecting everyone else to carry the burden of the Global Climate Change Crisis and oh,
Cha
Nov 2014
#12
No one to vote for , my ass....ask them how they feel after a year of Boehner/McConnell
pkdu
Nov 2014
#45
From the wing of the party that apparently wants to be a permanent minority.
SolutionisSolidarity
Nov 2014
#60
I know you're right because I heard a similar take on it from my 19 year old son
sketchy
Nov 2014
#4
well your generation could have VOTED ANYWAY instead of getting in a sit out huff over it all nt
msongs
Nov 2014
#6
I know tons of young people who got out and voted and yes a lot of them are Black.. they
Cha
Nov 2014
#10
Nobody is listening to you because you have no voice without voting. But keep texting each other. nt
TeamPooka
Nov 2014
#11
Then you are creative and smart and get in there and help figure it out so that good people win.
glinda
Nov 2014
#100
So myou would have rather had MCain/Palin and/or Mitt Romney as president these last 6 years?
TeamPooka
Nov 2014
#41
So the choice then is to not vote, and take the worse of the 2 evils instead.... OR
DebJ
Nov 2014
#49
Then keep in mind that people, LOTS OF PEOPLE, have been tortured, beaten, and have DIED
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2014
#66
Democratic Leadership is very competent at ensuring that corporate interests are protected and
stillwaiting
Nov 2014
#22
Totally agree...the Democrats need to address the student loan crisis immediately
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2014
#23
The Dems have their heads up the asses of the Banksters who profit from student loans.
Odin2005
Nov 2014
#43
If these young people are Dems, then they ARE the party. They ARE the party, so why aren't they
DebJ
Nov 2014
#50
That's what I do. I intentionally didn't hit the vote straight Dem ticket just so I could see
DebJ
Nov 2014
#56
Hey, Odin. My generation feels like, besides Bernie and Liz, nobody is listening to us. And I'm 62.
Enthusiast
Nov 2014
#27
It is, and we'd be a lot better off if most people did simply vote on self-interest.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
#33
Millenial Dems need to realize they ARE the party. They ARE the party and its future. So they need
DebJ
Nov 2014
#53
Yes asnd thank you for voting. And certainly it is not JUST the millenials...........
DebJ
Nov 2014
#73
Should be screamed directly into the ears of the thirdway/DLC bagger lite democrats!
workinclasszero
Nov 2014
#79
Mine to. Also lack of media coverage in Iraq or Afghanistan, it was extremely sanitized. Nothing
still_one
Nov 2014
#86
Why should there be student loan forgiveness? I can see lowering the interest rate to 1 or 2%, but
still_one
Nov 2014
#98
My generation was PROMISED that if we went to college we were GUARANTEED good jobs.
Odin2005
Nov 2014
#99
That is bullshit. No one ever was guaranteed a good job if they went to college. I have no idea
still_one
Nov 2014
#106