2016 Postmortem

demwing

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53. Big Money is an addiction, just like alcoholism

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #40)

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 12:47 PM

Sep 2015

and you don't get sober by hanging out in bars.

and what's Puerto Rico got to do with this???

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Poll: If you could have Hillary Or Bernie for President, who would you pick?? (Now 89% - 11%) [View all] Logical Sep 2015 OP

No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Sep 2015 #1

LOL, ok, carry on. nt Logical Sep 2015 #2

Ridicule Is A Very Poor Debating Technique Typically Used When Nothing Better Can Be Offered cantbeserious Sep 2015 #3

Sometimes that is all they deserve. nt Logical Sep 2015 #4

Who are "they" NorthCarolina Sep 2015 #5

everyone who isn't buying the inevitability coronation speak, dear NorthCarolina roguevalley Sep 2015 #10

You know, those people. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2015 #72

Sometimes people are telling the truth and the truth can't be changed by any means. sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #20

What you mean is "Sometimes that's all I can think of" demwing Sep 2015 #28

Martin O'Malley elleng Sep 2015 #6

Yes, O'Malley DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #15

Good question. elleng Sep 2015 #17

Still hovering at 1%. O'Malley is trying and failing to be Bernie. Amish Farmer Sep 2015 #18

Governor O'Malley is in no way trying to be Bernie, elleng Sep 2015 #19

O'Malley needs a miracle Garrett78 Sep 2015 #22

Well 538 sure as heck didn't poll THIS Marylander. elleng Sep 2015 #54

If they had... Garrett78 Sep 2015 #58

O'Malley, I'm sure, has no intention of dropping out. oasis Sep 2015 #49

THANKS, oasis! elleng Sep 2015 #55

What 'Bernie folk' have suggested he should drop out? I'm a Bernie supporter and O'Malley sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #116

O'Malley is also my second choice kenfrequed Sep 2015 #117

I agree. nt Logical Sep 2015 #119

O'Malley is an ally demwing Sep 2015 #108

Bernie is the only one not funded azmom Sep 2015 #7

+1000 nt Logical Sep 2015 #8

Bernie WOULD be...if he were to get a chance at the GE..... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #9

Your argument is a great example of why Hillary may win demwing Sep 2015 #29

No she will because she is out there earning it VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #40

LMFAO L0oniX Sep 2015 #47

The problem is, Vanilla, that if she does win, PatrickforO Sep 2015 #52

Big Money is an addiction, just like alcoholism demwing Sep 2015 #53

Try getting elected without it... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #62

First Puerto Rico, then organ music? demwing Sep 2015 #66

No he most certainly is not VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #71

So..just how much do you spend on beer? demwing Sep 2015 #92

I know the Republicans VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #95

The world needs idealists demwing Sep 2015 #96

It may....but it doesnt beat Republicans... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #98

Reality is... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #99

I don't think you intended that Android3.14 Sep 2015 #56

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #69

Yeah, about Puerto Rico azmom Sep 2015 #70

Excuse me? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #73

LOL. Thank you for asking. Bernie sanders azmom Sep 2015 #78

Then why isn't every thing "fixed" there? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #79

She's making some symbolic moves, azmom Sep 2015 #83

"Symbolic" VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #87

You do realize, don't you, that she can't win in the General? HappyPlace Sep 2015 #86

You do realize that EVERY odds making site VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #88

It's strange thing to see Dems bow to big money to win ...like selling a soul. L0oniX Sep 2015 #48

You people are being played by the republicans Eatacig Sep 2015 #11

Bernie is a Republican? Wait..wait..I thought he was a dirty Hippie on the Kremlin payroll. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #13

And just how is USING CU in any way going to END it? You know what Joe Biden said about the money sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #21

"Get republicans out of office and then work on change in the Democratic Party" demwing Sep 2015 #30

Oh really those 2 branches of govt control they have VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #74

Oh it resonates, but it doesn't support the posters strategy demwing Sep 2015 #94

Oh really VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #97

You have it backwards. -none Sep 2015 #34

Actually no... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #100

While Bernie has the best chance of winning the White House, Not much will change in the Congress, -none Sep 2015 #106

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #12

With ~100 replies it looks to be within the margin of error of the spring result HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #14

I'm Bernin' Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2015 #16

Okay, here's a change. betsuni Sep 2015 #23

Oh, FFS, name ONE politician where a minority of their supporters are not jerks? Did.... Logical Sep 2015 #24

As usual, insults. betsuni Sep 2015 #37

I will not vote in this poll because it's a sad reminder of all the Hillary supporters who've been Metric System Sep 2015 #25

no one has been driven away cali Sep 2015 #27

No, you just start threads every day outlining yet another reason you dislike Hillary. Metric System Sep 2015 #38

We're entitled to dislike her, are we not? n/t Chan790 Sep 2015 #61

Many in Camp Weathervane hifiguy Sep 2015 #67

You don't whine or run away GitRDun Sep 2015 #44

Fine. earthside Sep 2015 #31

Have you seen the unrelenting negative threads about Hillary? After a while, as a supporter, you Metric System Sep 2015 #39

Have you seen the unrelenting negative threads about Bernie? earthside Sep 2015 #41

~ L0oniX Sep 2015 #45

Wow. That is some awesome sauce you got there. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #60

Quit hogging the joint. hifiguy Sep 2015 #64

With all the Clinton supporters on this board, why don't I see more votes for Clinton? Skwmom Sep 2015 #26

Clinton supporter (still) here-- JohnnyLib2 Sep 2015 #32

Compare the two groups demwing Sep 2015 #33

Well, just because you identify as a Bernie supporter doesn't make it so. Skwmom Sep 2015 #35

Not to mention the Hillary group will not tolerate the slightest SheilaT Sep 2015 #36

Maybe its because more go there TO VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #75

Personal responsibility demwing Sep 2015 #103

Huh? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #104

It's NEVER Hillary's fault when her poll #s drop demwing Sep 2015 #105

I dont care about one poll VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #110

Can't blame them. Why back someone who lost the last time. L0oniX Sep 2015 #46

+1 Go Vols Sep 2015 #77

+1000 nt Logical Sep 2015 #118

Lol Welcome to Bernie Underground n/t GitRDun Sep 2015 #42

+1000 nt Logical Sep 2015 #43

You say that as if it were a bad thing Android3.14 Sep 2015 #57

It is... GitRDun Sep 2015 #63

YOU NEED TO ADD THE OTHERS Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 #50

whichever one appears on the ballot in November, 2016. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #51

kick. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #59

The consistency is amazing. hifiguy Sep 2015 #65

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Sep 2015 #68

Sure! nt Logical Sep 2015 #82

This crew liked Kucinich too...you're not going to get a sense of the electorate here. MADem Sep 2015 #76

I get a sense what real liberals like. nt Logical Sep 2015 #81

Because a "real liberal" has to march in lockstep with YOU? MADem Sep 2015 #84

No because the DU tends to be more liberal that the normal democrat. Well, maybe not you.... Logical Sep 2015 #85

""""You like to whine a lot.""""" MADem Sep 2015 #89

Calm down. Hillary will probably be nominated by corporate dems. So you will be happy. nt Logical Sep 2015 #90

""""Calm down."""" MADem Sep 2015 #93

Dont have a sad... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #111

I have never been a Kucinich fan demwing Sep 2015 #107

Interesting that you would call a simple observation (not a smear) a "one line word fart." MADem Sep 2015 #109

hardly ibegurpard Sep 2015 #120

Swarm! Swarm! Capn Sunshine Sep 2015 #80

Apparently they are swarming real polls in New Hampshire also. Weird. nt Logical Sep 2015 #91

Not Fla and Gergia though! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #113

Swarm alert! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #112

Useless endeavor. Tommy2Tone Sep 2015 #101

Wow, very insightful! nt Logical Sep 2015 #102

I am amused by the fact that you asked a simple question: chervilant Sep 2015 #114

Still big lead for Bernie! Nt Logical Sep 2015 #115

KnR attn eridani chknltl Feb 2016 #121