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2016 Postmortem

treestar

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10. you expect us to immediately label people "Wall Streeters"

Reply to JRLeft (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 12:35 PM

Oct 2015

and the means what? They are only taking on a job that the President is in charge of. Obama got a lot of crap from the right for appointing "communists" too. Are you not ready to praise him for appointment of Communists?

It's hilarious how we are to hate people and suspect them simply for having experience in finance. Not in the real world.

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If Hillary wins the election the transition team will give the first indication of how [View all] JRLeft Oct 2015 OP

Was thinking the same thing -- we knew how little "hope and change" we were actually in for... villager Oct 2015 #1

And of course we'll have to wait until SheilaT Oct 2015 #2

I agree with you, but it is likely she wins. I'm not saying it's a lock JRLeft Oct 2015 #5

I get so freaking tired of SheilaT Oct 2015 #9

Oh I agree, but with the media pretty much ignoring Bernie his uphill JRLeft Oct 2015 #12

At this moment artislife Oct 2015 #20

I see no reason, none, to believe she's changed. winter is coming Oct 2015 #3

When to find out the bottom is shallow and rocky is before diving in, not after. nt Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #4

I saw this one applied to Obama, too treestar Oct 2015 #6

I knew we were bamboozled when he selected a bunch of Wall Streeters to his JRLeft Oct 2015 #7

you expect us to immediately label people "Wall Streeters" treestar Oct 2015 #10

Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke. JRLeft Oct 2015 #13

So these people did what? treestar Oct 2015 #14

The Republican establishment doesn't believe that, why do you think Obama and Boehner golfed JRLeft Oct 2015 #17

We vote for candidates to represent us treestar Oct 2015 #19

Followed By. imthevicar Oct 2015 #15

If she wins, we're fucked. There's no way she'll go against Wall Street. Avalux Oct 2015 #8

I don't see her changing into artislife Oct 2015 #21

It will be time to pay the piper AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #11

She will hire the Wall Street guys. Bernblu Oct 2015 #16

Some will tell you she just wants to get things done. JRLeft Oct 2015 #18

Of course it'll be Wall Streeters jfern Oct 2015 #22

Her campaign chair John Podesta is a charter school hack. JRLeft Oct 2015 #24

Ok. n/t zappaman Oct 2015 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #25