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Cheese Sandwich

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65. Keep it up and you'll end up with a republican privatizing your asteroids Verne.

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The Left Must Derail Hillary Clinton in the Primaries [View all] Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 OP

If the party is to have any meaning this is true. nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #1

I think she has to lose so bad this time... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #4

Yes! The future ! PosterChild Nov 2015 #10

You do realize that she ended up getting as many votes as Obama, right? brooklynite Nov 2015 #35

Well said. Major Hogwash Nov 2015 #89

The left no longer has a political party. It's been wiped out. tecelote Nov 2015 #2

The left is alive and well, and it is the majority of our party... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #3

I think and hope you are right. It has been building and hopefully Bernie's political revolution Live and Learn Nov 2015 #6

+1 daleanime Nov 2015 #29

No the movement will not die but it will be a lot harder to jwirr Nov 2015 #90

I agree with most of what you're saying but... tecelote Nov 2015 #25

The Revolution reduced to pulling spikes. LuvLoogie Nov 2015 #5

I love how you used the train metaphor from the title in your response Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #7

Revolutions don't die. Live and Learn Nov 2015 #8

Revolutions start local. I hear no one discussing local races, running themselves. I hear nothing seabeyond Nov 2015 #47

What, pray tell, is The Left going to do if it does not work out the way you plan? Hekate Nov 2015 #9

If Hillary is our nominee; a Republican will be President... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #13

You're telling me what others are going to do. What is The Left going to do? Hekate Nov 2015 #14

To answer your question... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #18

Exactly. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #57

Personally, I will blame people that supported her in the primary for all that occurs afterwards. Live and Learn Nov 2015 #20

So you won't vote? Hekate Nov 2015 #21

To be quite frank this whole mantra that some DU Sander's supporters have been repeating how if still_one Nov 2015 #23

I see it more as a matter of honesty, some are being honest and some aren't Fumesucker Nov 2015 #39

I don't think it will be ugly at at. Puglover Nov 2015 #49

That is a pretty good assessment still_one Nov 2015 #63

It's not about us voting. Damnit. You know we're politically active. We need the formerly Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #56

Sanders (according to you) has the apathetic and inactive whooping it up. Also... Hekate Nov 2015 #72

I did NOT say that I drop out! Read more carefully. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #74

I read very carefully. I'm good at deconstructing an argument, and that was yours. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #75

My argument doesn't need deconstructing. It's right there Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #77

and vice versa if Sander's wins the nomination, and loses the general election still_one Nov 2015 #24

The movement will continue, either way Live and Learn Nov 2015 #17

If she's the nominee...it's over for the Democratic party. Chan790 Nov 2015 #46

they never do seem to win much grasswire Nov 2015 #85

K&R! marym625 Nov 2015 #11

That's a weird construction. You want to take your party back, then destroy the 2 party system. Hekate Nov 2015 #22

That's a bizarre take on what I said. marym625 Nov 2015 #69

Vote for whomever you think the best candidate is The Second Stone Nov 2015 #12

No one hates her... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #15

+1 PADemD Nov 2015 #31

+100. Eom Karma13612 Nov 2015 #32

+ another Scuba Nov 2015 #34

Well stated. n/t 99Forever Nov 2015 #36

Many hate her and repeatedly tell us just how much. Nt. seabeyond Nov 2015 #42

No hate here either but I do feel betrayed by her. Live and Learn Nov 2015 #16

Well said. Hekate Nov 2015 #19

I don't hate her personally... Hepburn Nov 2015 #51

Surely we can get past this insulting presumption that repeats around here like a stuck record: Jarqui Nov 2015 #59

umm. This article is over a year and half old --no derailment yet-not can I see it happen riversedge Nov 2015 #26

Hillary is PROGRESSIVE, MEGA-QUALIFIED, BRILLIANT, and WILL MOST LIKELY be the Dem nominee. RBInMaine Nov 2015 #27

Progressive - Only In Dreams cantbeserious Nov 2015 #28

Fact. But you can't have that revolution without misrepresenting Clinton, can you. seabeyond Nov 2015 #41

Bingo! Skidmore Nov 2015 #55

^^^This!^^^ Hepburn Nov 2015 #52

No. Puglover Nov 2015 #53

Meh... MrWendel Nov 2015 #30

This member of the left in this country... NCTraveler Nov 2015 #33

Hmm. Well then you'd better get cracking... brooklynite Nov 2015 #37

It is possible the elections could be rigged with the voting machines. Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #67

So the Republicans have turned over control of voting machines to Democrats? brooklynite Nov 2015 #68

well....... grasswire Nov 2015 #86

I will support whichever Democratic candidate who gets the nomination. longship Nov 2015 #38

Threads where everyone agrees don't last long Fumesucker Nov 2015 #43

I formerly was a frequent poster in Religion. longship Nov 2015 #48

Yes, I get this is Sanders and a percentage of the left. The goal: seabeyond Nov 2015 #40

Dumb. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #44

Pathetic. DCBob Nov 2015 #45

Trouble with derailing things is that the MineralMan Nov 2015 #50

We are well on our way, but we are not out of the mess of Bushco yet. seabeyond Nov 2015 #54

No, I cant imagine that. MineralMan Nov 2015 #60

Because they are not "in the face", directly affected, in a life and death way. Supreme Court isn't seabeyond Nov 2015 #73

You are guaranteeing what you fear ibegurpard Nov 2015 #76

Not true. Yours are only supposition and counters fact. seabeyond Nov 2015 #83

Useful? Fawke Em Nov 2015 #80

Actually, it won't. The real "base" of the party will be out there MineralMan Nov 2015 #81

Don't you get it yet? grasswire Nov 2015 #87

Don't you get it yet? Pure hero worship fantasy! seabeyond Nov 2015 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author IHateTheGOP Nov 2015 #58

Keep it up and you'll end up with a republican privatizing your asteroids Verne. Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #65

I agree, if Clinton wins the primary the election is already over pengu Nov 2015 #61

"The Left" should have gotten started about 4 years ago. JoePhilly Nov 2015 #62

What you mean like a primary challenger for Obama 4 years ago? Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #64

Yea, that was time well spent wasn't it? JoePhilly Nov 2015 #66

I actually don't know what you are talking about Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #70

Maybe you were not on DU at the time. JoePhilly Nov 2015 #71

Probably not Cheese Sandwich Dec 2015 #92

An editorial from March 2014? Really? LonePirate Nov 2015 #78

Derail Hillary in the primaries, I believe I have read post in the last six months about the Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #79

Indeed. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #82

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #84

After Obama, Clinton is a step to the left. Buzz cook Nov 2015 #91