2016 Postmortem

Cary

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99. You want to cut off your nose to spite your face.

Reply to CoffeeCat (Reply #82)

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:10 PM

Jan 2016

I don't, thank you very much.

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This idea thst Bernie gets elected and all of the venal and craven aspects go away [View all] Cary Jan 2016 OP

You're right, the idea that it would go away is ludicrous... daleanime Jan 2016 #1

If Bernie wins gwheezie Jan 2016 #2

Sure it'll be brutal, and there will doubtless be losses too Kentonio Jan 2016 #34

You have a photo of Shirley Chisholm in your signature. Eric J in MN Jan 2016 #64

I wouldn't compare the 2 gwheezie Jan 2016 #68

I hope Bernie learns from Obama's early miscalculations . . . brush Jan 2016 #128

He's not my 1st choice but gwheezie Jan 2016 #131

Likewise, I will gladly vote for Hillary if she wins the nomination brush Jan 2016 #132

Yes you are right. Better to vote for more of the same no change and accept our lot in life. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #3

Nice strawman. TM99 Jan 2016 #4

I'm left wondering hootinholler Jan 2016 #18

I know, right. TM99 Jan 2016 #19

Exactly. bvf Jan 2016 #20

Actually the horse urine soaked straw is useful hootinholler Jan 2016 #23

Good tip! bvf Jan 2016 #25

It's easier to use straight ammonia hootinholler Jan 2016 #45

I actually have an aunt who was heavily into bvf Jan 2016 #53

A good VOC respirator is essential hootinholler Jan 2016 #54

Got it, thx! bvf Jan 2016 #58

...... daleanime Jan 2016 #76

... senz Jan 2016 #61

I get around :D hootinholler Jan 2016 #67

They use a lot of urea (from horses) when dying cotton. tecelote Jan 2016 #83

It's the ammonia that colors the wood but AFAIK only oak hootinholler Jan 2016 #84

Thanks! tecelote Jan 2016 #86

What's he going to fight them with? Oh right, his magic wand. Screw the Democratic Party KittyWampus Jan 2016 #29

So you are telling me that if Sanders TM99 Jan 2016 #50

Yes. Exactly. murielm99 Jan 2016 #87

Won't happen with Sanders. TM99 Jan 2016 #89

He is an outsider. murielm99 Jan 2016 #92

You are confusing his political philosophy TM99 Jan 2016 #95

And why not? hootinholler Jan 2016 #69

Agree 100% TDale313 Jan 2016 #77

Without an effort by Sanders to raise funds in the fourth quarter in order to elect supporting Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #5

+1 Blue_Adept Jan 2016 #8

Jumping on the bandwagon of the day again, eh? Armstead Jan 2016 #72

No Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #73

I'm sorry you had that idea. LWolf Jan 2016 #6

"Those of us..." Cary Jan 2016 #7

-1. The Poster speaks well for me and every Sanders supporter I know. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #10

Your ideas have to withstand scrutiny Cary Jan 2016 #21

And many ideas are supported by the majority of Americans. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #22

You don't listen Cary Jan 2016 #24

Sure, whatever you say. The same words you say apply to 'mainstream Democrats'. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #26

I don't know about progressives Cary Jan 2016 #32

. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #33

Us all? TM99 Jan 2016 #75

You don't think there might just be a pot, kettle, black situation going on here? Kentonio Jan 2016 #41

I speak only for myself even if I take some license here or there Cary Jan 2016 #81

It really has very little to do with Hillary Clinton. Kentonio Jan 2016 #93

But wait... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #66

"Mainstream" Democrats? kristopher Jan 2016 #39

Mainstream, as in In will vote for the nominee Cary Jan 2016 #49

How about just you? bvf Jan 2016 #71

I also agree with everything in that post. Clinton is running to the right of Nixon on domestic Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #13

You live in Texas and you're not ready? Cary Jan 2016 #27

Of course I don't speak for "all Bernie Sanders supporters." LWolf Jan 2016 #17

And yet you felt perfectly free... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #65

You think you're the only one? You're on an internet message board. What do you expect? liberal_at_heart Jan 2016 #90

Translation: "We're the Koch Brothers' Bitches so Shut Up and Go to the Slaughterhouse with Grace" Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #9

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #FeeltheBern +100//// eom Karma13612 Jan 2016 #12

I for one PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #14

I must say, the number of "get real, Bernie doesn't have a chance, Karma13612 Jan 2016 #11

Of course that isn't my point Cary Jan 2016 #60

Way to re-stuff that stupid straw man, Cary. bvf Jan 2016 #15

I'm so sick of that "both sides do it" crap Cary Jan 2016 #85

OTOH, there are those bvf Jan 2016 #94

The President is not a dictator. Cary Jan 2016 #96

"The President is not a dictator." bvf Jan 2016 #97

"Thanks, Professor" Cary Jan 2016 #98

"I'm not here to educate you or anyone else." bvf Jan 2016 #101

Oh good. Cary Jan 2016 #102

Yet you press on, bvf Jan 2016 #103

Obviously your only purpose is to try to aggravate me. Cary Jan 2016 #104

Aggravation seems to be your default state bvf Jan 2016 #106

It's always about me. Cary Jan 2016 #107

Look up "gaslighting." bvf Jan 2016 #108

Yes I do. Cary Jan 2016 #109

So you looked up "gaslighting," bvf Jan 2016 #110

You don't say? Cary Jan 2016 #111

Yes, I do. It's pretty clear. bvf Jan 2016 #112

Is that right? Cary Jan 2016 #114

. bvf Jan 2016 #117

Inconceivable! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #113

Ow! bvf Jan 2016 #115

We're just not bright enough to appreciate genius: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #116

Is that right? Cary Jan 2016 #118

"Under seize." Cary Jan 2016 #119

See #7. bvf Jan 2016 #120

No. I really don't care. Cary Jan 2016 #121

Enjoy. bvf Jan 2016 #122

You don't say? Cary Jan 2016 #123

. bvf Jan 2016 #124

That's the smartest thing you've said. Cary Jan 2016 #125

It's certainly intellectually superior to posting "Ha!" beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #127

You don't say? bvf Jan 2016 #129

Your OP about ignores? I give it a week, tops. bvf Jan 2016 #130

If Hillary is elected it doesn't go away either. Vinca Jan 2016 #16

I want someone to start negotiations on the left... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2016 #28

Straw person. No one has the idea that electing Bernie will eliminate all bad things. merrily Jan 2016 #30

Pot meet kettle. Amimnoch Jan 2016 #37

Ok nt merrily Jan 2016 #38

No one claims any such thing. Making shit up is contemptible as well as ludicrous cali Jan 2016 #31

Very well-chosen words, there. n/t bvf Jan 2016 #36

Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #35

To call that a "photo" is... bvf Jan 2016 #40

Please see Reply 31. Thanks. merrily Jan 2016 #42

Odd, I don't see #31. Amimnoch Jan 2016 #43

Thanks for eliminating the need for elections. kristopher Jan 2016 #47

Feel free to show me a theoretical roll call of a 115th Congress in 2017. Amimnoch Jan 2016 #48

How Republican. senz Jan 2016 #74

Ahhh, that beautiful "I have no argument, so I'll just go with a a basic insult" Amimnoch Jan 2016 #79

Right wing meme. tecelote Jan 2016 #88

Yeah because it's just so naive... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #44

+100000000 azmom Jan 2016 #51

Well done! hedda_foil Jan 2016 #63

the idea that anyone thinks that Bernie supporters expect immediate radical change is ludicrous. bowens43 Jan 2016 #46

Of course they won't. But at least Sanders will try. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #52

But Bernie would at least start the ball rolling up hill. Live and Learn Jan 2016 #55

I agree INdemo Jan 2016 #56

It is ludicrous and we only hear it from Clinton supporters AgingAmerican Jan 2016 #57

The difference: President Sanders isn't part of it and calls it for what it is. senz Jan 2016 #59

So...? cui bono Jan 2016 #62

The idea that Hillary gets elected and it doesn't get much worse is equally ludicrous. Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #70

I was told the same thing by people here about President Obama Cary Jan 2016 #100

If Bernie is elected I am expectingJesus Himself to descend from the clouds Armstead Jan 2016 #78

In 1961, John Kennedy had this to say saltpoint Jan 2016 #80

I'd rather have an uncertain future CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #82

+++++++++++++++++++++++ nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #91

You want to cut off your nose to spite your face. Cary Jan 2016 #99

Electing Bernie is the very first step in limiting the power that venal and craven Zorra Jan 2016 #105

The concept that there will be a revolution that no polling can detect is amusing Gothmog Jan 2016 #126