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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Does Anyone Have A Link To What Harold Ford, Jr Said [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)24. Many good solid citizens could govern.
but most won't take themselves and their family through the slough of crap that is the moat around the Castle known as the White House. No one and their family are perfect, so who wants to drag them in?
I mean they can't have a regular job, so there is their own personal income that must be raised...who can argue against that? Or, they have to be independently wealthy. Also, it takes family...same story...and yes, family deserves to be paid as they are replacing a paid employee.
We need a new system as this one has significantly degraded. I just don't know how.
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The way I heard it (Thom Hartmann) if HRC loses IA and NH - Kerry, Biden, Warren
Peregrine Took
Jan 2016
#2
My guess is also that she personally prefers Bernie, based on his positions.
winter is coming
Jan 2016
#12
Agreed. Other than her own words, her family does not want her to run. And yes, she is and will be
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#23
That would be a huge mistake on the part of the DNC. All of these tools just refuse to see the
onecaliberal
Jan 2016
#8
He knows it a dog whistle, fortunately the people it works on wouldn't vote for a dem no matter what
onecaliberal
Jan 2016
#15
The party can't try to 'invalidate' Bernie now after accepting him to run in the campaign
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#18
They're so used to fucking us over, it's as if they believe they can change the results of the vote
onecaliberal
Jan 2016
#17
Those who remember 1972 - can remember how McGovern had won most of the primaries
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2016
#19
Hmm that'd be chaos. Wouldn't require the release of all HRC's Superdelegates?
HereSince1628
Jan 2016
#25