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Bernie Sanders

merrily

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31. Ted Kennedy, Harry Byrd. another guy whose name I won't even type.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #28)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:51 PM

Jun 2016

My point is, they served under many Presidents. As the thread starter points out, incumbents tend to get re-elected. It's very much worth getting the right people in.

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Exactly how self-defeating have we become? [View all] merrily Jun 2016 OP

Good God,,,, SmittynMo Jun 2016 #1

LOL! I think I love you, too. Thank you so much. merrily Jun 2016 #3

Merrily does ROCK! Duval Jun 2016 #32

How long is a piece of string? Fairgo Jun 2016 #2

IMO, Mr. Google can cure, not all, but a lot of ignorance. Not sure how to cure stupid. merrily Jun 2016 #4

Stupid tends to be a terminal condition Fairgo Jun 2016 #5

I feel bad. I think I will change the title of the OP. merrily Jun 2016 #17

Bravo! Paka Jun 2016 #6

Brilliant post Merrily. dead on. nt retrowire Jun 2016 #7

Thank you retro. merrily Jun 2016 #8

The stupid learned helplessness makes us look stupid. So, we soundlessly go back to work. Festivito Jun 2016 #9

Thanks, Festivito. That is very poetic. merrily Jun 2016 #10

Depends on what arouses the hatred. Disdain of psychology, or hits to close. eom Festivito Jun 2016 #11

Neither, but what depends on what arouses the hatred? merrily Jun 2016 #12

You "hate the whole concept of learned helplessness..." Why? eom Festivito Jun 2016 #13

For one thing, I am not sure I fully understand it. merrily Jun 2016 #14

Stockholm syndrome, learned helplessness, stupidity. Do any of us really know what to do about them? Festivito Jun 2016 #15

Ah, thanks. merrily Jun 2016 #16

One way was to let it get so bad that people would awaken. Bush pushed us into Obama. Festivito Jun 2016 #19

How does self-defeating strike you? merrily Jun 2016 #18

Yup. All those things are self defeating. When can we vote against our own self interest again? Festivito Jun 2016 #20

That is a different issue than the issues the OP raised. merrily Jun 2016 #22

You are a very thoughtful person... Fairgo Jun 2016 #21

Thank you. My OP addressed that, albeit perhaps obliquely. merrily Jun 2016 #23

I follow your posts for that very reason Fairgo Jun 2016 #33

Of course, but "pivot"? Bernin4U Jun 2016 #24

Good news is, we don't have to listen to anyone we do not choose to listen to. merrily Jun 2016 #25

Still, I question why you say "pivot" Bernin4U Jun 2016 #26

I said "we pivot" because that is my perception of what we as a people do. Well, maybe not as merrily Jun 2016 #27

Right, Obama had us hopefull. Bernin4U Jun 2016 #29

They do not buy that 99% of the people have to keep merrily Jun 2016 #30

+1000 n/t Triana Jun 2016 #35

" ... because Congress." Martin Eden Jun 2016 #28

Ted Kennedy, Harry Byrd. another guy whose name I won't even type. merrily Jun 2016 #31

Yep. It's amazing that the citizenry has not rioted over corporations controlling Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2016 #34

I wrote sonething similar on Facebook last night noiretextatique Jun 2016 #36

Thank you. Sanders has given many Americans a view of merrily Jun 2016 #37