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themaguffin

(3,805 posts)
89. I'm tired of the word "establishment" being used. It's bullshit to use it.
Wed May 15, 2019, 12:28 PM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
I'm 73 today. Younger people have to work with older people to achieve the goals. No one can do it wasupaloopa May 2019 #1
happy birthday! Kurt V. May 2019 #4
Thank you wasupaloopa May 2019 #30
You still got another decade or two before you can get away with Hortensis May 2019 #92
Happy Birthday! R B Garr May 2019 #5
Thank you wasupaloopa May 2019 #31
Happy Birthday! JoeOtterbein May 2019 #7
Thank you wasupaloopa May 2019 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle May 2019 #34
You are 73 years young. Happy B day. Funny how older employees train the younger ones. YOHABLO May 2019 #40
Hey! Happy Birthday! sandensea May 2019 #48
I think you've got it backwards left-of-center2012 May 2019 #2
It's always tough when we're in a period of transition. Baitball Blogger May 2019 #12
Break their spirits? Either they're tough enough, or they aren't. This ain't tiddlywinks, and Maru Kitteh May 2019 #21
Sooo, the answer is to support moderate Democrats who buckle whenever Republicans Baitball Blogger May 2019 #22
Thanks for saying that... it is obvious, yet often overlooked. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #52
Agree with you. Heartily. I am 71, former college teacher so most of my life has been among the emmaverybo May 2019 #24
K&R It's their world now and should have the say so about the future. Kurt V. May 2019 #3
It's not "their world", it's OUR world, we're not dead and buried yet. Tell that to Jimmy Carter! George II May 2019 #49
Its their world insofar as the decisions to be made going forward. That's all I'm saying Kurt V. May 2019 #64
No, it isn't. Because those older Democrats have younger relatives and friends they're concerned highplainsdem May 2019 #72
Exactly - some are acting like there are no parents, grand parents, or great grand parents George II May 2019 #84
Gotta Agree Progressive2020 May 2019 #6
Me too... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #8
I'm 62 and totally agree. blueinredohio May 2019 #33
64 and totally with you! denvine May 2019 #51
Me FIVE!! The hell with the incrementalism... we need drastic change in this country!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #54
Centrism leads to the status quo. That's not good enough for me. nt earthshine May 2019 #57
What IS good enough for you? Anything other than "nt"? George II May 2019 #78
Your ending reminded me of this song. Uncle Joe May 2019 #9
"...just look at them and sigh and know they..." JoeOtterbein May 2019 #17
leave the whining to the young-uns nt msongs May 2019 #10
Wow, Joe, you make it sound as if younger Dems found the climate change issue under a cabbage leaf highplainsdem May 2019 #11
I'm a older liberal Dem too. JoeOtterbein May 2019 #14
Yes, we need action. We won't get that without political power. We won't get political power highplainsdem May 2019 #25
1968 Election Progressive2020 May 2019 #28
No, that isn't why he lost. Some facts based on data: highplainsdem May 2019 #39
Losses Progressive2020 May 2019 #53
There's no particular reason to believe that a candidate who couldn't win the primary could win the highplainsdem May 2019 #59
Well Progressive2020 May 2019 #61
I was too young to vote in 1968. But I wasn't too young to see how protest votes (or not highplainsdem May 2019 #70
The Democrats have not been doing enough bloom May 2019 #20
I'm with you... we need a real environmental protection plan that will save the planet!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #55
What more could Democrats have done, specifically? ehrnst May 2019 #83
Remember that Boomer, Al Gore? murielm99 May 2019 #44
How quickly some forget mcar May 2019 #74
So what bold legislation have we sponsored, if we're so concerned? BlueWI May 2019 #58
By bold, you mean legislation that's actually been passed? ehrnst May 2019 #86
i'm 63 too. barbtries May 2019 #13
I'm 50-Something And Concur corbettkroehler May 2019 #15
Most of the complaints I hear go the opposite direction. RandySF May 2019 #16
I like new energy, ideas but I also want experience, I don't ever want another used car salesman yaesu May 2019 #18
Great post, It's time for leadership to get bold about climate change-young people get it. jalan48 May 2019 #19
I Am Reminded Progressive2020 May 2019 #23
And I'm Tired Of Dems Bashing Dems Me. May 2019 #26
Me? sheshe2 May 2019 #45
... Me. May 2019 #65
... sheshe2 May 2019 #91
+1! mcar May 2019 #75
63 here and I completely agree. K and R NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #27
67, and far from complaining, Susan Calvin May 2019 #29
I am 71 and have more confidence in the younger ones than I do LiberalArkie May 2019 #35
THANK YOU! Bettie May 2019 #36
Young Dems can criticize anyone they want... FailureToCommunicate May 2019 #37
Got that right!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #56
Democrats. ehrnst May 2019 #90
A-fucking-men!!! FiveGoodMen May 2019 #38
At 62, I wholly agree relayerbob May 2019 #41
Let the word go forth from this time and place, Xipe Totec May 2019 #42
This is grossly offensive to us who have 40, 50, or even 60+ years "invested", as you put it.... George II May 2019 #43
Plus a million. sheshe2 May 2019 #47
"You owe us "old establishment Dems" a huge apology!!!" --- ABSOLUTELY TRUE!! NurseJackie May 2019 #69
Yeah, who's whining? mcar May 2019 #76
I'm offended because I know for a fact we do not fight hard enough... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #79
"WE" do not fight hard enough? Who are "WE"? I've been fighting for 40+ years.... George II May 2019 #80
Sorry but WE (you and I) did not fight enough. Roe vs. Wade may be gone soon because... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #81
Speak for yourself, please. George II May 2019 #85
I am. That is why I use my real name for everything I ever wrote on the internet since '92. JoeOtterbein May 2019 #87
Agree 100% shanny May 2019 #46
The Reagan Legacy colsohlibgal May 2019 #50
I'm 54 and I agree with this OP. We need change. nt earthshine May 2019 #60
Mommy, there's an old establishment Dem under my bed! betsuni May 2019 #62
I don't even know who you're talking about. Hortensis May 2019 #63
So Well Said Me. May 2019 #66
+100000000000 betsuni May 2019 #67
Well said! I get so weary of people taking a dump on loyal Democrats as this post has done. NurseJackie May 2019 #68
It's grim to see the insane degree of hyperpartisanship Hortensis May 2019 #71
And this isn't the only OP that expresses the same kind of toxic hyperpartisanship... NurseJackie May 2019 #73
I'm a 72 yr baby boomer and aging hippie vlyons May 2019 #77
I am tired of divisionary flamebait OPs dividing Democrats. The OP is "COMPLAINING" about still_one May 2019 #82
And I'm sick of DSA members whining crazytown May 2019 #88
I'm tired of the word "establishment" being used. It's bullshit to use it. themaguffin May 2019 #89
Agree Totally colsohlibgal May 2019 #93
Yes. As a woman well into her sixties, I agree. BeckyDem May 2019 #94
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