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Cha

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36. "We can't directly convert people.. " But, we can

Reply to OilemFirchen (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 05:23 AM

Dec 2019

gaslight the hell out them.."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Politico Magazine: Why some on the left (esp Jacobin magazine) have turned on Warren [View all] highplainsdem Dec 2019 OP

ok started reading.. pangaia Dec 2019 #1

Yes, it's like many of those "Packman" and "TYT" videos that are posted. Seven or eight minute.... George II Dec 2019 #3

+ a Brazilian. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #7

Even recipes force you to wade through anecdotes. LisaM Dec 2019 #15

HA HA... yup pangaia Dec 2019 #21

Jacobin has turned on her because she's the biggest threat to attract Sanders voters. George II Dec 2019 #2

There ya go. next article... pangaia Dec 2019 #5

Yup -- didn't even have to read it to figure that out. KPN Dec 2019 #10

I Read Partly Me. Dec 2019 #4

I feel exactly the same way as you do still_one Dec 2019 #8

... Me. Dec 2019 #26

Really there is only one Dem in the equation so, Lexee Dec 2019 #27

You Are Quite Right Me. Dec 2019 #29

I cannot imagine a campaign that is serious in our Democratic Party primary Lexee Dec 2019 #30

I don't even have to read it.. I know what Cha Dec 2019 #31

You're Ahead Of Me. Here Me. Dec 2019 #34

Who knew? Krystal Ball video clips are "enlightening" too BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #6

This piece is much more thoughtful and interesting than anything Krystal Ball has highplainsdem Dec 2019 #11

Right...Don't kid a kidder BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #14

You might be a kidder, but I'm not. highplainsdem Dec 2019 #16

LOL.. Here's a couple of the Krystal Ball tweets you asked for.. Cha Dec 2019 #32

Look, the cavalry is here BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #33

All you have are your silly insults. Cha Dec 2019 #35

Rich Yeselson, contributing editor of "Dissent", calls Bhaskar Sunkara "kind of a genius". OilemFirchen Dec 2019 #9

I don't consider it dazzling or at all indocative of genius. Just evidence of some in the party highplainsdem Dec 2019 #13

That was facetious. I thought it would be apparent. (n/t) OilemFirchen Dec 2019 #17

I realized you were being facetious. I was just adding my opinion. I'm not a fan of Jacobin. highplainsdem Dec 2019 #18

Socialism is an opposition to liberalism mathematic Dec 2019 #28

"We can't directly convert people.. " But, we can Cha Dec 2019 #36

To me it seems like Jacobin acts as a functional arm of the Sanders campaign. redqueen Dec 2019 #12

No idea. My main exposure to Jacobin has been through quotes/links of their attacks on Biden highplainsdem Dec 2019 #19

They love attacking Yang as well. nt redqueen Dec 2019 #24

i've got one ??- who pays the bills? mopinko Dec 2019 #20

Couldn't find anything on its current funding, but the Wikipedia article on Jacobin links to a 2016 highplainsdem Dec 2019 #25

Why would we expect anything else from Jacobin SharonClark Dec 2019 #22

Bottom line is this... Lobster Sauce Dec 2019 #23

Thanks for exposing jacobin, hpd. Cha Dec 2019 #37