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ProfessorPlum

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15. no one is asking you to ignore anything
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 09:07 PM
Feb 2019

have your reasons, that's great.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Are you planning on posting anything that doesn't include Squinch Feb 2019 #1
Right? MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #7
+1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #9
+1 leftofcool Feb 2019 #60
Unfortunately, probably not NastyRiffraff Feb 2019 #67
I'm glad someone said it... SKKY Feb 2019 #86
I begin to suspect it's performance art, and the persona is a tantruming 9 year old who finds Squinch Feb 2019 #87
That's just how the Sanders camp rolls...nt SidDithers Feb 2019 #89
+1 more. Amimnoch Feb 2019 #96
If Bernie happens to be our nominee, I'll vote for him. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #2
who on earth is asking you to ? ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #14
That's ridiculous; just because I won't hand it to a Republican by dafault doesn't mean LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #3
no one is asking you to ignore anything ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #15
His affiliation is integral to his candidacy, and you're telling me to "shut up" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #18
What I'm saying is the party label is superficial and boring as fuck as a reason ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #38
No, it's not like that at all, and I seriously doubt that you really believe that LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #39
Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #42
You're simply trying to provoke an alertable reaction. I'm done. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #43
You noticed that too, huh? Squinch Feb 2019 #63
It was kind of the elephant in the room LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #78
Bazinga! George II Feb 2019 #75
So, using your logic, should we rename this site "Superficial Underground"? George II Feb 2019 #77
to you qazplm135 Feb 2019 #79
Party labels are superficial? lapucelle Feb 2019 #88
+∞ LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #90
Yeah, that's why I rooted for the LosAngelesNewEnglandRamsPatriots in the Super Bowl. George II Feb 2019 #97
So you are saying those who don't vote are Trump-enablers? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #4
you've said exactly nothing ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #16
I have said something. It goes beyond policy differences to profound ideological differences. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #22
yes, the yawning chasm between liberal Democrat ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #36
Grand Canyon. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #41
LOL. Good heavens ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #50
As the saying goes - an inch is as good as a mile. So, you admit there's a "chasm". George II Feb 2019 #98
How are you so pissed off at everyone so early in the process? Squinch Feb 2019 #35
If Sanders is a "self-described Democratic Socialist," pangaia Feb 2019 #37
I am a self-described pro-capitalist. For sure. 100%. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #40
Sanders represents one of our best hopes for getting back to New Deal sensibilities ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #44
We surely do not see eye to eye. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #70
I think we agree on the politics.. mostly. pangaia Feb 2019 #48
That's because Sanders and Cortez go out of their way to remind everyone. George II Feb 2019 #99
Cut to the chase please. Will you vote for him if he becomes the nominee of the Democratic party? hedda_foil Feb 2019 #100
Glad someone finally said it. liberalnarb Feb 2019 #5
... lapucelle Feb 2019 #6
Why even have political parties then? MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #8
Simply GlennRuss Feb 2019 #20
I'm all for people inside the party creating change and challenging MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #71
His party affiliation is a top consideration at all times. R B Garr Feb 2019 #10
Indeed. +1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #45
I would vote for a big bucket of horseshit if that would get Trump out of our lives. QC Feb 2019 #11
It's not junior high to learn from the 2016 election that badmouthing R B Garr Feb 2019 #12
Hmm, now you've got me mulling over the relative merits of horseshit vis a vis tRump... JudyM Feb 2019 #25
LOL ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #27
Horseshit is great on the garden! QC Feb 2019 #65
It's entirely relevant to making a decision about who to support in our primaries. NYC Liberal Feb 2019 #13
Well said nt Trumpocalypse Feb 2019 #23
+100000 Pachamama Feb 2019 #101
Well, no . . . Chichiri Feb 2019 #17
no one is saying all the candidates are the same ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #28
The point about party affiliation... WeekiWater Feb 2019 #19
But the Democratic Party thinks otherwise floppyboo Feb 2019 #21
And what is my opinion from what you just replied to? NT WeekiWater Feb 2019 #47
DU doesn't control that ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #29
This is a discussion board. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #46
they do indeed ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #49
I thought we were responding to your op about it. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #51
The topic of discussing Sanders, and all the candidates, on their actual merits ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #53
You are still discussing that which you call boring and beaten to death. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #56
So you keep starting threads about it. Squinch Feb 2019 #64
Here is what I think is problematic: floppyboo Feb 2019 #55
. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #58
I'll vote for the lesser of two evils Trumpocalypse Feb 2019 #24
you do that ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #31
You can't tell us to shut up during primary season. It is early, chill. wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #26
Not exactly the same. I think he's the least qualified of the bunch, ecstatic Feb 2019 #30
That's at least a reason. His party label is the most boring, stupid reason ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #33
Sander's Only as A Last Resort. Horizens Feb 2019 #32
"Many of the Birney Bots I know didn't vote in 2016" ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #34
Here are the rules that sanders needs to agree to and the oath that he must take Gothmog Feb 2019 #52
+1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #54
Yeah...but what about his birth certificate? rgbecker Feb 2019 #93
not really, I would vote for George W ush if he won the nomination on write in ballots bottomofthehill Feb 2019 #57
So all those who voted for a gorilla in 2016 voted for Trump right? leftofcool Feb 2019 #59
If, big if, Bernie becomes our candidate randr Feb 2019 #61
Personally I'm extremely tired of reading people here trashing Sanders non-stop for two years pecosbob Feb 2019 #62
well said ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #66
No, that isn't true. I will vote for Sanders if he's the nominee pnwmom Feb 2019 #68
He'll never be the nominee. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #69
What? Bullshit! Adrahil Feb 2019 #72
+1 MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #73
Thank You, Adrahil! Cha Feb 2019 #74
Indeed. shanny Feb 2019 #76
Who are you to be telling people on a discussion site to "shut up"? I would appreciate a response. George II Feb 2019 #80
Not possible. MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #82
Haha quickesst Feb 2019 #81
The OP is totally illogical Martin Eden Feb 2019 #83
EXACTLY! Jokerman Feb 2019 #84
Your premise is flawed. LanternWaste Feb 2019 #85
No he's not. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #91
Voting against Trump is not the same as Voting for Sanders...nt SidDithers Feb 2019 #92
Sanders has not signed oath yet Gothmog Feb 2019 #94
Well.. then he's NOT "exactly the same for me." Amimnoch Feb 2019 #95
Actually that would make you a Democrat; none of the candidates are EXACTLY the same bigbrother05 Feb 2019 #102
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