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In reply to the discussion: Peter Daou: I have diligently avoided saying the 2016 election was stolen [View all]oldcynic
(385 posts)42. BFD...we do the same thing over and over and over
How far back do you want to go? Washington? Lincoln? Genghis Khan? How about Nixon...he was a well-known crook and got elected anyway. Since then, it's been solid wingnut control of the country...with the exception of a few Demos kneecapped by vicious Republican attacks. All political systems have their drawbacks. Democracy's problem is that it requires constant attention, examination, and participation by all the people, all the time. Humans are not capable of that. We operate as we always have done...might makes right. We still want to be ruled by that silver back...whatever title you give him. The question is and always was: how do we overcome genetic programming?
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Peter Daou: I have diligently avoided saying the 2016 election was stolen [View all]
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
OP
How could Daou have said anything earlier, when today was the first time that Comey
spooky3
Mar 2017
#6
I could be wrong but I think he was talking about James Comey, not Peter Daou. (eom)
StevieM
Mar 2017
#53
And the states with contested Senate races had greater exit polling error, same as 2004.
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#45
I remember. We are too nice to them sometimes...give in or give up too easily.
Alice11111
Mar 2017
#26
Except, twice as bad in 2016, with same Senate races contested in same states:
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#47
They played the game a million times better than we did. We couldn't even
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#7
Your response to a major issue today is to refight the primary that is long over?
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#28
thanks . al gore and hillary clinton, the once and true president of the united states of amarica.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 2017
#10
Yes, its not like we lost to Jeb! That would bs a loss. This is a destruction of our county.
Alice11111
Mar 2017
#30
Money rules, not only picking candidates (in both parties) but controlling culture.
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#48