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In reply to the discussion: Why I don't think I will be able to vote for Clinton if Sanders fails... [View all]lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)272. What's that suppose to mean, you're going to vote for a mud flap for President? Good gawd.
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Why I don't think I will be able to vote for Clinton if Sanders fails... [View all]
F4lconF16
Oct 2015
OP
Okay. So either don't vote or vote for the other side. It's all about choices.
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#1
underline VIABLE. this is why the left LOSES. i want to WIN, no other option these days of FUX GNEWZ
pansypoo53219
Oct 2015
#93
The point I make is that I think only a Sanders win can stop our steady drag to the right
Scootaloo
Oct 2015
#181
Is that why Vermont only has Senators from the two main parties? I didn't think so.
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#274
I will vote for the Democratic Socialist third party candidate just like you say you will.
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#315
"If you still blame Nader for what happened, you have lost all credibility."
SusanCalvin
Oct 2015
#210
A very snide response to a very thoughtful post. THIS is how people in the REAL WORLD are thinking
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#12
Out of the hundreds of other shady posts, you chose to blast that on this OP?
LettuceSea
Oct 2015
#23
you do realize General Election season does not begin until after the Democratic Primary ?
azurnoir
Oct 2015
#115
I don't think he was being disingenous. The OP stated that he would not vote for Hillary in the GE
brush
Oct 2015
#255
It will never cease to amaze me you think socialists will vote Republican. Nt
F4lconF16
Oct 2015
#42
Ok, if you say so. Just consider this: The important thing to do is to get a Dem . . .
brush
Oct 2015
#108
I have the archaic notion that my vote belongs to me, to use as I wish.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#120
We are not putting up with that crap anymore. You cannot bully us into voting for
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#139
No. If Bernie doesn't get the nomination I'll vote for someone even more progressive than he is.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#81
I think that's where most of the Chris Hedges-type progressives are at. It sounds like you and they
ancianita
Oct 2015
#285
Actually, she switched to the GOP a few weeks ago in one of her passive agressive press conferences.
FSogol
Oct 2015
#136
+1. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Right now, I don't think I'll come to it. n/t
winter is coming
Oct 2015
#96
What's your hurry? Besides even if I did right now I could still post here.
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Oct 2015
#53
I have been pro glbtq rights from the jump, long before it was cool...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#86
I respect your honesty but i am being honest when i say I don't respect your choice.
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#95
I would say voting is an intimate, personal, and sacred right and I respect their right
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#147
I haven't put you on ignore yet have I? I don't put everyone on ignore.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#154
Do what you feel you need to do. I think it is worth discussing without using ignore.
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#155
Great post, and I wish the national Democratic Party would get this message
beerandjesus
Oct 2015
#73
The question for me is whether legitimizing the system does me more harm than good.
F4lconF16
Oct 2015
#92
It is called self preservation and pragatimisn. Just because you don't like Hillary does not mean
Todays_Illusion
Oct 2015
#126
those of us who are democrats on DemocraticUnderground will miss you after the convention :-) nt
msongs
Oct 2015
#128
It was 300,000 registered Democrats in FL who though that Bush was better than Gore n/t
eridani
Oct 2015
#253
Counter argument. Angela Davis voted for Obama. First time she ever voted for a major party
McCamy Taylor
Oct 2015
#144
So if the Hillary people all decide to sit it out if Bernie wins, that's okay with you?
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#165
They might just choose not to vote at all, like you. I don't know why you expect
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#241
"Because there's not a dime's worth of difference between Al Gore and George Bush"
greenman3610
Oct 2015
#167
As socialists, our responsibility is to strengthening our class to advance to greater goals.
Starry Messenger
Oct 2015
#169
"back to square one, circa 1980." I think manny here don't realize how fucking god awful that was.
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#197
As a woman I have seen our rights stripped away.... Often men forget that and think the gamble is
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#290
lol. i am queer and gay married and i dont think you should use us as an excuse to not vote for HRC.
La Lioness Priyanka
Oct 2015
#172
IF Clinton should become our nominee and that is beginning to look doubtful, I'm certain my decision
Purveyor
Oct 2015
#180
Probably the people who run their own website so they can trash Sanders supporters.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#238
One: I'm a Sanders supporter. Two: I'm not going to tell anyone who to vote for.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#189
Mega-left purity is as radical as the right wing insane tea party. Thanks for helping them.
RBInMaine
Oct 2015
#193
As we become adults we realize that the world doesn't revolve around us. Some I guess never grow up
upaloopa
Oct 2015
#216
Actually, Sanders isn't a liar; you may be confusing him with other candidates.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#239
That's all good stuff but it's essentially just rhetoric since all this talk of 3rd parties . . .
brush
Oct 2015
#258
I can't believe how many posts there are telling us who we have to vote for.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#243
He/she pulled the same thing on me so I just wanted to let him/her know that being put on ignore
brush
Oct 2015
#296
I suspect that you might change your mind if it's Clinton vs someone from the Clown Car
eridani
Oct 2015
#248
Problem is that our car is already headed backwards, down a really big hill, with a cliff ahead. nt
F4lconF16
Oct 2015
#249
Both parties have been destroying this country since Reagan. It happens a little bit slower when
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2015
#250
You have to vote Mrs. Clinton if she is the nominee. God help us if Trump is the nomnee!
akbacchus_BC
Oct 2015
#261
This whole thread demonstrates the problem with the American political system
davidn3600
Oct 2015
#268
What's that suppose to mean, you're going to vote for a mud flap for President? Good gawd.
lonestarnot
Oct 2015
#272
The 8 horrific years of the Bush/Cheney regime convinced me never to not vote Democrat.
DCBob
Oct 2015
#273
I can never vote GOP again.. I did vote for Reagan the first time... NEVER AGAIN.. We need for
secondwind
Oct 2015
#278
I simply can't think of a single reason why I should trust her. I would never hire her
Zorra
Oct 2015
#304
Well, I just heard a discussion of the Supreme Court on Charlie Rose last night...
Gloria
Oct 2015
#310