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floriduck

(2,262 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 02:30 PM Jan 2016

Bill and Chelsea talking in Iowa

behind them is a banner that states "We will maintain". Is there anything more obvious than that? Maintaining the status quo will kill the party and hurt everyone, even the wealthy. But, by God, let's not strive for anything better.

Disgusting!

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Bill and Chelsea talking in Iowa (Original Post) floriduck Jan 2016 OP
We will maintain what? guillaumeb Jan 2016 #1
It's the IOWA STATE MOTTO! What a waste of space the OP is…. KittyWampus Jan 2016 #31
Damn those Clinton's are maniacal and insidious! workinclasszero Jan 2016 #45
If I was a hedge fund manager that would give me great comfort DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #2
It's the Iowa motto.... all american girl Jan 2016 #51
Maintain our innocence. JEB Jan 2016 #3
What horrible idea kcjohn1 Jan 2016 #4
"We will maintain"? Scootaloo Jan 2016 #5
"Meh.." frylock Jan 2016 #16
It's the Iowa motto.... all american girl Jan 2016 #49
We Will Maintain. That sounds ominous to me. Or maybe sinister is.a better word? Creepy? hedda_foil Jan 2016 #6
It's the Iowa motto... all american girl Jan 2016 #50
We will maintain PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #7
Back in the late 60s and early 70s, "maintaining" was something MineralMan Jan 2016 #8
I love your posts rbrnmw Jan 2016 #38
"Stay the Course" was taken thesquanderer Jan 2016 #9
We will maintain 32 million uninsured jfern Jan 2016 #10
Looks like a Twitter hashtag in the making. n/t winter is coming Jan 2016 #11
maintain the pillaging and plundering of the poor and middle classes restorefreedom Jan 2016 #12
Hillary 2016: we will keep you right where you are snagglepuss Jan 2016 #27
you are most welcome. hope it doesn't come true though! nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #34
Oh, ffs, it's the Iowa state motto: Our liberties we prize Tanuki Jan 2016 #13
... BooScout Jan 2016 #17
Poor optics, nonetheless.. frylock Jan 2016 #18
... BooScout Jan 2016 #19
I know, right?! frylock Jan 2016 #21
You can't make this shit up! NastyRiffraff Jan 2016 #28
Here you go, it makes the OP and the ones piling on look really …. silly... KittyWampus Jan 2016 #33
Yep, it sure does.. frylock Jan 2016 #35
It's like when GOPers accused Obama of making his own "O Flag" that "looked vaguely African" alcibiades_mystery Jan 2016 #20
Thanks for the memory - and the laugh! NanceGreggs Jan 2016 #25
We're approaching "terrorist fist bump" territory! eom Tanuki Jan 2016 #42
Next stop New Hampshire, the Live Free or Die state. I can see it now, someone will post Tanuki Jan 2016 #46
I think we need to give all the States' mottos, logos, symbols etc... Ana Hauhet Jan 2016 #53
Hi Ana, I see you are new around here. Tanuki Jan 2016 #54
That was a great one! ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #58
OMG LOL! treestar Jan 2016 #24
Post of the day (so far). Thanks for calling out the nonsense. Bleacher Creature Jan 2016 #29
Resistance is Futile. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #14
I'll Settle for Hillary! frylock Jan 2016 #15
Damn it..you had to say settle.. tokenlib Jan 2016 #22
Pa? Why are you voting for Hillary? frylock Jan 2016 #23
Chelsea is married to a Wall Street parasite. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #26
What does the rest of the banner say? If you can't give a full account why waste an OP? KittyWampus Jan 2016 #30
Ignorance is bliss. nt TeamPooka Jan 2016 #32
whoops!.... LuvLoogie Jan 2016 #36
This is one of the stupidest things I've read lately tammywammy Jan 2016 #37
It will only get worse ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #39
IT'S A TRAP!! ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #40
Nooooooooooooooo workinclasszero Jan 2016 #47
Maintain the wealth gap! JRLeft Jan 2016 #41
We Will Maintain? Nanjeanne Jan 2016 #43
Maintain & Strengthen the ruling power of Wall Street Elites, Big Pharma, Health Ins Corps, etc..nt amborin Jan 2016 #44
These idiotic posts okasha Jan 2016 #48
Camp BurningPants are going to get bernt-if not tomorrow, then come March. riversedge Jan 2016 #55
... SidDithers Jan 2016 #52
Hey--Trump owns this word--Disgusting!--oh oh. riversedge Jan 2016 #56
Kicked for the stupidity ronnykmarshall Jan 2016 #57
 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
31. It's the IOWA STATE MOTTO! What a waste of space the OP is….
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 07:58 PM
Jan 2016

They are standing in front of the Iowa state motto:

Our liberties we prize and our rights we maintain.


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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
45. Damn those Clinton's are maniacal and insidious!
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 11:27 PM
Jan 2016

How did they go back in time and write the Iowa state motto just so they could sit under it in 2016 to send subliminal messages out that.....oh shit...lolololol

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
4. What horrible idea
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 02:36 PM
Jan 2016

We know why. They are and their friends are making like bandits in this system.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511097029

Politically speaking this is horrible strategy. When only ~15% of the population shows up in a caucus, they don't who show because they want to maintain the status qua. Even if you convince the voters that this is the correct path, most will decide not to show up.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
5. "We will maintain"?
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jan 2016

Talk about managing expectations. What will the New Hampshire events say? "Good Enough, I Guess"?

hedda_foil

(16,373 posts)
6. We Will Maintain. That sounds ominous to me. Or maybe sinister is.a better word? Creepy?
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 04:20 PM
Jan 2016

With all their bucks, it's incredible how bad their communication strategy has been.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
8. Back in the late 60s and early 70s, "maintaining" was something
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jan 2016

you did after smoking some on your way to visit your parents. It was important to "maintain" in those circumstances. Same thing if you got stopped by the Highway Patrol for driving too slowly on your way to your parents' house. Maintaining was a skill one learned.

The definitions of words tend to change over time, I guess.

jfern

(5,204 posts)
10. We will maintain 32 million uninsured
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 06:42 PM
Jan 2016

We will maintain runaway climate change
We will maintain the working class getting the shaft
We will maintain Chelsea's $10 million condo

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
12. maintain the pillaging and plundering of the poor and middle classes
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 06:48 PM
Jan 2016

for the grotesque unearned wealth of the 1%

yup.

hillary 2016
we will keep you right where you are


Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
13. Oh, ffs, it's the Iowa state motto: Our liberties we prize
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 06:49 PM
Jan 2016

and our rights we will maintain."
Things have become farcical around here.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
20. It's like when GOPers accused Obama of making his own "O Flag" that "looked vaguely African"
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 07:06 PM
Jan 2016

He was in Ohio on a campaign stop!



That's what it's getting to be around here anymore.

Unbelievable.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
25. Thanks for the memory - and the laugh!
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 07:21 PM
Jan 2016

I had forgotten all about that incident!



Yep, looks like we're well into "O Flag" territory here!

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
46. Next stop New Hampshire, the Live Free or Die state. I can see it now, someone will post
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 11:29 PM
Jan 2016

"OMG OMG!!!1! I saw Hillary on the teevee, standing in front of a big banner that said 'OR DIE'!!! What is she saying-----Vote for me or die? Submit to the oligarchy or die? She's not even trying to hide it anymore. Can I get a hashtag?"

 

Ana Hauhet

(67 posts)
53. I think we need to give all the States' mottos, logos, symbols etc...
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:58 PM
Jan 2016

Ahead of the Clintons arriving. Geesh!

okasha

(11,573 posts)
48. These idiotic posts
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 01:38 AM
Jan 2016

remind me of the very, very sincere Mississippi woman who once assured me that "We Shall Overcome" was a call to African Americans (not her word) to slaughter or enslave whites and initiate the United Communist States of America.

I do so love the fanciful flights of Camp BurningPants.

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