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Bonobo

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6. You can survive for weeks without food. You'd be surprised.

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 01:23 AM

Dec 2011

You can last 3 weeks with no food but only 3 days with no water.

Yes, you have to eat eventually, but you cannot deny that ordering shit is a guarantee that the kitchen will only continue to serve shit.

But by refusing it and clamoring for better options, you MAY still have some bargaining power.

Of course, we are only talking about restaurants here. It is no perfect analogy and I know that.

However, I DO think that if the Dem party suddenly saw that "likely" voters had dropped off in huge numbers, they would come to the realization soon that they needed to do better.

But when your vote is taken for granted, IMHO, that is the time that you REALLY lose your influence. Seems obvious in fact.

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No, Obama's not perfect for a progressive voter. [View all] Burgman Dec 2011 OP

You could decide just to drink the water. Bonobo Dec 2011 #1

But eventually, we all have to eat. Burgman Dec 2011 #2

You can survive for weeks without food. You'd be surprised. Bonobo Dec 2011 #6

I feel that the down side of seeing Dem #'s dropping off enough to get the Plutocracy's Burgman Dec 2011 #8

And I totally hear you about that. Bonobo Dec 2011 #10

I very much feel we may be on the same page here. Burgman Dec 2011 #11

+1 nt Bonobo Dec 2011 #15

If we alone were eating DonCoquixote Dec 2011 #17

Both parties look at results Scootaloo Dec 2011 #20

Or you could go to the other restaurant, where they only cater to the rich. Kurmudgeon Dec 2011 #3

again, another supporter telling people they either ARE Republican or should vote Republican StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #5

Yeah, it was too idiotic to even deserve a reply. nt Bonobo Dec 2011 #7

they are skeered Skittles Dec 2011 #9

what is that, a slang term? I'm unfamiliar with it StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #12

skeered=scared ScreamingMeemie Dec 2011 #13

Same as skeert. Burgman Dec 2011 #14

ok, thanks ScreemingMeemie & Burgman StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #16

Well, when that's what their position amounts to, why not call them on it? Scootaloo Dec 2011 #21

K'd & R'd DeathToTheOil Dec 2011 #4

After the difference between how he campaigned in 2008... dreamnightwind Dec 2011 #18

You must be new, you will be eaten alive! akbacchus_BC Dec 2011 #19

NO!! he is either the prince of righteousness or the spawn of satan - there is no room for the Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #22

K & R Scurrilous Dec 2011 #23

I consider voting for a centrist to be "throwing my vote away". Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #24