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29. How to sell out without even trying ...

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Mon May 9, 2016, 03:15 PM

May 2016

I'm sure the graduates found this lovely message of incrementalism very inspiring ...

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Some wise words to millennials and everyone else who considers themselves to be "citizens." [View all] Jitter65 May 2016 OP

Thanks for posting this! displacedtexan May 2016 #1

the Dems lost 2012, too MisterP May 2016 #2

K & R SunSeeker May 2016 #3

Great speech. "And democracy requires compromise, even when you are 100 percent right." FSogol May 2016 #4

Strategy No. 1 Baitball Blogger May 2016 #5

Being committed to change and being able to accomplish it are two totally different things. George II May 2016 #7

Change will never be accomplished without commitment Martin Eden May 2016 #11

Own the corruption you create in a society. Learn what they are talking Baitball Blogger May 2016 #13

Compromise has to be a step towards accomplishing the goal Martin Eden May 2016 #16

"Compromise" is a euphemism for fraud and corruption. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #36

Yup. Exactly! KPN May 2016 #19

I don't believe that members of the establishment are trying hard enough. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #12

So all those voting machines are all perfectly good and are never hacked and fasttense May 2016 #6

You are really stretching, aren't you? He never said the system is NOT rigged. And yes, many were Jitter65 May 2016 #17

Obama froze federal employees wages for, what, 4 years KPN May 2016 #20

It was either that or cut more Federal employees. You forget, Congress holds the purse strings. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #35

K&R betsuni May 2016 #8

Here we have a Democrat telling us it's our duty to vote maindawg May 2016 #9

Oh, the Irony zipplewrath May 2016 #10

Ironic indeed d_legendary1 May 2016 #14

.+1 840high May 2016 #15

Strategy: Stop letting the Democratic Establishment bury your concerns, ignore your ideas, Maedhros May 2016 #18

Election integrity is vital Rass May 2016 #24

^^This^^ farleftlib May 2016 #46

Thanks for posting this, Jitter65. Sorry the cynics and Eeyores are out in such force. nt Hekate May 2016 #21

So you are apparently peachy keen fine with KPN May 2016 #25

"Bust" in this case means skepticscott May 2016 #27

And, the DNC has brought it upon itself. For them, it's Hillary or bust. eom zalinda May 2016 #28

Not necessarily. It depends on how many votes Hillary gets does it not? KPN May 2016 #31

Your kids need to learn some lessons skepticscott May 2016 #41

Who the hell are you to tell me my kids need to learn some lessons? KPN May 2016 #42

You're the one who brought your kids into this skepticscott May 2016 #43

So that gives you the license to tell me what my kids need to learn? KPN May 2016 #44

Feel free to run away skepticscott May 2016 #45

Put it on the ground, spread it all around, dig it with a hoe... Hekate May 2016 #32

Eloquent yes. Wise -- that'S subjective and debatable. KPN May 2016 #22

Words of advice from generations of sell outs and failures. JPnoodleman May 2016 #23

Massive K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #26

How to sell out without even trying ... TBF May 2016 #29

"It requires a program, and it requires organizing".> It requires not forgetting your neighbors, jtuck004 May 2016 #30

Bravo! Turin_C3PO May 2016 #33

dr;wot KG May 2016 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2016 #37

It'd be great if you put spaces between the paragraphs shadowandblossom May 2016 #38

It's the inverse 2 to the n dilemma run amok So Far From Heaven May 2016 #39

Anyone who initiates a compromise with a lowball offer is a damned fool eridani May 2016 #40