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When all is said and done.... Cali_Democrat Mar 2016 #1
Yep. I won't gloat. bravenak Mar 2016 #6
You won't gloat about what? Helping to elect a corrupt or crazy President? Live and Learn Mar 2016 #205
Hmmm bravenak Mar 2016 #208
They are trying to bait you, aren't they? Disgusting. KitSileya Mar 2016 #223
Oh yes, they try very hard bravenak Mar 2016 #226
It will say that, if things don't change. That doesn't mean it will be a good thing. highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #11
Yep, most will remember it that way whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #49
Then don't cry about the results you end up with. At that point many won't want to hear you. Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #68
Yep elmac Mar 2016 #101
Yes. Right. Obama had the power to change things for blacks in the past 8 years. politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2016 #102
What a strange post whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #163
+1 ozone_man Mar 2016 #109
And let us not forget that Obama tried to chain Social Security. The Republicans said no to that! DhhD Mar 2016 #136
+ a gazillion. nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #206
+1 countmyvote4real Mar 2016 #231
You must be so proud. GeorgeGist Mar 2016 #202
Hey B! Welcome back chica! giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #2
Hey!! bravenak Mar 2016 #7
I feel you. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #19
Seriously. bravenak Mar 2016 #22
Indeed. George II Mar 2016 #249
It seems to me that Bernie has a lot to say and comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #3
Right? I noticed that. bravenak Mar 2016 #8
He sure did!!!!!! rbrnmw Mar 2016 #4
Heeey!! bravenak Mar 2016 #5
There's also a running narrative telling voters that he has a problem with diverse states Ned_Devine Mar 2016 #81
That sounds like dark magic bravenak Mar 2016 #82
“Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued rhett o rick Mar 2016 #9
You mean like the omnibus crime bill bernie voted in favor of? bravenak Mar 2016 #18
Yeah that one mcar Mar 2016 #39
Not his fault! bravenak Mar 2016 #40
... mcar Mar 2016 #41
Bernie only likes the good drones as well redstateblues Mar 2016 #105
Everything good. Only the good. bravenak Mar 2016 #174
Bernie did vote for that Scalded Nun Mar 2016 #95
You seem to ignore that BLM didn't mention Sen Sanders because he didn't rhett o rick Mar 2016 #51
But he voted for it unlike her. bravenak Mar 2016 #55
So you don't agree with the BLM assessment? nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #57
No. Why should I agree with BLM on EVERYTHING? bravenak Mar 2016 #58
Welcome back! Spazito Mar 2016 #10
Whoo hoo! bravenak Mar 2016 #13
Big hugs back to you... Spazito Mar 2016 #14
I am an outsider, please explain this to me: guillaumeb Mar 2016 #12
I will tell you bravenak Mar 2016 #16
You were much too kind to Reagan. guillaumeb Mar 2016 #26
She has no choice if she wants a second term. bravenak Mar 2016 #27
You know she will. HRC never forgets her friends, just as Bill never forgets his. Hekate Mar 2016 #150
I agree bravenak Mar 2016 #209
The easiest answer is this, BTW Recursion Mar 2016 #203
But the 1990s economy was a classic bubble economy. guillaumeb Mar 2016 #245
K&R... BooScout Mar 2016 #15
Thank you, Boo! bravenak Mar 2016 #21
Good article. Good points. Unfortunate, however, the wedge driven here... highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #17
Proactive? Not in my view. bravenak Mar 2016 #20
I guess White Liberals have never supported Black causes, while the DLC & Third Way have? highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #62
Not enough to create a equal society bravenak Mar 2016 #64
Again, it's your choice, and it's being made as we speak... highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #71
They would have to try to learn more from me than they try to teach me bravenak Mar 2016 #74
Well, perhaps Hillary has done a better job of that, or perhaps not... highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #94
You tried to warn them, Bravenak. All you got was a time out for your trouble. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #23
Three of them!! bravenak Mar 2016 #24
LOL SunSeeker Mar 2016 #25
Great article, well reasoned, that provokes thought. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #28
These day after articles always break it down better than the before shots. bravenak Mar 2016 #29
On the day after we have access to more information and can make better judgement of what has Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #46
Yep. bravenak Mar 2016 #50
Bernie announced his candidacy on May 26, 2015. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #30
Robbed? Oh please... bravenak Mar 2016 #31
Nothing is ever the fault of the Sanders camp alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #189
Thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #191
Bill Clinton violating election law delivered Massachusetts for Hillary. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #213
Exit polls are not always accurate. Officials say there was no cheating. nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #219
Ridiculous alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #240
So the Black vote was rightfully his? Did you bother to ask any black people about this first? nt GoldenEagle16 Mar 2016 #34
Saying he lost the black vote could be construed as implying that as well. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #90
He tried and failed KingFlorez Mar 2016 #67
Oh my goodness. Certainly. none so blind as they who will not see... Hekate Mar 2016 #154
Don't sell your snark short. It's definitely nasty, false, and mean-spirited. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #157
Didn't BLM Gwhittey Mar 2016 #32
He did not handle it well bravenak Mar 2016 #33
He handled it very well as this video clearly shows. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #42
Yawn bravenak Mar 2016 #43
Your campaign of personal destruction must be exhausting. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #47
I have no clue what you mean by that bravenak Mar 2016 #48
That person gets endless 'vacation' time to recover from it AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #73
endless vacay for bad behavior - so many others have been TS'd for much, much less AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #214
I love how people that can't vote in juries are ever so terribly concerned about YOUR "bad behavior" Number23 Mar 2016 #224
Oh, me too. bravenak Mar 2016 #227
low-hanging fruit tonight is it? AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #230
With some folks, it's like that every day Number23 Mar 2016 #232
well at least you're consistent with your blacksplaining and divisiveness AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #233
As are you with your racist and offensive comments. Number23 Mar 2016 #234
you can't win this political argument so you play the race card AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #235
So you say that bravenak and I are "blacksplaining" and then accuse US of "playing the race card?" Number23 Mar 2016 #236
Nina Turner and Killer Mike have explained what you're doing here AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #237
Oh. My. God. Just when I didn't think the paternalistic, clueless claptrap could get any worse Number23 Mar 2016 #238
Hey... bravenak Mar 2016 #250
he didn't leave OA's speech either in Seattle: there's video recordings MisterP Mar 2016 #93
Glad you're back. spyker29 Mar 2016 #35
Nice to see somebody noticed!! bravenak Mar 2016 #37
You were sorely missed. Welcome back!! redstateblues Mar 2016 #111
I feel welcome, thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #114
Excellent read mcar Mar 2016 #36
Thank you bravenak Mar 2016 #38
Yeah! Great to see you! Your analysis was so spot on as to be accurate for multiple R B Garr Mar 2016 #44
Aww, thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #45
lies work Vattel Mar 2016 #52
Umm hmm bravenak Mar 2016 #60
yes. and telling lies over and over works even better elmac Mar 2016 #107
Stop calling people liars and you might make more friends for your side. Hekate Mar 2016 #155
This ^^^^^^^ Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #172
Welcome Back noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #53
Hey! bravenak Mar 2016 #54
Read one of yours on Daily Kos noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #63
I have the same problem bravenak Mar 2016 #65
Wish I Could Nap During Day noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #69
Heh. bravenak Mar 2016 #86
LOL noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #115
Welcome back! Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #56
Heh! bravenak Mar 2016 #59
"Now let's get back too the issues" :) azurnoir Mar 2016 #61
Funny how OUR issues are never THE ISSUES... bravenak Mar 2016 #79
well I was quoting someone else ya know azurnoir Mar 2016 #89
Umm hmm bravenak Mar 2016 #92
lol azurnoir Mar 2016 #100
Truly a sight for sore eyes! great white snark Mar 2016 #66
Heh. bravenak Mar 2016 #80
That was an interesting analysis BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #70
I agree with that. bravenak Mar 2016 #78
And BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #99
Heh. bravenak Mar 2016 #103
BTW I just saw a blip BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #108
Oh my God! It's damn sad to see the drag him back out year after year. bravenak Mar 2016 #110
I'm sure they were begging Ryan too BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #125
Ryan knows better bravenak Mar 2016 #127
Yup and yup BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #131
Oh yeah, it's a mummers show. bravenak Mar 2016 #132
how do black Sanders supporters fit into this pronouncement? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #72
That is up to them. bravenak Mar 2016 #77
we don't...so. another sweeping generalization noiretextatique Mar 2016 #83
Not really bravenak Mar 2016 #84
Bernie's campaign did make early mistakes, although most have been corrected. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #75
Him not being responsible does not mean they are not in favor of him bravenak Mar 2016 #76
It does not negate what they do, but it doesn't make it our campaign's fault. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #91
Then how did they all end up here? Hekate Mar 2016 #158
Anybody can end up here. Or on any other website, for that matter. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #161
don't buy into this noiretextatique Mar 2016 #85
Yes, it is. And has been from the start - admittedly so, months ago. polly7 Mar 2016 #197
Oh! bravenak Mar 2016 #199
Not untrue at all, bravenak. polly7 Mar 2016 #201
Skinner himself came out and posted against that other OP. But somehow, THAT'S the real one Number23 Mar 2016 #225
Isn't it special? So so special! bravenak Mar 2016 #228
Welcome back, brave friend. Good to see your posts again. nt Hekate Mar 2016 #87
Hey!! bravenak Mar 2016 #106
A hearty welcome back! JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #88
No prob, thanks! bravenak Mar 2016 #113
Welcome Back! MrWendel Mar 2016 #96
Thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #116
but apparently Hillary can give them some harsh business and then the boot stupidicus Mar 2016 #97
And somehow she got greater than eighty percent of the black vote so far... bravenak Mar 2016 #120
thanks for conceding that the author of the top posted hogwash is fact/logic-challenged stupidicus Mar 2016 #147
He was up to thirty and went down below twenty bravenak Mar 2016 #148
and? stupidicus Mar 2016 #160
repeatedly: she thinks she can keep doing this indefinitely MisterP Mar 2016 #145
yep, they are all sacrificial lambs stupidicus Mar 2016 #151
oh, it's now racist to point out who BLM still has to protest and who gives BLM the bum's rush MisterP Mar 2016 #152
LOL stupidicus Mar 2016 #164
outing myself as an Angeleño, but the closest analogy seems to be the Bus Riders Union MisterP Mar 2016 #173
I'll try not to hold your status as such against you MrP...lol stupidicus Mar 2016 #244
it's not an actual union, but big-city people are inured to seeing double-jointed buses MisterP Mar 2016 #248
I knew that stupidicus Mar 2016 #252
Welcome back. My, my, my....nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #98
Thank you. My my my is correct! bravenak Mar 2016 #117
I note how the Clenis set some folks off today. Damn. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #138
They can't stop thinking about it. bravenak Mar 2016 #142
I'm just floored at the level of hate for a good Democratic President. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #153
4 Years as Obama's Sec'y of State gordyfl Mar 2016 #104
Bernie did say a primary would be a good idea... bravenak Mar 2016 #118
And an Uphill Battle. gordyfl Mar 2016 #159
So any clue Gwhittey Mar 2016 #167
What exactly has Hillary done for the African American Community? SoapBox Mar 2016 #112
~ bravenak Mar 2016 #121
Free DanTex!! redstateblues Mar 2016 #119
Is he out? bravenak Mar 2016 #122
Later this month. redstateblues Mar 2016 #156
K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #123
Heeeeeyyyy. bravenak Mar 2016 #124
Hey back! ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #126
It feels sad up in here... bravenak Mar 2016 #128
I've run out of words ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #140
I am hoping this is not just the calm before the storm. bravenak Mar 2016 #143
Yes--although sort of interesting from a psychological POV ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #149
Spot on assesment bravenak Mar 2016 #170
BS ConsiderThis_2016 Mar 2016 #129
No bravenak Mar 2016 #130
Bravenak! lunamagica Mar 2016 #133
Yay, lets see how long I last!! bravenak Mar 2016 #134
Sorry, not buyin' it snowy owl Mar 2016 #135
I'm a Northern black bravenak Mar 2016 #137
Then we'll be watching together.:) snowy owl Mar 2016 #162
I hope so! bravenak Mar 2016 #166
Yes he did. wildeyed Mar 2016 #139
Thank you!! bravenak Mar 2016 #144
I have my theory why Sanders lost the vote of many good Democrats Gothmog Mar 2016 #141
I agree with you. bravenak Mar 2016 #146
BTW, welcome back Gothmog Mar 2016 #165
Thank you bravenak Mar 2016 #168
Now that's an argument I think has merit. snowy owl Mar 2016 #175
+ a million! eom BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #177
Great post. I too believe that Obama redstateblues Mar 2016 #192
Welcome back Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #169
Thank you. bravenak Mar 2016 #171
Identity politics? snowy owl Mar 2016 #176
Maybe i did my research and know more than you do about my own demographic bravenak Mar 2016 #179
You might. I don't have evidence of it. snowy owl Mar 2016 #194
You have not posted enough in the aa group to know what evidence we have posted there bravenak Mar 2016 #195
Where do I find the aa group. I'd love to read it. snowy owl Mar 2016 #196
Here is a link for you bravenak Mar 2016 #198
THANK YOU! snowy owl Mar 2016 #204
Yr welcome. :) bravenak Mar 2016 #210
Good to see you back. You were missed still_one Mar 2016 #178
Heeeyy!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #182
Welcome back! alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #180
Thank you! bravenak Mar 2016 #183
Welcome back to GD-P, brave bravenak indeed! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #181
I don't know if I'm brave or just crazy bravenak Mar 2016 #185
Sometimes courage and BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #186
True!! bravenak Mar 2016 #188
What should Bernie Sanders have done when he was about to give a speech about Social Security Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #184
Tell me, what do you think? bravenak Mar 2016 #187
If I were asked to give a speech, and two women took the stage Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #190
If it had happened before I'd have security, lots! bravenak Mar 2016 #193
He didn't actually go home... snowy owl Mar 2016 #200
Good thing POTUS isn't a job that requires a good instinctive response Recursion Mar 2016 #207
made sure the cameras were off before he spoke azurnoir Mar 2016 #218
carefully stood aside the whole time and let them have the mic (oh wait ...) MisterP Mar 2016 #211
Your link did not connect with topic for me snowy owl Mar 2016 #215
yeah, that was the Seattle incident--they seem to have been disconnected and sorta fundie, too MisterP Mar 2016 #216
Welcome back, bravenak! Your voice was sadly missed. BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #212
Hey!! bravenak Mar 2016 #217
Coming in late, but welcome back! Chichiri Mar 2016 #220
Hi!! bravenak Mar 2016 #221
Yes, Welcome Back, Bravenak! I see you're in your usual fine form~ Cha Mar 2016 #222
I did not hear that one? Sharpton? Very interesting. bravenak Mar 2016 #229
Because black leaders are part of the establishment... CdnExtraNational Mar 2016 #239
Another latecomer here, but NastyRiffraff Mar 2016 #241
That was so ridiculuos bravenak Mar 2016 #246
I don't believe he had the chance of getting the Black vote from the very beginning....n/t asuhornets Mar 2016 #242
Looking back, neither do I. bravenak Mar 2016 #247
The way to win the African American vote would have alienated many of Sanders supporters Gothmog Mar 2016 #251
i see..n/t asuhornets Mar 2016 #253
This message was self-deleted by its author ladjf Mar 2016 #243
I don't think one can lose something one never had aikoaiko Mar 2016 #254
He never included us in the beginning so I have no idea why there is suprise at our opposition bravenak Mar 2016 #255
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