2016 Postmortem

sulphurdunn

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180. 2008 was too late for a self-serving apology

Reply to Chicago1980 (Reply #146)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:50 PM

Mar 2016

about the Iraq War during her first presidential bid.

The number of people killed with guns in this country is irrelevant to that.

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Bernie Sanders OMITTED From Chicago Democratic Sample Ballot... More Shenanigans... [View all] AzDar Mar 2016 OP

Not unbelievable at all, more HRC infected bullshit. nt nc4bo Mar 2016 #1

Now how are you going to blame her? Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #86

who else benefits? roguevalley Mar 2016 #88

That doesn't mean you can blame her personally. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #95

Because she just lucky..... daleanime Mar 2016 #122

No, you're just persnickety and anal. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #141

How many people have died..... daleanime Mar 2016 #144

And..... Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #146

And..... daleanime Mar 2016 #154

I'm eating Chinese and watching TV. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #156

Then what else could I ask for? daleanime Mar 2016 #159

Indeed ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2016 #191

Will she be able to "get things done" and make sure DNC sends corrected sample ballots out? [end] ReasonableToo Mar 2016 #161

Are people that slow that they don't know how to fill out a ballot? Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #167

Then why bother sending them out at all if it doesn't matter if they are accurate? ReasonableToo Mar 2016 #169

Exactly. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #170

If that was your kid, you wouldn't think "sorry" was all it takes to move on. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #176

I didn't say that was all it took. Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #177

You don't make ammends by continueing to completely ruin lives by making decisions onecaliberal Mar 2016 #188

2008 was too late for a self-serving apology sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #180

"Sorry for all those dead troops." bvf Mar 2016 #181

A lot less than have died from second hand smoke www.ciafront.com Mar 2016 #184

She pressed Obama to pursue regime change in Libya in 2011. She said Iran was one of her enemies. LS_Editor Mar 2016 #196

She Learned Nothing, She Did the Same in Lybia McKim Mar 2016 #198

DNC corruption ties lynzirhia Mar 2016 #147

Dead on! I'm so sick of this DNC pro-Hillary bullshit... time to take action. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2016 #151

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #155

手水火金木女人把水果?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2016 #164

Is this something I can get a tot tattoo of greiner3 Mar 2016 #175

I blame her personally. eom Enthusiast Mar 2016 #213

Some good DUers explained to me this is a sample ballot nc4bo Mar 2016 #89

Rahm Emmanuel is a Clinton pit bull peacebird Mar 2016 #96

Rahm doesn't run the Board of Elections Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #109

It's naive to think that all the dirty tricks against Sanders are all just coinsidences. rhett o rick Mar 2016 #208

oh duh yeah it's a real ballot go mail it in :P PatrynXX Mar 2016 #115

Who's the mayor of Chicago? cui bono Mar 2016 #124

She could tell surrogates to "cut it out". flor-de-jasmim Mar 2016 #179

Who controls the political machinery in Chicago? blackspade Mar 2016 #202

She is the candidate of the Big Money that have so much money they can buy anything. rhett o rick Mar 2016 #207

He was the last to file, correct? bravenak Mar 2016 #2

So now we're being told that POTUS candidates need to file in every city? edgineered Mar 2016 #7

He was the last to file for the state bravenak Mar 2016 #13

I see that it is just a flyer bravenak Mar 2016 #18

Sure noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #14

No need. It is a flyer. Not a sample ballot. See? bravenak Mar 2016 #20

Yes, you are correct, it's a flyer. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #70

I toss them too bravenak Mar 2016 #77

There aren't many Republicans running in my district. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #111

Mine always goes Dem too bravenak Mar 2016 #114

Yes, I see! Damn! nt Duval Mar 2016 #73

Disappointed? Thor_MN Mar 2016 #84

Sample Ballot. Sorry, it's *huge* not sure how to make it smaller. Stellar Mar 2016 #171

Yeah. It's a flyer from a group who wants those starred candidates to win bravenak Mar 2016 #172

Okay... Stellar Mar 2016 #173

Okay! bravenak Mar 2016 #174

It is a flyer, more than likely to just indicate where each office is located on the ballot. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #99

Yeah, I figured that out finally bravenak Mar 2016 #103

And their rationale for this omission? malthaussen Mar 2016 #3

WTF?!? TDale313 Mar 2016 #4

With the filthy Chicago machine montanacowboy Mar 2016 #5

Rahm has big time messed up my city. mucifer Mar 2016 #12

That is what I am thinking. jwirr Mar 2016 #61

My God noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #6

Another conspiracy uncovered SCantiGOP Mar 2016 #40

A conspiracy in plain sight noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #52

... will use everything they can to defeat our candidate. ...Including endorsements????????????????? lunasun Mar 2016 #131

Bye! nt stillwaiting Mar 2016 #57

Would it have been a simple mistake if all these things happened to your candidate? Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #82

it is not a mistake , it is an endorsement flyer ....try and turn it in on voting day for a laugh!! lunasun Mar 2016 #132

That's a set of endorsements. The Cook County Democrats have endorsed Clinton alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #8

It's BS, but it's a paid ballot. More dirty tricks Kittycat Mar 2016 #9

Paid for by xloadiex Mar 2016 #31

They're legal though Kittycat Mar 2016 #62

You are permitted by Illinois law to bring these into the voting booth with you alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #76

Oh my Gawd, people. It's not a ballot: it's a flyer alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #10

A flyer that informs people on their voting choices. It's fucked up. ETA nc4bo Mar 2016 #16

Yes, that's what the local Democratic organizations do: make selections and promote them alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #23

Just edited my post alcibiades. nc4bo Mar 2016 #27

In General Elections noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #63

The local Democratic organizations are free to endorse and promote as they see fit alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #68

Different from my state noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #78

I don't recall one during 2008, but so many flyers are coming through the mail alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #80

It happens in every election at every level hack89 Mar 2016 #26

I've never EVER gotten anything like this in my mail. nt nc4bo Mar 2016 #32

You have led a sheltered life then. Nt hack89 Mar 2016 #34

Perhaps some don't have time to play bullcrap games. nt nc4bo Mar 2016 #37

Sample ballots promoting a slate of candidates are very common election documents alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #42

We don't get anything like that or at least me or my family. nc4bo Mar 2016 #55

From the responses here I'm guessing it's an urban thing Recursion Mar 2016 #85

They hand out same ballots right at the poll gwheezie Mar 2016 #97

They obviously think it is an official ballot used at the polls for voting and are outraged lunasun Mar 2016 #137

True - for a general election dflprincess Mar 2016 #128

Unless it's put out by a campaign gwheezie Mar 2016 #140

If it were put out by a campaign dflprincess Mar 2016 #142

and now- it is CT of the day! bettyellen Mar 2016 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #25

I suggest you take it up with SEIU alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #28

By any means necessary, amirite? Seems legit. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #33

I'm an awful, terrible person alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #36

if the foo shits AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #39

I wanted to cut through your faux outrage to what you really wanted to say alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #45

Be sure to wash your hands before putting words in other peoples' mouths, kay? AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #53

+1 Agschmid Mar 2016 #214

wow... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #11

Those are ALL endorsements listed, every category has candidates missing, LOL. I get these every bettyellen Mar 2016 #15

I don't ever remember getting anything like there where I am bettyellen. nt nc4bo Mar 2016 #21

It depends on if and how active campaigns are. I always get lefty propaganda, but when there bettyellen Mar 2016 #38

Yes, that certainly makes sense. nc4bo Mar 2016 #46

I'd guess some of the people campaigning for downticket races decided it is worth doing since bettyellen Mar 2016 #113

Hell, back in the day (late 1800s) parties would print the actual ballots Recursion Mar 2016 #90

We get sheets of paper at our polling place, Ds and Rs. nc4bo Mar 2016 #116

Do you get them in the Primaries? noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #139

I have when there is a local slate running, because I am on the local party's list as a registered bettyellen Mar 2016 #150

Curious noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #163

Well it is Chicago malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #17

Cook County Ill. 'nuff said. Makes my home town Brooklyn look like the home of clean politics. bklyncowgirl Mar 2016 #29

Pretty much. Kittycat Mar 2016 #30

This stuff is becoming standard operating procedure for Clinton-friendly PTB. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #19

I can only assume this is the 1st election for some people gwheezie Mar 2016 #24

So what if it is? What a turn off to a new voter to see their candidate disregarded. But it's how Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #91

So your outrage is just now? gwheezie Mar 2016 #102

I believe you may be correct about 1st time voters . I did not think about that lunasun Mar 2016 #157

That's the *point* of sample ballots Recursion Mar 2016 #35

NO, it is meant to be a sample so you get the idea of what the ballow looks like. riversedge Mar 2016 #44

Every sample ballot I've ever received is an endorsement list Recursion Mar 2016 #50

I have never seen a sample ballot that is an endorsement. never. riversedge Mar 2016 #58

It's literally the only kind I've ever received, so we're at an impasse Recursion Mar 2016 #67

That Rahm. Octafish Mar 2016 #41

If this is just a flyer Gwhittey Mar 2016 #43

I don't know that it doesn't disclose who sent it. The picture is oddly cropped alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #64

IT sez 13 th Ward . No mystery about who sent it lunasun Mar 2016 #153

You have a valid point about the "official" look of this flier. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #71

That is NOT an official sample ballot KingFlorez Mar 2016 #47

Then it probably shouldn't say Official Democratic Primaries Sample Ballot :-P Bradical79 Mar 2016 #75

This really should not be called a "sample ballot". surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #48

That's what a sample ballot is, isn't it? Recursion Mar 2016 #51

It does not list all the candidates. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #60

Right. Just like every sample ballot anybody has ever handed me Recursion Mar 2016 #72

I've never been handed one. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #79

Sure, that too, but at least in DC there's always a Democrat and sometimes a Republican Recursion Mar 2016 #81

Once in a while you'll see someone ... surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #92

I'm learning a lot about the diversity of American voting experiences from this thread Recursion Mar 2016 #94

I got one similar to this one in the mail in Chicago last week alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #83

WTFITShit? MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #49

Not that THIS guy would have anything to do with that: Ken Burch Mar 2016 #54

fits my impression of Chicago politics oldandhappy Mar 2016 #56

When elections are rigged the results are not legitimate Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #59

Just like Bill traipsing around polling places, snowy owl Mar 2016 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #66

Not the least Old Codger Mar 2016 #69

It's not from the DNC alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #74

It may be a flyer zentrum Mar 2016 #87

If it's a flyer Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #93

Honestly gwheezie Mar 2016 #98

Would like to know zentrum Mar 2016 #100

I guess there are always shenanigans, Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #104

Yeah same thing with ballot initiatives gwheezie Mar 2016 #125

These flyers are not connected to state or local election boards lunasun Mar 2016 #138

I'd be interested in seeing an uncropped version alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #101

Honestly, I'd be interested to see that, too, Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #108

Shit like that (flier) passing as official nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #105

Added to the list Bubzer Mar 2016 #106

They cheat. senz Mar 2016 #107

WTF! Are you new to politics? itsrobert Mar 2016 #110

election, yes, but this is a primary! sadoldgirl Mar 2016 #123

and this is Chicago ...this is the main event as most are going to vote dem in the gen election lunasun Mar 2016 #149

"ELECTION LAW PERMITS YOU TO TAKE THIS SAMPLE BALLOT INTO THE VOTING BOOTH" Petrushka Mar 2016 #112

Is his name missing from actual ballots? How many people read the sample ballot? LonePirate Mar 2016 #117

Sickening and Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #118

Clinton Cheaters? billhicks76 Mar 2016 #119

He was omitted from the Corp Media tonight also, barely mentioned way late after we already sabrina 1 Mar 2016 #120

THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY !!! Hiraeth Mar 2016 #121

This thread is all kinds of awesome...nt SidDithers Mar 2016 #126

So, if this is legal during a primary, sadoldgirl Mar 2016 #127

From the ward organization - Marty Quinn - 13th ward. Peregrine Took Mar 2016 #129

And now we have another genius thread. I'd Say UNBELIEVABLE, but you're right.... JTFrog Mar 2016 #130

Chicago? sus453 Mar 2016 #133

They come out on their own HubertHeaver Mar 2016 #136

Jury Results Hazelrah Mar 2016 #134

Yep. Bernie IS ON THE ACTUAL BALLOT. Just sent my early ballot voting for Bernie on it a week ago. ancianita Mar 2016 #162

"keep this site free of abusive behavior not control discussion" - LOL Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #195

its the endorsed candidates. wtf is wrong w people? mopinko Mar 2016 #135

Clueless or CT'er ...hard to say lunasun Mar 2016 #143

We're going to have to storm that Convention. Bring your pitch fork! YOHABLO Mar 2016 #145

dont forget your 13th Ward sample ballot lunasun Mar 2016 #158

Considering that Sanders' supporters just aren't showing up at the polls... Kang Colby Mar 2016 #148

Good ole buddy Rahm helping everyone from Rauner to the Clintons AllyCat Mar 2016 #152

Bernie IS ON THE ACTUAL BALLOT. Just sent my early ballot voting for Bernie on it a week ago. ancianita Mar 2016 #160

Official Sample Online. Bernie is no. 6 pat_k Mar 2016 #165

That's a slate paid for by Michael J. Madigan Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #166

FALSE ALARM: We get this crap all the time. RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #168

Promoting "your choice" on the ballot is one thing, but what you are presenting really sucks!! Person 2713 Mar 2016 #183

This is pretty high Faux pas Mar 2016 #178

I was wondering when the Sanders folks would find something new to be outraged over brooklynite Mar 2016 #182

Source? brufanegra Mar 2016 #185

The source was probably on a subway bench or in a street gutter. These are endorsement flyers Person 2713 Mar 2016 #186

That's an endorsement sample ballot. MineralMan Mar 2016 #187

OMFG!!!11!!!! political flyer favors certain politicians!?!?!!!!!!11! WHAT TEH FUCK!?!? PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #189

IF true, WOW!... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #190

It's a flyer metroins Mar 2016 #194

Isn't Rahm Emanuel ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2016 #192

tee-hee! tee-hee! Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #193

It would be nothing, except for the line at the top ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2016 #197

Rhamville. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #199

More party establishment bullshit. blackspade Mar 2016 #200

Whoever was responsible for putting this out needs to be up on charges of PatrickforO Mar 2016 #201

Could you point to the law that says a Political Party can't endorse candidates? brooklynite Mar 2016 #204

You're supporting sample ballots falsified by omission? PatrickforO Mar 2016 #216

They're not FLASE... brooklynite Mar 2016 #217

So, when is this going to be covered by the media? Rebkeh Mar 2016 #203

pffft - ALERT THE PRESS!! PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #205

But who's gonna see it? nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #206

People who get political flyers. PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #209

Broadcast blast would be better Rebkeh Mar 2016 #210

Same! PeaceNikki Mar 2016 #211

Why would an endorsement by local Dems be covered by the national media? Agschmid Mar 2016 #215

That's the way they roll. Unfair and unbelievable. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #212