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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This election is not about YOU... [View all]mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)103. Bush/GOre was 2000. Clinton/Obama was 2008. And there is no blackmail.
If we can't vote for HRC that is our right.
If that means Trump gets in, well, that was not our doing. The Third Way/DLC combine put one candidate up. The Rubes/Clown faction put up the other. If we don't have a candidate in the GE and decide not to vote on the top of the ticket, so be it.
Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Not that it matters in the long run. The water is rising.
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It's hard going off script, isn't it? That's when the frustrated profanity comes out.
arcane1
May 2016
#15
Trump will cause massive harm to most humans on earth, so maybe the goal for some
Actor
May 2016
#190
I saw someone calling out GOP supporters here, they were banned. So I wont dare do it.
Actor
May 2016
#193
Um - not voting for Hillary or Trump means you're not in the Hillary or Trump camps.
Fawke Em
May 2016
#37
It's a myth that Nader cost Gore the election. That's been thoroughly debunked.
riderinthestorm
May 2016
#178
So what would you call someone who laughs about the horrible death of a nation's leader?
Art_from_Ark
May 2016
#46
Bernie's platform is attractive to millennials because he targets climate change.
Gregorian
May 2016
#7
FREE stuff is what the millennials like to hear. climate change? not based on behavior. I don't
msongs
May 2016
#20
I think that is not in context. I dont like her comment on this, but that is not in full context
Actor
May 2016
#12
My family is drowning financially and we have three disabled family members who need our help.
RadiationTherapy
May 2016
#26
It's supposed to be about democracy where you vote for your preferred candidate.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2016
#41
If you think that the only way forward is to be as uncompromising as possible ...
NurseJackie
May 2016
#118
On the bright side, you've got some time before the General Election to ...
NurseJackie
May 2016
#120
I didn't know I was proxy-voting. On whose behalf am I casting my vote?
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2016
#53
You know what? When you add up all the many many "You's" who are totally pissed off
truedelphi
May 2016
#81
If you were less surly and less prone to name calling you might not be so transparent
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#98
It's about my children and Hillary and all the rest of the Democrats will spend
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#89
Never been about me, I will do better personally under the corporatist hawk who protects wall street
lostnfound
May 2016
#97
Actually it is about me... and you and everyone else in the country. Its an election, its about US.
liberalnarb
May 2016
#99
It is about my son and my grandson, and all of the people in the United States. And the world,
djean111
May 2016
#102
Bernie supporters are misogynistic. DU told us so. Silly to ask us to vote for a woman now. n/t
ieoeja
May 2016
#106
I'll make that decision for myself. The political is personal, the personal political.
closeupready
May 2016
#107
If I want your vote? Jesus, talk about proving my point that some of you are very selfish
Actor
May 2016
#123
How would you like me to vote? For somebody else? Is that why so many people vote Republican when
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#132