The momentI hear a politician play the populist shit I immediately consider them just a scumbag. (Reply #120)

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Response to Scootaloo (Reply #119)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:26 PM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

120. The momentI hear a politician play the populist shit I immediately consider them just a scumbag.

Nothing can change my mind on that due to personal experience with the scumbags.

So in my honest opinion, Sanders is just another scumbag and no matter what you say, you'll never change my mind.

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Hillary is in this for herself, Bernie Sanders is in this for the people and for this country [View all]	AZ Progressive	Oct 2015	OP
Opinions are like assholes...	luvspeas	Oct 2015	#1
Results of the Alert on this post	Godhumor	Oct 2015	#56
Lol...You Gotta Be Blind As A Bat Not To See It	billhicks76	Oct 2015	#62
from your other post	Phlem	Oct 2015	#80
Everyone has one, but only some are accurate to the known facts	quakerboy	Oct 2015	#84
If Hillary were in it for herself, she would have been a GOP person:	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#168
Hillary is for the people, she has been working for the Dem's	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#219
for sure!	DianeK	Oct 2015	#2
I think Gowdy is qualified to do that for her. Nt	NCTraveler	Oct 2015	#4
And he's worked hard for that honor!	BlueCaliDem	Nov 2015	#201
...drapes and window shades ...which will quickly be pulled down if she becomes POTUS.	L0oniX	Oct 2015	#7
I have no doubt she is.	840high	Oct 2015	#3
Hillary is a woman for the people: There is not doubt Hillary is for Americans	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#169
She's for the people that run corporations.	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#180
Thats a Sanders supporters attack: Nothing more: Hillary is have been in public ser:	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#182
Yeah right.	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#185
Obama is has been an fantastic President: He will go to bat for the Dems	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#209
He's so fantastic that he pushed hard for the TPP.	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#211
Didn't say perfect: You are an ideologue: Obama believes in the TPP	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#212
This about the fifth time I have posted this.	Unknown Beatle	Nov 2015	#213
The President has criticism all the time from the GOP:	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#221
Hillary could have joined the GOP if she was for corporations:	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#210
No, in the GOP she'd have to split the money ...	Yurovsky	Nov 2015	#216
Hillary didn't have much money until she was over 50:	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#220
I don't believe it. She loves	840high	Nov 2015	#188
Akin to Sanders	BlueCaliDem	Nov 2015	#202
No, the American people and particulary Dem's love her	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#208
Really?	HassleCat	Oct 2015	#5
ahh..for one...	DianeK	Oct 2015	#6
This is the last chance we're ever going to have to start to undo the strangle hold of the oligarchy	L0oniX	Oct 2015	#9
Probably the last time in my lifetime. The kids will do it sometime even if they have to use phasers	LiberalArkie	Oct 2015	#32
I'm not sure you understand the world we're set to inherit.	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#98
+1	freedom fighter jh	Nov 2015	#174
Absolutely.	silverweb	Oct 2015	#60
Why is this the last chance?	treestar	Nov 2015	#143
Because scientists agree	Utopian Leftist	Nov 2015	#167
What Utopian Leftist said, but also . . .	freedom fighter jh	Nov 2015	#176
We do need Bernie	HassleCat	Oct 2015	#12
.	DianeK	Oct 2015	#18
We need a candidate who is free from the money used to	jwirr	Oct 2015	#72
I have no doubt she believes she knows what's best for us and the country. The problem is she	sabrina 1	Nov 2015	#173
This says a lot	tblue	Nov 2015	#178
Hillary says "I", Bernie says "we"	Mnpaul	Oct 2015	#8
^^^ This ^^^	cantbeserious	Oct 2015	#53
She says, he says	anamnua	Oct 2015	#82
No true, Hillary more often speaks of the American people	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#170
Yeah it's all about that govt paycheck!	JaneyVee	Oct 2015	#10
Yes, he's not running for president because he wants to be president.	zappaman	Oct 2015	#11
he is a party of one and only one. is that a clue of some sort? nt	msongs	Oct 2015	#13
Do you realize the amount of logic you just put forth?	MrMickeysMom	Oct 2015	#16
he is not running on behalf of the democratic party. he is a party of one, himself. whether it is	msongs	Oct 2015	#59
Did I say he was?	MrMickeysMom	Oct 2015	#63
So is Hillary: and her history in pulbic service is longer than Sanders	lewebley3	Nov 2015	#171
Hillary is awesome...	Kang Colby	Oct 2015	#14
Hillary is a Bernie Wannabe	DianeK	Oct 2015	#15
Hardly. Bernie has never faced the adversity that Hillary has	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#20
stay tuned	DianeK	Oct 2015	#21
Bernie doesn't have to face that adversity	Mnpaul	Oct 2015	#79
Private server? Is that the best you've got?	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#99
Just stating facts	Mnpaul	Oct 2015	#109
weak	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#121
How very right wing of you.	charlyvi	Nov 2015	#147
Stating facts isn't right wing at all	Mnpaul	Nov 2015	#148
Stating right wing facts are right wing	charlyvi	Nov 2015	#152
The email situation was created by Hillary	Mnpaul	Nov 2015	#153
Bernie hasn't done shit in how many years in Congress?	hack89	Oct 2015	#31
Google "Amendment King"	icuc	Oct 2015	#46
So what is his signature piece of legislation?	hack89	Oct 2015	#48
His signature legislation? Easy. His VA bill.	icuc	Oct 2015	#49
Bullseye! Wish ppl would stop lying about Bernie	tblue	Nov 2015	#181
Ironically, it's the ACA his supporters hate so much	Recursion	Nov 2015	#136
So. it is about electingf a W O M A N, is it?	pangaia	Oct 2015	#71
"Hillary is a grandmother."	pangaia	Oct 2015	#73
Yep, so is my cat, but she wouldn't make a good President...	Yurovsky	Nov 2015	#217
I recently read that if cats were bigger they would kills us.	pangaia	Nov 2015	#218
Not one word about her vision for the country. Very telling n/t	eridani	Nov 2015	#134
I dont buy what your selling about Sanders.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#17
you are sorely misinformed...	DianeK	Oct 2015	#19
And you are buying into a poltician's game.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#22
lol...	DianeK	Oct 2015	#24
So something like forty years as a professional politician means Sanders isn't a politician?	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#25
Right	workinclasszero	Oct 2015	#26
You may be a nice person, but you sure make some nasty posts.	Ron Green	Oct 2015	#52
did I say that Bernie was not a politician...	DianeK	Oct 2015	#35
You said he wasn't a politician.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#37
if i ever said that..it is puny to the point...	DianeK	Oct 2015	#40
Edwards fans sang the same tune in 2008.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#92
Edwards was a phony, one only needed to compare his actions vs. his words ...	slipslidingaway	Nov 2015	#129
"shit?"	pangaia	Oct 2015	#77
"he is not a politician	ablamj	Oct 2015	#57
HE's EXACTLY like every other poltician	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#90
No, he is not.	pangaia	Oct 2015	#112
that's	ablamj	Oct 2015	#116
THAT is exactly right. Bernie is a Public Servant.	pangaia	Oct 2015	#76
He's just another hack Washington politician.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#91
Yea, you said that before.	pangaia	Oct 2015	#96
That's because it's true, he's just another John Edwards preying on voter's emotions. eom	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#97
Yea, you said that before..	pangaia	Oct 2015	#110
all politicians have big egos and are ambitious	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#27
Sanders is a statesman...	TheProgressive	Oct 2015	#28
Bullshit	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#36
Right back at ya...	TheProgressive	Oct 2015	#44
Let me think here for a minute who has zero foreign policy experience..	icuc	Oct 2015	#50
Obama wasn't considered a statesman in 2008...	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#86
Endless war in the Middle East and converting Libya into a failed state are wonderful recommendation	eridani	Nov 2015	#135
Everyone at DU loved Sanders and wanted to see him run	Feeling the Bern	Oct 2015	#51
BULLSHIT!	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#87
Oh. . .explain. Really, I'm dying to hear this with facts to back up your position	Feeling the Bern	Oct 2015	#93
Interesting.	JonLeibowitz	Nov 2015	#131
All the poster has is saying Bullshit and then running. There are no facts to back up his position	Feeling the Bern	Nov 2015	#139
I liked him but there's nothing in his career that made me think "potus"	Rose Siding	Nov 2015	#149
There was nothing in Obama's either. Or Hillary's	Feeling the Bern	Nov 2015	#164
What a blatant attempt of willful ignorance.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#64
Sanders is just another hack Washington politician.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#89
Oh my. You don't even realize the huge hypocrisy in that statement.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#94
So who're you voting for?	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#101
The only person on the Democratic primary ballot I judge to have a chance at defeating...	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#104
So that's Bernie Sanders	icuc	Oct 2015	#108
Who's that? Depending on your location there are a lot of people on that ballot	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#111
The facts are that HRC stands less of a chance of beating those Repuke idiots	Hepburn	Nov 2015	#142
If you think Bernie Sanders is in this for himself,	pangaia	Oct 2015	#75
ABSOLUTELY he's in it for himself.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#88
Sorry for your pain.	pangaia	Oct 2015	#95
But he sure plays a mean pinball.	lovemydog	Oct 2015	#117
We're not going to take it . ...	PosterChild	Nov 2015	#172
Tommy can you hear me?	lovemydog	Nov 2015	#179
I didn't doubt Edwards' sincerity on the issues he ran on. Still don't.	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#100
I certainly doubted it.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#103
Interesting. Can you explain why that is?	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#114
Every politician I ever met who played the populist shit was a scumbag. eom	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#118
That's a circular argument. Can you give something a little more expansive?	Scootaloo	Oct 2015	#119
The momentI hear a politician play the populist shit I immediately consider them just a scumbag.	MohRokTah	Oct 2015	#120
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Nov 2015	#137
Stop, it's like arguing with a howler monkey. All they do is throw shit and scream	Feeling the Bern	Nov 2015	#140
I'm not trying to change your mind, I'm trying to figure it out.	Scootaloo	Nov 2015	#177
My point of view...	PosterChild	Nov 2015	#175
same with the respective supporters	Doctor_J	Oct 2015	#23
that's insulting- I care deeply about this country	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#33
Sanctimonious is right.	JaneyVee	Oct 2015	#39
and you're the kind voter that gives logic a bad name.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#65
It's always nasty and insulting from you. Typical. Sad	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#102
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Nov 2015	#138
BS!	Phlem	Nov 2015	#195
My future grandchildren	icuc	Oct 2015	#113
I actually have grandchildren	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#123
"you can only be fleeced if you allow it" Seriously?	marym625	Nov 2015	#165
Hillary Clinton Email Shows She Was Eyeing A Second Presidential Run From Day One At The State Dept.	AZ Progressive	Oct 2015	#29
More TeaLeft CRAZED Hillary derangement syndrome. Really, it's as bad the right wingers.	RBInMaine	Oct 2015	#30
Tealeft huh.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#81
This message was self-deleted by its author	frylock	Oct 2015	#106
Talk about "Hillary derangement syndrome"...	Art_from_Ark	Nov 2015	#145
Wonder why these formerly Hillary bashers won't respond	SammyWinstonJack	Nov 2015	#154
oh good god....	chillfactor	Oct 2015	#34
Bernie has dedicated his entire public service to himself.	JaneyVee	Oct 2015	#38
Unbelievable	MrMickeysMom	Oct 2015	#66
And fracking. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Nov 2015	#128
UNREC	Dems to Win	Oct 2015	#41
After twenty five years in Congress and he has little to show where he is helping others.	Thinkingabout	Oct 2015	#42
He has twenty five fucking years of trying to do the right thing for us all.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#69
So what is four years of being president is going to help?	Thinkingabout	Oct 2015	#122
let's see oh... I dunno	Phlem	Oct 2015	#124
Then perhaps he is not up to the task especially in light of everything is someone else fault.	Thinkingabout	Nov 2015	#125
Issues? Lol...	Agschmid	Oct 2015	#43
Righty, Just 'cuz you say so it must be true.	Persondem	Oct 2015	#45
That is pure BS, as far as I'm concerned.	boston bean	Oct 2015	#47
mind boggling how you Sanders supporters relentlessly attack Clinton because she leads him	c588415	Oct 2015	#54
She is third Way.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#67
Oooh- scary "Third Way"	redstateblues	Oct 2015	#105
Wow!	Phlem	Oct 2015	#115
"he sais; she said".....No!...RealClearPolitics.com says your candidate Sanders aint winnin.	c588415	Nov 2015	#162
Thanks for the useless input you Political Scientist.	Phlem	Nov 2015	#163
i admire your passion;nevertheless, the chosen one, my candidate Hillary R Clinton,	c588415	Nov 2015	#192
I don't attack Hillary because she's ahead in the polls,	Maedhros	Nov 2015	#189
Careful, you'll get a hide for.........well, they'll make up something	7962	Oct 2015	#55
Bernie is all about the wishful thinking.	Amimnoch	Oct 2015	#58
This would get deleted if that were Her Majesty instead of Bernie.	frylock	Oct 2015	#107
Still Holloween...	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#126
Another of the Sanders id brigade telling us all how it is.....	GitRDun	Oct 2015	#61
I would always be willing to have a rational discussion about the issues you find important n/t	JonLeibowitz	Nov 2015	#133
With that I totally agree.	pangaia	Oct 2015	#68
the ignorance from Hillary supporters in this thread is overwhelming.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#70
And the arrogance from people such as yourself	thucythucy	Nov 2015	#160
Right, and I'm back to your truths are not mine.	Phlem	Nov 2015	#161
In addition to arrogance, you also have evident problems with reading comprehension.	thucythucy	Nov 2015	#187
Goodby!	Phlem	Nov 2015	#190
This message was self-deleted by its author	thucythucy	Nov 2015	#207
Wow	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Oct 2015	#74
I rest my case.	Phlem	Oct 2015	#78
Rest what case?	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Nov 2015	#215
That is a very succinct way of putting it	Joe Turner	Oct 2015	#83
I don't completely agree.	SusanCalvin	Oct 2015	#85
I think she believes that taking care of Big Business interests is in the best interests...	stillwaiting	Nov 2015	#141
+1	historylovr	Nov 2015	#155
Bitch and moan, bitch and moan, wash, rinse, repeat.	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#127
Blinders on, don't look, DON'T THINK, just keep running.	Phlem	Nov 2015	#193
Stockholm Syndrome Right? All people who don't support Bernie have it? We are all just "Slaves"?	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#196
Okee Dohkee	Phlem	Nov 2015	#198
Interesting choice of slurs from a Hillary supporter	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#197
Which ones? "Stolkholm Syndrom" I believe was a DU Bernie special. "Slave" is	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#199
The "B" word..	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#200
Yes, there is allot of Bitching and Moaning that goes on in these threads, especially Theads created	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#203
I'm not offended at all	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#204
A. I'll take your word for it.	MrWendel	Nov 2015	#205
THAT, is what I believe in my heart of hearts.	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2015	#130
Seriously????	Beacool	Nov 2015	#132
No kidding	workinclasszero	Nov 2015	#144
I've seen too many of these kinds of posts on this site.	Beacool	Nov 2015	#156
Can't blame you for that	workinclasszero	Nov 2015	#157
Some believe HRC can take billions from the 1% and not have any strings attached.	rhett o rick	Nov 2015	#146
Why all the demonizing?	Nonhlanhla	Nov 2015	#150
Opinions are like assholes - everybody has one. n/t	Lil Missy	Nov 2015	#151
Absolute truth -- thank you, AZ Progressive!	senz	Nov 2015	#158
That's my take on the situation as well.	Uncle Joe	Nov 2015	#159
Hillary's overwhelming endorsements from super delegates speak	oasis	Nov 2015	#166
Hill Yes!!! nt	PosterChild	Nov 2015	#184
Can have this week's winning powerball numbers?	Pathwalker	Nov 2015	#183
Yup!	SoapBox	Nov 2015	#186
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!	WillyT	Nov 2015	#191
Pretty straight forward and fucking spot on.	Phlem	Nov 2015	#194
Your evidence of this? You can't just say stuff without	MineralMan	Nov 2015	#206
K & R	L0oniX	Nov 2015	#214

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