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Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
61. Impossible!
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 09:31 AM
Nov 2015

Any genuine support is likely bought and pair for by the machine that maintains the status quo!

Or, as seen elsewhere, $tatu$ quo. Frankly, I find it hard to take people seriously people that throw $ into words to make it seem like they're emphasizing a point. Just strikes me as childish.

It's all just comical. I sort of play-advocate for Hillary around here simply because for the bulk of the summer and into September there were very few supporters of hers sticking around, particularly with some of the "purges" that were going on that caused some more well know members to abandon ship.

In the end I don't support any candidate during primary season because it's frickin' pointless for me to do so. Our primary is on March 1st, 2016. And I largely expect things to shift and change hard during the events of February where it'll all shake out and be pretty obvious by then, if not by January, where things are going.

I've lost my heart to candidates several times in the past only to see them not get far in the primaries. And then to see their true colors afterwards. Oh, my poor Edwards...

So I'll let the hardcore dig into it and work it all out. I'll support whoever comes out of the process because it means they can survive it and navigate the big pond out there.

I hadn't specifically thought that the venom comes from the need to "double down" this time villager Nov 2015 #1
Left over venom RobertEarl Nov 2015 #121
The Zeal To Elect A Female President Has Overshadowed The Good Judgement Of Many cantbeserious Nov 2015 #2
You sound like the Pubes that support Carson. Darb Nov 2015 #70
HRC Herself Touted Her Gender At The Last Debate - Enough Said cantbeserious Nov 2015 #93
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #145
One would think that this would only be true if Rep Women running for office did asw well as HRC Sheepshank Nov 2015 #90
Whoever Said The Observation Only Applied To Women cantbeserious Nov 2015 #94
Not really... vorgan24 Nov 2015 #150
This Is DU - Republicans Not Under Consideration - Comment Still Stands cantbeserious Nov 2015 #154
Feels that way Armstead Nov 2015 #3
The One That Cannot Be Named - Will Not Be Denied This Time - Or So The Story Goes cantbeserious Nov 2015 #6
You know, that is very true. NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #10
There it is. MADem Nov 2015 #27
Thank you - ohheckyeah Nov 2015 #36
As I noted in a post below... Armstead Nov 2015 #51
Probably the most absurd characterization of a candidacy ever whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #55
It would be absurd if I thought you gave a hoot re: my response to your little query . MADem Nov 2015 #59
In essence, the hopeful and optimistic candidate always/usually wins. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #83
I'm tired of using logic, lets just use emotion BootinUp Nov 2015 #85
Then, by that argument you voted for Reagan? leveymg Nov 2015 #128
You may be right...or not Armstead Nov 2015 #50
Thanks for your well throught-out reply! NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #118
Here's my response. Believe it or not I'll agree with you up to a point Armstead Nov 2015 #123
WOW! NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #125
Yes. If we could all focus more on content rather than personalize everything Armstead Nov 2015 #135
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #29
Well, to be fair, they used the sexist attack against Obama supporters too jfern Nov 2015 #4
yeah, I really don't think any of this is new. It's just business as usual. Win by any means liberal_at_heart Nov 2015 #5
It's going to backfire...count on it. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2015 #52
I don't care what the reason is. merrily Nov 2015 #7
Well, there are a few gaping holes ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #8
"Many, many of us... tex-wyo-dem Nov 2015 #12
I guess you haven't seen any polls. NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #16
You mean CNN and/ or DWS..Polls? laserhaas Nov 2015 #17
Sorry, I keep forgetting ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #18
Most polls are corporate owned... N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2015 #96
And yet ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #107
Here is a link to aggregate polling DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #87
The unskew the polls is really annoying mythology Nov 2015 #134
I heard last night on the tweety show on MSNBC that HRC willvotesdem Nov 2015 #41
You said many on DU. n/t Dawgs Nov 2015 #67
Sure I've seen the polls... tex-wyo-dem Nov 2015 #114
I'm in this thread ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #115
Perhaps I was in the minority... tex-wyo-dem Nov 2015 #116
First off ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #120
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #124
"It's Clinton's turn" ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #129
Yes it does....they are called Democrats VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #31
yep, they're a dwindlling breed demwing Nov 2015 #64
I can attest to this scenario. Darb Nov 2015 #72
We need more Bernie venom to validate this ridiculous thread. nt BootinUp Nov 2015 #81
You are wrong. Skidmore Nov 2015 #164
I agree with your post in a real life scenario, Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #20
A few thoughts / gaping holes with the gaping holes...... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #23
"Talk about differences on the issues instead of trying to stab with talk of racism, sexism, .... " GoneFishin Nov 2015 #40
Right off the top ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #109
Well, right off the top.... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #119
No, I actually ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #122
Uh -huh. You did. CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #139
Try actually reading. NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #140
Of course you aren't..... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #141
If you think ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #147
....except your post is still there.... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #148
I'm sorry. NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #149
You should be sorry. CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #151
Ah, yes ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #152
It doesn't matter in the slightest, really.... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #156
What ev. n/t NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #159
Thanks So Much For Your Observation... Just Today I Was ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #155
Thank you.... CanadianComrade Nov 2015 #168
Where Did You Go NanceGreggs? I Used To Read Your Posts ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #153
I left in 2009 ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #160
So Sorry For Your Loss & I Do Remember You From Back. ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #161
Thanks so much for the kind words ... NanceGreggs Nov 2015 #165
Not even remotely true Godhumor Nov 2015 #9
Tiny amount, yes. murielm99 Nov 2015 #14
I'm gay and I believe that Bernie will represent my interests much better than Clinton. stillwaiting Nov 2015 #42
Saw a really zentrum Nov 2015 #11
That's what worries me more than anything... tex-wyo-dem Nov 2015 #13
That's it exactly. zentrum Nov 2015 #21
Soooooo we should pick our candidate based VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #32
Not the point zentrum Nov 2015 #91
Bullshit! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #92
Charming. n/t zentrum Nov 2015 #98
Accuracy is not dependent on charm. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #99
I don't think I am smart enough to understand your post! NT hueymahl Nov 2015 #101
Thanks! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #105
When you responded to that statement did you have to look at the URL to make sure where randys1 Nov 2015 #102
It absolutely will result in bigger voter turnout for the GOP. I have no doubt about that. stillwaiting Nov 2015 #43
And Bernie will? Darb Nov 2015 #74
Or maybe its because of all the venom directed to HRC from Bernie fans, who were pnwmom Nov 2015 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #19
Not true. The venom began, as others have noted, in 2008, pnwmom Nov 2015 #22
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #24
Dirty? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #33
Implying your opponent is a sexist Kentonio Nov 2015 #37
Oh implications now are dirty... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #45
There is a huge difference.. Kentonio Nov 2015 #54
Okay....if YOU call that dirty VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #60
Making a clear implication that another nominee is a sexist Kentonio Nov 2015 #63
what "clear" implication... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #66
Oh we've gone from shouting to screaming now have we? Kentonio Nov 2015 #77
By the end of the day it will be screaming. Would be funny if it was not sickening. djean111 Nov 2015 #88
The rediculous part is that Bernie wasn't even talking about Hillary, bvar22 Nov 2015 #104
You must have been a lurker reader of the board-having just joined today, you know about what riversedge Nov 2015 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #30
MIRT is on the case! Good for MIRT! nt MADem Nov 2015 #44
Bill Clinton did the same AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #25
Sanders is now saying establishment politicians can not make the type of changes we need Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #28
Oh, but the media always riversedge Nov 2015 #65
I expect Sanders statement will be twisted somehow. It has been before and will be again. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #71
No, what he is alluding to is that Citizen's United won't be fixed if Hillary Clinton is elected davidpdx Nov 2015 #131
My question is if this what Sanders is alluding to why i the hell does he allude to something, why Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #132
CU could be overturned in a number of different ways davidpdx Nov 2015 #133
Let me help you past this skepticism, Clinton knows CU is bad, wants to see this overthrown Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #136
I know that she has said she will and that is great davidpdx Nov 2015 #137
Let me ask you this, what guarantee do we have with anything a candidate says? I have heard lots of Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #138
I agree, there is zero chance the current court would overturn itself davidpdx Nov 2015 #143
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #34
You're wrong. Most Hillary supporters like Bernie. Most Bernie supporters hate Hillary. DanTex Nov 2015 #35
I think if most Bernie supporters hate Hillary.... smiley Nov 2015 #38
It says a lot about Bernie's supporters. DanTex Nov 2015 #39
nope x 2 smiley Nov 2015 #112
Nah, it says more about Bernie fans. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #47
nope.... smiley Nov 2015 #111
Nailed it Tex. Darb Nov 2015 #75
but the Bernie supporters are saying they will write him in... luvspeas Nov 2015 #80
From what I can see,the venom directed at Hillary is sufrommich Nov 2015 #46
You watched politics for 25 years and got it this wrong? JaneyVee Nov 2015 #48
Many of the ones here were in the Obama camp. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #49
+1. The split is straight down neoliberal libs vs progressive libs Catherina Nov 2015 #106
Since you mention folks who "defend" Obama ... JoePhilly Nov 2015 #110
Interesting list. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #113
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #53
My reaction is definitely not based on anything that happened in the 2008 primary. Skidmore Nov 2015 #56
Impossible! Blue_Adept Nov 2015 #61
I don't see it BootinUp Nov 2015 #57
I've been thinking this election is deja vu all over again. Vinca Nov 2015 #58
But so many of the Hillary supporters ARE Obama supporters! Blue_Adept Nov 2015 #62
Because Obama is now the establishment demwing Nov 2015 #69
They weren't Obama supporters until the 2012 election. Vinca Nov 2015 #89
Dr. Carl Jung DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #68
The flame-throwers are a minority at DU. randome Nov 2015 #73
If we somehow quantified the venom factor of the two camps here BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #76
But if we could bottle it and sell it, we'd be rich! randome Nov 2015 #78
The Fountain of Eternal Venom...we could market it as a life force BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #82
Lol...so completely self-unaware Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #79
The "venom" is aimed at Sanders supporters, not Sanders himself. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #84
+1000 betsuni Nov 2015 #126
Dirty Tricks? Faux pas Nov 2015 #86
Nope. I was an Obama fan from the start in 2007's primary season. Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #95
Ohhhhhh... please postatomic Nov 2015 #97
I think it was Gandhi who wrote, “I like your candidate, I do not like your candidate's supporters.. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #100
Oy vey... randys1 Nov 2015 #103
I find it ironic that Sanders' supporters are complaining of being attacked. Beacool Nov 2015 #108
+1 SunSeeker Nov 2015 #146
So for someone like myself who supported Obama (and not Hillary), and who now supports Hillary … NurseJackie Nov 2015 #117
The professional left is as bad as the far right. Dawson Leery Nov 2015 #127
I elected to support Barack Obama in 2008. He was the stronger candidate who I believed BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #130
We are upset because you are weakening Hillary for the general JTShroyer Nov 2015 #142
I am? Personally, how can one person going overseas in four days again really Feeling the Bern Nov 2015 #144
Please tell us where you saw someone call Sanders "a fascist, a sexist, a racist" George II Nov 2015 #157
There's no "venom." Someone's projecting again. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #158
... Is he is terrible as a candidate and would get crushed in the general election. stevenleser Nov 2015 #162
Steve, against that gaggle of slime on the GOP side, the Democrats could run Feeling the Bern Nov 2015 #163
Is it a question of whether they ARE slime or rather BootinUp Nov 2015 #166
Agreed: Feeling the Bern Nov 2015 #167
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