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Toon: The Only Thing We Agree Upon (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2016 OP
all toons planetc Feb 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #2
K & R. Thank you! Tom_Foolery Feb 2016 #3
thanks madokie Feb 2016 #4
Stupid, stupid idiots. longship Feb 2016 #5
I'm with you, Longship. Berniebros and Hilbots should just cut it out. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #8
100% with you! I am voting for the Dem nominee nadine_mn Feb 2016 #12
Tribalism will be our end Saviolo Feb 2016 #6
sadly true. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #7
Unfortunately One of the 99 Feb 2016 #9
Kicked and Recced eom Arazi Feb 2016 #10
K&R Thank-you! hedgehog Feb 2016 #11

Response to n2doc (Original post)

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. Stupid, stupid idiots.
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 11:15 AM
Feb 2016

Especially in the DU candidate forums who are so crazy that they ban DUers who support their candidate for trivial reasons.

The extent that we do not unite is the extent that this Toon's scenerio comes to pass.

Fuck the candidate groups. They serve absolutely no purpose than to divide us.

And as to the GD.P forum. Fuck them all who use it to malign a fellow Democratic candidate. You are all forgetting who our political enemies are.

Support your preference without tearing us all down.

I support and will vote for Bernie Sanders in the MI primary. I will support and vote for the Democratic nominee, no matter who that is. The alternative is too horrible to consider. Anybody who does not understand this inescapable truth does not belong here.

My best to you all.


bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
8. I'm with you, Longship. Berniebros and Hilbots should just cut it out.
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 11:45 AM
Feb 2016

While I support Sanders I will vote for whoever wins the Democratic nomination.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
12. 100% with you! I am voting for the Dem nominee
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:12 PM
Feb 2016

Personally I prefer Sanders, my husband prefers Hillary. We don't tear each other down...shocking! We both agree that any Democrat is better than this field of Republican nutjobs.

Every single Hillary or Bernie supporter who says they are not going to vote in the presidential election because their candidate didn't get the nomination (or are going to write in their candidate) is giving the Republicans a vote.

Why is that so hard to understand?

The whole "I am going to vote on my principle" argument is bullshit. The system is corrupted and not in our favor (voting machines etc) and it is not going to change over night and it certainly isn't going to change this election. The support for non-establishment candidates and small donors is a start, but it is going to take more than that.

There is way too much at stake- abortion rights, LGBT rights, voting rights, immigration, healthcare - to be whining about the difference in our candidates which are nothing compared to the differences to the Republicans.

Saviolo

(3,282 posts)
6. Tribalism will be our end
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 11:28 AM
Feb 2016

No candidate will be perfect for everyone, but we can't go on pretending that the entire field on the other side of the aisle would be utterly disastrous. I'm a Canuck, so I can't vote, but my hubby is a dual citizen. He's a Sanders supported, but will vote Clinton if she is the nominee (#VoteBlueNoMatterWho).

Anyone on the left who stays home is casting a vote for Trump/Cruz/Rubio/whoever their candidate is. I'm not the world's biggest Clinton fan, but she's 100% preferable to the clown car on the GOP side of things.


I wish the general election could be Sanders vs. Clinton, really drag that Overton Window back towards the middle. Bernie representing the left wing and Clinton running as a centrist on 50-60's GOP values. Would be an interesting race!

One of the 99

(2,280 posts)
9. Unfortunately
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 12:00 PM
Feb 2016

too many have the 'my way or the highway' mentality. Voting is not just about you, it's about doing what is best for the country.

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