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2016 Postmortem

Billsmile

(404 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:06 PM Feb 2016

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Was Ready for A Woman President in 1984....

Voted for Mondale/Ferraro.

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Was Ready for A Woman President in 1984.... (Original Post) Billsmile Feb 2016 OP

I was ready when Shirley Chisholm ran! nt. villager Feb 2016 #1

Me too noretreatnosurrender Feb 2016 #3

Me Too noretreatnosurrender Feb 2016 #2

Jill Stein UglyGreed Feb 2016 #4

If it makes you feel better, none of the other Green candidates have either... brooklynite Feb 2016 #6

I'm not sure UglyGreed Feb 2016 #7

.... bigwillq Feb 2016 #8

I'm not sure it's intentional.. white_wolf Feb 2016 #9

Ferraro was an uninspiring Congresswoman and an uninspiring VP candidate brooklynite Feb 2016 #5

Hmmm.... kind of like Hillary. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #10

Clinton won two Senate elections...Ferraro lost two Senate nominations... brooklynite Feb 2016 #13

This and and the post about Chisolm is how I see it. n/t Wilms Feb 2016 #14

So was I - I voted for Mondale/Ferraro- LiberalElite Feb 2016 #11

That ticket got my vote./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #12

villager

(26,001 posts)

1. I was ready when Shirley Chisholm ran! nt.

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:06 PM

Feb 2016

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)

3. Me too

Reply to villager (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:08 PM

Feb 2016

Unbossed and Unbought!

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)

2. Me Too

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:07 PM

Feb 2016

Gerry Ferraro.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

4. Jill Stein

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:09 PM

Feb 2016

ran in 2012 and did not get much support

brooklynite

(94,595 posts)

6. If it makes you feel better, none of the other Green candidates have either...

Reply to UglyGreed (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:11 PM

Feb 2016

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

7. I'm not sure

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:17 PM

Feb 2016

but I believe both the Democrats and the Republicans have manipulated the rules so third parties have become obsolete.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

8. ....

Reply to UglyGreed (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:18 PM

Feb 2016

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)

9. I'm not sure it's intentional..

Reply to UglyGreed (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:25 PM

Feb 2016

so much as it is a natural outcome of our winner take all election system. I firmly believe proportional representation is the way to go, but we'd have to amend the constitution.

brooklynite

(94,595 posts)

5. Ferraro was an uninspiring Congresswoman and an uninspiring VP candidate

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:10 PM

Feb 2016

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)

10. Hmmm.... kind of like Hillary.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:27 PM

Feb 2016

An uninspiring senator and an uninspiring presidential candidate.

#NoWeCant

brooklynite

(94,595 posts)

13. Clinton won two Senate elections...Ferraro lost two Senate nominations...

Reply to Fawke Em (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:29 PM

Feb 2016

...but I'm sure you can some up with some more insults.

Wilms

(26,795 posts)

14. This and and the post about Chisolm is how I see it. n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 12:17 AM

Feb 2016

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

11. So was I - I voted for Mondale/Ferraro-

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:27 PM

Feb 2016

but I can wait some more.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

12. That ticket got my vote./nt

Reply to Billsmile (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:28 PM

Feb 2016

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