2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLet me have a moment here.. STOP!!
Everybody.. listen up..you are pissing in your own house.. seriously.. you think that will get ANYONE elected??
immoderate
(20,885 posts)But I'd put money on SOMEONE! That's a sure thing.
--imm
H2O Man
(73,555 posts)Thank you!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)It just might not be who any of us thought.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)To make sure that a Democrat does NOT get elected in November. They only come here to cause problems and dived DU.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Here and on twitter, I imagine. Lots of unsubstantiated stuff is coming from twitter.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)And watch the monkeys throwing poo show
anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)would take a good look at this race, the numbers, and his place in history...and do the right thing. We clearly need time to come together, and for those who cannot rally around the nominee, time to ban them from participation in this Democratic site so we can go forward unified.
insta8er
(960 posts)back to the people. We can then start rebuilding this country and get rid of crony capitalism...
anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)big money to beat the big money-using repubs, who will then appoint liberal Supreme Court Justice(s). Then a challenge to Citizens United can be made. Hillary is the only such Democrat running.
As for "crony capitalism", isn't that just capitalism? Clearly rich people are the most likely ones to have money to invest which allows them to become richer. I guess that makes them cronies. As a country we have to decide if we think that citizens having the ability to become wildly successful is something we want to maintain. The 'American Dream' is something that many people aspire to, but certainly this interferes with a healthy and equitable division of assets. Even just changing the tax code to remove loopholes for the wealthy would not eliminate cronies, so I'm not sure what exactly you want. I have always seen this term as a Sanders-ism that does not have a precise definition, but is used to rally people because it sounds bad. Kind of like 'destroying the big banks', which would actually destroy our economy, so should probably have an attached definition/plan.
insta8er
(960 posts)Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other forms of interventionism.
my .02 cents:
Lobbyist, Speaking fees, etc.