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Trumpocalypse

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87. That's a GOP and a complete myth
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 07:42 AM
Jun 2020

All exit polls in 92 show that Perot drew equally from both Clinton and Bush. Without Perot, Clinton still would have won the election.

four years ago there were people like Michael Moore, David Sirota, Jill Stein, etc. doing everything still_one Jun 2020 #1
In fairness I think MM supported voting for HRC in the last 2 months... Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #3
A backhanded demoralizing support if anything, pushing the theme still_one Jun 2020 #51
After the kneecapping and damage had been done. He's a fraud. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #111
MM using ineffective ultra-progressives to his advantage DenverJared Jun 2020 #71
MICHAEL MOORE just sucks. i don't believe him anymore. trueblue2007 Jun 2020 #106
Michael isnt wrong, well he is if he is saying the traitor can WIN, he cant WIN, but he can STEAL Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #2
MM isn't wrong about not taking this election for granted. It's just that Moore has an air of Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #4
I know, he is like that...it is that "I know better than you, I told you this, I told you that" Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #5
He makes his living complaining about Repukes he helps to power. NNadir Jun 2020 #12
No, he was too busy making films about the issues that we care about. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #21
Speak for yourself. NNadir Jun 2020 #73
Michael Moore's a type, a type the left has that the right doesn't: Hortensis Jun 2020 #93
+1 betsuni Jun 2020 #95
In general, I don't like to make an argument that the only reason people do anything... NNadir Jun 2020 #113
+1000. I suspect he wanted to be good, but like his type Hortensis Jun 2020 #115
He said Obama will only be known as being a Black President JI7 Jun 2020 #66
Michael Moore is very progressive. He does not want repubs to win. He does not want people to take diva77 Jun 2020 #6
Exactly, and I don't blame him for being worried Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #7
Seriously? You do understand that in 1992 Ross Perot saved us by splitting the vote. Clinton never Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #17
Michael Moore was strongly behind Kerry JonLP24 Jun 2020 #23
He was not during the primary . He supported Clark and Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #55
That's a GOP and a complete myth Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #87
It is not GOP but true...somethings just are. We were so far right in 92 after 12 years of GOP Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #89
No it is a false GOP talking point. Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #94
We can trade links all you want and I can send you mine...but for what purpose....those who rewrite Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #98
Send your links and we'll see if they are credible Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #100
Uh huh.. MM is so "progressive" he said President Obama Cha Jun 2020 #13
I'm with you ....can't stand MM Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #31
Mahalo for pointing that out, Kasper.. I had forgotten that Cha Jun 2020 #37
+1000 nt jrthin Jun 2020 #39
Mahalo, jrthin.. Cha Jun 2020 #74
I lost so much respect for him over that, mcar Jun 2020 #40
MM doesn't help.. Cha Jun 2020 #76
He wants to be right...and wants us to lose... A pos Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #14
Michael Moore is so progressive he just put out a movie on climate change... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #27
he could raise holy hell by telling UM and MSU to stop supporting limbaugh certainot Jun 2020 #69
lmao the same Moore who voted Nader and said Gore was the same as Bush? Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #97
He's not for Democrats. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #47
Moore's greater point: stay vigilant, assume nothing. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2020 #8
I wish he would talk more about how there is NOTHING the GOP and Putin wont do. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #9
He doesn't because he sympathizes with the greenwalds , putin, and that usual crowd JI7 Jun 2020 #65
I despise Michael Moore and all he is doing is pumping Trump up. Fuck Michael Moore...I take no Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #15
It's the same shit he says every cycle. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #48
"If you are once again not taking my warnings seriously" betsuni Jun 2020 #10
Exactly, betsuni.. I don't need Michael, "..Obama will only be remembered Cha Jun 2020 #16
It's ironic because the ones who were complacent and "cocky" last time and betsuni Jun 2020 #30
OMG.. That's so CORRECT! Thank you for Pointing Cha Jun 2020 #35
He promotes the myth of Democrats as snobby elites, that Democrats don't inspire betsuni Jun 2020 #75
No, MM.. "We" are Not "counting on hatred of trump" speak Cha Jun 2020 #77
He shouldn't say "we" or "us." betsuni Jun 2020 #79
Exactly.. MM needs to Cha Jun 2020 #80
He said Democrats have "no message, no plan, no leaders" in 2017. betsuni Jun 2020 #85
And, as I quoted him upthread.. he said.. . " President Obama Cha Jun 2020 #88
That is idiotic! betsuni Jun 2020 #90
That statement is straight up bigoted, and yet so many give him a pass. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #49
I know.. it's Cha Jun 2020 #78
I don't recall him saying Russian inteference isn't real JonLP24 Jun 2020 #20
I changed it to not taking it seriously. betsuni Jun 2020 #32
He was right in 2016. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #24
Because he once correctly predicted that one person in a two-person race would win StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #34
He was wrong in 2012. betsuni Jun 2020 #84
Moore has predicted a Republican victory in every election since 2008 Downtown Hound Jun 2020 #114
... Scurrilous Jun 2020 #26
.. Cha Jun 2020 #81
... Scurrilous Jun 2020 #82
. Cha Jun 2020 #83
Taking winning easily for granted is the point, Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #11
Confidence helps you win...not the samething as taking anything for granted which we don't. We have Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #18
Not a MM fan, I just don't like him, but he's not entirely wrong. Fla Dem Jun 2020 #19
Same, I am not going to assume we have it in the bag until all is said and done. n/t demmiblue Jun 2020 #28
Seems like you felt the way I did on election night 2016. Blue_true Jun 2020 #46
Poor Mike just doesn't seem to get anything right these days. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #22
He was right in 2016, were you? HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #25
Bahaha BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #29
Why do people act as if rallies are the end all and be all of campaigning? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #33
Yes! betsuni Jun 2020 #42
And it's not just on the other side StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #44
I don't really want to argue this JonLP24 Jun 2020 #52
No wonder egos get wildly inflated and reality distorted! betsuni Jun 2020 #53
Most of those rallies with large numbers attending was pretty much because of the Live Bands they JI7 Jun 2020 #67
What part of his comparing BIDEN unfavorably to SHITLER makes him a Democrat UTUSN Jun 2020 #36
Michael Moore has said before that he is an independent. He hates Democrats Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #56
I don't side with fanatics, purists, zealots, inquisitors, and nannies - MOORE, or here on DU. UTUSN Jun 2020 #59
Moore - wrong again mcar Jun 2020 #38
It wasn't an epic fail. He's right. If it's not winnable by trump, it's most definitely stealable. pepperbear Jun 2020 #41
Moore is making a good point. Blue_true Jun 2020 #43
I don't need Michael Moore to tell me that StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #45
Look. I don't like Moore either. But I am willing to concede when he makes a Blue_true Jun 2020 #50
You need Michael Moore to tell you that we need to fight really hard to get Biden elected? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #54
No. But some DU members seem to. Blue_true Jun 2020 #58
He blamed Obama for the Flint Water Crisis . I don't think his intention is to help democrats JI7 Jun 2020 #64
What Trump is doing with his maskless rallies is Blue_true Jun 2020 #109
No, he helped Gore, Kerry and Clinton lose by attacking them. FUCk Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #57
Michael Moore never mentions the Russian attacks on the elections and other shit JI7 Jun 2020 #60
He is correct. James48 Jun 2020 #61
Has Michael Moore ever acknowledged Joe Biden Kicking Ass in the Primary ? JI7 Jun 2020 #62
Michael Moore is a worthless fucking douchebag GusBob Jun 2020 #63
I agree about not taking anything for granted. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #68
me too Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #104
LOL Gothmog Jun 2020 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2020 #72
Funny, that's not what he was saying a month ago dansolo Jun 2020 #86
His heart is in the right place. anamnua Jun 2020 #91
Who is complacent? betsuni Jun 2020 #92
Nope...just another MM attack on Democrats...fuck Michael Moore. He comes on and I turn the channel. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #99
lol at the posts about how people don't like MM but he's not wrong... Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #96
+1 betsuni Jun 2020 #101
Exactly. Michael Moore is FULL of SHITE. He's Wrong. 2Xexamples.. Cha Jun 2020 #112
If you tuned into his general output in recent months anamnua Jun 2020 #102
Ok. thanks. I had tuned him out. Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #103
But not so much that he would support Democrats. NNadir Jun 2020 #116
What I want to know is where he got that 100,000 number? Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #105
Hmmm... maybe that's why no one showed up, because... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #108
I don't get some of the hate people have for the far left of our party Marrah_Goodman Jun 2020 #107
We don't. However, that doesn''t apply to Michael Moore. NNadir Jun 2020 #117
Michael Moore is a complete fraud. A grifter. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #110
This is a recent classic-of-the-genre MM clip anamnua Jun 2020 #118
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