2016 Postmortem

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69. Obama wasn't DLC nt

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Thu May 26, 2016, 09:23 PM

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It's not Bernie's fault his supporters think the system is rigged-the SYSTEM IS RIGGED. [View all] Ken Burch May 2016 OP

You're going to hate the next eight years. nt onehandle May 2016 #1

I'm not. I have little invested in "The Clinton Camelot." Raster May 2016 #5

If HRC does prove herself trustworthy, I'll be pleasantly surprised. Ken Burch May 2016 #7

Politically you're right Armstead May 2016 #26

Like OWS, like Sanders himself, you want to shout "Change!" from the rooftops w/o specifying what. randome May 2016 #2

Horse banure....Many of us have been working within our own spheres for positive change Armstead May 2016 #27

When you're on the national stage, however, you need more than platitudes. randome May 2016 #91

+1, shout change and then complain when the one guy who's doing everything isn't fast enough uponit7771 May 2016 #37

no, we've been moving to the right for a long time, under Reagan, Clinton, W, JCanete May 2016 #88

All these phony cries of the white male candidate being oppressed by the system is why bravenak May 2016 #3

Amen, girl. A freaking men. But let me fix that for you Number23 May 2016 #22

They may as well get used to it!!! bravenak May 2016 #25

You're a known anti-semite whose attacked Bernie for months. He is a minority Arazi May 2016 #80

You are STILL following me around. Have you nothing to do with your time? bravenak May 2016 #81

300 posts/day +/- means you're going to cross paths with some of us more than once Arazi May 2016 #82

Bet I see you again today bravenak May 2016 #83

Plan on it. Now I know you care Arazi May 2016 #85

Toodleoo bravenak May 2016 #86

This might be my most fave bs post on DU evah Arazi May 2016 #87

the system is rigged against African-Americans and women. geek tragedy May 2016 #4

And women and minorities haven't gained anything from what has happened so far. Ken Burch May 2016 #8

I'm quite sure Clinton is aware of the structural problems nt geek tragedy May 2016 #9

And how transformative was Bernie if he FAILED to win our votes? bravenak May 2016 #10

He did't FAIL to win AA votes. Those voters were scared away from him by ugly design. Ken Burch May 2016 #17

It doesn't help when campaign surrogates say stuff like "Hillary won the Confederacy" and his TwilightZone May 2016 #23

Bravo -- + 1000 Armstead May 2016 #28

He damn sure did fail bravenak May 2016 #30

Very, very well said! barrow-wight May 2016 #34

WOW!!! NanceGreggs May 2016 #36

We have lots of amnesia. They can only remember shit I say but ignore the millions of crazy shit bravenak May 2016 #38

But, but, but ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #46

Yes yes yes. bravenak May 2016 #51

They amnesia is about to end soon, I got all types of their racist shit bookmarked screen printed an uponit7771 May 2016 #47

You gonna run out of memory on your computer, soon bravenak May 2016 #48

You're supporting the conservative. Ken Burch May 2016 #54

So why didn't POC vote for Bernie? redstateblues May 2016 #77

Some POC did...he just didn't get the majority(he did get get 50% of AA voters under 30) Ken Burch May 2016 #79

That dang Brother West. bravenak May 2016 #84

Spare me. Ken Burch May 2016 #60

First off ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #72

You go, girl! greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #45

Nobody should have harassed you. Ken Burch May 2016 #50

He should have TOLD THEM AGAIN bravenak May 2016 #56

Get it girl uponit7771 May 2016 #53

Another racially fucked up post with negative connotations towards a minority ethnicity uponit7771 May 2016 #52

It's not fucked up to point out that Bernie was smeared on race. Ken Burch May 2016 #57

"when you talk about ghettos traditionally, what you're talking about is African-American...".... uponit7771 May 2016 #59

That was a term used by the freedom movement and the Panthers in the Sixties. Ken Burch May 2016 #64

+1000 Katashi_itto May 2016 #90

+1. according to Weaver and Diving they didn't even compete in most of the "Southern States" uponit7771 May 2016 #40

Oh, yes, 'the confederacy'. bravenak May 2016 #42

Saying the system is rigged isn't just about Bernie's candidacy. It's much deeper than that. Ken Burch May 2016 #14

That was a lot of words typed to say that you agree that Sanders should stop whining no? tia uponit7771 May 2016 #41

Bernie isn't whining. This isn't about him or his ego. Ken Burch May 2016 #44

ken...he's whining or he's a little... slow!?... seeing he didn't start talking about the DNC being uponit7771 May 2016 #62

+1 uponit7771 May 2016 #39

Funny thing; no one said any of this until Bernie started whining. CrowCityDem May 2016 #6

Wrong. Lots of people have said the system(political and economic)has been rigged for decades. Ken Burch May 2016 #11

People have said the same thing for thousands of years. randome May 2016 #19

prove it. reddread May 2016 #24

Here are several ways the system is rigged Ken Burch May 2016 #65

You must be unfamiliar with Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky....pfft!!! haikugal May 2016 #29

lol... did you sleep through 2000? 2004? vintx May 2016 #93

Bernie told his supporters the system is rigged Renew Deal May 2016 #12

The references to the system being rigged wer never just about the primary campaign. Ken Burch May 2016 #15

Your posts get more ridiculous by the minute. 99Forever May 2016 #74

The primary process isn't rigged. Bernie's just losing. Zynx May 2016 #13

We aren't just talking about the primary process. Ken Burch May 2016 #16

Do you think a fucking system where you have to super rich to run isn't rigged? Armstead May 2016 #32

Then how would Sanders fix that? randome May 2016 #33

Well he'd start with what he has already done.... Armstead May 2016 #61

Bill Clinton and Obama weren't super rich when they geek tragedy May 2016 #49

They aligned with the super rich and big corproations through the DLC Armstead May 2016 #58

Obama wasn't DLC nt geek tragedy May 2016 #69

So Hillary supporters think that "the system is rigged" is nothing more than a conspiracy theory... AZ Progressive May 2016 #18

no, just white, male, privileged whining seeing the long shot black guy won in the system in 08 uponit7771 May 2016 #43

^^^This^^^ desmiller May 2016 #63

Give me a whine.... Ya!!! seabeyond May 2016 #20

No whining involved here. Ken Burch May 2016 #21

Uh hu. seabeyond May 2016 #31

You mean the system the long shot black guy won with in 08? Yeah, it's rigged alright.. privilged uponit7771 May 2016 #35

It's not rigged KingFlorez May 2016 #55

graphic warning applies reddread May 2016 #66

^ This. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #70

"retail politics" means having no strong principles and just schmoozing. Ken Burch May 2016 #67

Do you know what retail politics means? No, so educate yourself KingFlorez May 2016 #68

Bernie isn't going to become a perennial candidate. n/t. Ken Burch May 2016 #75

Yes, just not in the way he is telling you. wildeyed May 2016 #71

Exactly! 99Forever May 2016 #73

Trump feels the system is rigged against BS.. dubyadiprecession May 2016 #76

How bad is it? Bernie Sanders did the Democratic Party, that DNC, a favor running Todays_Illusion May 2016 #78

Concur laserhaas May 2016 #89

Then Sanders needs to quit feeding it with false accusations. seabeyond May 2016 #92

Not many Chomsky fans in this thread, apparently. bunnies May 2016 #94