2016 Postmortem

ybbor

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150. You are all such a welcoming bunch

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:48 PM

Jun 2016

Why haven't I already joined? (Oh yeah, I tried and was immediately banned)

Just do it, damn it!

That should be our slogan.

Or, "Quit your fucking whining and do as I say"

Either one would look good on t-shirts and bumper stickers.

I'm leaning in favor of the second, we could use her H in whining. What do you think?

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I'm tired of being told I need to get behind the "supposed" nominee [View all] ybbor Jun 2016 OP

... LexVegas Jun 2016 #1

The tears I shed are for a pandering campaign that has little spark The Wielding Truth Jun 2016 #133

Waah Dem2 Jun 2016 #2

Bingo tonyt53 Jun 2016 #31

That's the way to sway Bernie supporters! Tell them not to participate. DUMB. panader0 Jun 2016 #166

Exactly ybbor Jun 2016 #169

Funny how some stubborn Bernie voters can't seem to get enough of being convinced Dem2 Jun 2016 #173

I'm sorry ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #178

Lol, is that your response to voters saying "the heck with your whiny blackmail posts, you gonna... Dem2 Jun 2016 #172

I share so many of your feelings and concerns! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Jun 2016 #3

Sounds like an attack of the vapors. Relax. Vote for Hillary. She isn't great, but 1000 times HERVEPA Jun 2016 #4

relax ... lol Hiraeth Jun 2016 #10

No, she's really not thousands of times better. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #23

Remember "Not a dimes worth of difference"? redstateblues Jun 2016 #53

"attack of the vapors" Yeah, that wasn't condescending or anything. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #46

Thanks for sticking up for me ybbor Jun 2016 #62

Haha! Shadowflash Jun 2016 #107

1000 times zero is zero pengu Jun 2016 #153

Well, after you rest, I hope you think it over MineralMan Jun 2016 #5

Hillary will NEVER benefit me. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #24

All about you I guess. Screw the non-rich women who can't afford to travel for their abortion HERVEPA Jun 2016 #37

Thank you. This is my biggest beef with the BoBs. "what's in it for *meeeeeee*?" PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #159

All about you, I guess. Screw our children who can never find good-paying jobs Fawke Em Jun 2016 #182

Well, I have kids, who are doing OK, happily and luckily. HERVEPA Jun 2016 #186

hillary said she's open to curbs on reproductive rights Doctor_J Jun 2016 #191

Just a totally bogus post. HERVEPA Jun 2016 #192

Do Supreme Court decisions not affect your life in any way? auntpurl Jun 2016 #118

This is should help with the fear.... "Fear is the Mind Killer." Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #6

ybbor, good to hear a voice from my old haunts, A2. saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #7

Beautiful day here in ol' tree town ybbor Jun 2016 #89

Why do people blow up their own arguments with lines like this? NCTraveler Jun 2016 #8

What is so wrong about stating the truth? ybbor Jun 2016 #14

I just don't get it. That line destroys any argument you made. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #15

Everybody I knew at the time voted for McGovern redstateblues Jun 2016 #57

I'm telling you. lol. I just don't get it. nt. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #58

That's right. You don't get it. rateyes Jun 2016 #78

Thanks for the confirmation. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #114

My pleasure. rateyes Jun 2016 #115

you aren't that worried about a Donald Trump presidency if you are on the fence on whether geek tragedy Jun 2016 #9

Do you just copy and paste this response? Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #54

simple solution: people stop saying they refuse to vote for the party's nominee against geek tragedy Jun 2016 #63

She's not the nominee Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #65

in another 7 days she will be the presumptive nominee, and the official winner of the primary voting geek tragedy Jun 2016 #69

By "we" you mean yourself Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #73

"Bernie is going to do very well in the final states and will likely eclipse her in delegates." geek tragedy Jun 2016 #82

Math is hard I get it sharp_stick Jun 2016 #94

Glad you liked it :) Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #110

"likely eclipse her in delegates" TwilightZone Jun 2016 #167

First of all learn how to quote someone ybbor Jun 2016 #66

she will be the nominee. you'll have to act accordingly I guess, nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #67

Stopping Trump is a moral imperative nt firebrand80 Jun 2016 #11

What Bernie is fighting for is MORE of a moral imperative. pangaia Jun 2016 #87

You hit that on the head! ybbor Jun 2016 #117

I have always felt that. pangaia Jun 2016 #119

Except Bernie has lost his race. It's time for all but 6 states and DC to move to the next race. LonePirate Jun 2016 #138

You don't get it. You just......don't.....get......it. pangaia Jun 2016 #139

The party will have a presumptive nominee once the polls close in NJ. LonePirate Jun 2016 #141

We are talking on two totally different planes here, two different levels, pangaia Jun 2016 #142

I agree. I'm arguing from a point of reality and you're arguing from a point of fantasy. LonePirate Jun 2016 #143

You can't have it both ways. If you are terrified of her losing, then why would you consider BzaDem Jun 2016 #12

Because she doesn't represent me at all ybbor Jun 2016 #16

So then I guess you aren't so terrified of her losing, after all? n/t BzaDem Jun 2016 #17

Terrified, schmerrified...they can't be trembling in their boots Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #21

I'm terrified of both. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #25

Then, there would appear to be a flaw in your hierarchy of priorities, IMHO. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #36

Or, maybe you could re-examine yours Ned_Devine Jun 2016 #55

Not me who ludicrously said they're equally terrified of Clinton and Trump. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #59

I've edited the OP ybbor Jun 2016 #70

Then please vote for whomever MFM008 Jun 2016 #80

Write In Faux pas Jun 2016 #13

I live in Michigan too. I don't know one person who sufrommich Jun 2016 #18

I live in SE Michigan. I know one couple supporting her. IdaBriggs Jun 2016 #39

And I live in the western suburbs,grew up in Westland, sufrommich Jun 2016 #40

I grew up in Waterford, and have relationships all over the state. IdaBriggs Jun 2016 #44

Feeling exactly the same marlakay Jun 2016 #19

Please don't use the "Democrat Party" (sic) slur... VOX Jun 2016 #33

it used to be the democratic party - there, fixed it for you Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2016 #35

+1000 Karma13612 Jun 2016 #174

I don't care Buzz cook Jun 2016 #20

You say you're terrified of Trump (me too), but then might not vote for HRC if she's the nominee. YouDig Jun 2016 #22

I'd just ask myself: Mike__M Jun 2016 #26

Let's see, you're terribly afraid she'll lose, but you wonder if you should vote for her. ucrdem Jun 2016 #27

Edited OP ybbor Jun 2016 #71

Thank you. ucrdem Jun 2016 #75

Agreed regarding Trump ybbor Jun 2016 #85

Hillary is a lot of things because she's tuned to the zeitgeist. ucrdem Jun 2016 #95

Not much there ybbor Jun 2016 #98

Bingo. ucrdem Jun 2016 #99

Check out the big brain on Brad ybbor Jun 2016 #109

She pressed for votes for welfare reform pengu Jun 2016 #154

Too simple. ucrdem Jun 2016 #163

You hold your nose and do the right thing jzodda Jun 2016 #28

And the right thing is Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #29

The world vastly prefers Clinton to Trump. Sorry your #berniefacts are not true geek tragedy Jun 2016 #45

Reading comprehension not your forte Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #48

you were trying to pass off your anecdotal account as evidence of geek tragedy Jun 2016 #50

The people I deal with Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #56

that is not evidence of anything. also a fact. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #61

Yes it is Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #103

The vast majority prefer Clinton to Trump. That is a fact. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #105

Sounds like an opinion to me. Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #111

was referring to Clinton vs Trump, for which there is solid empirical support nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #112

Democrats Abroad Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #116

See my post 121. auntpurl Jun 2016 #123

Democrats abroad are Americans. A very small subset of Americans. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #135

Not yet... Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #149

yeah, because Hillary voters totally hate the idea of universal healthcare geek tragedy Jun 2016 #152

Democrats Abroad represents only a tiny percentage of overseas voters. auntpurl Jun 2016 #121

Nice to know that Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #148

and Pauline Kael didn't know anyone who voted for Nixon. nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #151

I'm sorry, I don't know that reference Bjornsdotter Jun 2016 #156

Pauline Kael couldn't understand how Nixon beat McGovern geek tragedy Jun 2016 #157

I'll offer you my cynical version of 'hope' Dems to Win Jun 2016 #30

Wow! ybbor Jun 2016 #161

But the charade may not work as they planned ALittleBirdie Jun 2016 #184

Reminds me of something bvf Jun 2016 #32

I barely remember the Smothers Brothers show ybbor Jun 2016 #49

Not to drift here, bvf Jun 2016 #92

Tired and scared is a bad way to go through life taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #34

Agreed ybbor Jun 2016 #74

Stadiums full of people felix_numinous Jun 2016 #38

All those "stadium people" must not be voting, MoonRiver Jun 2016 #93

In a crooked primary pengu Jun 2016 #155

Poor Bernie MoonRiver Jun 2016 #158

It's crooked when it's crooked pengu Jun 2016 #183

Not according to Bernie and his minions! MoonRiver Jun 2016 #188

Well,... bye MohRokTah Jun 2016 #41

How does it go again? ybbor Jun 2016 #51

Goes more like this: MohRokTah Jun 2016 #77

Another reach out to Sanders supporters? panader0 Jun 2016 #170

"We have GROW to love."? MoonRiver Jun 2016 #160

You do not have to do shit. Don't vote, write in, vote for Trump. Your constitutional right. seabeyond Jun 2016 #42

So don't? CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #43

I'm tired of people being tired over something that has never been required of them Sheepshank Jun 2016 #47

Oh no, I love the GBCW posts! auntpurl Jun 2016 #124

You're afraid she might lose, but you aren't sure if you are even going to vote for her. Skinner Jun 2016 #52

That was a poor choice of words ybbor Jun 2016 #60

Is there a chance you'd prefer a Trump victory to a Clinton victory? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #86

"I am not sure I will be all that happy with HRC's choices" for the SC auntpurl Jun 2016 #126

I recommend you sleep until January 2017 MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #64

Possibly ybbor Jun 2016 #68

This post describes me to a "T". KauaiK Jun 2016 #72

I'm sorry about that ybbor Jun 2016 #76

I never take for granted that I am lucky enough to live on Kauai KauaiK Jun 2016 #147

I live in Wisconsin. .. Scuba Jun 2016 #79

That's how it is around here ybbor Jun 2016 #91

Hey, I'm fucking sick and tired of being called "establishment"... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #81

I'm sorry that you too are suffering from similar ailments ybbor Jun 2016 #96

No apology necessary... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #127

Amen Justice Jun 2016 #125

I know Democrats who are balking at voting for her. HassleCat Jun 2016 #83

You has a sad? MoonRiver Jun 2016 #84

Democrats are on track for breaking low turnout records. It will look like a mid-term race. We need Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #88

Source? TwilightZone Jun 2016 #168

I'm tired about people whining sharp_stick Jun 2016 #90

Notice anything bvf Jun 2016 #100

Thank you for your reply ybbor Jun 2016 #101

You're more than welcome sharp_stick Jun 2016 #102

Anybody who thinks another person is a piece of shit... lmbradford Jun 2016 #171

It's about more than that sharp_stick Jun 2016 #177

I'm not the one allowing Trump to do anything lmbradford Jun 2016 #179

I left tired Aerows Jun 2016 #97

Well said Aerows ybbor Jun 2016 #122

Tnen don't vote RelativelyJones Jun 2016 #104

And there is the problem - a Hillary presidency is no fucking prize, to many of us. djean111 Jun 2016 #113

So Trump will be much better? rbrnmw Jun 2016 #190

Jesus Christ. If you really care about HRC winning don't do this. stillwaiting Jun 2016 #136

Looking at how fractious other countries are, politically, two choices is the right number. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #106

I supported Kennedy, Hart, Jackson, Brown, Bradley and Clark BeyondGeography Jun 2016 #108

I agree completely with this post. auntpurl Jun 2016 #130

O. K. ...nt SidDithers Jun 2016 #120

Is it June 16th yet? still_one Jun 2016 #128

Why don't you pretend it is and ignore GDP and go to GD and attack Trump? Maybe you know B Calm Jun 2016 #187

Mike Malloy is calling it.."anticipointment" Jack Bone Jun 2016 #129

We're already tired of hearing how tired you are. randome Jun 2016 #131

And she may lose the type of area and demographic you point to. BootinUp Jun 2016 #132

To paraphrase Ventura- America is better than Russia. We get to choose who starts the next war. leveymg Jun 2016 #134

Sounds like the OP is tired of hearing the truth. LonePirate Jun 2016 #137

"we have a candidate who will easily win if given a chance" Triana Jun 2016 #140

"Buy the propaganda"? "THE PEOPLE"? randome Jun 2016 #146

Two weeks. barrow-wight Jun 2016 #144

I'm beyond tired of the whining and moaning of some people. Beacool Jun 2016 #145

You are all such a welcoming bunch ybbor Jun 2016 #150

I have never tried to force anyone to vote for a specific person. Beacool Jun 2016 #175

I'm tired of posts like this. joshcryer Jun 2016 #162

Then don't click ybbor Jun 2016 #164

I had to read the title. joshcryer Jun 2016 #165

I doubt that anyone would waste their time trying The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #176

I'm tired of "I'm tired of" threads. Sparkly Jun 2016 #180

I really thought you were going to say rock Jun 2016 #181

Im tired of people being to stupid to realize that trump is worse. But carry on. Nt Logical Jun 2016 #185

If Trump wins, it will be the fault of Hillary supporters, NOT Bernie supporters. Plenty of polling NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #189