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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The DNC declared war on 85% of Democratic Underground's members today [View all]DocMac
(1,628 posts)86. Your thought process is working.
When the sun comes up tomorrow, the light will disinfect this mess.
Feel that Bern!!!
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The DNC declared war on 85% of Democratic Underground's members today [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2015
OP
Not sure I'm ready to go that far - though half my co-workers are so appalled, after this, no way Hillary is ever gonna get their vote.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2015
#63
I have thought. Bernie is for the people. Hillary is a corporatist third way warhawk DLCer
peacebird
Dec 2015
#78
You sound like Ralph Nader, who took 95,000 votes in Florida and handed us over
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#107
Then Gore was wrong. Nader took from 2 to 5 times as many votes from progressives.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#143
You are right, SOME people here should have learned the lesson and they should quit
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#359
Gore won that election, the SC STOLE IT! Nothing else had anything to do with what
sabrina 1
Dec 2015
#349
How about the roles played by the following: (1) The Republican Supreme Court, (2) Gov. Jeb
Cal33
Dec 2015
#232
It wouldn't have gotten to the Supreme Court if it hadn't gotten to the last few votes in Florida.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#233
I don't think Nader lied. I think he really believed what he said. There are still quite a
Cal33
Dec 2015
#243
Saying she should retire into being a "stay at home Grandma" is both ageist and sexist.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#238
You mean, demanding a coronation with threats? Lol. Classic Ya, I served on jury. It stands.
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#235
Ah, but you don't blame the votes for Pat Buchanan on the so-called 'Butterfly
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2015
#337
You forget. Gore had 500,000+ more votes than Bush did, in spite of which, he lost.
Cal33
Dec 2015
#245
If Gore had supported the Congressional Black Caucus complaint they could have continued
GoneFishin
Dec 2015
#201
Nader's presence in the election is what made it close enough to require a recount.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#215
There was no provision in the state constitution election law for a statewide recount
Samantha
Dec 2015
#319
Jeb, Katherine, the gop machinery and the USSC made baby bush president. And Joe was a help too.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2015
#230
None of those people pretended to be progressives. And if Ralph Nader hadn't inserted
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#231
Scapegoating Nader. Nader was not even an issue. Gore CLEARLY won the election. Bush STOLE IT!
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2015
#348
If Gore hadn't picked a fucking Republican to be his running mate, he would have won.
Scuba
Dec 2015
#217
Not so. Right wing Democratic voters in FL handed FL to Bush. Them and SCOTUS.
merrily
Dec 2015
#199
You're right. Bush did NOT advance my political views. I guess you must have loved him. nt
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#261
That wasn't a promotion. She was explaining how she made that difficult decision.
pnwmom
Dec 2015
#388
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Dec 2015
#3
It is OP, actually trying to incite people not to vote for the Democratic nominee if it
still_one
Dec 2015
#14
They will have to prove it. I think the DNC should demand that they turn over their servers.
Walk away
Dec 2015
#172
Candidate who is losing badly steals and copies information from the front runner...
Walk away
Dec 2015
#314
I reluctantly have to agree Manny, even to the write in part that before today I might not have
Dragonfli
Dec 2015
#21
If Bernie runs as an independent, he will lose, you can bank on it. If Bernie isn't the Democratic
still_one
Dec 2015
#23
Agreeance. How else are we to deal with a party whose leadership is corrupt.
reformist2
Dec 2015
#24
Bernie will not split the ticket, and I don't throw my vote at non-candidates
Scootaloo
Dec 2015
#29
It's just that when those people call me "dumb as a brick, and twice as thick?
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2015
#80
You sure do whimper a lot about this site, its administrators, and the majority of its members.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#97
Point me to an open discussion forum that favors Hillary over Bernie. Anywhere on the internet.
stillwaiting
Dec 2015
#165
Bernie does better with independents and he does not mobilize the Republicans like HRC does.
stillwaiting
Dec 2015
#335
Hell yeah! The only way Bernie loses in the primaries anyway iS Third Way skullduggery.
Gmak
Dec 2015
#111
I'll vote for the nominee but DWS should be ashamed. And I'm certainly not sending money.
Shrike47
Dec 2015
#126
Anybody that thinks the Bernie campaign stealing Hillary Clinton's personal campaign
moobu2
Dec 2015
#151
Nobody who votes for a fascist like Trump gets to call themselves a progressive.
NuclearDem
Dec 2015
#160
Maybe vote them out next time. Whenever we try to take on the state party here, the voters ignore it
Chathamization
Dec 2015
#162
I'm shocked! Manny wants to help the GOP win next November. Who could have imagined?
DanTex
Dec 2015
#164
Third Way is some obscure think tank. Not sure what it has to do with anything.
DanTex
Dec 2015
#256
Conspiracy theory! I *love* those. Is it George Soros? The Bilderberg Group? Juicy!
DanTex
Dec 2015
#259
In front of my face we have Hillary, the Democrat, versus someone crazy from the GOP.
DanTex
Dec 2015
#263
As of this post, the poll numbers of the April poll (only Bernie v. Hillary) were 623 to 61.
merrily
Dec 2015
#186
The point is, most of them woke up and switched to Obama supporters in the general
Tarc
Dec 2015
#192
No, the point is, IMO, Hillary supporters have a hell of a nerve calling Bernie supporters PUMAs.
merrily
Dec 2015
#196
Alot of folks have described the behavior we've been seeing lately as one of the final stages
Number23
Dec 2015
#404
This Citizen Has Declared War On The DNC DLC Third Way Establishment With A Vote For Bernie
cantbeserious
Dec 2015
#204
Lol. Merry Christmas William. Tis the season. I'm off to do some shopping and sing some carols. NT
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#246
I mostly ignored your posts but I'm glad to see that someone who will not vote for the Dem nominee
seaglass
Dec 2015
#227
And how does it feel to be allowed to have sock puppets? Why are some allowed to get away with crap
kath
Dec 2015
#276
Manny did not advocate that others refrain from voting for HRH if she's the nominee.
senz
Dec 2015
#293
he actually did. "you should too" is what nailed him. Skinner has said he accepts when people
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#300
well, if you want to dance on the head of a pin, go ahead. Manny has been trashing all Dems
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#312
I think that is intellectually, fairly dishonest. He is doing X because he feels Y and says we all
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#324
no interpretation needed, he was encouraging others. manny preached and his choir ate it up.
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#342
Yeah, that's why the infestation of those little bugs. manny broke the rules, too.
Cha
Dec 2015
#330
fuck this pretending not to say this and that. he knew exactly what he was doing....
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#343
I so agree, bettyellen. If he didn't think he was so special that rules weren't for him.. he'd
Cha
Dec 2015
#344
just like in RL, the only ones I know advocating to "burn it down" are upper middle class white men
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#345
Like I said, if you think no one has noticed your behavior that would be one more thing
Number23
Dec 2015
#365
It is amazing how the Hillary campaign and many of her supporters don't seem to
Live and Learn
Dec 2015
#351
I've been saying for years that liberals and progressives need to leverage our support
Maedhros
Dec 2015
#400
Much as I may disagree with the decision this is not a freedom of speech issue
Fumesucker
Dec 2015
#370