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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 17, 2019 14:55:25 GMT -5
exactly, and Bernie is going to lose the primary.
what's your point, exactly?
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Post by tbop77 on Oct 17, 2019 15:04:25 GMT -5
Oh, let them have their thread about "the squad" The Party of Trump sure don't want to talk about impeachment or Syria......That's all they got now!
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 17, 2019 15:29:26 GMT -5
The Squad and Bernie are not going to matter next year.
this obsession with non-issues is very good for Democrats.
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Post by tbop77 on Oct 17, 2019 15:52:07 GMT -5
True....Trump and his "band of crooks" will be shown for the most un-American politicians to ever be in government. Just another one of his promises made, promise broken: Drain the swamp!
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 17, 2019 15:54:58 GMT -5
I had no plans of voting for Bernie anyway.
Like I said in reply #1, "Meh".
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Post by happyhoix on Oct 17, 2019 15:55:29 GMT -5
I think it's good. AOC's constituency is precisely Bernie's. It's the entire "Squad", by the way-- sorrr, I didn't see your thread when I posted this- saraacarter.com/the-squad-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president/My opinion expressed in my other thread was that in particular, AOC is one of the most influential members of congress in recent memory. She gets a lot of shit, and her base of general knowledge is an empty container-- but she's sharp as a tack and extremely politically savvy. She's going to have a long career- whether or not she ends up being a one-term rep. She speaks to an entire generation of empty-headed government-run school indoctrinees who think just like her. She's and "The Squad" are the ideological heart and soul of the Democrats of today. Clinton's "New Democrats" are dead and gone. I just love how someone so far to the right he's barely got a toe on the spectrum is pontificating about what the 'ideological heart and soul of the Democrats' is.
It's like me discoursing on what makes Mets fans tick - me, a person who can't remember if the Mets play baseball or football.
Except that I would never lecture anyone on something I have no fucking clue about.
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 17, 2019 16:03:04 GMT -5
VB I don't care where we are. Economic systems are what they are, and just because you may not have taken Macro Econ 101 doesn't mean they don't apply. I learned the difference between socialism, and a capitalist society with some social programs in high school.
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 17, 2019 16:13:39 GMT -5
I think it's good. AOC's constituency is precisely Bernie's. It's the entire "Squad", by the way-- sorrr, I didn't see your thread when I posted this- saraacarter.com/the-squad-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president/My opinion expressed in my other thread was that in particular, AOC is one of the most influential members of congress in recent memory. She gets a lot of shit, and her base of general knowledge is an empty container-- but she's sharp as a tack and extremely politically savvy. She's going to have a long career- whether or not she ends up being a one-term rep. She speaks to an entire generation of empty-headed government-run school indoctrinees who think just like her. She's and "The Squad" are the ideological heart and soul of the Democrats of today. Clinton's "New Democrats" are dead and gone. I just love how someone so far to the right he's barely got a toe on the spectrum is pontificating about what the 'ideological heart and soul of the Democrats' is.
It's like me discoursing on what makes Mets fans tick - me, a person who can't remember if the Mets play baseball or football.
Except that I would never lecture anyone on something I have no fucking clue about.
The less you know, the more you think you know.
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Post by dondub on Oct 17, 2019 16:14:10 GMT -5
I wrote in Bernie in 2016 as I could not support Hillary for voting for the wars. I wish she had been more courageous and been a leading voice against. I’m betting she could have parlayed that, and the fact those ventures have been costly boondoggles, into a rousing victory in 2016. But alas, she is just another run of the mill Demo warmonger.
I watched the debate for the first time and wish it had been fairer to all participants as to response numbers. I don’t really want another DNC anointed candidate versus one that rises up through public interest and acclaim.
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Post by Rukh O'Rorke on Oct 17, 2019 16:15:19 GMT -5
Does it really? That Bernie gets an endorsement from a Congressperson? Quite a stretch OC and shows the true face of the Repo-Con party....fear. Actually Don, it is the face of my two oldest Grandsons, that think everything should be free. Yes, cancel all the student loans, free education all the way, free food on the table,, free medical,, free transportation,, free everything,, let the rich pay for it! Both are well educated, the younger one graduates this week with a Masters Degree, both in their thirties, both still live at home, AND,,, both with way deep negative worth, that they will at the rate they are going , will never be rich to be taxed!! But Grandpa who has a nice positive worth,, does not understand how it should work,, Yes , give me everything free, and I will contribute little!! What happens when you run the rich out of money??
I suggest you stop discussing politics at family gatherings and enjoy each other's company, play some board games, before the visits dry up.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 17, 2019 16:19:11 GMT -5
Actually Don, it is the face of my two oldest Grandsons, that think everything should be free. Yes, cancel all the student loans, free education all the way, free food on the table,, free medical,, free transportation,, free everything,, let the rich pay for it! Both are well educated, the younger one graduates this week with a Masters Degree, both in their thirties, both still live at home, AND,,, both with way deep negative worth, that they will at the rate they are going , will never be rich to be taxed!! But Grandpa who has a nice positive worth,, does not understand how it should work,, Yes , give me everything free, and I will contribute little!! What happens when you run the rich out of money??
I suggest you stop discussing politics at family gatherings and enjoy each other's company, play some board games, before the visits dry up. One of them just might be the one to choose OC's nursing home.
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Post by Opti on Oct 17, 2019 17:40:41 GMT -5
It show the true face of the Democratic Party though! Because one person endorsed another person? One person does not equal the party. Ever. Even in Trumplandia.
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Post by Opti on Oct 17, 2019 17:44:10 GMT -5
I find it amusing that some conservative posters keep going on and on about what they think the Democratic party is about when they and their pundits have no clue. At least the pundits are doing that shit for ratings and to keep viewers.
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