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It gives me no pleasure in saying I told you so for absent a blue wave, it is clear that a resurgent Republican Party will materially harm the personal economies of most Americans. But this wound is self-inflicted, and there is not much time to fix. Ralph Nader hits the nail on the head. Democrats better heed the warning. We must no keep our heads in the sand lest we will suffer defeat.
https://egbertowillies.com/2018/05/11/ralph-nader-shames-democrats/
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)are allowed to do this, makes me angry but my vote doesnt count
Anyway, fuck Nader and if there isnt a Blue Wave none of this will matter, we will be a Nazi state.
awesomerwb1
(4,256 posts)Fun fact: I've never been to this person's website.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Some ad companies are sneaky. They look for sites that aren't paying attention, and post ads that contain malware on those sites. That's probably what your anti-virus software detected.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Never. I'm protected, but it's a hassle dealing with malware-bearing ads.
MFM008
(19,776 posts)Can drop dead.
alwaysinasnit
(5,037 posts)Thanks for sounding the alarm. I am afraid that the current Democratic leadership is still "business as usual" and not listening to those on the ground.
spanone
(135,633 posts)CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...Trump is what Nader was warning you about decades ago and now that he has been proven right, many don't want to listen.
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standingtall
(2,785 posts)in the first place by helping Bush steal the election in 2000.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)The mold for a 'puppet president' was cast long before Bush. Nader was warning you this would happen probably before you were born. It is why he created Public Citizen....to protect idiotic Americans from voting for the corporations and against their own interests.
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standingtall
(2,785 posts)Nader cost us Florida in 2000. Which lead to Bush appointing John Roberts to the supreme court. Which got us citizens united which got us much more dark money in politics. Which helped Russians interfere in our election which got us Trump. So yes Nader helped to create the conditions that gave us Trump.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)genxlib
(5,506 posts)To hell with that guy.
Once upon a time he served a purpose but after a while he started doing more harm than good.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)indebted to corporations. False equivalency up the wazoo, IMO. If Gore had won, we wouldn't have invaded Iraq, we wouldn't have opened Gitmo, we wouldn't have engaged in torture. We might have headed off the 9/11 attack, because Clinton's administration was clearly tuned to the danger of bin Laden. Thanks for nothing, Ralph.
Response to Nitram (Reply #9)
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NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)There is simply no valuable argument to the contrary.
But some here will go all go-go over this poster. The same poster who claimed Trump was going to bring us single payer. Willie was big on the normalizing Trump train early.
OrlandoDem1
(73 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)gee whiz.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)When did that rule change?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)He gave us Shitler and the traitor fascist republican party!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Democrats should not be playing defense now. A defensive stance does not give the impression to constituents that one's fighting for them. With the demise of Trumpcare and Obamacare under stress in many parts of the country, this is the time for Democrats to come out in full support of a transition to single-payer Medicare for all.
Donald Trump is an out of the box politicians who may surprise Democrats and pull victory out of the defeat of the current iteration of Trumpcare. It would not be surprising if Trump made the following calculus. Obamacare is expensive. Republicans have failed to come up with a viable plan. I (Trump) will now send to Congress my single-payer Medicare for all scheme. Do not for one moment believe this is an impossibility.
First, single-payer Medicare for all is polling very well. President Trump needs to boost his overall poll numbers. Donald Trump voters have a tendency to twist themselves into pretzels to justify whatever change in position he presents. His core voters will be with him.
In an attempt to get a win at any cost Trump recently claimed that single-payer would bankrupt the country. But he has been all over the place on single-payer. As recent as May, he pointed out to the Australian Prime Minister that his single payer health care system was better than America's health care system.
Can be found at the same site linked in the op. Not going to put up another link to the site. Written by the op. He was in early on the crazy Trump might do great things, Democrats are in trouble.
nini
(16,670 posts)surreeee
Hit and run post. If you're going to post this shit have the balls to back it up.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)How he lied about his election strategy and duped people into believing that he was only campaigning to get a message out and not interested in changing the outcome.
You don't have a clear understanding that group cohesion is essential in battling powerful nihilistic forces and modern electoral history.
There are other sites that cater to your style of self promotion. You obviously aren't interested in dialogue as you never contribute to any other discussion and just post here to get links to your ad generating site.
I almost never use ignore but you really have earned it.
RandySF
(57,632 posts)Polls ebb and flow. Take your propaganda elsewhere.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)RandySF
(57,632 posts)To generate clicks to your own site.
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)SidDithers
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Sid
OhZone
(3,212 posts)A rich liar, who hurts Democrats.
still_one
(91,947 posts)nominate new in 2016
DarthDem
(5,253 posts)Can we ban this character? He runs the same production on Daily Kos. And isn't his post spam?