2016 Postmortem

morningfog

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31. Give me a decade and a FOIA request.

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 09:58 PM

Jan 2016

For fucks sake, have the backbone to step the fuck up and own it.

It's pathetic to watch you and your ilk try to have it both ways. This is why you LOST in 2008 and why you will LOSE in 2016.

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Dear Hillary: RED BAIT People Like Me and Lose My Vote In ANY Election [View all] Segami Jan 2016 OP

Ouch. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #1

Way To Fucking Go! You Are Echoing the Sentiment of A HUGGGGEEE Number of People CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #37

You don't need to convince me, I've been a Bernista since the early 80's. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #41

Liberals don't red bait. Conservatives do. Hortensis Jan 2016 #80

Better inform your associates here. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #97

No. My associates often say they would vote for both candidates. Hortensis Jan 2016 #110

What are you on about? What does that have to do with red baiting? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #112

Liberals don't red bait. Conservatives do. Hortensis Jan 2016 #116

Since they red bait you just reclassified several of your associates here as conservatives. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #120

do'h. PatrynXX Jan 2016 #103

Hillary is a liberal and her supporters liberals and independents. Hortensis Jan 2016 #117

Hillary is not a liberal Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #137

Ridiculous premise. Hillary is a progressive liberal. Hortensis Jan 2016 #141

"No true Scotsman...." robbob Jan 2016 #106

Hillary is a PROGRESSIVE liberal. Hortensis Jan 2016 #118

Like the progressively-resolved problem of Saddam's WMDs and al-Qaeda membership? arcane1 Jan 2016 #129

"Clinton...always been..pretty far to the left." Hortensis Jan 2016 #142

k/r 840high Jan 2016 #59

Their is not red bate: Sanders is a socialist he choice to be one Himself lewebley3 Jan 2016 #94

Well that was coherent. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #99

I wonder if Red bating [sic] is like masturbating. n/t geardaddy Jan 2016 #107

They want our precious bodily fluids... beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #108

that's why... green917 Jan 2016 #115

No flouride in your dihydrogen monoxide! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #121

Jack D. Ripper geardaddy Jan 2016 #122

Some folks seem to think that was a documentary. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #123

yikes! H2O Man Jan 2016 #111

Just checked out lewebely3 stats, interesting. Bohunk68 Jan 2016 #130

I didn't notice that. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #132

I hope you feel better--seriously, whether it's flu or exhaustion. Get some rest. n/t zazen Jan 2016 #109

Another day, another incoherent one liner. dorkzilla Jan 2016 #119

Great piece! Thanks to the person who wrote it on DailyKos, and to you for posting it here. kath Jan 2016 #2

my grandpa was a socialist and got blackballed trying to organize a roguevalley Jan 2016 #21

Both of my grandpas were union organizers back in the '30s and '40s. At least one of them was kath Jan 2016 #45

Hillary isn't responsible when people tangentially connected to her say and do things that displease Metric System Jan 2016 #3

Haha, like Claire McCaskill is "tangentially" connected to Hillary? thereismore Jan 2016 #6

Bull. McCaskill is supporting her bid for the presidency but she is NOT close with the Clintons. She Metric System Jan 2016 #9

She is her attack person. nt thereismore Jan 2016 #10

. . . with just enough distance for plausible deniability. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #87

My ass she doesn't speak for the campaign. pangaia Jan 2016 #23

Get Reallll! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #38

Yeah, funny how she and other "independent thinkers" all say the same thing at the same time Armstead Jan 2016 #57

McCaskill DOES and IS speaking for Hillary Clinton and her campaign. CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #104

"Tangentially"? WTF? Do you expect anyone to be dumb enough to believe that one. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #8

Where's your proof that she's being told by the campaign to do this? Metric System Jan 2016 #12

Where's your proof that she has absolutely no connection to the campaign? hobbit709 Jan 2016 #13

The same 'proof' that told me Saddam didn't have any WMDs. pangaia Jan 2016 #30

For me it was PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #35

Well, yes. That too. Hans Blix knew the score. pangaia Jan 2016 #62

Give me a decade and a FOIA request. morningfog Jan 2016 #31

ROFL! Segami Jan 2016 #15

I thought of this.. pangaia Jan 2016 #29

Well Conceived... Nice Job! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #40

ROFL! Melissa G Jan 2016 #44

This is where the internet becomes educational. senz Jan 2016 #63

Oh I see, Senators aren't connected to candidates but Twitter supporters are. DemocraticWing Jan 2016 #16

Now how does that go? I have read it a thousand times on DU.... Oh, I remember! A Simple Game Jan 2016 #24

BULLSHIT and you know it. Don't play fucking stupid. morningfog Jan 2016 #27

Nice try. TBF Jan 2016 #138

Bernie wrote a book about Eugene V. Dobs. thereismore Jan 2016 #4

He also read Marx, Engels, et al. pangaia Jan 2016 #33

So did I. nt thereismore Jan 2016 #36

Yeah me to. You know what? I actually learned something from it. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #88

Well. SHE's toAstT now! OilemFirchen Jan 2016 #5

How can they not see that this will backfire? Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #7

Recommended and BOOKMARKED. pa28 Jan 2016 #11

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #14

K&R CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #17

K & R SoapBox Jan 2016 #18

Thanks for the post and the reminder EndElectoral Jan 2016 #19

Damn son is your name really Dylan ? ValasHune Jan 2016 #20

DY-LAN FrostyAusty Jan 2016 #70

KICKING, Need To Bookmark, Too Much Info In My Head ChiciB1 Jan 2016 #22

K&R 99Forever Jan 2016 #25

Hear, Hear !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #26

K&R Thanks for posting. eom Purveyor Jan 2016 #28

Kick azmom Jan 2016 #32

AMEN!! Tell it, bro! John Poet Jan 2016 #34

There are enough of us to take over the Independent party Kalidurga Jan 2016 #39

It's not red bait. Bernie IS a socialist ecstatic Jan 2016 #42

This shows a lack of understanding the difference between communism artislife Jan 2016 #47

And that's what he'd be facing and it's why he'd lose. nt ecstatic Jan 2016 #48

Because people don't understand more than you do? artislife Jan 2016 #50

Running on Socialism and raising taxes redstateblues Jan 2016 #52

Ha..I like that you have a favorite meme to push. nt artislife Jan 2016 #55

Calling it a meme doesn't mean it's not true redstateblues Jan 2016 #56

I think you meant to write Hillary in that little scenario...nt artislife Jan 2016 #60

And you base that theory on what? blackspade Jan 2016 #75

+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Jan 2016 #51

This is totally wishful thinking on your part. senz Jan 2016 #65

So the 81% of Dems and 58% of the general population who want Medicare for All-- eridani Jan 2016 #67

Are you trying to be funny? blackspade Jan 2016 #74

"Most Americans are comfortable with the current mix of socialism and well regulated capitalism." passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #79

They have been whittling away at a half way decent mix for the past 40 years. We need to get back Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #89

Absolutely! nt 7wo7rees Jan 2016 #43

Wow! Autumn Jan 2016 #46

Tell it! RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #49

:) The certainty of that reminds me of this Babel_17 Jan 2016 #53

Snap! virgdem Jan 2016 #54

That last paragraph makes me really sad. SMC22307 Jan 2016 #58

The Legacy of McCarthyism AOR Jan 2016 #61

Great read, Thanks! blackspade Jan 2016 #77

Another couple of Socialists... Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #64

Don't forget MLK. nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #92

And another one hobbit709 Jan 2016 #113

And a Presbyterian minister as well, like Fred Rogers. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #133

"An ambitious, amoral campaign" -- succinct and true. nt senz Jan 2016 #66

That's worth a hoo-rah. malthaussen Jan 2016 #68

I, in_cog_ni_to, STAND WITH by MrJayTee! RED BAITING is the lowest of Hillary's lows and she has in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #69

+1000 blackspade Jan 2016 #71

All it takes for the word "socialist" to be OK again... Helen Borg Jan 2016 #72

Or to have capitalism fail again as miserably as it did in 1929. n/t deutsey Jan 2016 #81

Perhaps, but it kinda did in 2008 and yet... Helen Borg Jan 2016 #82

Not as bad as 1929. deutsey Jan 2016 #83

But wait! Gamecock Lefty Jan 2016 #73

Need some vinigar with your word salad? blackspade Jan 2016 #76

And Hillary's so-called surrogates are nothing near as nasty of King Bernie's supporters on DU! AlbertCat Jan 2016 #96

amen!!!!!! oldandhappy Jan 2016 #78

It's becoming obvious the the Democratic wing of the Democratic party has had enough! raindaddy Jan 2016 #84

Then you will get the president that you deserve Tarc Jan 2016 #85

Going by the polls, that'll be the case if Hillary wins the nom Lordquinton Jan 2016 #95

If she goes down that road, I won't be voting FOR her, I'll be voting AGAINST the Republican. phleshdef Jan 2016 #86

Look out, there's a straw man over there! Nitram Jan 2016 #90

K&R Kermitt Gribble Jan 2016 #91

Thank you for this courageous OP Jack Rabbit Jan 2016 #93

+ 1, well said! Utopian Leftist Jan 2016 #98

Off topic - Anyone else think Debs looks like a bald George W. Bush in that picture? MadDAsHell Jan 2016 #100

I agree Segami. It would be a shame saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #101

Hasn't been too bad so far. HassleCat Jan 2016 #102

Kickin' Faux pas Jan 2016 #105

And I don't even consider Bernie a leftist. Scruffy1 Jan 2016 #114

Right? K&R to your post - TBF Jan 2016 #139

K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #124

So, we've gone from FDR to Eugene Debbs . ... reACTIONary Jan 2016 #125

More "I wont vote for HIllary in the GE" thread, while this should be RARE at DU randys1 Jan 2016 #126

David Brock was already at this a couple of months ago, and now the other employees are on it. arcane1 Jan 2016 #127

I must be losing my hearing, but I could have sworn I just heard Chuckie Toad on MTP Bohunk68 Jan 2016 #128

hillary's self serving attacks on hopemountain Jan 2016 #131

Thank you mrsadm Jan 2016 #134

I am a Socialist. I will not vote for ANY candidate who engages in red-baiting, ever. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #135

wait for the the General Election if BS is the candidate. the GOP are masters of demonizing Bill USA Jan 2016 #136

It's a sign of the times Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #140