2016 Postmortem

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

93. I am voting.

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #84)

Thu Feb 25, 2016, 09:00 PM

Feb 2016

I have voted in every election on every level since I was 18. I am not the problem.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

103 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Yeah, in connection with Yavin4's thread on Hillary Hate [View all] Tab Feb 2016 OP

They will get in line. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #1

Yeah, you just keep on believing that. [nt] Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #2

Yeah, statements like that Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #5

That is not a respectful reply. blm Feb 2016 #7

Get over yourself farleftlib Feb 2016 #12

Nope. Not this time. 840high Feb 2016 #32

What, are you going to "bring us to heel"? n/t VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #35

Ya mean us Bernie folk will be brought to heel? azurnoir Feb 2016 #38

Fuck getting in line. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #40

"In the laaaaaaaaand of the sheeeeeeeeeeeeep VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #50

Wow. I don't think I'll ever be able to hear the National Anthem again without hearing that. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #51

One of my journal entries was on this theme, I nearly had the whole thing re-written VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #52

I won't either. hifiguy Feb 2016 #89

You will be sorry you ever supported Hillary. n/t Avalux Feb 2016 #45

I will getting in line to write in Bernie if I have to. coyote Feb 2016 #47

You think so? Shadowflash Feb 2016 #54

Fear will keep the local systems in line. FEAR OF THIS BATTLE STATION Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #57

Do you realize that sounds so much like Beowulf Feb 2016 #60

That's the additude that we don't like. Distain and disrespect. Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #64

Spoken like a true authoritarian. cui bono Feb 2016 #74

Silly post. Dem2 Feb 2016 #75

Pavlovian? Probably. Telling? Absolutely! Bubzer Feb 2016 #81

I don't know whether your arrogance or your condescencion hifiguy Feb 2016 #87

I just donated to Bernie's campaign again. smiley Feb 2016 #90

I have serious reservations about a Sanders Presidency. NCTraveler Feb 2016 #3

and I have serious reservations about a HRC presidency Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #68

bravo bravo , berniesandero Feb 2016 #103

It is baffling that someone would throw it all away because their candidate didn't make it liberal N proud Feb 2016 #4

What is being thrown away exactly? artislife Feb 2016 #34

I want a sundae, dammit! nt cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #41

Excellent metaphor, Artislife! Nitram Feb 2016 #42

+1000 Shadowflash Feb 2016 #56

Sounds like someone who wont be affected by any of the long list of Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #76

One, I am a woman and two I am brown. artislife Feb 2016 #83

Why is it so important that BS get the nomination for you? liberal N proud Feb 2016 #85

I can handle voting for my platform artislife Feb 2016 #88

Oh but it is! liberal N proud Feb 2016 #91

Ohh but it is not. artislife Feb 2016 #92

In my eyes you will be if you allow the GOP to win the White House liberal N proud Feb 2016 #94

Fortunately, I don't care how you perceive me. artislife Feb 2016 #95

If you don't vote for the Democratic Candidate don't be on DU complaining about your woes liberal N proud Feb 2016 #96

When the time comes artislife Feb 2016 #97

'TUBE WTF? liberal N proud Feb 2016 #98

Playing the anthem and now this artislife Feb 2016 #99

Real mature liberal N proud Feb 2016 #100

You're absolutely right... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #63

I will vote for every other DEM on the ballot bigwillq Feb 2016 #82

Not voting is exactly what the Republicans want you to do liberal N proud Feb 2016 #84

I am voting. bigwillq Feb 2016 #93

Yeah, well, I'm in California so... Shrug. TDale313 Feb 2016 #6

Didn't CA once go for Ronnie? leftofcool Feb 2016 #10

Every state except MN went for Ronnie ... in 1984, IIRC. closeupready Feb 2016 #14

Yavin4 was a mass vendor of Hillary Hate in 2008, this time he's for her and doing attacks on Bernie Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #8

I didn't know the history, just saw the post Tab Feb 2016 #18

^^^THIS^^^ beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #26

I keep hearing this and folks keep missing the point Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #9

Yep. Caretaker Dem presidents pushing only modest reforms are a luxury we can ill afford. Orsino Feb 2016 #33

^^^This. artislife Feb 2016 #36

Actually, it is never our last chance". But it could be our last chance for 50 years to... Nitram Feb 2016 #43

Unless we do something about the planet heating up NOW Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #48

Agreed climate change the most pressing issue, bar none mikimurphy Feb 2016 #67

Exactly my experience Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #73

Instead of promoting the get in line train, it seems Democrats should start Cleita Feb 2016 #11

Yes. The bluntness of "get in line" is extremely disrespectful and counterproductive for what needs blm Feb 2016 #31

I agree, the "they will get in line" comment was uncalled-for nastiness. nt Nitram Feb 2016 #44

You couldn't post this there? Capt. Obvious Feb 2016 #13

Should we vote for Jeb! if he changes party affiliation because DEMOCRATS! Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #15

Unicorn, it is clear your strength is not inventing credible thought experiments. Nitram Feb 2016 #46

The OP suggests that unless we unconditionally rally around the candidate with a D the GOP Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #101

Is this an attempt to bring the idealists to heel? closeupready Feb 2016 #16

Absolutely not. Tab Feb 2016 #27

The Democratic Party has been headed towards a civil war... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #17

Your post has a major problem. jeff47 Feb 2016 #19

Same here. So my vote really doesn't matter a tinker's damn. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #37

As they say- Fall in love in the primary and fall in line in the general. Snarkoleptic Feb 2016 #20

I watched until I found Waldo (6:00 minute mark), couldn't take any more. aidbo Feb 2016 #61

The Idiocracy in full bloom LiberalLovinLug Feb 2016 #62

This is not the time for this. TheFarseer Feb 2016 #21

If Bernie gets the nom, he definitely has my vote obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #22

If you really believe in a revolution, you don't turn tail and run. randome Feb 2016 #23

The only problem is Tab Feb 2016 #29

I pledge to vote down ticket Prism Feb 2016 #24

For myself, you've got it backward: Maedhros Feb 2016 #25

Yes, The Party 'leaders' have made it clear that a Hillary presidency will have nothing to do cui bono Feb 2016 #39

We've been brow-beaten with the same empty argument since 2000: Maedhros Feb 2016 #49

No sale. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #28

"Nope we cant" is not pragmatic,it is surrender. libtodeath Feb 2016 #30

Precisely! Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #53

I STILL BELIEVE IN A PLACE CALLED NOPE Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #77

You're looking at it like it's two flavors of ice cream EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #55

very eloquent - thanks! Merryland Feb 2016 #78

I'll vote my conscience OZi Feb 2016 #58

Fear, fear, fear. I'm voting my conscience and not fear. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #59

Fear is literally their slogan. EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #66

Pardon my idealism, Tab Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #65

Don't worry, I follow Bernie retrowire Feb 2016 #69

See my avatar in the corner? Armstead Feb 2016 #70

Wow, I'm surprised by the divisiveness even in this thread. Tab Feb 2016 #71

I guess I'm just not the pragmatic type. I have never been much of a risk taker when it comes liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #86

I am an Independent. I do not pledge loyalty to any party. liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #72

who the fuck cares...you're going to vote aren't you?... islandmkl Feb 2016 #79

Both parties are in advanced self-destruct mode. The only question is which will destroy us first. leveymg Feb 2016 #80

Clinton's running precisely to keep politics the same and block any reshaping MisterP Feb 2016 #102