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2016 Postmortem

book_worm

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11. Who cares? Do what you want.

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Frankly I don't want unity. Unity hasn't worked extraordinarily well for progressive pro-labor [View all] HereSince1628 Jun 2016 OP

Really...and disunity wil see repeal of all labor related laws beachbumbob Jun 2016 #1

Shouldn't we be focusing on what we could gain... TCJ70 Jun 2016 #2

That's because 99% of sanders people have no idea who sanders is...and beachbumbob Jun 2016 #4

But there must be follow through or all that is for naught. nc4bo Jun 2016 #5

Do you belong to a union? WhiteTara Jun 2016 #7

A basic primer of Parliamentary systems and the problem with combining with our system. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #3

Making the tent smaller and smaller isn't a good strategy for moving forward in a democracy qdouble Jun 2016 #6

That doesn't logically follow from what I wrote. HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #8

#1) Laws mostly originate from congress, not the president...so regardless of who is the qdouble Jun 2016 #13

Yes, and that's why Sanders supporters talk about a movement HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #14

I'm all for progressives pushing their agenda and seeking more influence... qdouble Jun 2016 #16

Compromises in the recent past have really dismissed progressive voters' interests HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #17

You mean: blaming your freinds & allies for failures caused by Republicans hasen't worked well. baldguy Jun 2016 #9

I will not be "unifying" with neoliberals. nt LWolf Jun 2016 #10

Who cares? Do what you want. book_worm Jun 2016 #11

Sometimes not taking a step backward woolldog Jun 2016 #12

That may be a non sequiter, cuz I am not promoting not voting for the nominee HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #15

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