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Jack Rabbit

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Wed Nov 4, 2015, 10:00 PM
Nov 2015

Up to now I haven't said that I won't vote for Mrs. Clinton; nor have I said that I will. I'll keep my final decision to myself.

Who wins this elections is less important than what we do afterwards. America has become an oligarchy, and oligarchies never end well for either the oligarchs or those they oppress. We will have to take matters into our own hands to wrest power from the oligarchs and restore democratic government. Who is elected will make no difference in that respect.

The word aristocracy means government by the best. Isn't that a hoot? Slave owners and serf drivers were never the best humanity had to offer and, by definition, were unfit to rule other men. I expect no more of industrialists and financiers who have rigged the system in there favor. We've seen what they have to offer us: a capitalist system without a middle class; a polluted world that never gets cleaned up. Nothing can make that a vision of a sustainable society. If the oligarchs who run a corporation want to do the right thing, they are helpless. To do so would put their corporation at a competitive disadvantage. That is the one thing they cannot do, that they can never do.

What is the one thing we cannot do? We cannot allow them to destroy life on this planet. We know that the many oligarchs have known for decades that climate change is not a hoax. For them to continue to drill for oil and mine for coal without taking into consideration what they doing to not just to our way of life but to life itself is an unimaginable, unspeakable crime against humanity.

It doesn't matter if the name for this system is neoliberalism, supply-side economics, trickle-down or Reaganomics. It must be put out of its misery before it fosters more misery to working people of the world, to all that live on the earth, drink its water and breath its air.

You and I, not the candidates of our choice, are the man on the white horse.

Power to the people.

Cool. Cali_Democrat Nov 2015 #1
It's a PSA whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #4
I will happily vote for the Democratic nominee. zappaman Nov 2015 #2
Yup. Agschmid Nov 2015 #6
I noticed you only ever choose one to bag though whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #7
If you say so. zappaman Nov 2015 #9
That sounds like an indication of how you would intend to vote ToxMarz Nov 2015 #34
Yes mcar Nov 2015 #28
Apparently it is for some. zappaman Nov 2015 #32
OK. Squinch Nov 2015 #3
No shit? You've been so ambiguous on that. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #5
Because of her policy positions I will not vote for Clinton Agony Nov 2015 #8
I would advise you to read Skinner's post on the matter and keep that sentiment to yourself. n/t whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #10
Good advice! zappaman Nov 2015 #11
I just about fell out my chair reading your comment!! boston bean Nov 2015 #30
Me too artislife Nov 2015 #80
too late for your suggestion I suppose Agony Nov 2015 #12
Black Lives Matter. Unless Bernie isn't the nominee. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #13
Shameless whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #16
This wasn't directed at you. Poster above you. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #19
LOL. azmom Nov 2015 #35
My bad whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #50
Thank you for clarifying that coolepairc Nov 2015 #58
Hahahaha!!!!! 840high Nov 2015 #87
Kudos Agony Nov 2015 #40
I hereby pledge to enthusiastically support the Dem nominee. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #14
JaneyVee trying to provoke whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #17
Provoke? Nah, just pro-vote. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #18
clever saturnsring Nov 2015 #26
Not really, but that was very polite of you. bvf Nov 2015 #75
i guess it's like art , eye of the beholder saturnsring Nov 2015 #82
So saying I will "enthusiastically support the Dem nominee" on a Democratic website is provocation? zappaman Nov 2015 #36
No zap whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #51
The other side, Republicans, are clearly "nuts" zappaman Nov 2015 #68
They are totally NUTZ mdbl Nov 2015 #54
i hereby pledge to ignore all threads requiring loyalty pledges restorefreedom Nov 2015 #15
I hereby pledge to continue to not give a shit. OilemFirchen Nov 2015 #20
Why do you want to be here if you disagree with the purpose of DU? Renew Deal Nov 2015 #21
with the purpose of DU? AlbertCat Nov 2015 #63
They have discussionist and other places for.... NCTraveler Nov 2015 #22
I had almost forgotten about them. drray23 Nov 2015 #56
post of the year stupidicus Nov 2015 #23
I'd like to see more bannings, we have a lot of disrupters here, but they seem to get a pass. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #24
Well you know how Hillary was the assumed winner back in November of 2007..... LynneSin Nov 2015 #44
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #25
well then... DianeK Nov 2015 #27
that's right if you dont intend to support dems you dont belong here saturnsring Nov 2015 #29
Posting privileges before principles... SidDithers Nov 2015 #31
alert results irisblue Nov 2015 #46
Hillary is a flawed candidate. She has azmom Nov 2015 #33
I hereby pledge not to really care that much if I get banned from DU. Maedhros Nov 2015 #37
Then why wait? LynneSin Nov 2015 #43
I hereby give my absolute indication of preisely how I'll vote. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #38
Amen and Alleluia LynneSin Nov 2015 #41
I see you changed your sig line..... blackspade Nov 2015 #53
Just an FYI, this is a site for Democrats LynneSin Nov 2015 #39
Support ALL Democrats, no matter how good...or corrupt? SoapBox Nov 2015 #65
We've got a primary. No one says you have to support any one candidate now LynneSin Nov 2015 #83
What makes one a "democrat"? tularetom Nov 2015 #70
Who holds the ruler to make those judgements? LynneSin Nov 2015 #84
I pledge to vote! jalan48 Nov 2015 #42
Not exactly HassleCat Nov 2015 #45
I agree Andy823 Nov 2015 #47
Based on that thread at least one HRC supporter.... blackspade Nov 2015 #48
I'm pretty sure this thread provides a clear answer. Lyric Nov 2015 #49
I won't ask you, promise coolepairc Nov 2015 #52
Will you, also, pledge to ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #55
Never have whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #57
My granddaddy was a Socialist and since there are none running in the Arkansas primary LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #59
ME TOO wdkellysr Nov 2015 #60
I plege to vote for the candidate I prefer. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #61
...I don't think you are allowed to do that. SoapBox Nov 2015 #66
Would "Maybe I Will or Maybe I Won't and that's a promise" be satisfactory? Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #71
Vote for what? eom guillaumeb Nov 2015 #62
!! Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #64
For me, I hope it's Clinton, O'Malley, or Sanders. Nt NCTraveler Nov 2015 #67
Your post reads like a threat BootinUp Nov 2015 #69
No, it doesn't. n/t bvf Nov 2015 #78
I absolutely promise to bvf Nov 2015 #72
I will probably have five or six glasses of gin sahel Nov 2015 #73
Haha been there done that whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #76
And look for a national spike in DUI arrests that day? bvf Nov 2015 #81
LOL Skittles Nov 2015 #74
"members are still permitted to express their ambivalence about voting for the eventual nominee" Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #77
I took that differently.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #79
I'm still trying to figure out olddots Nov 2015 #85
My voting booth Mnpaul Nov 2015 #86
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