Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

leveymg

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84. You can't be really funny unless you're real.

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 11:14 AM

Mar 2015

At the heart of every good joke is a taboo truth. Not every joke that gets a laugh, however, is any good.

I was thinking of illustrating that, but know you don't need the comic book version.

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Mark, did she answer all the questions out there with her news conference this week? [View all] whereisjustice Mar 2015 OP

and so, the GOP wins again. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #1

No aspirant Mar 2015 #3

The GOP only wins if we don't come up with a viable candidate. leveymg Mar 2015 #9

If by "we," you mean the Democratic Party, Hillary has been its choice, maybe since merrily Mar 2015 #77

It's refreshing to read 100% realism, no denial added, for a change. n/t leveymg Mar 2015 #82

Thank you. Funny is my first choice. Real is my second. merrily Mar 2015 #83

You can't be really funny unless you're real. leveymg Mar 2015 #84

In person, I'm funnier (I hope) than I am on a political message board. merrily Mar 2015 #85

Personally I'd love to see Warren run because I do believe she can win blm Mar 2015 #91

100% pure echo chamber bullshit. You better give people a better reason to have only Hillary around whereisjustice Mar 2015 #12

People like the Koch brothers win biggest when Democrats go right. merrily Mar 2015 #78

What a sad defense for her behavior. "We must overlook what she did so we can rhett o rick Mar 2015 #104

Second that for the third time Fairgo Mar 2015 #112

It's only presidential when Bush, Cheney, Rove did it. Ever try media comparisons blm Mar 2015 #2

Truth has a way of expanding aspirant Mar 2015 #5

It is entirely appropraite to keep the focus on the party nominee whose "they did it too" whereisjustice Mar 2015 #11

I don't buy that spin - The criticism was of the media's approach to both. blm Mar 2015 #13

Did the Bush WH have an offical .gov email address or did they do all of their email RiverLover Mar 2015 #14

Bush WH used the RNCs server for a great deal of their emails. Guess corpmedia isn't blm Mar 2015 #16

She made a choice - her paranoia & personal convenience was worth the damage to the Democratic Party whereisjustice Mar 2015 #15

I said exactly why the Benghazi committee is keeping focus on HRC and her emails instead of blm Mar 2015 #17

The morality is simple - should she have used a private email server and allow whereisjustice Mar 2015 #18

LOLOL - I do know what I am seeing here….. blm Mar 2015 #20

Answer the question. Was it moral and ethical to hide public transactions as a public official? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #21

You didn't answer anything I said yet petulantly demand answers? blm Mar 2015 #22

Does she represent the Democratic Party or herself? Was it moral or ethical? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #23

The search about the emails is because of Benghazi - Big picture blm Mar 2015 #74

She made a choice of following the standard practice at the time. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #80

Defending the excuse of horrible ethics and morals by claiming "everyone was doing it" whereisjustice Mar 2015 #86

And the GOP thanks you for doing their dirty work. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #90

You must recognize how silly that statement really is. But I guess it's all you've rhett o rick Mar 2015 #105

You can't possibly be be even close to serious. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #107

I don't buy your, "the enemy of my ememy is my friend", crap. The Republicons are stupid and rhett o rick Mar 2015 #108

So you don't buy that people doing the exact same thing are helping each other? Thor_MN Mar 2015 #109

I don't buy your logic that if the Republicons don't like HRC then I must rhett o rick Mar 2015 #110

Not unnoticed AT ALL. Democrats, including Hillary, condemned Bush the Lesser over that merrily Mar 2015 #79

The corporate MEDIA did. Perhaps you can explain the discrepancy in their blm Mar 2015 #88

Not really. Also I didn't say "no difference," but you said "unnoticed." merrily Mar 2015 #92

It most certainly did ignore the enormity of the Bush WH emails. blm Mar 2015 #93

Again, "ignored" and "made less of" are not synonyms. merrily Mar 2015 #94

In newsmedia, when the probing articles are 100-1, yes, it's ignoring the ENORMITY blm Mar 2015 #95

It's not "unnoticed" either, though I guess you edited after my replies. merrily Mar 2015 #96

It was by you, apparently, someone who considers yourself informed. blm Mar 2015 #97

No, Bush's deletions were not unnoticed by me--because media reported on them. merrily Mar 2015 #98

To what degree? When media volume goes to 100 on this story and 1 on those blm Mar 2015 #99

Still prefer going ad hom to discussing issues. How boring and ineffective! merrily Mar 2015 #100

Wrong - it's the reality of US news media. blm Mar 2015 #101

Thanks so much for implying that I lack courage and integrity, yet without proving merrily Mar 2015 #114

The media is just one aspect of our electoral process that needs overhauling. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #81

I hadn't thought of that - it is such a simple truth. blm Mar 2015 #89

Oh Goody! Another anti-Hillary thread I get to trash! Keep em comin'! leftofcool Mar 2015 #4

Be careful aspirant Mar 2015 #7

Well fuck me for demanding our leaders behave like real people instead of prima donnas. whereisjustice Mar 2015 #10

...^ that 840high Mar 2015 #27

Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #6

Political press conferences have 3 results aspirant Mar 2015 #8

Jim Baker? GeorgeGist Mar 2015 #19

No, not presidential, more like Russian Emperor or Royal Monarch behavior. She is disqualified. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #24

"Remember Caesar, thou art mortal." nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #25

Horseshit. MADem Mar 2015 #26

Horseshit your horseshit. Democrats acting like Republicans SUCK. Just because a douchebag like Bush whereisjustice Mar 2015 #28

She did nothing wrong. She did nothing illegal. MADem Mar 2015 #29

Bullshit. She did something wrong! You sound like Goldman Sachs defending mortgage fraud whereisjustice Mar 2015 #32

No, she did nothing wrong. The archivist of the United States is satisfied with her MADem Mar 2015 #33

nonsense, here's what was said on the record whereisjustice Mar 2015 #45

I can't "answer the question" because she did NOTHING that was immoral or unethical--or ILLEGAL. MADem Mar 2015 #46

Is it moral and ethical for public officials to keep public records private and decide which ones whereisjustice Mar 2015 #47

According to the Archivist of the United States, the answer is YES. MADem Mar 2015 #49

Clinton violated record keeping regulations, where does the "national archivist" say whereisjustice Mar 2015 #50

He said she broke no laws and violated no rules. I'll believe him before I believe MADem Mar 2015 #51

lmao - really? Where is this quote you are referring to? There is no such quote from national whereisjustice Mar 2015 #52

Now you're being rude and disruptive and accusatory. Smooth move! MADem Mar 2015 #55

Nope. Where does he say Hillary did nothing wrong regarding latest revelations? Waiting.... whereisjustice Mar 2015 #56

lol- using an "alias" or "multiple accounts" is absolutely not the same as a private email server whereisjustice Mar 2015 #57

No, I am not. You're the one who has it wrong. MADem Mar 2015 #58

Until you provide the quote where the national archivist says Hillary did nothing wrong, you are whereisjustice Mar 2015 #61

Calling me a liar again? Keep it up! MADem Mar 2015 #64

Show me anytime in the last 12 months whereisjustice Mar 2015 #66

He made the statement in sworn testimony in 2013. That was clear from my link. MADem Mar 2015 #67

Where is the quote where he said Hillary did nothing wrong. I want that quote not some generic whereisjustice Mar 2015 #68

Well, you can want in one hand.... MADem Mar 2015 #69

No. You said the National Archivist said Hillary did nothing wrong. Where is that quote? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #70

He did. In sworn testimony in 2013. You are starting to sound like a broken record. MADem Mar 2015 #71

I want the quote where he said Hillary did nothing wrong. You can't find it. That's because whereisjustice Mar 2015 #72

There you go, calling me a liar AGAIN. See post 71, again, and get over yourself, again. nt MADem Mar 2015 #73

Do you even read what you post? He doesn't say "Hillary did nothing wrong." whereisjustice Mar 2015 #102

He didn't say "Every government official except the SECSTATE." You're flailing. Desperate. MADem Mar 2015 #103

But HRC failed to capture her emails for the record. Divernan Mar 2015 #59

She sent her communications to State, where they were captured. MADem Mar 2015 #60

No she didn't. You are making things up. She did not copy .gov on every email. That's EXACTLY the whereisjustice Mar 2015 #62

You keep calling me a liar--but I'm not. Your incivility is noted, and sad. MADem Mar 2015 #106

You attributed a quote to someone that was false. You made it up. What does that make you? whereisjustice Mar 2015 #113

This message was self-deleted by its author Divernan Mar 2015 #75

Are you calling HRC a dead horse? aspirant Mar 2015 #34

The dead horse is this bullshit claim. MADem Mar 2015 #35

So.... aspirant Mar 2015 #36

No, but you are rude, disruptive and obvious. nt MADem Mar 2015 #37

Is a dead horse always obvious aspirant Mar 2015 #38

This isn't general discussion. You are in a group. Behave yourself. You've been given far more whereisjustice Mar 2015 #63

I agree completely. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #111

Horseshit my ass. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #40

I was in that line--when it happened, too. nt MADem Mar 2015 #41

I'm glad to hear it. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #42

Clinton did nothing wrong. MADem Mar 2015 #43

I never said she did anything wrong. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #44

"Hillary in 2016! Sure she made some mistakes but she's not as bad as Bush!" tularetom Mar 2015 #30

and we'll spend every goddamn dime and every human resource cleaning up after the mess she makes... whereisjustice Mar 2015 #31

This kind of decision making on her part... malokvale77 Mar 2015 #39

we'll spend every last bit of political capital bailing her ass out every few months whereisjustice Mar 2015 #48

We damn sure don't need a candidate with the same political garbage as the GOP candidate. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #53

+1 thank you for very good summary whereisjustice Mar 2015 #54

Must be love..... lumpy Mar 2015 #65

Diane Rehm & her distinguished guests back you up 100%, whereisjustice Divernan Mar 2015 #76

Thanks, The Democratic National Committee seems prepared to use every last resource not whereisjustice Mar 2015 #87