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Bernie Sanders

slipslidingaway

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10. The Dems have adopted the strategy very well! nt

Reply to atomingai (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:47 AM

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AP’s Premature Call for Clinton Does Disservice to Democracy [View all] slipslidingaway Jun 2016 OP

"[The AP] is supposed to report the news, not cook it in a kitchen & serve it up." @Dennis_Kucinich slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #1

As much as I despise Fox News, I agree with that quote. atomingai Jun 2016 #3

I supported Kucinich last time, Olbermann had Edwards on several times ... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #9

Still rings true today. atomingai Jun 2016 #11

It's definitely a voter suppression strategy. On the day before the primary? atomingai Jun 2016 #2

Yes and even before that I would hear from voters while phonebanking that Sanders had already lost slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #5

It's called propaganda. It's a GWB's strategy. atomingai Jun 2016 #6

The Dems have adopted the strategy very well! nt slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #10

indeed. atomingai Jun 2016 #12

It's a shabby thing to do. I can remember when Mr. Shraby and I were young voters and shraby Jun 2016 #4

Very true, why vote, the establishment politicians and media have selected a candidate... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #7

That establishment media wanted Hillary, not Bernie, as the nominee could not have been more obvious merrily Jun 2016 #8

There is hope, many millennials get their news from online sources which is more scattered ... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #13

I guess we can tweet more. But, jaysus, with all the people getting paid for news stories, merrily Jun 2016 #14

LOL, do not have a twitter account ... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #15

I don't mean tweets that are the equivalent of body noises. I mean tweets to get merrily Jun 2016 #16

I knew what you meant, at least I thought I did :) All for the productive, news/heads up ... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #17

I am still angry about it. It may have suppressed votes the next day mvd Jun 2016 #18

We'll never really know, stories of irregularities will sink, democracy took flight awhile ago ... slipslidingaway Jun 2016 #19

it most certainly altered the outcome, lakeguy Jun 2016 #20

like the call in 2000 for bush winning FL. and that we know was WRONG. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #21

Here's what we've been up against: snot Jun 2016 #22

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