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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nader supporter Michael Moore needs to shut up [View all]betsuni
(25,465 posts)188. Nobody is saying voter suppression is the sole reason for turnout decrease.
Or that it can be proved it was. 2016 was the first election since new voter laws. 2018 was not, these laws are not new and unfamiliar. We are more prepared, and know about Russian interference.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I can think of some others that need your scorn a lot more. But that's pretty scornful.
erronis
Dec 2019
#8
Is Nadar running in the 2020 Democratic primary? This post seems to imply that.
Farmer-Rick
Dec 2019
#217
This isn't about Nader... it's about the treacherous Michael Moore who supported Nader...
NurseJackie
Dec 2019
#234
He's thoughtful, studied, and often right, no reason at all to suggest he 'shut up.'
elleng
Dec 2019
#2
I thought Hillary, as the candidate, took her share of responsibility... I commend her.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#208
Your welcome... excellent post, as usual. I agree with you on so many levels.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#231
Well he sure was right about his prediction based on what happened or didnt happen in Michigan.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#31
"Well he sure was right about his prediction based on what happened or didnt happen in Michigan."
George II
Dec 2019
#82
PRECISELY the point!! Thanks aikoaiko for NOT misrepresenting WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY SAYING!!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#91
Moore predicted the Democrats would lose in every election I can remember... a broken clock is right
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#118
She went to Flint, Michigan to do something about the water crisis before other candidates.
betsuni
Dec 2019
#162
WITHOUT A DOUBT!! TRAGIC MISTAKE ON HILLARY'S PART... WHICH SHE HAS ADMITTED.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#210
That kind of negativity discourages voting. People who believe him will stay home.
NurseJackie
Dec 2019
#71
Yes, you'd think peeps would take his predictions more into account after his last ones.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#93
Yes, especially since he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the working class.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#109
Big mistake... MM has some excellent insight into the goings on with the working class.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#232
It was an interesting interview... people completely dismiss him at their own risk.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#48
He made some interesting movies, but that doesn't make him an interesting speaker.
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2019
#164
In 2015, nonvoters were more likely to be "younger, less educated, less affluent, and nonwhite."
progressoid
Dec 2019
#117
Unlike most Democrats, I too have voted in every election (except one when I was ill.)
progressoid
Dec 2019
#155
"A more important explanation for the drop in African American turnout had to do with Obama and
betsuni
Dec 2019
#176
"States with harsh new voting laws, such as Wisconsin, saw turnout dip 1.7 points
betsuni
Dec 2019
#179
I'm surprised how many intelligent people can't recognize a rhetorical question.
progressoid
Dec 2019
#226
We understand it fine. We just categorize it the way it should be categorized.
NYMinute
Dec 2019
#235
You got that right MG!! You can disagree with someone and still have respect for them.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#111
Hillary was a liberal since her college days and tried to give us universal healthcare in the 90's.
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#113
HRC a centrist? She was pushing for universal healthcare in 1990 and everyone boohooed her. nt
yaesu
Dec 2019
#20
She said, as president: "I would have gone after the drug companies to bring down prices and fought
betsuni
Dec 2019
#122
Yes. Why would you think she wasn't? You may want to pull up some of her speeches....
George II
Dec 2019
#147
That is not true and out of the ashes...they managed to get CHIP which has saved millions of kids.
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#119
Yes a great president...tired of the Clinton bashing...He was a great president and she would have
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#125
It was a different time. The country had moved right after Reagan...Clinton never had a majority...
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#221
Yes he was and Hillary is responsible for some great accomplishments including CHIP
Thekaspervote
Dec 2019
#193
Michael Moore Rocks And Told Us Trump Was Gonna Win - We Ignored His Warning
DanieRains
Dec 2019
#32
He also said mccain and r9mney were going to win, and a vote for Gore was a vote for
still_one
Dec 2019
#36
You mean the platform that moved to the left to bring in Sanders' supporters?
Cuthbert Allgood
Dec 2019
#256
"I've come to the conclusion that the old guard of the Democratic Party is a greater roadblock
betsuni
Dec 2019
#58
He's worse than Cenk Uygur (except for the bestiality stuff). He truly hates Democrats and...
NurseJackie
Dec 2019
#87
The thing I don't get is how they tell their audiences that both parties are the same
betsuni
Dec 2019
#98
But the broken clock doesn't CROW and BOAST and BELLOW about being right two times...
NurseJackie
Dec 2019
#96
Bill Maher & Moore literally got on their knees on TV and begged Nader not to run.
progressoid
Dec 2019
#153
Yup, Roger and Me was an awesome movie... it really awakened a lot of people at the time.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#114
When he comes on any media ...radio, TV...whatever, I immediately turn it off...I never want to hear
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#116
We have only to look at midterms...did the AOC wing win the house for us? Nope...it was
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#224
He is a POS and in reality he supports his own sorry ass...of course he helped Trump win with his
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#223
if Trump has a chance of winning the 2020 election then we should be scared. n/t
totodeinhere
Dec 2019
#128
A filmmaker is treated as a soothsayer, while Hillary Clinton is told to shut up.
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#133
Yes & its beginnin to look more like a "pup tent," certainly not big enough for the progressive left
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#205
She was an unknown...and had little impact but Moore had huge rallies that changed folks mind...
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#239
I think it was Nader himself campaigning in swing states right before the election
JonLP24
Dec 2019
#240
His physical appearance is not what makes him unattractive...it is the naked opportunism and the
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#227
I wasn't paying attention much either...only after the fact when we elected one of the worst
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#247