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In reply to the discussion: I supported the status quo [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)85. I know right!
Who knew healthcare was so complicated? Or that Trump campaign was entangled with Russia? Tillerson threatened nuclear war with N. Korea and then had to take a nap because he was sooooo exhausted. You know who didn't need a nap? The status quo. Clinton and Kerry seemed to be able job without so much drama and exhaustion. The sanest guy in the current admin is nicknamed MAD DOG! Jeez.
The problem with revolutions is that you can lose. Bigly. People forget that part. Gonna be fun looking at Neil MF Gorsuch for the next 20-odd years
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my problem with the status quo thing is that suddenly when a black man becomes president
JI7
Mar 2017
#17
To be fair though, many on DU and other left-liberals have been consistently opposed to Reaganism.
YoungDemCA
Mar 2017
#136
I was alive and active politically during the reagan years and I opposed Reagan
Gothmog
Mar 2017
#149
Many on your list aren't gone yet and can still be fought for. Trumps budget hasn't passed yet
Blue_Warrior
Mar 2017
#36
I so wish Hillary was boring us to death and that there was nothing to post about.
Vinca
Mar 2017
#39
Stupid that the words "status quo" and "establishment" and others suddenly have only negative
betsuni
Mar 2017
#42
I need none of those words to say that the status quo was used in reference tooooooooo....
retrowire
Mar 2017
#76
I'm going to have to get a copy of the True Progressives' Revolutionary Dictionary
betsuni
Mar 2017
#90
I'm sure any answer would be a plate of scrambled words with a side of insult, anyway.
betsuni
Mar 2017
#93
In pursuit of "perfection" foolish people were willing to destroy everything good...
NurseJackie
Mar 2017
#52
You're kinda confusing the definition of the "status quo" that was used during the primaries
retrowire
Mar 2017
#65
So Why was it used against Tom Perez who use to work as a garbage man to help pay for college ?
JI7
Mar 2017
#89
no. it was not used on both. in fact trumps popularity was explained as being because people did
JI7
Mar 2017
#104
Practically everyone who has been using the term "status quo" to mean something it isn't
betsuni
Mar 2017
#139
So you agree that all the attacks against Hillary Clinton as being status quo were bullshit.
betsuni
Mar 2017
#115
"methinks thou doth protest too much" - in 60+ posts I didn't see the word "primary" used once.
George II
Mar 2017
#122
"Status quo" is an age old term, probably used more outside of politics than in politics.
George II
Mar 2017
#124
A takeoff on a quote, "if that's status quo, then deal me in"!!! I think people get caught up...
George II
Mar 2017
#118
I supported all of these things, but I also supported radically expanding all of them
YoungDemCA
Mar 2017
#133