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What makes me puke: the prospect of Sanders (or Hillary or MoM) having to (Original Post) KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 OP
You ever see one of those old war movies ZX86 Jan 2016 #1
I'm thinking more of the scene in Macbeth where the prince KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #4
Then get Jerry Brown, Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden on the phone Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2016 #2
Whom do you support? - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #3
Really. LiberalAndProud Jan 2016 #6
I don't believe I would worry too much Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #5
Absolutely disagree; that's something we tell ourselves Recursion Jan 2016 #8
You are Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #9
It's going to be a tough election for any D candidate Recursion Jan 2016 #7
I know and to lose to the likes of a Trump or Cruz stings even more. - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #10

ZX86

(1,428 posts)
1. You ever see one of those old war movies
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:24 AM
Jan 2016

where some green private starts babbling some defeatist nonsense like "we're all gonna die!" and the sargent grabs him by the collar and slaps him across the face, then the private shakes he head and says, "Thanks sarge, I needed that"?

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
4. I'm thinking more of the scene in Macbeth where the prince
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 01:57 AM
Jan 2016

Malcolm tells Macduff (whose wife and children have been brutally murdered by Macbeth's goons) to "dispute it like a man. " Macduff replies "I will. But first I must feel it as a man."

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
2. Then get Jerry Brown, Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden on the phone
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 12:31 AM
Jan 2016

The precedent for prosecuting the shit out of people for "mishandling classified material" means Clinton is going to fry and she probably wasn't electable in the first place. The Sanders campaign is ideological public masturbation and is also not electable.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
6. Really.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:05 AM
Jan 2016

Although you must have come to your conclusions by study and thought, my first response was wtf? "idological public masturbation" -- we disagree.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
8. Absolutely disagree; that's something we tell ourselves
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:32 AM
Jan 2016

It's going to be a damn difficult race to win for any of our candidates.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. It's going to be a tough election for any D candidate
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:32 AM
Jan 2016

It's hard to hold the WH after 8 years, and it hasn't happened many times in history. Just saying.

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