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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:17 PM Mar 2016

Let's review our excuses for tonight (all GUARANTEED to have been used here before):

The Democrats have RIGGED THE VOTING MACHINES!

The STATE PARTY is sowing chaos at the polling sites!

The DNC/DLC/Third Way is rigging the election!

The PRIMARY SCHEDULE has been stacked!

The MAINSTREAM MEDIA is in the tank!

The voters are UNINFORMED!

The voters are TOO CONSERVATIVE!

The voters have a MASTER/SLAVE attitude!

The STATES DON'T MATTER in the General Election!


...and of course, there's my personal favorite (only lightly used):

I guess the voters just had a different preference than I did.

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Let's review our excuses for tonight (all GUARANTEED to have been used here before): (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2016 OP
I guess there's no excuse needed for Nanjeanne Mar 2016 #1
No excuses here. We have two really good candidates, IMO. I have my preference for the primary, bu Arkansas Granny Mar 2016 #2
Me too. I'm so glad to be a Democrat today. :) Hortensis Mar 2016 #11
Uniformed, or Uninformed? VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #3
I DO appreciate a natty dresser... brooklynite Mar 2016 #5
Workin' on my wardrobe. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #8
DWS! DNC! DLC! Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #4
Virtual tie! nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #6
inb4hide! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #7
Glad you can laugh at that. Because of course there's no evidence of it. JudyM Mar 2016 #24
Can we please stop? snpsmom Mar 2016 #9
As I pointed out...every one of these has been posted here by someone supporting Sanders. brooklynite Mar 2016 #12
By all means repeat, then n/t snpsmom Mar 2016 #14
And your candidate herself spent years bashing at my family. That's fine with you, not with me. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #21
You are truly a paragon of virtue to be emulated. mhatrw Mar 2016 #27
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hiraeth Mar 2016 #22
POC are st***d Iliyah Mar 2016 #10
Excuses can also be true, ya know Armstead Mar 2016 #13
Naw. I just don't want Hillary as president. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #15
results Go Vols Mar 2016 #31
Oh, well. Differences of opinion are too challenging for some people. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #32
it would suck to bea republican MariaThinks Mar 2016 #16
Tonite I will congratulate Hillary & her supporters on the states that she wins & I hope you will do jillan Mar 2016 #17
Absolutely...and I'll express my thanks to all of his voters for taking the time to do so. brooklynite Mar 2016 #20
Classy at 1:41 p.m. ET. Octafish Mar 2016 #18
I'm used to the nasty taunts of selfish types as they vote for one conservative after the other. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #19
Whatever keeps you warm at night. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #23
Wow. Pre-emptive sore winnering. mhatrw Mar 2016 #25
No excuses. You hold the power. mmonk Mar 2016 #26
All those OLIGARCHS in Alabama and Georgia! JaneyVee Mar 2016 #28
Mock all you like but remember NowSam Mar 2016 #29
sad SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2016 #30
And this is the same arrogance hillay will be proud of! Nt Logical Mar 2016 #33

Nanjeanne

(4,950 posts)
1. I guess there's no excuse needed for
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:18 PM
Mar 2016

Last edited Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Condescension and nastiness. So typical.

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
2. No excuses here. We have two really good candidates, IMO. I have my preference for the primary, bu
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:19 PM
Mar 2016

I will vote for the candidate with a D after his/her name in the general. End of story.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
8. Workin' on my wardrobe.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:21 PM
Mar 2016

But no, I'm serious-- I see uniformed, I think military, and I can only think you meant "uninformed"-- but I've been wrong before.

snpsmom

(676 posts)
9. Can we please stop?
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:22 PM
Mar 2016

I rarely post, but this stuff just gets me. I think there are plenty of Bernie supporters, like me, who would love to see him get the nomination, but who won't make excuses for him if he doesn't. Sure we'll be disappointed, but we're not spoiled children. The sort of nastiness the OP embodies doesn't do the poster any credit and doesn't help the candidate they support.

brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
12. As I pointed out...every one of these has been posted here by someone supporting Sanders.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:26 PM
Mar 2016

I'll observe that Sanders has never attempted to excuse away a bad outcome; if only his fans could pick up on that.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
21. And your candidate herself spent years bashing at my family. That's fine with you, not with me.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:53 PM
Mar 2016

You yap about stuff said by random people on the internet. I point out things said by your own candidate in public year after year.

mhatrw

(10,786 posts)
27. You are truly a paragon of virtue to be emulated.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:01 PM
Mar 2016

Your behavior serves as a role model to us all for the utmost in grace in both victory and defeat.

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
15. Naw. I just don't want Hillary as president.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:31 PM
Mar 2016

And, will vote accordingly.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams

Go Vols

(5,902 posts)
31. results
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:19 PM
Mar 2016

On Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:48 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Naw. I just don't want Hillary as president.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1382166

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Advocating voting against Hillary if she is the D nominee. Says "I just don't want Hillary as president." I guess she wants Trump.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:57 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

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Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: pretty stupid alert
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Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Stop alerting because you don't like the the argument. This is the primary. Geez!
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jillan

(39,451 posts)
17. Tonite I will congratulate Hillary & her supporters on the states that she wins & I hope you will do
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:40 PM
Mar 2016

the same for the states Bernie wins.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
19. I'm used to the nasty taunts of selfish types as they vote for one conservative after the other.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:48 PM
Mar 2016

I expect that the bigotry chocked straight culture is today what it has always been, eager to regress and oppress, incapable of even conceptualizing equality of decent interpersonal behaviors. I expect this OP and that sort of thing from the folks who won't pass an ENDA and cling to candidates who preach theology with hypocritical zeal.

The 'different preferences' of conservatives are always 'we prefer the candidate who most strongly opposed the rights of minorities we don't like'. And that's what this is too. Same as it ever was. Not a bit of difference.

I'll be voting for the only candidate this Party has ever run who has no history of gay bashing. You will of course vote for the other one.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
29. Mock all you like but remember
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:05 PM
Mar 2016

... that pride comes before a fall. Should the tide turn please remember your own arrogance prior to spouting off excuses for your own candidate. Things like - "The FBI was out to get her, " or "Get over it, ever politician lies," or whatever.


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