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Hillary Clinton

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

6. After we have elections...

Reply to Haveadream (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 06:36 PM

Feb 2016

we are always told how smart and wise the American electorate is.

We have to remember how much contempt they have for us during the elections.

I guess how smart we are depends on who wins. And of course the winners think we're smart (or is it real stoopid?).

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Senator Sanders: We ARE Smart [View all] Haveadream Feb 2016 OP

We're smart enough not to waste our time on Internet polls and attacking Facebook pages. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #1

K&R! DemonGoddess Feb 2016 #2

And we're smart enough to recognize his insulting "Northern AA's will vote for me" crap, too. displacedtexan Feb 2016 #3

Insinuating that "southern" blacks (i.e., South Carolinians) aren't smart enough. Disgusting. George II Feb 2016 #16

I can't believe he said that. Control-Z Feb 2016 #4

Sanders and team seem to have forgotten that this is a job interview, and WE are the employers Lucinda Feb 2016 #5

Thanks Haveadream Feb 2016 #13

After we have elections... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #6

K&R. Excellent post! lunamagica Feb 2016 #7

"I can handle things. I'm SMART" lamp_shade Feb 2016 #8

Great post Ellen Forradalom Feb 2016 #9

Thanks, Sanders. Treant Feb 2016 #10

You would think.. you'd be wrong. I am so glad you wrote this, Haveadream.. that Cha Feb 2016 #11

Wow. fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #12

Maybe that's the whole difference... HillareeeHillaraah Feb 2016 #14

Some Sanders supporters are claiming that he says it in every speech. KitSileya Feb 2016 #21

The condescending and ageism is bad SharonClark Feb 2016 #15

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #17

Just Kicking it! Cha Feb 2016 #18

K&R very well said, Thank you. nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #19

Just amazing that this would have to be written to a candidate in the Dem primary but Cha Feb 2016 #20