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Well the rest aren't interested in continuing Reaganism, I am surprised you are.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#10
I just don't think you know what you are talking about most of the time.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#43
So says the person who seems to view everything through one very narrow lens.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#127
I haven't seen you talk about one SPECIFIC ISSUE this whole primary season...
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#131
I read them all the time...but like I said... you don't write about actual issues
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#133
Well....I guess...maybe? I think of race as an identity, not an issue.. there's a plethora of issues
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#135
You want to define it and discuss it in your terms so I can see why you are frustrated
bravenak
Mar 2016
#136
The Big Picture also has to include the years following the Clinton administration
Armstead
Mar 2016
#49
We were not allowed to use their services so it makes us sad to think about it.
bravenak
Mar 2016
#25
You can't simultaneously reach progressive leftists and non-progressive moderates.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#4
Golly! You can do something other than C&P two words into a subject line!
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#82
It is his extreme focus on one message and lack of a broad range of policy positions
bravenak
Mar 2016
#28
Do you believe in running for president only if your views are shared by a majority
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#31
That's one person's opinion, and here is another that feels Hillary's message is too radical.
jillan
Mar 2016
#37
Sanders policies are mainstream and poll positively across all demographics
AgingAmerican
Mar 2016
#39
I agree. I think many refuse to look at the past and actually see what was there.
bravenak
Mar 2016
#54
Maybe because Bernie wants his proposals to benefit everyone and isn't much of a panderer.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#42
Or because he never realized that he need to appeal to a broad spectrum of DEMOCRATS
bravenak
Mar 2016
#53
That's just an outright fucking lie. You must be proud of yourself...
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#73
YES. ------> "He cannot discuss race." is a fucking lie. Outright, bald-faced lie.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#79
Ain't that the truth. And the person whining has a racial/ethnic identifier in his moniker
Number23
Mar 2016
#145
I have lived around and worked with black people for decades and will say
Peregrine Took
Mar 2016
#80
What's the shape of the monolith you just restricted PoC to? Rectangular? Triangular?
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#98
That your relatives are all voting exactly the same isn't a surprise nor is it a shock.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#106
I don't think he will either, as far as I'm concerned he has said all I need to hear.
Autumn
Mar 2016
#97
I think characterizing Black Voters as "moderate" grossly oversimplifies the issues.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2016
#126
I read it as being about black moderates, not that all blacks ARE moderate.
bettyellen
Mar 2016
#129
In other words, many moderate blacks are abandoning those of the same color that are less well off.
Live and Learn
Mar 2016
#156