2016 Postmortem

MADem

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47. LOL!! This isn't an obscure reference...to anyone who has been around for awhile.

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:06 PM

Mar 2016

Keep pushing, though! Double down on your right wing editorial, written by a right-wing journalist, "lionizing" an addled actor who is, owing to his tough guy, gun nut movie persona, adored by the right wing!

Who else? Why....Sea lions!

Don't quote obvious right wing sources, at least without explaining why you're using them (like, perhaps, to illustrate what idiots the right wing can be)--there's a start.

Most Democrats know this already.

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Chicago Tribune: "Hillary can't win. She's the establishment candidate in year of insurgency." [View all] Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 OP

I'm hearing Tina Turner, doing saltpoint Mar 2016 #1

And I'm hearing Nina Turner. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #3

May they thrive. saltpoint Mar 2016 #6

lying to the whole country about health care is unforgivable.. for 20 years - Baobab Mar 2016 #31

My take is that Tina Turner was saltpoint Mar 2016 #42

I agree Aerows Mar 2016 #64

You are NEVER wrong, Saltpoint Samantha Mar 2016 #95

Hey there. saltpoint Mar 2016 #96

#WhichHillary is running? Which would she be if elected? No one knows. peacebird Mar 2016 #2

Most Hillary-s are unelectable. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #4

The SNL Hillary ad was hysterical last weekend, where she morphed into Bernie peacebird Mar 2016 #9

Just saw it for the first time just now. THAT WAS HILLARYARIOUS!! C Moon Mar 2016 #57

Precisely what they're doing. senz Mar 2016 #34

We know exactly what she will be if elected. When the campaign is over she goes back to being the Cavallo Mar 2016 #39

MSM calls that 'recallibrating' her message to win the general election. sorechasm Mar 2016 #74

About time us insurgents got somewhere. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #5

Actually we're just staying with American values even as the neoliberals have tried to get rid of th Baobab Mar 2016 #33

Bernie is against WTO. Cavallo Mar 2016 #45

if the new FTAs pass, Bernie's entire platform is moot Baobab Mar 2016 #55

Then why is Obama trying to sell it to us and congress? Cavallo Mar 2016 #65

Well he could pull us out of all the FTAs, WTO, etc. Dubya abrogated treaties I believe. hedda_foil Mar 2016 #69

the FTAs are the reason he was nominated - he was an expert at sweet-talking Baobab Mar 2016 #83

The Tribune? MADem Mar 2016 #7

Yet the Suntimes endorsed her. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2016 #8

They probably endorsed her for the same reason the Trib endorsed Obama. MADem Mar 2016 #12

Suntimes and trib are owned by the same people now Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #22

So, she's a Republican. Baobab Mar 2016 #36

You understand that it was Clint Eastwood's character in "The Unforgiven" who was quoted, not Clint Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #11

Using Clint Eastwood, regardless of whether it is a character or himself, to make a point is MADem Mar 2016 #14

Have you seen "The Unforgiven"? Morgan Freeman, Frances Fisher, Richard Harris, Gene Hackman? Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #15

Using Clint Eastwood on a Democratic message board to "prove" any assertion is a strong error MADem Mar 2016 #16

OK. I quoted a newspaper editorial, which quoted a movie, in which Clint Eastwood was an actor Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #20

hilarious ain't they? stupidicus Mar 2016 #23

It does have a Twilight Zone feel to it. NOTE: I checked to confirm that Rod Serling was a suitable Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #25

are you sure he's "clean" though stupidicus Mar 2016 #27

I took a risk on Rod. I hope he doesn't let me down. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #29

that was bizarre. it's not like he was playing himself in the movie! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #28

Very. I think it may have to do with the high stress of the campaign. That's understandable. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #30

I think you are being kind! I will just smh and move on! nt m-lekktor Mar 2016 #38

LOL!! This isn't an obscure reference...to anyone who has been around for awhile. MADem Mar 2016 #47

Let me get this straight. Marr Mar 2016 #51

He's not "betraying his conservative stripes...." MADem Mar 2016 #59

Um... yeah, that's what 'betraying' would mean in this context. Marr Mar 2016 #77

No, he's touting Sanders so his conservative favorite will presumably face a weaker candidate. MADem Mar 2016 #81

I give up. You have a nice evening. /nt Marr Mar 2016 #82

this whole discussion is HILARIOUS! I want to believe it's a subtle self parody too nuanced for me Vote2016 Mar 2016 #78

Some on DU aren't worth "communicating with" if you know what I mean. A Simple Game Mar 2016 #50

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Thanks for the compliment. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2016 #66

You are more than welcome. nt MADem Mar 2016 #72

Utterly bizarre exchange JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #58

I never welcomed you to DU. Welcome to DU. MADem Mar 2016 #61

Why thank you! And thanks for quoting me too (though I'm sure you have your reasons...) JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #76

Book recomendation nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #62

Thanks! ... JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #84

I bought on Kindle last night nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #85

I may take you up on that. I can recommend Twilight of the Elites. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #86

Yup, that is a good book nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #87

Thanks! Piketty has been on my reading list for quite some time. What a beast of a project that is.. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #88

I actually went though that beast nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #90

It truly was an odd reaction, while totally ignoring the context of the article. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #93

The author of that piece is right winger John Kass. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #17

At this stage of the game, sad to say, it's expected. MADem Mar 2016 #18

Sad, but true. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #32

So what? David Brock is ON Hillary's campaign staff, fer christ's sake!! Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #94

But can she win in November? JDPriestly Mar 2016 #21

She's still leading? Baobab Mar 2016 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #100

I counted just five, but point made! MADem Mar 2016 #101

the low info's are all going for her. Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #10

Shocking!!! to think that a "corporate media" gets it! pdsimdars Mar 2016 #13

I dislike Clinton, but... FUCK Eastwood! Helen Borg Mar 2016 #19

Definitely stuffy and tired. It's as if she's just waiting for the move-in date to arrive. jalan48 Mar 2016 #24

AWK AWK Eastwood is tangentially attached to the HC critique, ergo all factual assertions stupidicus Mar 2016 #26

And it's exactly how Faux News operates. senz Mar 2016 #43

Feel The Bern! Bern Baby Bern! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #35

Going to depend.. speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 #37

"It's all there in the dull weight of her eyes." Divernan Mar 2016 #41

I think it's hard to go along with the thread title. It's too absolute. Jarqui Mar 2016 #44

Ok this is coming from the Tribune, the paper of record in Chicago nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #46

It's coming from a wingnut at the Tribune. Consider the source. MADem Mar 2016 #48

And I know the tribune nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #52

We'll find out in November. Beacool Mar 2016 #49

I've been saying this for months. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #53

And they have Slick-Bully Bullhorn Willy to boot! SoapBox Mar 2016 #54

The Trib endorsed Rubio, and refused to endorse either Bernie or Hillary Martin Eden Mar 2016 #56

This isn't their opinion; it's an op-ed brooklynite Mar 2016 #68

OK, then the OP title is misleading Martin Eden Mar 2016 #91

Take John Kass with a big grain of salt. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #89

Yep. Martin Eden Mar 2016 #92

Not helpful! HenryWallace Mar 2016 #63

The first rats are leaving the ship. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #67

Republican Operatives Try to Help Bernie Sanders: "We'll win every state if Bernie's their nominee" Recoverin_Republican Mar 2016 #70

She's also a really BAD candidate... AzDar Mar 2016 #71

Yup Enbver Mar 2016 #99

Something about that quote PatrynXX Mar 2016 #73

Can't? Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2016 #75

Commenter Ed O'Donnell sums this crap up 45 words and 2 question marks pkdu Mar 2016 #79

Chicago Tribune, not surprisingly, is trying to help the Republican cause by boosting the GOP's Recoverin_Republican Mar 2016 #80

This is roughly where I am Recursion Mar 2016 #97

No she can't! Enbver Mar 2016 #98

John Kass endorsed Cruz on page 2 the same day the Chicago Trib endorsed Rubio. Freethinker65 Mar 2016 #102

"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it" Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #103

This was written on March 13, 2 days before Hillary's massive riversedge Mar 2016 #104

Quoting a right wing (editorially) rag that refused to endorse both Clinton and Sanders book_worm Mar 2016 #105