2016 Postmortem

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124. There were definitely some stupid-sounding OPs

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:02 PM

Mar 2016

to be expected here today, but this one beats them all.

Congrats.

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Dear Skinner- a plea for the remainder of the primary season [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 OP

Why don't you wait until the convention? That is where the nominee is picked. Read about it. nt Logical Mar 2016 #1

I would feel the same way if there were a plethora of "Bernie can't win the G E " posts. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #12

I just saw today in the HRC group that Bernie should drop out..BS bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #19

Please telll em DSB said that's not their decision to make... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #100

Facts are facts as long as there are still primaries to be waged. Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #21

This + 1000 What a pompous, but all too typical of LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #118

I doubt you would. Your suggestion sounds rather unDemocratic even. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #56

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #69

+ 1000 RATM435 Mar 2016 #76

Interesting. one_voice Mar 2016 #166

I literally couldn't care less... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #82

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #86

You seem upest DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #91

+1000 stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #107

Yes, the convention is when a candidate is finalized. No earlier here, please. nt appal_jack Mar 2016 #24

Use the ask the administratior function, or for fucks sake, just do what we've done every primary Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #2

Especially Since Clinton is +10 Against Trump and Won 15 Straight Polls Stallion Mar 2016 #3

I hope the admins wait until the convention. bigwillq Mar 2016 #4

Please see Post 12. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #15

That's not a good enough reason, imo, not to let democracy take its course. bigwillq Mar 2016 #20

You are not fucking welcome HERVEPA Mar 2016 #23

I would respond in kind but I would get a hide. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #43

Heh. bvf Mar 2016 #99

That's funny Ned_Devine Mar 2016 #108

Could be worse Scootaloo Mar 2016 #58

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #77

And you sir seem to be deranged. Hekate Mar 2016 #89

You don't think your OP passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #142

More likely it will be around the time someone gets enough pledged delegates to win. PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #120

Fine. Enough pledged delegates works for me. bigwillq Mar 2016 #123

Does she have 2383 delegates now? shawn703 Mar 2016 #5

The people can't win whether it's Hillary or a Repub. Broward Mar 2016 #6

How about we stick to the TOS Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #7

Agreed Rebkeh Mar 2016 #95

I agree with this ^^^^^ RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #133

She can't win farleftlib Mar 2016 #8

I don't think Skinner has to do a thing. joshcryer Mar 2016 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #83

Seriously, the more I look at it the more this OP pisses me off....You want an Echo Chamber? Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #10

K & R massively. TIME TO PIVOT TO THE GE!!!! Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #11

Exactly, time to move hard right and forget all this hippy dippy leftist bullsht Fumesucker Mar 2016 #16

I'm sorry, what time was the convention? Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #17

Have no fear...it's still to come: Philly in July. Be sure not to miss it! Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #26

But...Hillary is a flawed candidate and will LOSE! Segami Mar 2016 #13

DU rec...nt SidDithers Mar 2016 #14

K&R mcar Mar 2016 #18

Hillary supporters want to stop the clock on their final good primary day. (nt) w4rma Mar 2016 #22

until hillary wins the necessary delegates or bernie drops out restorefreedom Mar 2016 #25

THANK YOU! snowy owl Mar 2016 #35

^THIS^ SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #47

Agree this is probably a tad premature. Hortensis Mar 2016 #78

it would seem that they both have said as much as they can about each other restorefreedom Mar 2016 #85

:). you know, Trump himself is no match for either Hortensis Mar 2016 #105

+1 nt brer cat Mar 2016 #149

oh, he is gonna bring it, too restorefreedom Mar 2016 #154

I bet a few of you didn't know this a was an establishment site, did you? nt Umbral18 Mar 2016 #27

well yes after getting more tickets in 3 months than I have in the amount of 8 yrs of being on the PatrynXX Mar 2016 #48

Hillary is a flawed candidate and politician and she cannot win. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #28

So are you asking me who has voted green and intends to to not vote green? snowy owl Mar 2016 #29

Trump Buzz cook Mar 2016 #96

You are not change if you vote for Clinton snowy owl Mar 2016 #152

Go to a Cave, your Tree, or Discussionist. Just go away. leveymg Mar 2016 #30

Amen Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #57

You first. n/t JTFrog Mar 2016 #98

Pfff! That's all you have, Frog? leveymg Mar 2016 #114

I'll be alright. JTFrog Mar 2016 #119

Go get that drink. leveymg Mar 2016 #134

Thank you. 840high Mar 2016 #125

Not one minute before the nomination is official. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #31

Skinner, I have to second DemocratSinceBirth Firebrand Gary Mar 2016 #32

all hail censorship PatrynXX Mar 2016 #44

LOL!...Why not just ask Skinner to change it to 'Establishment Underground' Segami Mar 2016 #46

Has a ring to it, doesn't it? passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #150

LMAO jalan48 Mar 2016 #33

You're pleading for Skinner to censor posts? Bonobo Mar 2016 #34

well yeah PatrynXX Mar 2016 #41

+1 FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #42

Most of her supporters here were probably anti-Snowden too. Broward Mar 2016 #53

Why isn't this bullshit post in the Hillary Clinton Group, where everyone can Gene Debs Mar 2016 #36

what She can't win posts PatrynXX Mar 2016 #37

I hope, Democrat Since Birth that you and the other enthusiastic Hillary supporters enjoy JDPriestly Mar 2016 #38

Everything you just said except the leaving DU part. leveymg Mar 2016 #55

My state, California, has not voted yet. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #117

I think there are still some big surprises and one or two shockers coming. leveymg Mar 2016 #130

DemocratSinceBirth ??? erlewyne Mar 2016 #39

I really like you passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #161

Do yourself a favor and self delete. nt Logical Mar 2016 #40

FFS dorkzilla Mar 2016 #45

There is nothing immature about my post. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #52

The very notion is childish dorkzilla Mar 2016 #60

Ergo DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #74

The problem here is that the system has been leaving progressive democrats behind passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #168

Actually it is. Bonobo Mar 2016 #68

You are once again whining. You tend to whine a lot. nt Logical Mar 2016 #93

"see all those states that haven't voted? they don't count: cut 'em loose from the Union" MisterP Mar 2016 #49

Bernie is in this until July elmac Mar 2016 #50

Ha, making the preemptive move to get the Bernie supporters purged eh? retrowire Mar 2016 #51

What a ridiculous idea. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #54

It Really Is Nearly Over JGug1 Mar 2016 #59

Are you kidding me? liberalnarb Mar 2016 #61

Censorship Depaysement Mar 2016 #62

I'd be happy if he instructed the mods to delete the RW woo bullshit that permeates GDP. bettyellen Mar 2016 #63

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #64

Disgusting and yet so TYPICAL. AzDar Mar 2016 #65

Yes. Hissyspit Mar 2016 #97

Too soon, bruh. aikoaiko Mar 2016 #66

K & R! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #67

And I thought we were here to support actual progressives. Guess I was wrong. white_wolf Mar 2016 #72

The is, after all, DEMOCRATIC BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #104

and please stop the RW crap on the site. riversedge Mar 2016 #70

Right... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #71

Yea you wouldn't want to promote free speech here Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #73

who do you think your dealing with ? Pharaoh Mar 2016 #75

You are ridiculous. Punkingal Mar 2016 #79

Simple civility would be nice Hekate Mar 2016 #80

You should consider changing your name - kas125 Mar 2016 #81

How embarrassing for you Ned_Devine Mar 2016 #84

get over yourself ibegurpard Mar 2016 #87

A kumbaya after July elmac Mar 2016 #88

OMG! These people got away with rude,awful comments for months. peace13 Mar 2016 #90

Welcome to Pravda Underground!! RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #92

Fuck this shit. Hissyspit Mar 2016 #94

Yep, time to rein in the propaganda and right wing click bait. n/t JTFrog Mar 2016 #101

Why? If it's true, it'll happen, If not, it won't. Don't be so fearful. snowy owl Mar 2016 #102

K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #103

I wouldn't speak too soon Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #106

And when the indictment is handed down. What then? RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #109

What is wrong with you! Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #110

Authoritarianism isn't a bug. It's a feature! n/t RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #113

The interesting thing is that you can directly write an Admin. RiverNoord Mar 2016 #111

This (nt) bigwillq Mar 2016 #115

I don't permeate the board with "Sanders can't win" post so I don't see the basis... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #116

Very well, you dodged and in so doing answered my question entirely. Consequently, I'll be plain. RiverNoord Mar 2016 #167

All the obscurantism in the world can't camouflage the ad hominem attacks on me in this thread... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #169

Or one could post a thread to show Skinner that others support this idea as well. JTFrog Mar 2016 #121

Then they wouldn't have the fun of trashing me on anonymous internet board. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #147

There is that. n/t JTFrog Mar 2016 #148

I am not going to be cowed... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #151

I expected emotions to run high, JTFrog Mar 2016 #163

It was a plea for comity. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #165

MUST. STIFLE. DISSENT. tabasco Mar 2016 #112

She's not the nominee until she is the nominee ALittleBirdie Mar 2016 #122

There were definitely some stupid-sounding OPs bvf Mar 2016 #124

Bernie's not done xloadiex Mar 2016 #126

Agree 100% beaglelover Mar 2016 #127

So a plea for censorship, huh? LS_Editor Mar 2016 #128

How about a new avatar? RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #129

Hmmmm DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #141

Guess everyone has their hill to die on... zigby Mar 2016 #160

My hill is I would literally rather die than be cowed./nt DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #162

K&R DesertRat Mar 2016 #131

I'm a Bernie supporter. christx30 Mar 2016 #132

But Trump WOULD beat her. He generates way more enthusiasm Ned_Devine Mar 2016 #135

Hiding behind the admins' skirts. Sad. n/t Jester Messiah Mar 2016 #136

How insipidly doctrinaire! Have you no shame? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #137

Oh good GAWD! Texasgal Mar 2016 #138

wow. you really are authoritarians, aren't you? NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 #139

Now that it is apparent that Hillary Clinton will be our nominee passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #140

I believe Hillary will be our nominee. I also believe she is a poor candidate. hay rick Mar 2016 #143

It's not INANE! Trump will clean her clock! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #144

Absolutely outrageous. SoapBox Mar 2016 #145

I respectfully disagree KauaiK Mar 2016 #146

So when is the book burning scheduled? notadmblnd Mar 2016 #153

Go Bernie! chwaliszewski Mar 2016 #155

After Drumpf beats her in the general, can I at least say "we tried to warn you"? nt Electric Monk Mar 2016 #156

Flame bait...why not simply contact Skinner privately? You chose to inflame the entire board. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #157

The general election polls show she's much more likely to lose than Bernie jfern Mar 2016 #158

LOL, how about a complete list of things we cannot say. nt Logical Mar 2016 #159

Trump would beat her. bvf Mar 2016 #164

Locking. Please feel free to repost in ATA. n/t QC Mar 2016 #170