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Atman

(31,464 posts)
103. It was always going to be Hillary. It's her turn.
Tue May 3, 2016, 01:55 PM
May 2016

It's sad, but true. Presidential elections are a sham..."they" will install the person they want to install. We get the bread and circuses to keep us amused. The powers that be will no let an ass-clown like Trump get his hands on the red button. But Hillary is perfectly acceptable. She's one of them, and she'll keep the controversy going for their "news" teams to report on, while America wages for-profit wars around the globe.

It's what we do.

I smell a major conspiracy.... [View all] Playinghardball May 2016 OP
I hate it when.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #1
12 photos of ridiculously large rallies, and "How are we not winning by literal landslides". VulgarPoet May 2016 #118
There is a medical condition that affect smell tonyt53 May 2016 #2
You have a good count on caucus goers? Ed Suspicious May 2016 #14
everyone can smell just fine- and this 'election' smells fishy J_J_ May 2016 #19
If all those people at those rallies had just voted . . . brush May 2016 #38
yes indeed! floppyboo May 2016 #105
It was always going to be Hillary. It's her turn. Atman May 2016 #103
For profit wars — you are correct brush May 2016 #109
If big crowds represented a win, than Nader would have won in 2000. nt onehandle May 2016 #3
yup tonyt53 May 2016 #4
Remember President McGovern? (Me neither.) NurseJackie May 2016 #15
Same with Howard Dean Sheepshank May 2016 #32
Nader didn't attract massive crowds AgingAmerican May 2016 #94
Not sure if this is disingenuous firebrand80 May 2016 #5
Most adults over 45 don't buy sanders bs....and we vote and understand beachbumbob May 2016 #6
Seems like Sanders was never given a chance from Day One Baobab May 2016 #39
That's a bunch of fucking baloney Trajan May 2016 #57
+51 (my age) dana_b May 2016 #99
So you think you speak for all people over 45? GreatGazoo May 2016 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler May 2016 #7
A roomful of people RandySF May 2016 #8
But when their opponent... scscholar May 2016 #77
She never tried RandySF May 2016 #84
Beg to differ... KansDem May 2016 #107
It's a conspiracy, there's no possible other explanation! NuclearDem May 2016 #9
You have put your finger on the main reason Bernie needs to concede BootinUp May 2016 #10
Uh huh... Punkingal May 2016 #24
Obama and Hillary ran a very close race fun n serious May 2016 #30
Sanders has not received "huge" donations from millions of people onenote May 2016 #46
I meant a huge NUMBER of donations. Punkingal May 2016 #66
Actually, I didn't. I'm not a mind reader onenote May 2016 #68
I wasn't talking about donations to Trump. Punkingal May 2016 #72
Trump has big crowds, but he also has 2 million fewer popular votes than Clinton onenote May 2016 #73
Hillary in 2008 argued that "Bernie" (herself) stay in the race "Until every Vote is Counted" Baobab May 2016 #29
What Hillary basically said there was that by early June (pre-convention) BootinUp May 2016 #36
Read the link below and to the right to see why its so important Bernie stay in Baobab May 2016 #37
You know how Deadheads used to travel around the country seeing every concert? brooklynite May 2016 #11
So. Much. This. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #23
Yes LiberalFighter May 2016 #25
Lol! Perfect! Only difference is that they changed up the playlist now and then. Squinch May 2016 #80
The hard fact is rock May 2016 #12
This would be like me wondering how the UF football team ever gets defeated. NCTraveler May 2016 #13
AND YOU, NCTraveler, WIN THE INTERNET today. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #54
Hey, easy with my Gators!!! Beacool May 2016 #58
Alberta runs the show in that relationship. NCTraveler May 2016 #60
I'm a UF graduate myself. Beacool May 2016 #61
Awesome. Go Gators!!!! NCTraveler May 2016 #64
Why sir, you flatter me. Beacool May 2016 #70
You're a gator girl!! It's nice to learn new things about you, Bea!! (eom) StevieM May 2016 #100
Yep, Gators all the way!!! Beacool May 2016 #117
lol uponit7771 May 2016 #92
At a Bernie rally, you appear to be "cool" AND it's also a cheap date. oasis May 2016 #16
This is just sad. hrmjustin May 2016 #17
Because MILLIONS more leftynyc May 2016 #18
Another Conspiracy: Brought to you by the SAME FOLKS who think ... NurseJackie May 2016 #20
I'm not seeing much diversity in those photos? Is anyone else? NurseJackie May 2016 #21
My daughter and a few of her friends have littlebit May 2016 #22
Just curious, why didn't they vote? lunamagica May 2016 #45
Who knows littlebit May 2016 #97
Obviously he didn't inspire them. His rallies are fun shows, nothing else lunamagica May 2016 #98
This.......... Beacool May 2016 #59
Same people traveling to different rallies..about 1/3 are repeaters. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #115
True littlebit May 2016 #116
Those of us who have been through more than a few elections fun n serious May 2016 #26
Brought by the same people who hacked the DNC computers The Second Stone May 2016 #27
Silent Majority! Exit polls are always wrong! Minorities hate Bernie! J_J_ May 2016 #28
well in "a future to believe in" mooseprime May 2016 #34
Lol. ok then. nt La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #31
Even if they all voted they are still only a subset of the voters. LiberalFighter May 2016 #33
it really doesn't have to be major at all mooseprime May 2016 #35
Not all of the crowds are actually interested enough to show up on election day? Tarc May 2016 #40
How is it possible? lunamagica May 2016 #41
Because those are not voting booths. JoePhilly May 2016 #42
27,000 in Washington Square Park, drawn from all over the NY Tristate area alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #43
Because rallies don't equal votes n/t Godhumor May 2016 #44
I don't know if it's a conspiracy ... Yurovsky May 2016 #47
Most actual exit polls qdouble May 2016 #53
If the 1% gobbling up our national wealth doesn't bother you... Yurovsky May 2016 #93
The 1% is a garbage talking point. qdouble May 2016 #95
Hillary-supporters have shown their "devotion & enthusiasm" by actually voting DrDan May 2016 #63
She got more votes in 2008... Yurovsky May 2016 #88
Ask President Rmoney, he had rallies that dwarfed Bernies..oh wait workinclasszero May 2016 #48
Politics 101: Always book venues smaller than your expected crowd. apnu May 2016 #49
Can you do basic math? ContinentalOp May 2016 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #51
Hell, you don't need millions and millions of people... KansDem May 2016 #52
they are the same crowd? MFM008 May 2016 #55
Yeah, it's called voting. Beacool May 2016 #56
Funny how that works, huh? Stuckinthebush May 2016 #67
I had forgotten about them. Beacool May 2016 #69
Eating free pizza Stuckinthebush May 2016 #74
One of them, Rob Pilatus, killed himself in 1998 Ned_Devine May 2016 #76
Oh, I didn't know that. Beacool May 2016 #86
I remember it in the news back then Ned_Devine May 2016 #87
They made a mistake and paid dearly for it, but he didn't deserve to die. Beacool May 2016 #89
Hey, who are we kidding? They were terrible Ned_Devine May 2016 #119
rallies are a lot more fun than voting . . . that is tedious - you have to register and all . . . DrDan May 2016 #62
Because his organization didn't make sure those folks got to the polls. Starry Messenger May 2016 #65
Or even registered for that matter. Bobbie Jo May 2016 #71
ABO--Always Be Organizing. Starry Messenger May 2016 #75
Because rallies are not representative of the general electorate. Zynx May 2016 #78
Posting 90% white rally pics for Louisiana, Arizona, and Texas SaschaHM May 2016 #79
..... obamanut2012 May 2016 #81
This is a pretty absurd post. Have some dignity and self delete it. Takket May 2016 #82
K&R Exactly felix_numinous May 2016 #83
Well, a lot of the crowds are the same people, and they can only vote once, synergie May 2016 #85
Voting > rallies? tia uponit7771 May 2016 #90
Mob rule ain't our thing. Scurrilous May 2016 #91
Hell isn't that a requirement Andy823 May 2016 #96
When I went to a Sanders rally last year (Amherst, MA), NOBODY was registering voters brooklynite May 2016 #101
I've also heard he never talked to the audience about getting registered in each state Maru Kitteh May 2016 #104
I have a simple answer HRC supporters will never believe. The vote machines are rigged and many bkkyosemite May 2016 #102
Huh? workinclasszero May 2016 #106
IDZ DE MACHINEEES! Maru Kitteh May 2016 #108
The evil George Soros, who sometime we love and sometimes we hate emulatorloo May 2016 #112
Huh? Much back at you...denial...denial..cuz no matter what she is gonna win come hell or bkkyosemite May 2016 #114
CT belongs in CREATIVE SPECULATION brooklynite May 2016 #111
He doesn't have to. You guys keep using that one. But many states use the machines and bkkyosemite May 2016 #113
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