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vintx

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32. Wrong. Being eager to support a Third Way New Dem is what requires privilege.
Sun May 15, 2016, 02:35 PM
May 2016

That or ignorance of the 4-decade long rightward shift and what it means for those in poverty.

That is why I vote for Bernie PowerToThePeople May 2016 #1
Then vote for Sanders AgingAmerican May 2016 #2
It's up to you supporters of Hillary to get busy timmymoff May 2016 #3
I remember several times Aerows May 2016 #10
She's not at all interested in getting liberal votes. She's moving right, and her Dem supporters are vintx May 2016 #30
Same response Aerows May 2016 #4
If Hillary is the Dem candidate, I would love to see a lot of the South turn bluer..... bettyellen May 2016 #11
Flipping Georgia Aerows May 2016 #18
I keep telling people to think local too! I get so tired hearing of people pinning their hopes on bettyellen May 2016 #20
LOL! I didn't realize it until you said it! Aerows May 2016 #21
I'm imaging it in a cockney accent. Hee hee. bettyellen May 2016 #22
It is too late for that hack89 May 2016 #43
It's even more immoral to use this reasoning to keep things in stasis or slow decline whatchamacallit May 2016 #5
It's a hell of a lot more complex than that Armstead May 2016 #6
Let Clinton be the nominee and it WILL get worse eom LiberalElite May 2016 #7
That is the same BS argument the Third Way has used.. tokenlib May 2016 #8
Bernie is the candidate of privileged whites, woolldog May 2016 #9
Tell me about my privilege timmymoff May 2016 #12
Well that's a good way Aerows May 2016 #14
Having the luxury of being able to vote for someone because they want a woman President Sejon May 2016 #16
Does having our votes count, qualify as a privilege? n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #19
Wrong. Being eager to support a Third Way New Dem is what requires privilege. vintx May 2016 #32
Better ideas? TCJ70 May 2016 #13
Change 'single payer' to 'expanded' or 'universal' health care... CrowCityDem May 2016 #15
"Expanded" to include... dchill May 2016 #31
JFK was right lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #17
+1 Go Vols May 2016 #25
So get out from behind the keyboard and get to work CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #36
I'm 3-out-of-five running for elective office. You? n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #44
Running for office wasn't what your were intimating CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #46
Here on the internet it's all talk, and yes, roughly 30x as much of it as you, Corky. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #48
It is immoral to vote for an immoral candidate. nt Live and Learn May 2016 #23
The extreme left is no different than the extreme right. woolldog May 2016 #24
D's ain't what they used to be. Go Vols May 2016 #27
Everyone is the "extreme left" when compared to Hillary Sejon May 2016 #29
The conservative left is no different than the conservative right timmymoff May 2016 #33
I think they may be more loony than the far right CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #37
Don't worry. As you become a more conservative nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #26
Saying vote for corruption or else it is immoral... northernsouthern May 2016 #28
Let it get worse. dchill May 2016 #34
I'm not going to weigh in much either away until these Investigations libdem4life May 2016 #35
No, they haven't, but thanks for the LWolf May 2016 #38
There have absolutely been people... CrowCityDem May 2016 #39
Well, it might. LWolf May 2016 #40
You should've voted for Bernie. Broward May 2016 #41
It gets worse either way... basselope May 2016 #42
Saying amputate that gangrenous foot is immoral Vote2016 May 2016 #45
Tsk. Tsk. Poor Hillary. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #47
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