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2016 Postmortem

liberal_at_heart

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8. There will never be a good time to change it for those that have the concern that it will

Reply to imagine2015 (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2016, 09:49 PM

May 2016

help the enemy win. There will always be the next election or the next re-election. We just have to change it. If we're always concerned with the next election we will never get around to fixing it. And that is exactly what those who benefit from it know it and use it to their advantage.

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"The Clintons have thrived within a corrupt system and have become obscenely wealthy because of it" [View all] imagine2015 May 2016 OP

Obscene today is much larger numbers ... pbmus May 2016 #1

It's Sanders who's in trouble with the FEC over campaign finance violations. annavictorious May 2016 #2

Gosh that sure is a weird sense of disproportion Armstead May 2016 #7

Sure he is. That's why we've have 24/7 coverage of these huuugeee scandals in the corporate media. imagine2015 May 2016 #9

Get 'em in while you can...nt SidDithers May 2016 #3

So humorous posts will not be allowed by you if Hillary captures the nomination for Wall Street? imagine2015 May 2016 #11

News and information blackout coming soon. JEB May 2016 #15

Precisely why they have no intention of changing things now. NorthCarolina May 2016 #4

Of course, this is a Poppy Bush/DLC utopia in action Hydra May 2016 #5

It's true. Clinton is part and parcel of a rigged, corrupt system. senz May 2016 #6

There will never be a good time to change it for those that have the concern that it will liberal_at_heart May 2016 #8

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #10

K&R Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #12

None of them want the Corporate Gravy Train derailed... Bernie is threatening to tear up the tracks. AzDar May 2016 #13

Win or lose, this is going to bite us all in the ass. JEB May 2016 #14

K&R! vintx May 2016 #16

Pretty much. Orsino May 2016 #17

K&R - which is why she will never change a damn thing - Status Quo. Ferd Berfel May 2016 #18