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2016 Postmortem

ZX86

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17. Two words..."Dean scream"

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Original post)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 09:53 AM

Nov 2016

How did Democrats react to this non-scandal created by Fox News? They buckled. Endless calls, from Democrats mind you, for Dean to apologize.

This is what happens when you let Republicans and right wing corporate media frame all your issues and narratives. And this is why we can't have nice things.

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I'm sick of Dems being nice [View all] Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 OP

Only on right wing media is this allowed. And only right wingers are allowed to do it. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #1

yes, but why? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #2

Because the Democrats are the responsible adults. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #5

What the Repubs did well... ificandream Nov 2016 #3

It seemed to me people were plenty of scared before the election of what he would do Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #9

look at the shit Hillary got for calling them deplorable JI7 Nov 2016 #4

well, she needed to do that more, and not apologize for it Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #12

Someone like F.D.R.? demosincebirth Nov 2016 #6

if we helped each other in times of need demtenjeep Nov 2016 #7

huh? Generally we do that. Or are you just spamming? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #11

There are tons of such people oberliner Nov 2016 #8

I mean fighters who run for office Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #10

Russ Feingold oberliner Nov 2016 #15

This is will agree with. Watching CNN during the elections months boston bean Nov 2016 #13

sorry-- I don't follow-- who are the righteous? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #14

Trump surrogates. boston bean Nov 2016 #16

Ah, yes. We need better surrogates. That would help, probably. Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #21

Two words..."Dean scream" ZX86 Nov 2016 #17

how do we stop that? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #18

Well the first step is to ZX86 Nov 2016 #20

yeah... that sounds painful, and could easily lead to extinction Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #22

I agree we need people like that, but we already do have 1 person who fits that bill: Bernie Sanders mtnsnake Nov 2016 #19

I agree. That was the attraction of him from the beggining. I sure hope he's inspired a new Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #23