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25. My continuation of my points made above (#22).'Eh?' sounds a bit disengenuous, considering your big

Mon Jul 7, 2014, 07:31 PM

Jul 2014

speech about how WE control so much of what we get in politics.

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Exhaustive (and exhausting) list of obstacles to Democratic victory in 2014. [View all] True Blue Door Jul 2014 OP

7. A distracted / priority-incompetent PARTY. Maedhros Jul 2014 #1

Those aren't mutually exclusive. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #5

I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords Kablooie Jul 2014 #2

Yep Cosmocat Jul 2014 #3

10. Candidates who can't enthuse enough voters to vote for them. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #4

It's not their job to entertain you. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #6

"if your own party doesn't win, then YOU are the problem" winter is coming Jul 2014 #7

My objection is with the emphasis of the comment. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #10

Again, you're talking about how they feel rather than what's real. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #18

People vote based on how they feel, not on "reality". winter is coming Jul 2014 #20

Then get them to think about how they feel differently. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #21

Informing potential voters about how policy affects them isn't "pandering". winter is coming Jul 2014 #31

Exactly. So don't do it. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #32

Excuses to fail as citizens are not important. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #26

Wow. Just wow. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #33

Entertain? No. It's their job to get elected. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #8

And it's our job to elect the better candidate. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #11

You were doing quite well until this post. Scuba Jul 2014 #9

That's not constructive criticism. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #12

Are you not capable of self-reflection? Scuba Jul 2014 #13

I'm capable of both receiving and offering constructive criticism. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #15

Indeed. True Blue Door Jul 2014 #16

Eh? True Blue Door Jul 2014 #24

Considering that politics is nothing but people relating to each other True Blue Door Jul 2014 #28

Posted to for later reading. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #19