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2016 Postmortem

jberryhill

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5. "The policy passes or we vote for new representatives"

Reply to Vincardog (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 03:41 PM

Oct 2015

As if anyone voted in the mid-terms, which they don't.

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You all know Bernie wants to make tuition at state colleges free and says he'll pay for it by [View all] PatrickforO Oct 2015 OP

This exactly what is happening. A good example is the daily manipulation of ARNA Snotcicles Oct 2015 #1

What gets me about this kind of thing - from all candidates jberryhill Oct 2015 #2

The actual plan to have it happen. 1) Bernie proposes policies 2) We email, call Vincardog Oct 2015 #3

"The policy passes or we vote for new representatives" jberryhill Oct 2015 #5

Just keep on thinking happy thoughts and things will go your way Vincardog Oct 2015 #7

I see, and what is "my way" exactly? jberryhill Oct 2015 #10

I am glad you suppoer Bernie in the primary. Vincardog Oct 2015 #12

Sanders apparently plans to use the bully pulpit. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #4

"the same kind of political revolution the Boomers did back in the 60s and 70s" jberryhill Oct 2015 #6

No the one that ended the Vietnam war, discrimination in lending and the voting rights act, and got Vincardog Oct 2015 #8

The 18 year old vote, which is virtually unused jberryhill Oct 2015 #13

Google Gus Spaeth and Gar Alperovitz. Read some of their stuff and get back to us. Ron Green Oct 2015 #9

This is a good example of moving resources away from an exploitative activity into a supporting one. Ron Green Oct 2015 #11

I discovered Ellen Brown about a year ago airplaneman Oct 2015 #14

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