2016 Postmortem

Sheepshank

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72. Candidate Obama was squeaky clean in comparison to any Republican in 2004 and 2008.

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 01:01 PM

Nov 2015

and since it was hard to find actual shit on Obama, they stooped to making up shit. Death panels, Muslim, Birtherism.

Bernie has a long history in which to tap into for details, and the Republican machine will twist any and everything in his long tenure in public office to instill fear against Bernie, should he become the Dem nominee.

They've already thrown all the shit at Hillary they could get their hands on, and she is still standing tall and strong. Once the Republican (women in particular), gets a real look at what Hillary has to say about women's issues on the debate stage with the Republican front runner, it'll be game over for them.

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The "Electability" Argument Is Dead [View all] FreakinDJ Nov 2015 OP

And There It Is - We All Know The Truth - Bernie Is The Better Candidate cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1

+1! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #64

Not having the right qualities makes one not electable. A candidate has to have what it takes Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2

I'd like to hear bernies Foreign Policy plans. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #9

Bernie's foreign ploicy? RobertEarl Nov 2015 #20

Lol. He wanted to "leave them alone" till that lucrative MIC Contract changed hi$ mind. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #22

That's all you have RobertEarl Nov 2015 #25

And the biggest crack of all is bernies sellout of his NO vote for a YE$ Vote misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #27

Dude RobertEarl Nov 2015 #32

Bernie welcomed in to VT the MIC F-35 CONTRACT misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #35

That's sad RobertEarl Nov 2015 #36

No, what is really sad is the constant meme by his fans that.. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #41

Yeah RobertEarl Nov 2015 #50

bernie has the support and the cred. excellent. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #3

Bernie is a President for the Whole Nation Demeter Nov 2015 #4

Perhaps electability is not the only reason Hillary is the frontrunner. nt msrizzo Nov 2015 #5

Of course it isn't. It's not even the main one. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #52

I think everyone knows that down deep Doctor_J Nov 2015 #6

Yup nt artislife Nov 2015 #40

Beating the Republicans is the easy part... JaneyVee Nov 2015 #7

Would be great if Hillary could beat Trump FreakinDJ Nov 2015 #8

She will do to Trump what she did to Team Gowdy. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #12

She is a master debater... JaneyVee Nov 2015 #21

The party is making an interesting calculation Hydra Nov 2015 #10

Yes, interesting, eh? peacebird Nov 2015 #11

Every party makes that calculation every election. There is no other way to operate. stevenleser Nov 2015 #17

You missed the second part Hydra Nov 2015 #29

I didn't miss it. I ignored the subjective stuff and concentrated on the factual stuff. nt stevenleser Nov 2015 #34

You're denying climate change and income inequality problems in one breath as "subjective"? Hydra Nov 2015 #39

There will be low voter turnout if Hillary wins the nomination. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #38

Precisely. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #65

/\_/\_This_/\_/\ Scuba Nov 2015 #67

yup...at least 10 DU'ers have said they will sit out the GE if Hillary is the nominee Sheepshank Nov 2015 #71

^^ this nt artislife Nov 2015 #49

You have nailed it tularetom Nov 2015 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Nov 2015 #75

Glad people are beginning to notice this, and say it out loud. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #13

Sanders is the most electable. woot yay nt. Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #14

Problem is, nobody outside the Bernie echo chamber believes that. DanTex Nov 2015 #15

Nope, this article forgets one important thing that completely invalidates its results. stevenleser Nov 2015 #16

Interesting. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #31

There is good reasoning in Steve's post treestar Nov 2015 #45

While that may be true, JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #56

Candidate Obama was squeaky clean in comparison to any Republican in 2004 and 2008. Sheepshank Nov 2015 #72

LOL. For zealots it will never be dead, not even when she's president. Hortensis Nov 2015 #18

Both candidates are "electable" onenote Nov 2015 #19

Again.......... zalinda Nov 2015 #23

I'm happy to see it dead and buried. LWolf Nov 2015 #24

One problem - he can't beat HRC. n/t Lil Missy Nov 2015 #26

K&R nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #28

It is not dead at all cosmicone Nov 2015 #30

Seriously? pinebox Nov 2015 #37

Poll results can be juggled every which way. Beacool Nov 2015 #33

oh great Robbins Nov 2015 #42

I'm not attacking his supporters. Beacool Nov 2015 #43

They elected a Ronnie Raygun for his 2nd terms when he was 74 years old. n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #47

Second term, not first term. Beacool Nov 2015 #51

Yeah at 68 years old UglyGreed Nov 2015 #74

As someone pointed out, those polls are not treestar Nov 2015 #44

Nominate Hillary and we get... Hepburn Nov 2015 #46

You'll never convince me Sanders is electable. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #48

And if a Bernie supporter feels that way about Hillary, and expresses it, then that is considered djean111 Nov 2015 #53

BS supporters say it all the time. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #54

I hope you don't mean that. thucythucy Nov 2015 #55

All I can give a Sanders nomination is a pencil mark next to his name on the GE ballot. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #57

Well, we all have to set priorities thucythucy Nov 2015 #59

I will support the Democratic Nominee no matter what Gothmog Nov 2015 #63

How will Sanders compete in a general election campaign? Gothmog Nov 2015 #60

So thats why he kept Summers and Geithner in his cabinet FreakinDJ Nov 2015 #61

How does this explain explain how Sanders is viable in a general election contest? Gothmog Nov 2015 #62

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #66

K&R nt raouldukelives Nov 2015 #68

The argument should be very much alive, only reversed: Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #69

He polls well enough to support, for sure Dem2 Nov 2015 #70

No it's not. If anything this offers *more* evidence that Hillary is unelectable. n/t ieoeja Nov 2015 #73