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anamnua

(1,096 posts)
29. Good but not the best
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 08:04 AM
Dec 2015

I think Bernie Sanders is a good guy but he is just not as well equipped as Hillary to subserve the office of POTUS.

In constant "resist the Repubs" mode, we have become complacent. Bonobo Dec 2015 #1
"...we have become complacent ... and play off of each other while little changes ..." slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #3
+1 aidbo Dec 2015 #14
...and "resist" in this context means "hem and haw for a bit, then give in." [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2015 #35
Yup, absolutely. HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #2
For me, that's one reason. Triana Dec 2015 #4
I'm too old to wait around and hope for change. Paka Dec 2015 #5
+1000! marym625 Dec 2015 #23
I'm old enough to see how far down this country has sunk newfie11 Dec 2015 #27
K&R Segami Dec 2015 #6
Dump Debbie would Be Likely First Move... CorporatistNation Dec 2015 #7
it's the old sweatshop model, applied to a party: put in your labor, work for little, MisterP Dec 2015 #8
Great post--every word of it! bvf Dec 2015 #9
Echo. Hear, hear! And it's not just DWS and the top-dem brass. Make the party new/fresh! erronis Dec 2015 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #10
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #11
Me too...positively and negatively DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #12
This post has been Cynical Sam Dec 2015 #13
Perhaps he should have joined our Democratic Party decades ago......... George II Dec 2015 #15
Naw....The partry leaders don't like "radicals" Armstead Dec 2015 #36
I get it is about the chaos and destruction if Democratic Party. Teabaggers did the same with repug seabeyond Dec 2015 #16
No, a change in leadership is not chaos and destruction. Bjorn Against Dec 2015 #17
The sky is falling, the sky is falling artislife Dec 2015 #24
Aww...no. We have never been extreme. We are about holding on to what we once had. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #19
... Scootaloo Dec 2015 #26
What did you think of Bill Clinton, Al From, and the DLC when they radically changed what the stillwaiting Dec 2015 #31
The Democratic Party is part of the reason why politics has moved rightward in America AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #18
That's true rusty quoin Dec 2015 #20
K&R! marym625 Dec 2015 #21
This Citizen Wishes That This OP Could Truly Receive A Billion Recommendations cantbeserious Dec 2015 #22
It's one more reason to support him, agreed. n/t Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #25
K and effing R Scuba Dec 2015 #28
Good but not the best anamnua Dec 2015 #29
Hmmm...does anyone think this is new? Sancho Dec 2015 #30
True. wildeyed Dec 2015 #33
Reagan ran as a "reformer" who would eliminate the massive bureaucracy,.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #48
Trying to get the gumption to read an actual biography of the man. wildeyed Dec 2015 #49
Dubya reminded me that I spent a lot of the Reagan Era yelling at my TV. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #50
I yelled a bunch at TV GWB too. wildeyed Dec 2015 #51
Especially after she bought those damn dishes. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #52
It's cyclical...The old order gets too stale and entrenched, and there's a clamor for reform Armstead Dec 2015 #39
You are not alone. nt LWolf Dec 2015 #32
Big-ass 40 megaton K&R mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #34
That's an excellent post. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #38
Thank you mindwalker_i Dec 2015 #41
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #37
Yep hit the nail on the head....as did many of the replies Armstead Dec 2015 #40
Amen ! kacekwl Dec 2015 #42
kick artislife Dec 2015 #43
K&R! in_cog_ni_to Dec 2015 #45
Bernie Sanders will never lead the Democratic Party, period.... Historic NY Dec 2015 #46
"...do not particularly like the Democratic Party establishment..." Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #47
K/R UglyGreed Dec 2015 #53
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