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Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
51. It could be good if it was a primary from the left.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 09:40 AM
Feb 2015

But, primaries between centrists never do well for the Democratic Party, at all. The Republicans just keep a list of the mud slinging and hideous things Democratic candidates say to each other during our primaries. They turn around and bring those things up after the primaries are over. So, really, Democrats have done their work for them. We really need to stop doing their work for them. They never learn. They are the perpetual cheaters who have been getting by with it far too long.

Lately, it seems Democratic primaries have gotten worse. Remember how brutal the last few primaries we have had for presidential elections have been? Honestly, with Jeb Bush in the running this time around, I don't want any mud slinging against whatever Democrat ends up as the most likely nominee. I would vote for a rattlesnake, if I have to, to try to fight Jeb Bush getting anywhere near the White House. Then again, I think it would be kind of cool to have a rattlesnake for president, if it was at least a left of center rattlesnake. No foreign leaders or Republicans would dare try to piss off a left leaning rattlesnake. They would be afraid of those dual "veto pens." We need a left leaning rattlesnake to become a star in the party for 2020, if 2016 turns out as vomitous as I am afraid it will turn out. I do NOT want to see Jeb Bush as president.

Well, if she blows it or has a stroke/heart attack, I assume we'll TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #1
Lets face it. She has lots of dirt to be dug up too. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #56
The one advantage to it is that it would give her more time to raise money el_bryanto Feb 2015 #2
The charts on the issues does not back up your story. I realize it is stated over and over here on Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #6
On some issues she is; but she is Wall Street to the bone. nt el_bryanto Feb 2015 #8
Name the candidate who isn't. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #13
Bernie Sanders? nt el_bryanto Feb 2015 #37
Wrong, he cozy up to them also, when you go on a weekend with the Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #38
Hillary? Far left? mahina Feb 2015 #46
Don't think you have read me stating Hillary is far left. In your view where does Warren stand? Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #60
Primaries gives free air time, news coverage. We dont need tbe GOP getting all the free time. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #3
Bernie Sanders is no threat to Hillary. Sorry. wyldwolf Feb 2015 #4
That's true. Hillary's biggest threat is Hillary, every time she gets in front of a camera and takes some poll-tested position. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #11
Her 60%+ lead just might dwindle by 20% by November 2016. wyldwolf Feb 2015 #14
Hillary lost to a virtual "nobody" in 08 so anythings possible. Let's have at it & may the best candidate win. Good luck 2 ur side. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #18
That old canard? wyldwolf Feb 2015 #22
Wendy Davis got the same type of enthusiasm from certain dems betterdemsonly Feb 2015 #52
I see, so she wasn't Inevitable back then. But she's inevitable now. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #57
Who said she was 'inevitable back then?' wyldwolf Feb 2015 #58
It is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thing Kalidurga Feb 2015 #5
It's a bad thing. malokvale77 Feb 2015 #7
Hillary forgot about them - the people on main street - a loonng time ago, when she sold out to the fat cats on Wall Street. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #12
I voted for her in the primary... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #29
You need to relax, Willy Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #9
Is A Martini Ok ??? WillyT Feb 2015 #16
as long as... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #21
That's My 86 Year Old Mom... WillyT Feb 2015 #23
Tell Mom hello malokvale77 Feb 2015 #31
I Shall... WillyT Feb 2015 #32
Primaries can also vet a VP, it would be a place for a potential VP candidate to emerge. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #10
Or to submerge in Hillary's case. I'm hopin Elizabeth picks Bernie, or someone of his ilk, to represent as VP. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #15
Maybe Warren will, we would fall to a GOP with Bernie on the ticket. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #17
U cud b right or maybe Bernie wud excite a whole lotta folks who feel left behind & wudnt otherwise vote 2 do so. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #19
butnot enough to win an election, a Palin moment. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #36
Primaries are not commonly asssociated with coronations.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #20
LOL !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #25
. Ramses Feb 2015 #30
2 things you can be sure of Ramses Feb 2015 #24
WORD !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #26
She won't lose. joshcryer Feb 2015 #33
you meant to say the 1% wont lose Ramses Feb 2015 #35
Good, for her! bigwillq Feb 2015 #27
I will support Hilary if she is the nominee... chillfactor Feb 2015 #28
Gore had Bradley. joshcryer Feb 2015 #34
I don't understand why Hillary is the anointed candidate. Cleita Feb 2015 #39
Because It's A Guaranteed Win... Dontcha Know... WillyT Feb 2015 #40
I spent a few months in Massachusetts in 1988 Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #45
Talk to me, then. SheilaT Feb 2015 #59
Or those who are liberal at heart but not very politically savvy will Cleita Feb 2015 #61
It is my opinion that a lot of the support SheilaT Feb 2015 #62
You are preaching to the choir here. I think we need to scrap the electorate college Cleita Feb 2015 #64
Martin O'Malley! mahina Feb 2015 #47
I belong to octoberlib Feb 2015 #48
Post has contradictive questions: Title and last question in text. rgbecker Feb 2015 #41
+1 F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #43
I think it's unbelievable IcyPeas Feb 2015 #42
Mixed. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #44
Leave Hillary alone...it's our time now. ileus Feb 2015 #49
coronations are alway a bad thing. dialog a good thing. NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #50
It could be good if it was a primary from the left. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #51
Neither do I want Jeb for President fadedrose Feb 2015 #53
Depends on whether you want the eventual nominee which will very likely be Hillary ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #54
When people have a choice for whom to vote it's called 'Democracy.' Octafish Feb 2015 #55
+1 “After all, the chief business of the American people is business." Calvin Coolidge Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #63
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place. Gandhi Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #65
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