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slipslidingaway

(21,210 posts)
111. No more donations or time spent on a presidential candidate...
Sun May 29, 2016, 02:40 AM
May 2016

the Dem party chose their candidate from the get go by holding the first debate two and a half months behind the Republicans while the Repubs dominated the news day after day. Many people said it was a mistake at the time.

And the first debate was held after the NY deadline to declare a party, even two of Trump's children missed the deadline to vote for him in NY, and you cannot say that everyone else that missed the deadline were just too stupid and should have known better! Why do you need over 5 months to register for a party and vote in NY? Not to mention all those in NY who were dropped from the voting records!

I will not celebrate 'a victory' that disenfranchises millions of people and a nominee that has several active investigations, the outcome of which, we still do not know.

As was said at the time last year when the Dems took a back seat to the Repubs, if they win, we have only to look at the party leaders who sat on their hands thinking Clinton was going to glide into victory without too much trouble. But the Dems failed to read the state of the people in our nation, the young are saddled with outrageous student debt and the old are experiencing escalating costs with a flatling income. The middle class is shrinking and nobody in our party seems to notice the long term detrimental effects it will have.

Will I be celebrating regime change in another country without having the foresight as to the deadly consequences of their people and how it might affect other countries and our national security?

We need a leader who does not just say I made a mistake time and time again, apologies are nice, but if you lack the proper judgement at crucial moments in history then we need someone else. This is not a popularity contest, too many lives are at stake.



Thank heavens maybe DU can be a semi sane place again. redstatebluegirl May 2016 #1
Yes, we will all be in one agreement, in one accord nilram May 2016 #113
Not until the convention, sport RobertEarl May 2016 #2
You don't understand what a presumptive nominee is then, sport n/t SFnomad May 2016 #5
At this point - pissing in the wind RobertEarl May 2016 #7
Yeah, you can lead a BS cheerleader to knowledge, but you can't make them think ... eh, sport? n/t SFnomad May 2016 #8
Thats funny coming from an HRC supporter... LOL insta8er May 2016 #39
Our (ahem) friends need our Love RobertEarl May 2016 #11
You really believe that, don't you? Garrett78 May 2016 #52
Please try to remember this post in a few months, and then ask yourself how you (and thousands anotherproletariat May 2016 #85
It will all be ok RobertEarl May 2016 #89
Great post, RobertEarl Carolina May 2016 #116
We know what a presumptuous candidate is. k8conant May 2016 #80
Yeah, but we're not talking about BS right now ... we're talking about the Presumptive Nominee, HRC SFnomad May 2016 #83
you are talking BS k8conant May 2016 #88
Skinner will call it Demsrule86 May 2016 #63
Once the primaries are over means June 8 we have some sanity here Gomez163 May 2016 #76
Primaries aren't over until June 14 k8conant May 2016 #81
I doubt they'll wait for DC Gomez163 May 2016 #93
Who are they? k8conant May 2016 #95
Gomez likely means the media. Garrett78 May 2016 #101
Hillary will be the presumptive nominee Demsrule86 May 2016 #124
Yep. puffy socks May 2016 #128
After California Demsrule86 May 2016 #122
I will be glad for the handful of gracious Hillary supporters on DU cali May 2016 #3
Trashing dozens of e-mail threads. nt oasis May 2016 #4
It's a lovely evening for a cruise ... 99Forever May 2016 #48
Ill be here watching the sweet sweet meltdown workinclasszero May 2016 #6
+1 SFnomad May 2016 #9
It may end up looking like a rapture of Berners CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #18
Near miss an opportunity to post this: Purveyor May 2016 #28
Same here! puffy socks May 2016 #87
She's the Presumptuous Nominee n/t davidlynch May 2016 #10
Imitating Hillary I see. I best form of flattery riversedge May 2016 #19
Not until the votes are cast Duckhunter935 May 2016 #12
There is a Debbie Downer in every crowd n/t SFnomad May 2016 #14
Hillary will be the presumptive nominee on the 7th Txbluedog May 2016 #13
+1000 n/t SFnomad May 2016 #15
I think the appropriate course would be... brooklynite May 2016 #16
This California winemaker doesn't drink red until the sun goes down Brother Buzz May 2016 #25
yeah, because Debbie Wasserman Schultz won't have you sent to prison for indulging in that one. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #41
Whether she would or not, I've never felt the desire to try any. brooklynite May 2016 #64
Objectively and scientifically speaking Warren DeMontague May 2016 #69
Yeah, but alcohol is the drug of the wealthy Fumesucker May 2016 #106
Lower income people don't drink beer? brooklynite May 2016 #115
I still think a lot of these East Coast folks would be utterly stupefied by the way we do things out Warren DeMontague May 2016 #146
More like New Jersey micro brew. George II May 2016 #66
I'm more interested in what the Admins here are going to do CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #17
I am assuming Txbluedog May 2016 #20
From what I have read, that is correct. CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #21
No Bernie or Busters or Trump enablers redstateblues May 2016 #79
Last I heard, it was that they know exactly who all the zombies and socks are Warren DeMontague May 2016 #57
She's not going to win enough pledged delegates to be presumptive nominee. basselope May 2016 #22
Yes, she will be the Presumptive Nominee ... just because you don't understand what one is SFnomad May 2016 #23
Incorrect. basselope May 2016 #27
You're wrong n/t SFnomad May 2016 #29
No basselope May 2016 #33
Believe what you want ... you're not going to be happy on June 8th when the media, the posters, DU SFnomad May 2016 #35
The media and posters on DU are not "everyone". basselope May 2016 #36
You are going to be sorely disappointed when President Clinton is sworn in, Jan 2017 n/t SFnomad May 2016 #38
LMAO! basselope May 2016 #40
The only one with 0% chance will be BS, being that he won't be in the general election n/t SFnomad May 2016 #42
Sorry the truth hurts. basselope May 2016 #43
You can dream all you want ... HRC will be President n/t SFnomad May 2016 #44
LMAO! basselope May 2016 #47
I don't understand why so many of you people want tRump to be President n/t SFnomad May 2016 #49
because they're hateful bastards? dlwickham May 2016 #51
Its not a matter of want, it is a matter of reality basselope May 2016 #55
That's what Hillary would bring us. A Trump win. 840high May 2016 #110
Trump's going to win all 5 of those states, eh? Garrett78 May 2016 #54
I don't have to worry about that. basselope May 2016 #56
Because GDP will be closed by then? People will remember all of the nonsense that was spewed. Garrett78 May 2016 #73
Because the result is obvious to anyone paying attention. basselope May 2016 #75
Hmm, I guess most outside of the DU bubble aren't paying attention. Garrett78 May 2016 #77
Completely untrue. basselope May 2016 #96
The web is swimming with articles about how Clinton is much more likely to reach 270 electoral votes Garrett78 May 2016 #98
LMAO! basselope May 2016 #100
The DU bubble isn't representative of the population at large. Garrett78 May 2016 #104
You will need to provide proof of liquid assets in that amount basselope May 2016 #105
What is the bet? Corporate666 May 2016 #108
Yes, that is the bet. basselope May 2016 #109
Say that here after June 8 and see what happens Gomez163 May 2016 #94
I'll say whatever I want, whenever I want. basselope May 2016 #99
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #114
:) basselope May 2016 #140
60 supers committed to Obama in 08 and Hillary dropped out Demsrule86 May 2016 #70
Bernie will stay in until the convention. basselope May 2016 #74
He will concede June 10th. joshcryer May 2016 #112
LOL basselope May 2016 #139
If she wins. *Shrug* - Same old establiment shit - new face. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #24
IOWs, start bitching, moaning and whining about every ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #59
Poor Hillary. Tsk. Tsk. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #97
And we keep the courts Demsrule86 May 2016 #67
Did they move the Convention up? nt Jack Bone May 2016 #26
I'll be eating my birthday cake. rock May 2016 #30
Happy early birthday! grossproffit May 2016 #31
Thx rock May 2016 #32
By donating to Bernie. PowerToThePeople May 2016 #34
Imagine... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #37
A. she will not be the "presumptive nominee" if or until restorefreedom May 2016 #45
You clearly don't understand what the Presumptive Nominee is then SFnomad May 2016 #50
obama did not have a criminal investigation over his head restorefreedom May 2016 #119
No...the supers will commit...she will have Demsrule86 May 2016 #71
By watching all the BoBs disappear from DU. baldguy May 2016 #46
Wow, there are a lot of folks posting in your thread who don't seem to know what 'presumptive' means Garrett78 May 2016 #53
I don't know if it's ignorance, willfully obtuse ... or just denial n/t SFnomad May 2016 #60
I don't know either. Every time I visit DU I see mountains of nonsense. Garrett78 May 2016 #84
Not after this annoying OP. nt Logical May 2016 #58
That means only 9 days until the indictment DJ13 May 2016 #61
Right here on Dem underground Demsrule86 May 2016 #62
Something like this: George II May 2016 #65
I find her opponent so revolting ... barrow-wight May 2016 #68
I agree Demsrule86 May 2016 #72
Yep. barrow-wight May 2016 #103
I can't celebrate anything that doesn't happen k8conant May 2016 #78
Just because you put your hands over your ears and close your eyes, doesn't mean something didn't SFnomad May 2016 #82
I doubt that... k8conant May 2016 #86
The 2008 race was closer yet Obama was the presumptive nominee by the end of the primaries. Garrett78 May 2016 #90
..and what percentage of remaining pledged delegates does Bernie need to clinch? nt Cali_Democrat May 2016 #91
Gearing up to work hard to win the GE Thinkingabout May 2016 #92
LOL! AGAIN? or STILL? In media, Hillary has been the PRESUMPTIVE nominee for years and counting. merrily May 2016 #102
remember, these Hillaryans here are the ones who were saying last week.. grasswire May 2016 #107
No more donations or time spent on a presidential candidate... slipslidingaway May 2016 #111
How many days until... 99Forever May 2016 #117
Y'all must enjoy those sour grapes ... never seen a group a people be so bitter before n/t SFnomad May 2016 #118
What I enjoy... 99Forever May 2016 #120
I had to check to see if I was at DU or if I ended up in Free Republic by mistake n/t SFnomad May 2016 #121
Wow... 99Forever May 2016 #125
Presume all you want, it's still not a clinch until the convention! B Calm May 2016 #123
It will be clinched on June 7th ... BS dead enders will be the only ones arguing otherwise n/t SFnomad May 2016 #126
No way possible, and Hillary supporters are suppose to be so good at math. LOL B Calm May 2016 #127
It will be interesting to see what June 8th is like here ... when you crash head first into reality SFnomad May 2016 #129
Like I said, if administrators call it before the primary is clinched, they might as well B Calm May 2016 #130
The primary WILL be clinched. This is the SAME THING they did in 2008 when Obama was called the SFnomad May 2016 #132
A presume is NOT a CLINCH! B Calm May 2016 #133
You can lead a BS cheerleader to knowledge, but you can't make them think SFnomad May 2016 #136
Secretary Clinton's victory? SmittynMo May 2016 #131
The definition of delusional is using #BernieMath SFnomad May 2016 #134
And again SmittynMo May 2016 #135
If Superdelegates should NEVER be counted until the convention, why are you counting them SFnomad May 2016 #137
Gee I guess we'll have to SmittynMo May 2016 #142
You're going to be majorly disappointed on June 8th when the media, DU and the Democratic Party SFnomad May 2016 #143
I'm counting on it. SmittynMo May 2016 #144
Yes, you are delusional ... it's clear for everyone to see n/t SFnomad May 2016 #145
Lots of alcohol and sex with my lesbian lover! nt OhZone May 2016 #138
I've already celebrated her victory on this one. Nt NCTraveler May 2016 #141
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