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Old 07-28-2016, 12:18 PM
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Oh, nonsense. That touchstone that Bernie would've beaten Trump is utter bullshit. Unlike Hillary Clinton he was never seriously vetted by the press corp. He was handled with kid gloves throughout the campaign because he was never going to win enough votes.

Bernie would've been tarred, feathered and rode outta town on a rail by the press and their Republican stooges for saying lack of sex causes cancer in women. His published rape fantasy and his other wonderings about little kids fondling each other would have been all over the airways. Midwesterners would've recoiled in horror at all the oppo research the Trumplicans have on the old hippie.
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If anything we Democrats dodged a huge bullet by voting against Sanders.
In your opinion. Sadly, we'll never know so it would be nice if you could refrain from using words like nonsense or bullshit to describe opinions you disagree with but can't disprove.
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Old 07-28-2016, 12:28 PM
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In your opinion. Sadly, we'll never know so it would be nice if you could refrain from using words like nonsense or bullshit to describe opinions you disagree with but can't disprove.
Tell it to your compadre, John.
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Old 07-28-2016, 12:39 PM
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Tell it to your compadre, John.
Why? It's you who's doing it. Fortunately, Raj and I don't rely on our Kristol ball to make political predictions. Hillary will lose.
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Old 07-28-2016, 12:49 PM
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Why? It's you who's doing it. Fortunately, Raj and I don't rely on our Kristol ball to make political predictions. Hillary will lose.
It's Krystal Ball to you, Biff.



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A candidate that can beat Trump for a start.



Being in the tank for Clinton when the DNC is supposed to be impartial isn't "doing her job".



Who has sold herself to the same "economic royalists" that FDR fought for his entire presidency.
Your points are all moot. Keynes himself told FDR to lay off the bank bashing when the First New Deal was floundering.
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Old 07-28-2016, 01:16 PM
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I can see being upset Sanders lost but casting doubts about the legitimacy of HRC's nomination and rooting for Wiki leaks is what Trump is doing.
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Old 07-28-2016, 01:58 PM
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I can see being upset Sanders lost but casting doubts about the legitimacy of HRC's nomination and rooting for Wiki leaks is what Trump is doing.
I knew that would get to you.
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I knew that would get to you.
No I'm not angry just disappointed.
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Old 07-28-2016, 02:07 PM
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Your points are all moot. Keynes himself told FDR to lay off the bank bashing when the First New Deal was floundering.
Not really.

And what about my other "moot" points?
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I knew that would get to you.


As the beautiful Sarah Silverman said, "You're being ridiculous".
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