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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 01:53 PM Jun 2016

Here's something I don't get ...

... what's the deal with these people who willingly and eagerly "unregister" as Democrats and who proudly and defiantly pledge to "never support another Democrat as long as they live", then in four years, these same people BITTERLY COMPLAIN that they're "not included" or have been left out of the process?

First they VOLUNTARILY marginalize themselves, then gripe how unfair it is that they've been marginalized, and how the Democratic party doesn't listen to them or care about them.



There are one or two "GBCW" threads in the BSG right now that pretty much convey these same declarations and threats. (I'll decline in linking directly to it, because I've had a post hidden in the past for doing that. Apparently it's a "call out" or something like that.)



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msongs

(70,175 posts)
1. all those precious independents could have registered as dems FOR ONE DAY and voted but
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 01:56 PM
Jun 2016

they chose not to and now complain and whine lol

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
5. Goes to show you that...
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:10 PM
Jun 2016

People don't "really" value their vote do they?

I mean, not understanding how voting works, even though the rules are clearly laid out there?



NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
4. I can easily imagine several things that would work in that blank.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:08 PM
Jun 2016

And very wise of you to leave it to our imaginations.



displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
3. The only post I've ever had hidden was a quote. In quotation marks.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:04 PM
Jun 2016

And I wrote This Is A Quote before pasting the quote.

As for your question, it's always someone else's fault. Especially the fault of people who didn't beg them for their votes and let them write the party platform, I guess.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
6. As far as I'm concerned, half-ass Democrats like those can stew in their impotency.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 03:42 PM
Jun 2016

No one made them be selfish, or stupid. They did that all on their own.

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