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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:42 PM Jun 2016

"like knowing the zombies are here and you have to save your child

That's how heartbreaking it is."

You'll never guess what this person is talking about.

Because you already know.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

Jessica Stokey, 43, a television editor, shed tears when Mr. Sanders suggested he might eventually endorse Mrs. Clinton to help beat Mr. Trump.

“I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but it looked to me like the bags under his eyes got bigger and his face grew more thin,” she said. “That’s when I started crying.”

“It’s like knowing the zombies are here and you have to save your child; that’s how heartbreaking it is,” she added.


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Maru Kitteh

(29,098 posts)
8. Some people have a VERY rich fantasy life
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 02:05 AM
Jun 2016

I think it's quite possible that trait may predispose them to be attracted to certain candidates.

Cha

(305,440 posts)
2. Where was BS when Senator Chris Murphy was leading an historic Filibuster to get a Vote
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:49 PM
Jun 2016

on banning assault rifles?

Chris Murphy
✔ ?@ChrisMurphyCT
I am proud to announce that after 14+ hours on the floor, we will have a vote on closing the terror gap & universal background checks
7:53 PM - 15 Jun 2016
22,894 22,894 Retweets 38,577 38,577 likes

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/06/16/what-sen-murphys-filibuster-accomplished/#.V2Kj6BlwFO8.twitter

He doesn't even do his job in the Senate and he wanted to be president?

We are So Fortunate the country wasn't buying the shallow campaign he and his insulting surrogates were running.

Maru Kitteh

(29,098 posts)
5. We really did dodge the bullet with him, didn't we?
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:40 AM
Jun 2016

I kind of shudder a little when I picture him bumbling around the oval office, asking Jane what he thinks about an India-Pakistan flare-up or Russo-Turkish crisis. That man was WAY out of his league.

Earlier I saw on DU he was not being vetted for VP, I didn't comment but my only thought was, "no shit." The VP has to be able to stand in as the president from day one, just in case. And that guy ain't it.

Cha

(305,440 posts)
6. Right! No Shite BS is not being vetting for VP or SOS or anything in Hillary's Party NOW!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:45 AM
Jun 2016

Well almost.. but I know President Obama is going to be happy to turn the reins over to Her!

As he said in his vid.. "I'mWithHer".

Speaking of "vetting".. show us your taxes, burnie.

Maru Kitteh

(29,098 posts)
16. His Taxes?! We'd have better luck scoring an Italian spork with some lobster drippings :lol:
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 11:17 AM
Jun 2016

We'd have better luck hearing a coherent explanation of how he would magically make college free.
We'd have better luck witnessing him give a speech without waving fingers and shouting.
We'd have better luck waiting for Burlington College to rise from the ashes.
We'd have better luck hearing him praise the Democratic Party for anything at all. Ever.
We'd have better luck tuning in and finding out he got himself a new stump speech!

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
10. I am assuming Ms Stokley opposes the ban
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 06:58 AM
Jun 2016

She will need her assault weapons when the zombies attack.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
4. And this is why I hope Clinton's concession to Sanders are minimal....
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:07 AM
Jun 2016

You don't alienate your base and reasonable voters for these folks that might not even show up.

Maru Kitteh

(29,098 posts)
7. Exactly. Her numbers are doing very good and continue to rise
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:48 AM
Jun 2016

as the primaries fade behind us.

It ain't broke, so let's not make any drastic "fixes."

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
11. Rachel mentioned...
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 07:55 AM
Jun 2016
Thousands of Potential Candidates Respond to Sanders’ Appeal

Less than 24 hours after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called on his supporters to run for office at the local or state level, nearly 6,700 people have signed up on BernieSanders.com/Win to learn more.

In total, almost 11,000 supporters expressed interest in running for office or volunteering for other Sanders supporters who run.

My hope is that when future historians look back and describe how our country moved forward into reversing the drift toward oligarchy, and created a government which represents all the people and not just the few, they will note that, to a significant degree, that effort began with the political revolution of 2016.

I'm paranoid - big fan of zombie shows! - one things for certain, they keep coming back.

These are the left's version of the "teabaggers." They want to tear it all down...like...well, like you-know-whats!


Walk away

(9,494 posts)
12. Luckily, most of them are so young that, after they get jobs and lives....
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 08:09 AM
Jun 2016

they will forget all about the "revolution". So many Teabaggers were retired or collecting government support that they had nothing to do all day but shove their fringe ideology down everyone's throats.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
13. I hope so!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 08:25 AM
Jun 2016

Remember how the '60's hippies turned into the '80's yuppies?

Jeezus!

Have I turned into a 'counter revolutionary' now?

Thanks, Bernie.

Your "movement" is so 'extreme' it made me forget the very real Hillary revolution!!!



NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
17. She's a television editor?
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:12 PM
Jun 2016

That explains a lot.

When I was stuck in a hospital for 5 days, I had nothing to do but watch TV. I remembered why I didn't have a TV at home and had no wish to get one.

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