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MustLoveBeagles

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17. For most it's just grief talking

Reply to iemanja (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:27 PM

Nov 6

Can we have a day or two at least to vent?

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We lost. It's time to accept it. [View all] iemanja Nov 6 OP

The DNC needs to keep the ground game that is in Phoenix61 Nov 6 #1

Ground game investment got us nothing JCMach1 Nov 6 #3

We had one for, at max, 3 months. Phoenix61 Nov 6 #6

We need to give up in Texas Polybius Nov 6 #15

I've already accepted it. Elessar Zappa Nov 6 #2

Democrats desperately need new leadership and new messaging dalton99a Nov 6 #4

It's time for a complete and thorough review and some soulsearching KnoxVol Nov 6 #19

Save your lecture for another day. milestogo Nov 6 #5

How about some sensitivity on the part of the people claiming it was rigged? iemanja Nov 6 #8

For most it's just grief talking MustLoveBeagles Nov 6 #17

I'm telling people today -- just one day of mourning. Intractable Nov 6 #25

A day or two is fair MustLoveBeagles Nov 6 #29

Thank you. Cha Nov 6 #11

Something about this election feels off RANDYWILDMAN Nov 6 #7

What's off is the American electorate iemanja Nov 6 #10

Both can be true. we can do it Nov 6 #30

This is why we lost Yavin4 Nov 6 #9

That's above my pay grade iemanja Nov 6 #12

Well, unless we have a message that can counteract it... Yavin4 Nov 6 #14

The odd thing is how many Latinos voted for Trump iemanja Nov 6 #20

The Latino vote is a distraction to the main issue. Yavin4 Nov 6 #21

Good point iemanja Nov 6 #23

This! Blue_Roses Nov 6 #33

The ones that voted for trump have their citizenship, but they need someone to hate so they turn on helpless people Silent Type Nov 6 #28

Not to me Sundance1220 Nov 7 #38

I think it more likely that they were concerned about inflation iemanja Nov 7 #39

If you don't think immigration Sundance1220 Nov 7 #40

I think it is a large part iemanja Nov 7 #41

It's a HUGE issue in border states Sundance1220 Nov 7 #42

This video has a lot of good commentary. Zeitghost Nov 6 #13

No. This is the issue Yavin4 Nov 6 #16

+1 dalton99a Nov 6 #18

That was interesting iemanja Nov 6 #24

I've accepted it. I have no sympathy going forward ecstatic Nov 6 #22

I never want to hear a nonvoter say another damn word about anything. we can do it Nov 6 #31

I will never accept the loss of our democracy. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #26

I'm not suggesting you should iemanja Nov 6 #35

This is why it's so hard to comprehend onetexan Nov 6 #36

Americans are a spoiled people who have not suffered enough. Irish_Dem Nov 7 #37

some people like logic.. stillcool Nov 6 #27

What next election? He already said we won't have to worry about that anymore. GPV Nov 6 #32

I've started to accept it tinymontgomery Nov 6 #34