2016 Postmortem

BainsBane

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46. Well, now we have an incoming president

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 08:24 AM

Dec 2016

who admires the Philippine president's use of death squads to quite literally fight a war on drugs. But Feinstein is the problem because she held hearings.

I understand your concerns. Unfortunately, you don't seem to understand how they've become moot in the current political climate. Everything that so outraged you under Obama is about to become a quaint memory.

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Sen. Feinstein: Fair to Say Clinton's Hurting After Campaign of Name-Calling [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

The culmination of 25 years of Clinton hating. Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #1

Feinstein doing no favors SHRED Dec 2016 #2

Agreed ... she's also doing California salmon and Delta Smelt no favors either Auggie Dec 2016 #8

Damn it SHRED Dec 2016 #10

Yeah. Boxer is livid. And rightfully so. (n/t) Auggie Dec 2016 #13

Feinstein is probably thrilled that AG sessions provides the last best hope to stopping legal weed Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #21

Of all the shit facing this country now BainsBane Dec 2016 #23

oh no. i expressed a disallowed opinion. Doubleplusungood! Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #25

You should absolutely talk about what you want BainsBane Dec 2016 #30

Straw, straw, straw and more straw. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #33

And dont forget such teifling things such as relieving the discomfort of AIDS and cancer patients. G dionysus Dec 2016 #39

Exactly. And in some states those people risk long prison sentences for their trouble. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #42

Well, now we have an incoming president BainsBane Dec 2016 #46

Again, false dilemma. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #48

My point was a direct response to your complaints about drug policy under Obama BainsBane Dec 2016 #50

I didn't say anything about Obama, did I? Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #51

+1, BB. From top to bottom on this thread. Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #54

Except I was talking about the hearings Feinstein held with Senator Grassley, a Republican. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #61

Personal freedom is important melman Dec 2016 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Yurovsky Dec 2016 #45

Funny how Black Lives Matter BainsBane Dec 2016 #47

THIS. BlueProgressive Dec 2016 #37

Or it implies humanity. JTFrog Dec 2016 #16

That and the fact some are still attacking her at every opportunity BainsBane Dec 2016 #24

Bingo. SQUEE Dec 2016 #20

She's a human being BainsBane Dec 2016 #22

I know. Cha Dec 2016 #31

It doesn't help matters when so-called Democratic electors duffyduff Dec 2016 #3

I am still fuming over this. BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #58

It literally makes me ill to think of what we could have had in Secretary Clinton justhanginon Dec 2016 #4

I am sitting right next to you in cyberspace... Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #7

I know. I thought this was going to be one of the happiest months of my life. LisaM Dec 2016 #26

+a zillion or so! BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #59

The country and the American people are going to be hurting for decades because of this still_one Dec 2016 #5

This! I feel as much anger at the ones you named as I do those who actually voted for DT. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #6

Maybe even more. n/t Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #9

me too Arkansas still_one Dec 2016 #11

me too. brer cat Dec 2016 #19

+1! eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #60

EXCEPT those who in the 47% who are fairly well off will not riversedge Dec 2016 #12

20 years from now they'll be still blaming Obama uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15

With their last gasp.. Cha Dec 2016 #32

After what she went through in 2008 and now in 2016, it's amazing that she is still as composed mtnsnake Dec 2016 #14

You know who knows? dionysus Dec 2016 #41

sweet jesus stop it right now! mtnsnake Dec 2016 #44

It's goin! Lots have happened in the years since we last spoke... dionysus Dec 2016 #57

So what if she's hurting? jalan48 Dec 2016 #17

She's had plenty of time to get used to it. Orsino Dec 2016 #18

No One Was Prepared otohara Dec 2016 #27

THIS Hekate Dec 2016 #34

So, if you were subjected to random beatings year after year, complete with black eyes... Hekate Dec 2016 #35

Twisted & Sick otohara Dec 2016 #53

I am still angry at it bravenak Dec 2016 #28

When will someone run against Feinstein.. coco22 Dec 2016 #29

Good question - what the hell has Feinstein ever done to help grow the Dem party? rumdude Dec 2016 #36

She and Nancy help it to grow with ... coco22 Dec 2016 #43

Again, Clinton won incomes under $50k BainsBane Dec 2016 #49

Unlike some I won't name, many of us vote for people so Republicans don't win that seat. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #52

Damn straight. On the whole DiFi is a good senator for California, with plenty of seniority (power) Hekate Dec 2016 #56

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Much Love Hillary. You've earned & deserve a couple months break from Republicans crafted 'madness' Sunlei Dec 2016 #55