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2016 Postmortem

stonecutter357

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28. Ill be crystal clear: Bernie Sanders has absolutely no business determining the course

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 07:22 AM

Jan 2017

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A suggestion for the restoration of progressive unity: [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2016 OP

Sure. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

I myself didn't START with (1). Not ever. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #7

And yet, your OP started with (1). yallerdawg Dec 2016 #8

I only mentioned (1) because I HAD to mention it Ken Burch Dec 2016 #9

Absolutely! williesgirl Dec 2016 #2

Absolutely. Nt lostnfound Dec 2016 #3

Fine by me. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #4

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Sounds GREAT. kacekwl Dec 2016 #5

No. Exilednight Dec 2016 #6

I agree but... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #13

Sorry. Can't fully agree with the second point. He should of course have been allowed to run. kcr Dec 2016 #10

Agreed. Justice Dec 2016 #12

No. Only Democrats should run in our primaries bravenak Dec 2016 #11

We need to also eliminate caucuses Gothmog Dec 2016 #18

Agreed about caucuses La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #25

Caucuses are very undemocratic Gothmog Jan 2017 #34

I can agree on those two things. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #14

Understood. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #15

Not a chance! The greatest flame warriors on this site live and die Rex Dec 2016 #16

No Gothmog Dec 2016 #17

Where to begin? NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #19

Great post Gothmog Dec 2016 #20

Yep. charlyvi Dec 2016 #21

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #26

Your Bernie bias is showing there, Burch. charlyvi Dec 2016 #22

We live in a two party system. BzaDem Jan 2017 #24

We disagree. charlyvi Jan 2017 #33

YES, YES, YES! brush Jan 2017 #31

I disagree with part (though not all) of both points. BzaDem Jan 2017 #23

Sadly I don't think we are ready aikoaiko Jan 2017 #27

Ill be crystal clear: Bernie Sanders has absolutely no business determining the course stonecutter357 Jan 2017 #28

because y'all are doing such a bang up job? n/t HopeAgain Jan 2017 #32

For unity one suggestion: Everyone who disagrees with me shut the fuck up AngryAmish Jan 2017 #29

We lost and BOTH should move on HopeAgain Jan 2017 #30

Nope. Winner of the primary gets the biggest share of credit/blame for the general. Orsino Jan 2017 #35

Bernie doesn't agree. Nt BainsBane Jan 2017 #37

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