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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:13 PM Dec 2017

Let me keep this short and simple.

NO ONE involved in the Al Franken lynch mob will get my support, should they decide to run in the 2020 presidential primary. I've been asked this over and over on different threads, so just thought I should officially make my position clear.

BUT, I will vote for the Democrat in the general.

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Let me keep this short and simple. (Original Post) MoonRiver Dec 2017 OP
My position as well ollie10 Dec 2017 #1
I concur Va Lefty Dec 2017 #2
Franken is not over. Watch what happens if Moore elected. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #3
Won't change what has already happened. I will not forget. MoonRiver Dec 2017 #4
Trump sits in the office destroying the nation. Lives at stake. MikeydaDog Dec 2017 #5
Why? Are you in favor of Democrats eating their own? MoonRiver Dec 2017 #6
I am in favor of getting the power out of Trump/Republicans hands for the lives that will be lost. MikeydaDog Dec 2017 #8
And how, exactly, is railroading one of our best Senators out of the Senate, MoonRiver Dec 2017 #11
Not voting isn't going to be the answer. MikeydaDog Dec 2017 #13
If you had read my entire post you would know that I plan to VOTE for the Democrat MoonRiver Dec 2017 #14
Fair enough. MikeydaDog Dec 2017 #15
people will vote, but they doon't want to vote for COWARDS Skittles Dec 2017 #16
It boggeled my mind what these people did...... Bengus81 Dec 2017 #9
She is dreaming lol I agree - does she think a female would be immune to anonymous trolls? Kimchijeon Dec 2017 #19
Here a Acorn... magicarpet Dec 2017 #30
So far their methods are working Kimchijeon Dec 2017 #35
I'm keeping this list and checking it twice.. LakeArenal Dec 2017 #28
Same / but I will happily also donate to someone wants Pachamama Dec 2017 #7
I will undoubtedly donate and volunteer for a Democratic primary candidate, MoonRiver Dec 2017 #10
One thing about Democrats. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #12
are you seriously saying everyone is a victim just because they say they are? Skittles Dec 2017 #17
We the peasants are all victims of the wealthy elite leftstreet Dec 2017 #21
I think there is another reason "Gillibrand and her ilk" went along with this garbage Skittles Dec 2017 #22
I think you may be onto something there. LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #34
Primaries give us many choices. My choice will NOT be for someone in the Franken lynch mob. MoonRiver Dec 2017 #18
Oh, it's you. demmiblue Dec 2017 #20
"I am certain that is a chapter or ...... magicarpet Dec 2017 #31
I distinctly remember the same kind of outrage... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #32
Another short and simple... Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #23
Makes me sick. MoonRiver Dec 2017 #24
Do what I did to Harris. SCVDem Dec 2017 #25
Ditto lark Dec 2017 #26
Yup. old guy Dec 2017 #27
Moi aussi! Mme. Defarge Dec 2017 #29
Absolutely hurple Dec 2017 #33
 

MikeydaDog

(140 posts)
5. Trump sits in the office destroying the nation. Lives at stake.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:21 PM
Dec 2017

It boggles my mind to hear comments like this.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
6. Why? Are you in favor of Democrats eating their own?
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:22 PM
Dec 2017

Which, btw, is NOT going to help get rid of the Idiot in Chief.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
11. And how, exactly, is railroading one of our best Senators out of the Senate,
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:28 PM
Dec 2017

WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, going to help in that endeavor?

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
14. If you had read my entire post you would know that I plan to VOTE for the Democrat
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:32 PM
Dec 2017

in the general. I will simply not support a candidate from the Mob in the primary.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
9. It boggeled my mind what these people did......
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:24 PM
Dec 2017

Now Gillibrand is trash talking Bill Clinton. But...she's a gonna be President next time around. My azzzzzz.......


Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
19. She is dreaming lol I agree - does she think a female would be immune to anonymous trolls?
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:36 PM
Dec 2017

She (and any other female thinking they are safe) might not like it when they get blasted with some horseshit anonymous "accusations." The fascists are still laughing their asses off at how this worked so easily!

All the self-righteous huffing and puffing about morality and doing the "right thing" by just resigning without any due process would go right out the window.

magicarpet

(14,164 posts)
30. Here a Acorn...
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:42 PM
Dec 2017

There an Acorn...
Everywhere an Acorn.

Can we get Nazi boy James O'Keefe from Project Veritas front and center with his video cam and help trash an other progressive/lib Democrat into a bloody pulp.

Let the Fascists have free hand to eliminate the political competition, grind up the good people into puree and sawdust. So then the Nazis gain full control of the ship of state. Then freely chart a course full steam ahead toward their warped and selfish agendas without any resistance in any shape, form, or way.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
35. So far their methods are working
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 08:06 PM
Dec 2017

So I say, grow a spine and use the same undying methods of attack against 'em. Except in our case, the charges and accusations are true, no need to make shit up. Just be loud and blast that shit repeatedly and mercilessly. No more of this cowardly self defeating "turn the other cheek" crap.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
7. Same / but I will happily also donate to someone wants
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:23 PM
Dec 2017

..to run against them in a primary.

That includes Warren and even Kamala Harris.

Kamala is good friends with very good friends of mine and I often see her at social events. I plan to tell her personally if my opinion here. Will be curious what she says her real reasons were.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
10. I will undoubtedly donate and volunteer for a Democratic primary candidate,
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:26 PM
Dec 2017

just not one from the Mob. Let us know what Harris says, although the fact that she signed on to lynch Franken is enough for me to write her off.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
12. One thing about Democrats.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:30 PM
Dec 2017

We are so easily divided!

I am certain that is a chapter or two in the Republican Playbook.

And it really works in their favor when Democrats determine only SOME victims deserve to be heard. They love it when we turn our backs on our constituents! Then we are no better than them and lose that argument, too.

leftstreet

(36,111 posts)
21. We the peasants are all victims of the wealthy elite
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:41 PM
Dec 2017

I'm not sure what the poster was saying, but I see the Democrats AND Republicans choosing victims du jour, decade after decade, in an attempt to stir up divisive election talking points and avoid confronting what voters really want to hear about.

I see Gillibrand and her ilk attempting to create an election issue this way, preempting any talk of Medicare For All or increased minimum wages, etc

Skittles

(153,185 posts)
22. I think there is another reason "Gillibrand and her ilk" went along with this garbage
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:48 PM
Dec 2017

for whatever reason, they, like the GOP, wanted him out and used this opportunity to achieve that result

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
34. I think you may be onto something there.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 05:26 PM
Dec 2017

Almost like disgruntled Dems who have been part of the establishment for decades already, resented how quickly this 'comedian' gained popularity. Mostly because he is one of the rare breed of Dem that actually goes hard after prominent Republicans putting their own efforts to shame. ("He could be a good President" ). Establishment Dems may be fearful that he would have run for President one day, perhaps even in 2020, his popularity taking away their power to put in place their corporate-vetted nominee.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
18. Primaries give us many choices. My choice will NOT be for someone in the Franken lynch mob.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 02:35 PM
Dec 2017

That is all.

magicarpet

(14,164 posts)
31. "I am certain that is a chapter or ......
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 05:01 PM
Dec 2017

...... two in the Republican Playbook."

As stated in the previous post...... (#12)...
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.... not just limited to the Republican Playbook...... ... more so to include the RUSSIAN playbook also...

To destabilize the Dem Party and the entire American political process.... so the Fascist Oligarchs can seize full control of the entire economic and political process in the USA.

The Trump Team of Trillionaires has such a nice ring to it. Get used to the concept, we are closer than you can conceive.



yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
32. I distinctly remember the same kind of outrage...
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 05:05 PM
Dec 2017

targeted at Hillary Clinton for the last couple of years, with the same promise to "support the Democrat in the general."

Here we go again?

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
23. Another short and simple...
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 03:45 PM
Dec 2017

Political motivations. The hit squad knew Franken’s replacement would be a Democrat. One not as likely to have Presidential aspirations down the road. This IS politics and it isn’t high road territory when it comes to primaries.

lark

(23,147 posts)
26. Ditto
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:10 PM
Dec 2017

No money, no calls, no letters, just one single vote in the general. OTOH, I WILL volunteer, write letters, make GOTV calls and make donations to anyone primarying any of these so-called people who don't respect the truth and are so freaking self-righteous and self-serving while destroying the party.

Mme. Defarge

(8,040 posts)
29. Moi aussi!
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 04:28 PM
Dec 2017

I will always remember 12/6/17 as the Democratic U.S. Senators’ “I’m NOT Spartacus” moment.

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