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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:35 PM Feb 2016

America's rejection of political status quo is clear. We'd BETTER get on board as a party.

It does not take a genius to see that there is an unprecedented amount of dissatisfaction with the political status quo.

People feel used and abused and lied to.

They are looking for someone they feel is a truth-speaker.

This overreaching truth is seen in the rise of Trump AND in the rise of Sanders. THAT is the only common denominator.

We'd better get on board as a party, because Hillary is going to lose.

She does not get it. She is not perceived as a truth-teller. She represents the political status quo.

She is not the right person for this time.

If she wins the Primary, we lose the Presidency. Mark my words.

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America's rejection of political status quo is clear. We'd BETTER get on board as a party. (Original Post) Bonobo Feb 2016 OP
I agree Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #1
It's not a violent revolution, it's people rising above the superficial platitudes that Woo us . orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #2
the revolution is getting our elected representatives to actual listen to us questionseverything Feb 2016 #6
Any big shake-up -- like the one that's coming -- can shake out for good or for ill. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #3
Yup. thats how I see it. +10 Karma13612 Feb 2016 #4
K&R that Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #5
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
3. Any big shake-up -- like the one that's coming -- can shake out for good or for ill.
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:46 PM
Feb 2016

and "NO we Can't!" is not a winning message in this environment. The nation is yearning
for a BIG change, and Bernie's message is tuning into that frequency. The DNC Democrats
via Hillary are running a business-as-usual campaign touting gradual incrementalism, which
is out-of-step with the bulk of the electorate.

Karma13612

(4,554 posts)
4. Yup. thats how I see it. +10
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:47 PM
Feb 2016

And my husband as well.

If the Repugs get into office:

1) 2 SCOTUS nominations that will overturn Roe vs Wade, etc.
2) repeal of ACA with nothing to replace it
3) Weapons every where
4) Perpetual War
5) Privatization of Social Security
6) A Wall street so greedy that even the Koch brothers haven't envisioned yet, in their wildest wet dreams
7) A planet uninhabitable within the next 50 years

yea, we need to make people realize how important it is to have an electable candidate.

Hillary is not it.

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