2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"We don't care. We don't have to."
Will that be the new unspoken motto of the elites, including the Democratic Party?
GusBob
(7,286 posts)?
Armstead
(47,803 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)Or the new?
Armstead
(47,803 posts)(I'm doinmg good on the cliches tonight,.)
dana_b
(11,546 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)Back in the 70's when phone companies were monopolies.
Had the Bell telephone logo and that phrase.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)it could apply to sooooo many things and people now. Scary!!
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)"We don't care, we don't have to. We're the phone company"
This was on SNL:
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Seems they've been screaming it with every breath now for a good long while.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Well, some of us, at least.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)That has been a constant.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)and I know that me and my older real world friends who support Bernie aren't (unfortunately)
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)could ever reach those communities. I think a lot of his supporters feel poorer than they should be, but that is not quite the same as being impoverished.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I'm not in a good mood.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)So much for using those features as a basis of moral judgement.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)He kept most of the Bush tax cuts - and almost nobody cares. That includes most Democrats and most DUers. That is, permanent tax cuts that favor the rich, and very few see that as a major betrayal.
Triana
(22,666 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Ya know.... maybe the Iraq invasion was not all that bad? Maybe we can do another one?
The drug wars and imprisonment? Well, not me.
Global Warming? I live way above sea level.
As long as we fight them over there, we don't gave to fight them here. Get your kids ready to sign up.
And maybe Obama was wrong about big money influencing elections? We sure voted for the big money candidate again.
And, ya know, maybe we really don't need all that extra stuff like free education for all, hometown jobs, and a clean energy future?
The people have spoken, dammit, all 25% of democrats and most of them said "No progress, the same old same old is fine."
Not to gloat too much but my county voted 8 to 5 for Bernie. That's why I live here. Duh!