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2016 Postmortem

RealAmericanDem

(221 posts) Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:23 PM Apr 2016

17

I think America should get a pony

Bernie: "I think America should get a pony."

Hillary: "How will you pay for the pony? Where will the pony come from? How will you get Congress to agree to the pony?"

Bernie: "Hillary thinks America doesn't deserve a pony."

Bernie Supporters: "Hilary hates ponies!"

Hillary: "Actually, I love ponies."

Bernie Supporters: "She changed her position on ponies! ‪#?WhichHillary‬ ‪#?WitchHillary‬"

Headline: HILLARY REFUSES TO GIVE EVERY AMERICAN A PONY.

Debate Moderator: "Hillary, how do you feel when people say you lie about ponies?"

US Uncut Headline: Congressional Inquiry into Clinton's Pony Lies.

Twitter trending: ‪#?ponygate‬

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I think America should get a pony (Original Post) RealAmericanDem Apr 2016 OP

Feel better now? Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #1

Reddit: BILL CLINTON seen RIDING a Pony! brooklynite Apr 2016 #2

Two million NYers couldn't vote because Bill rode a pony... FSogol Apr 2016 #11

Ah Reddit .... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #15

The only thing worse than Reddit is Tumblr. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #16

Oh wait. I forgot 4chan. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #17

Whoa, serious profound thinking. You should go far in the Clinton machine. Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #3

Hillary Clinton: Single-payer health care will "never, ever" happen think Apr 2016 #4

Pony up more contributions for Tweddle DEEvine and Tweedle WEEver oasis Apr 2016 #5

Wall Street gets Free Stuff; fossil fuel gets Free Stuff; Billionaires get Free Stuff lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #6

Here here! Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #29

Did you copy and paste your post from Free Republic? The Blaze? Fox Nation? Doctor_J Apr 2016 #7

Yes, those places love Hillary. CorkySt.Clair Apr 2016 #23

OK, that is pretty darn funny Dem2 Apr 2016 #8

posted up on Facebook RealAmericanDem Apr 2016 #12

Welcome to my 'ignore' list!!! alittlelark Apr 2016 #9

That really hurt my feelings. RealAmericanDem Apr 2016 #13

Stallion Approves of this Thread-PonyUp Stallion Apr 2016 #10

Yeap, bout it uponit7771 Apr 2016 #14

We would never have gotten the right to vote, abolished slavery and segregation etc. with this Skwmom Apr 2016 #18

Speaking of ponies, that was lame whatchamacallit Apr 2016 #19

Perfect analogy. RealAmericanDem Apr 2016 #20

Where's my pony? RealAmericanDem Apr 2016 #21

I love this CorkySt.Clair Apr 2016 #22

Hillary goes to Goldman's pony farm PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #24

So, what are these "ponies" you speak of? The right to have health care and free education? reformist2 Apr 2016 #25

Poseurs. They're BOTH stealing from the ONE TRUE DEMOCRAT! Buns_of_Fire Apr 2016 #26

I'll give you a donkey kick Hekate Apr 2016 #27

Good fiction, too bad it doesn't have anything to do with reality pdsimdars Apr 2016 #28

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)

1. Feel better now?

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:24 PM

Apr 2016

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)

2. Reddit: BILL CLINTON seen RIDING a Pony!

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:25 PM

Apr 2016

FSogol

(45,488 posts)

11. Two million NYers couldn't vote because Bill rode a pony...

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:54 PM

Apr 2016

LOL at US Uncut Headline

nolawarlock

(1,729 posts)

15. Ah Reddit ....

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:51 PM

Apr 2016

I can tolerate the things I see on DU I don't agree with. Reddit is like the underpass of those bridges in Central Park that muggers lurk in. No thanks.

nolawarlock

(1,729 posts)

16. The only thing worse than Reddit is Tumblr.

Reply to nolawarlock (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:52 PM

Apr 2016

nolawarlock

(1,729 posts)

17. Oh wait. I forgot 4chan.

Reply to nolawarlock (Reply #16)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:53 PM

Apr 2016

But then so has everyone else.

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)

3. Whoa, serious profound thinking. You should go far in the Clinton machine.

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:26 PM

Apr 2016

think

(11,641 posts)

4. Hillary Clinton: Single-payer health care will "never, ever" happen

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:27 PM

Apr 2016

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-single-payer-health-care-will-never-ever-happen/

Hillary Clinton Gets $13 Million From Health Industry, Now Says Single-Payer Will “Never, Ever Come To Pass”
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-gets-13-million-health-industry-now-says-single-payer-will-never

oasis

(49,389 posts)

5. Pony up more contributions for Tweddle DEEvine and Tweedle WEEver

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:35 PM

Apr 2016

to keep the cash cow campaign running. That's likely the only pony the Bernie campaign is focused on right now.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

6. Wall Street gets Free Stuff; fossil fuel gets Free Stuff; Billionaires get Free Stuff

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:38 PM

Apr 2016

DoD gets free drones and bombs

Dammit, it's my tax money and for a change I want a say in how it's spent!

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)

29. Here here!

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:52 PM

Apr 2016

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)

7. Did you copy and paste your post from Free Republic? The Blaze? Fox Nation?

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:43 PM

Apr 2016

those people don't think healthcare is a right either.

"I think healthcare is a human right in the richest nation on earth especially when every other developed country has managed to find a way to pay for it."

"Ponies! Unicorns! Commies!"

CorkySt.Clair

(1,507 posts)

23. Yes, those places love Hillary.

Reply to Doctor_J (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:33 PM

Apr 2016

First campaign? New to politics?

Dem2

(8,168 posts)

8. OK, that is pretty darn funny

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:44 PM

Apr 2016

Where u get that?

RealAmericanDem

(221 posts)

12. posted up on Facebook

Reply to Dem2 (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:44 PM

Apr 2016

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)

9. Welcome to my 'ignore' list!!!

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:48 PM

Apr 2016

It is chock full of people that share your....uh.... views. You will enjoy it there!

RealAmericanDem

(221 posts)

13. That really hurt my feelings.

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:45 PM

Apr 2016

Stallion

(6,476 posts)

10. Stallion Approves of this Thread-PonyUp

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:52 PM

Apr 2016

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

14. Yeap, bout it

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:47 PM

Apr 2016

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)

18. We would never have gotten the right to vote, abolished slavery and segregation etc. with this

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:54 PM

Apr 2016

attitude. An attitude intended to protect the status quo. How sad is that.

whatchamacallit

(15,558 posts)

19. Speaking of ponies, that was lame

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:21 PM

Apr 2016

RealAmericanDem

(221 posts)

20. Perfect analogy.

Reply to whatchamacallit (Reply #19)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:09 PM

Apr 2016

RealAmericanDem

(221 posts)

21. Where's my pony?

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:27 PM

Apr 2016

CorkySt.Clair

(1,507 posts)

22. I love this

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:31 PM

Apr 2016

And bonus points for eliciting the right responses from all the usual suspects. It annoys the right people and I like that.

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

24. Hillary goes to Goldman's pony farm

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:44 PM

Apr 2016

and tells them in a private meeting that she will ensure the government keeps supplying them ponies if they pay her.

reformist2

(9,841 posts)

25. So, what are these "ponies" you speak of? The right to have health care and free education?

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:48 PM

Apr 2016

You make them sound like unattainable goals, like pie in the sky. You sound like a Republican.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)

26. Poseurs. They're BOTH stealing from the ONE TRUE DEMOCRAT!

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:51 PM

Apr 2016

(See my sig line.)

Hekate

(90,714 posts)

27. I'll give you a donkey kick

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:51 PM

Apr 2016

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)

28. Good fiction, too bad it doesn't have anything to do with reality

Reply to RealAmericanDem (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:51 PM

Apr 2016

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