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DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 12:07 AM Aug 2016

let's not be the Hare to the Tortoise

It is very easy to be complacent, but as someone who lived through the 2000 election, I know that is the one thing we who oppose Trump cannot do. We have Rick Scott in Florida, willing to hand this state to Trump. We have an army of "lone gunmen" ready to apply "second amendment remedies" to liberals, who will be taking weapons into polling places and giving anyone with a hint of skin pigment that "I will git you" stare. We have Julian Assange who, apparently does not have the talent to find Trump's secrets, and the Jill Stein voters who will gladly vote for Trump (via voting third party) and gladly step in their minivans (bought with privilege) drive off to whole foods and have a congratulatory organic pizza mixed with homegrown herbal "medicine" that they know they can get away with (after all, the cops have plenty of young teenagers to lock up for mary jane, and they cannot afford lawyers.)

In short, until the hand is raised, do not let up. Furthermore, we know that the Oligarchy's paid army of whores (otherwise known as the House of representatives) will do everything and anything to make Hillary a "one term president", just like Mitch the Turtle tried to do to Obama. I do nto care how many times the GOP's obit is written, if the GOP did not wane after the disaster that was the Bush era, it will not now.

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let's not be the Hare to the Tortoise (Original Post) DonCoquixote Aug 2016 OP
Minivans are so yesterday. Organic grocery store lot is filled with Subaru suv types citood Aug 2016 #1
LOL DonCoquixote Aug 2016 #6
You forgot a couple things we have.... Glamrock Aug 2016 #2
we don't need Florida? DonCoquixote Aug 2016 #3
On a cigarette break at work Glamrock Aug 2016 #4
Who's complacent? PasadenaTrudy Aug 2016 #5
Need to be the Ant not the Grasshopper whistler162 Aug 2016 #7

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
2. You forgot a couple things we have....
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 12:27 AM
Aug 2016

1. We have the worst candidate in the history of modern politics as the opposition.
2. We have Gary Johnson who is going to pull more votes from the GOP than the 7 people voting for Stein will pull from the Democratic party.
3. We don't need Florida at this point and Texas may be competitive this cycle.
4. Whether or not the House plans to impeach has no bearing on the election.
5. Who cares what Assange has? The Clinton's are clean as the driven snow. Nothing to worry about there.

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
4. On a cigarette break at work
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:28 PM
Aug 2016

Don't have time to search for link. But, I swear I read that two days ago... She's also stopping tv ads in a lot of swing states cause she's so far ahead.

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