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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBottom line, I think the conventions have gotten a lot of Dems out of the "both sides suck" doldrums
And underscored the gigantic differences between the parties and candidates.
I know they have for me.
That's why I think at least some portion of the DNC "bounce" will not be transient.
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Bottom line, I think the conventions have gotten a lot of Dems out of the "both sides suck" doldrums (Original Post)
Mayberry Machiavelli
Sep 2012
OP
If we could only have gotten people out of that mindset before the 2010 elections...
regnaD kciN
Sep 2012
#3
Cary
(11,746 posts)1. I don't believe any real Democrats ever believed that
I'm not sure what explanation for it is but I do know that members of the Ron Paul cult have always been big on this meme and tend to hide the fact that they're Ron Paul cultists.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)2. There are a number of very vocal leftests out there
That are given time on Tavis Smiley and the Pacifica stations that advise not to vote for Obama. Because of Gitmo and drones and other peripheral shit that they have no clue about anyway. It's horribly misguided and naive. Pretty much the free mumia Abu Jamal people.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)3. If we could only have gotten people out of that mindset before the 2010 elections...
...Obama might have had a Democratic Congress to work with for the past two years.