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tiredtoo

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75. Obama won because there is something unique about him

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 07:23 AM

Feb 2015

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That caused minorities to come out to vote in unprecedented numbers. That is a fact. does saying it in that way make it more palatable to you? Hillary will win because women will support her in unprecedented numbers, does that make me a misogynist?

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Why I'm Ready for Hillary [View all] brooklynite Feb 2015 OP

We have a great need to have someone with foreign experience. I do not know of a Republican Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #1

I agree! Martin Eden Feb 2015 #52

+1 RedstDem Feb 2015 #81

what the GOP does have guillaumeb Feb 2015 #2

And, the gop also has ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #5

could not agree more guillaumeb Feb 2015 #59

But ... but ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #61

too true guillaumeb Feb 2015 #64

Brace yourself for the links ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #65

Voltaire said (in essence) that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good guillaumeb Feb 2015 #68

But to suggest ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #71

so the Democratic plan should be guillaumeb Feb 2015 #72

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026241698#post31 merrily Feb 2015 #80

The link doesn't work ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #82

The "lesser of two evils" proposition is hardly even a sensible question. cheapdate Feb 2015 #76

Pro war, pro Wall Street, pro TPP, pro Keystone XL, pro H-1B visas, member of "The Family". Scuba Feb 2015 #3

ikr! Woo-fuckin-hoo! Go Hillary! Go Wall Street! Go 1 percenters! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #4

Sad to see Dean demean himself like this. Roland99 Feb 2015 #6

Is Elizabeth Warren demeaning herself as well? brooklynite Feb 2015 #10

Was that an endorsement? nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #26

She supports Clinton whether its a formal endorsement or not brooklynite Feb 2015 #37

A very disheartening statement. Why would any liberal/progressive support a DLC dandy? Roland99 Feb 2015 #39

I do not like Hillary BUT tiredtoo Feb 2015 #7

Obama had no coattails? brooklynite Feb 2015 #8

a couple of thoughts on this tiredtoo Feb 2015 #15

Right...it's much better to have Republicans..... brooklynite Feb 2015 #38

so this means you support Hillary also? NT tiredtoo Feb 2015 #42

Wasn't that obvious? brooklynite Feb 2015 #44

Not really tiredtoo Feb 2015 #45

So your prescribed treatment for "we have no message" is to run a woman winter is coming Feb 2015 #9

+100 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #13

yes a better message make more sense tiredtoo Feb 2015 #14

The Republicans are nowhere near taking control of income inequality. winter is coming Feb 2015 #16

yes they have been using the phrase income inequality tiredtoo Feb 2015 #22

I know they've been using the phrase. The people who'd never vote for any Dem winter is coming Feb 2015 #25

yes but tiredtoo Feb 2015 #41

"Obama won because he is black." zappaman Feb 2015 #20

He won because he brought unprecedented amounts of non majority voters to the polls DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #23

You think that's funny? tiredtoo Feb 2015 #24

More idiotic than funny. n/t zappaman Feb 2015 #36

so having no basic facts to back up your opinions tiredtoo Feb 2015 #40

Limbaugh on Obama: His "only chance of winning is that he's black" zappaman Feb 2015 #48

even a blind squirrel finds a nut etc. tiredtoo Feb 2015 #50

You have yet to back up your idiotic and racist statement zappaman Feb 2015 #56

Perhaps you missed my note about driving voters to the polls tiredtoo Feb 2015 #62

To say "Obama won because he is black" is racist and flat out bullshit. zappaman Feb 2015 #63

I am totally amazed at your inability to see what happened tiredtoo Feb 2015 #66

I am totally amazed at your inability to think zappaman Feb 2015 #74

Obama won because there is something unique about him tiredtoo Feb 2015 #75

TiredToo's experience was mine as well. I live in a mixed race neighborhood in Richmond, VA and Nay Feb 2015 #58

Forward, not backwards! Upwards not Forwards! And always spinning, spinning, spinning!! dirtydickcheney Feb 2015 #11

It does mean something.. "Moving our Country Forward".. in light of the reCons want to take it back Cha Feb 2015 #19

that sure is a flip hfojvt Feb 2015 #12

"Perhaps he feels to old to tilt at windmills. " DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #27

Is there a link so as to read the whole thing, brooklynite? I realize it's an email.. Cha Feb 2015 #17

LOL, Isaac is this real or is this the onion? nt Logical Feb 2015 #18

Howard Dean! freshwest Feb 2015 #21

Sorry Dr. Dean MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #28

+1000 (nt) MissDeeds Feb 2015 #29

Yeah one article for Politico really doesn't mean a lot. Used to be a shit site for DU standards. Rex Feb 2015 #31

If you want Jeb, nominate HRC. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #33

Are you calling Dean not a Democrat? joshcryer Feb 2015 #35

Dean wrote an op ed piece for Politico last December. Rex Feb 2015 #30

my help and I had a laugh lild Feb 2015 #34

Who laughed first the help or you? Rex Feb 2015 #54

The entire salon broke out laughing here too. Even the butler snickered. nt benz380 Feb 2015 #57

grassroot supporters like lild Feb 2015 #32

Welcome to DU... SidDithers Feb 2015 #43

I hope you get your wish... Stellar Feb 2015 #46

link? mahina Feb 2015 #47

The was a RFh mailing brooklynite Feb 2015 #67

Always admired and respected Dr. Dean bigwillq Feb 2015 #49

So, Howard Dean does our thinking for us now??!!! Martin Eden Feb 2015 #51

I assume you applied the same principle to John Kerry in 2004? brooklynite Feb 2015 #53

Yes, I did. Martin Eden Feb 2015 #55

Like wise the no vote on ISIS Resolution does not get my support. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #73

I think there will be more official endorsements as she is getting major attention and no one libdem4life Feb 2015 #60

Gov. Dean is well past his sell-by date. KamaAina Feb 2015 #69

Maybe he's astute enough to see that Sanders will have a hard time winning a nation election... brooklynite Feb 2015 #70

Reading between the lines . . . Depaysement Feb 2015 #77

Requests for money brooklynite Feb 2015 #79

I say we retire the word "grassroots" from the political lexicon. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #78