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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hilllary's VP will be... [View all]kwolf68
(7,383 posts)20. So basically...
be prejudicial.
I thought Dems were better than this, but it seems we are no better than the other side in running "a token". How about someone with strong character and intellect regardless of their race or sex. YES, I recognize the political realities (in that a candidate may want a running mate popular in a certain state), but in the left's quest for equality, it seems it has become politically expedient to be "against" old white males, virtually practicing the EXACT same bigotry as those on the right, just against a less infallible character.
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You had to live there to get it...amongst other things, his girlfriend Linda Rondstat roller
libdem4life
Jan 2015
#35
Moonbeam was his girlfriend's nickname for him, and assholes tried to make it his personality.
arcane1
Jan 2015
#37
He'll serve as a pull to the Left and do it with a charming smile...and family.
libdem4life
Jan 2015
#36
Amazing how many think discussion is vapid and beneath those of us on a political
libdem4life
Jan 2015
#38