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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Wed Dec 28, 2016, 02:58 PM Dec 2016

A suggestion for the restoration of progressive unity: [View all]

1) No one should still be arguing that Hillary should not have been nominated, or that she was PERSONALLY responsible for the EC result;

and

2) No one should still be arguing that Bernie and his supporters are to blame for Trump's win, OR that Bernie should not have been allowed to run in the Democratic primaries;

Is it possible we could all agree to those two things?

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A suggestion for the restoration of progressive unity: [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2016 OP

Sure. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

I myself didn't START with (1). Not ever. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #7

And yet, your OP started with (1). yallerdawg Dec 2016 #8

I only mentioned (1) because I HAD to mention it Ken Burch Dec 2016 #9

Absolutely! williesgirl Dec 2016 #2

Absolutely. Nt lostnfound Dec 2016 #3

Fine by me. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #36

Sounds GREAT. kacekwl Dec 2016 #5

No. Exilednight Dec 2016 #6

I agree but... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #13

Sorry. Can't fully agree with the second point. He should of course have been allowed to run. kcr Dec 2016 #10

Agreed. Justice Dec 2016 #12

No. Only Democrats should run in our primaries bravenak Dec 2016 #11

We need to also eliminate caucuses Gothmog Dec 2016 #18

Agreed about caucuses La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #25

Caucuses are very undemocratic Gothmog Jan 2017 #34

I can agree on those two things. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #14

Understood. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #15

Not a chance! The greatest flame warriors on this site live and die Rex Dec 2016 #16

No Gothmog Dec 2016 #17

Where to begin? NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #19

Great post Gothmog Dec 2016 #20

Yep. charlyvi Dec 2016 #21

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #26

Your Bernie bias is showing there, Burch. charlyvi Dec 2016 #22

We live in a two party system. BzaDem Jan 2017 #24

We disagree. charlyvi Jan 2017 #33

YES, YES, YES! brush Jan 2017 #31

I disagree with part (though not all) of both points. BzaDem Jan 2017 #23

Sadly I don't think we are ready aikoaiko Jan 2017 #27

Ill be crystal clear: Bernie Sanders has absolutely no business determining the course stonecutter357 Jan 2017 #28

because y'all are doing such a bang up job? n/t HopeAgain Jan 2017 #32

For unity one suggestion: Everyone who disagrees with me shut the fuck up AngryAmish Jan 2017 #29

We lost and BOTH should move on HopeAgain Jan 2017 #30

Nope. Winner of the primary gets the biggest share of credit/blame for the general. Orsino Jan 2017 #35

Bernie doesn't agree. Nt BainsBane Jan 2017 #37

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