2016 Postmortem

JCanete

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44. Oh I see, it's New Years! Hope the hangover isn't too rough on you. I assure you, we're both

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dreading 2017 and the next 3 years.

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Finding common ground. Can most all of us agree about the following: [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

Agree completely. Pholus Dec 2016 #1

Agree Va Lefty Dec 2016 #2

I do agree crazycatlady Dec 2016 #3

The other problem is there's a hell of a lot of nonsense online. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

No kidding! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #7

No joke. Broadcast TV and cable news don't require quiet as much fact-checking. Hoyt Dec 2016 #28

Sounds good. we can do it Dec 2016 #4

Agree yardwork Dec 2016 #6

How about: 0) Let's not attack the Democratic Party baldguy Dec 2016 #8

And do you make a distiction between criticism and attack? Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #13

Attacks use RW talking points. baldguy Dec 2016 #20

Well said- the people who started that shit here turned out to be a bunch of trolls for Trump.... bettyellen Dec 2016 #24

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #39

neither your analysis nor your solution rate as something we can all agree upon. nt JCanete Dec 2016 #18

Perhaps all of us aren't capital-D Democrats. baldguy Dec 2016 #21

maybe some of us are capital-A Americans. The Democratic party is good so long as it is actually JCanete Dec 2016 #23

See post # 20 baldguy Dec 2016 #25

but unlike you, I see this as a trend and ultimate result that the JCanete Dec 2016 #29

Don't even start with that RW "Democrats are the same as Republicans" bullshit. baldguy Dec 2016 #30

not what I said. In fact nothing you said addressed my issues with the Democratic Party or JCanete Dec 2016 #32

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I am like what? That was a shitty connection to try to make on so many levels. JCanete Dec 2016 #35

I didn't makes any connection - you did. baldguy Dec 2016 #36

fuck that, you are still avoiding pointing it out. That is simply cowardice. Either admit you were JCanete Dec 2016 #38

If you can't see what you're doing, then you're too far down the GOP's garden path to save. baldguy Dec 2016 #40

You're being pretty shameless. If you really just didn't want to bother because this is a waste of JCanete Dec 2016 #41

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Oh I see, it's New Years! Hope the hangover isn't too rough on you. I assure you, we're both JCanete Jan 2017 #44

This is fundamental. joshcryer Dec 2016 #34

Some people seem to think that the first step in defeating the fascist Republicans baldguy Dec 2016 #37

Two Democratic Chairs being Jill Stein supporters... joshcryer Jan 2017 #45

Per #5, I want to see some new faces running for POTUS... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #9

Agree with almost all but #4 could backfire. Drawing the ire of the media at large can dionysus Dec 2016 #10

Republicans have been attacking the media relentlessly for decades. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #11

The media is RW owned, they'll suck it up from the rethugs. Either they are RW owned or dionysus Dec 2016 #12

"they bend so far over backwards to avoid the "liberal media" tag." Garrett78 Dec 2016 #14

but they don't actually bend over backwards to avoid that tag...that's the irony. They sell JCanete Dec 2016 #17

it will but there is no choice. Going after corporations is also a way of drawing ire of the media. JCanete Dec 2016 #16

Agree almost entirely, with the caveat that we can't just pretend the media does spectacle and false JCanete Dec 2016 #15

I with you on everything except the gerrymandering aikoaiko Dec 2016 #19

Mostly hurl Dec 2016 #22

I agree on the what. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26

Agreed. Fix or ditching the EC should also be a big priority as well. brush Dec 2016 #27

The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races Gothmog Dec 2016 #31

Agreed. And neither Hillary NOR Bernie, nor either of their supporters, Ken Burch Jan 2017 #43