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Welp, it is Toosdai and so the day for some srs mischiefery with a mashery of Ogden Nashery (illustrated)! Srsly. Let’s see what today is and if we have Ogden’s poetry to cover it… ...
by elenacarlena
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on Tue Jul 23, 2019 at 06:59 PM PDT
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Welcome, welcome, welcome!
It’s a fine day to take coffee outside…
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by The Marti
286 comments
on Tue May 14, 2019 at 07:30 AM PDT
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I remember the 2008 Democratic primary pretty well.
I was pretty sure, going in, like everyone else, that Hillary Clinton would win it, although I preferred other candidates, including the one who eventually won.
I remember also being...
by GrafZeppelin127
144 comments
on Fri Feb 01, 2019 at 07:14 AM PST
with 11 Recommends
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It was a Saturday morning in early September, 2008, and I was at the place where I was spending every Saturday that close to the 2008 election – in a local Obama for America office in suburban Detroit, where I was the Volunteer Coordinator. I got the...
by brightstar
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on Tue Jul 26, 2016 at 11:05 AM PDT
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This is an attempt to parse a hypothetical, I’ll consider any reasonable suggestions about changing the analysis.
It's common to see warnings that Bernie Sanders voters are getting so offended or disaffected that they won't participate in November...
by nabuhabu
24 comments
on Thu May 19, 2016 at 02:21 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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For reference, see this teaser for a segment on tonight’s Rachel Maddow:
www.msnbc.com/…
Sanders still hasn’t disavowed the actions of his “supporters” in Las Vegas this weekend. Nor has he come to their support. It all ends tonight:...
by jginnane
35 comments
on Mon May 16, 2016 at 01:23 PM PDT
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Every contested primary we are inundated with people who state that they will not vote for the candidate they oppose in the general election In 2008 we got the PUMAs. In 2016 we are getting the #...
by angryea
35 comments
on Mon Apr 18, 2016 at 05:00 AM PDT
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In a report after Mrs. Clinton’s latest defeat at the hands of the Vermont socialist, reporter Jeff Zeleny said the Clinton campaign has decided that party unity can come later.
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by thatpj
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on Tue Apr 05, 2016 at 08:59 PM PDT
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Let’s take a trip down memory lane. Everyone is emotionally invested now but we were in 2008, too.
The process was more front loaded in 2008, but by March 13, 2008 about 60% of pledged delegates had been elected and Obama held an insurmountable 5% l
by topdog08
31 comments
on Sat Mar 05, 2016 at 08:49 AM PST
with 29 Recommends
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Apparently “Trump is likely to arrive in Cleveland with the largest delegate haul—but bets that the convention will reject him anyway if he falls below an absolute majority. Ordinarily that would be a recipe for civil war. But Trump’s critics justifiably
by annieli
4 comments
on Fri Mar 04, 2016 at 01:11 PM PST
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Many of you are undoubtedly too young to remember 2008; it was a crazy year. An upstart candidate named Hillary Clinton burst onto the national scene with the promise of finally putting a strong, prog
by The Red Pen
42 comments
on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:56 AM PST
with 8 Recommends
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Hi Bill. You might remember me as someone who volunteered for you in ‘92. Probably not. I was just a bug in the Vegas desert trying to GOTV then.
Let me start by thanking you for your public s
by tecampbell
14 comments
on Mon Feb 08, 2016 at 11:45 PM PST
with 21 Recommends
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I’ve noticed a lot of HRC supporters refer to Sanders supporters as PUMAs.
Well, first, PUMA were nominal Clinton supporters in 2008. I say ‘nominal’ because the undisputed queen of the PUMAs, Da
by aliberaldoseofskepticism
48 comments
on Sun Dec 27, 2015 at 12:34 PM PST
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I request two oaths from Hillary supporters. These should be easy, since they only come into effect if one of two things you think will never happen, happens. Follow beneath where the orange swizzle u
by aliberaldoseofskepticism
55 comments
on Mon Nov 16, 2015 at 04:40 PM PST
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OK, as a Bernie supporter here, I have seen a whole lot of support for Bernie. I have also seen a lot of the same stuff I saw back in '08 from the HRC supporters.
And I have to wonder if we are in ...
by Kalisiin
58 comments
on Thu Oct 01, 2015 at 05:14 AM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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Make of this what you will, from The Hill:
GOP Group releases video of Sanders crowds
Seems that the Tea Party realizes that their interests are best served by making sure as many people as ...
by FredFred
77 comments
on Tue Aug 11, 2015 at 04:22 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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Didn’t we go for the (somewhat) inexperienced candidate last time?
Although I love all that Barack Obama has done, I believe Hillary Clinton would have been able to do more. Hillary wouldn’t ...
by BlankBeat
108 comments
on Mon Nov 11, 2013 at 12:53 PM PST
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Starting within minutes of the election being called for the President, we'll start to see PUMA and firebagger diaries on this site telling us how Obama and his administration are going to lock us ...
by Attorney at Arms
94 comments
on Sat Nov 03, 2012 at 09:06 AM PDT
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Is this true Douglas?
Morning Joe, the Daily Stalker Caller , and the Daily Mail are reporting ...
by Clytemnestra
27 comments
on Tue Sep 04, 2012 at 06:42 AM PDT
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The closer that Mitt Romney is to locking up the nomination, the more the Republicans are bringing out their guns and eating their own. The PUMAs are out in full force. In addition, Obama has seen a ...
by Eternal Hope
224 comments
on Sun Apr 08, 2012 at 06:57 PM PDT
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