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brooklynite

(94,740 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:52 PM Apr 2015

IMPORTANT NEW DU RULE: No talking about whether a candidate can win...

Apparently discussing the political prospects of a politician running for political office is mean.....

And really, winning or losing is pretty much the same thing.

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seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1. you really get into this hyperbole, dontcha?
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:55 PM
Apr 2015
brooklynite (20,799 posts)
22. IMPORTANT NEW DU RULE: Only POSITIVE comments about a candidate are acceptable

Thanks for letting us know...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6589033

brooklynite

(94,740 posts)
2. I just like to know the rules we all play by...
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:57 PM
Apr 2015

I'm not looking for any special protections for MY feelings...

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
5. so, for me to have my own opinion makes it everyones rule? did i ask for your fuckin
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:59 PM
Apr 2015

protection or anything else for that matter?

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
12. me? nah. he seems to not be able to process what i say, since he feels the need
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:08 PM
Apr 2015

to fabricate, giving it to me, and then insisting i want protection.

just trying to be clear.

or maybe, .... he just needs to be protected. i guess there is always that.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
4. Important New DU Wish: That people on both sides would act like the grownups I know they are
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:59 PM
Apr 2015

capable of being.

Yeah, things I wish never come true.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
9. better watch out. you will get a new rule in your name, saying you want no one to act like a spoiled
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:00 PM
Apr 2015

child

i guess this is his new way of countering a post he disagrees with

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
10. I wont obey that rule. Bernie CAN win, Hillary CAN and probably will win.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:02 PM
Apr 2015

next?



(notice how this Bernie news has pretty much stopped all the posts about how Warren has to run, will run if we just ask her enough times? i think this is a positive step given she isnt running)

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