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Stuckinthebush

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7. No kidding

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 7, 2016, 10:03 PM

Jun 2016

Any "progressive" who votes for Trump isn't really a progressive. Just a dumb ass

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Why Some of the Smartest Progressives I Know Will Vote for Trump over Hillary [View all] jg10003 Jun 2016 OP

anyone who votes for Trump is an IDIOT Skittles Jun 2016 #1

No kidding Stuckinthebush Jun 2016 #7

yes Mojorabbit Jun 2016 #24

If Trump gets elected TeacherB87 Jun 2016 #28

I agree so I don't know why the contentious tone Mojorabbit Jun 2016 #45

Right? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #47

Not such a good read. stone space Jun 2016 #2

Anyone who wants to know what anyone is really going to do in November should ask Tal Vez Jun 2016 #3

Jury fail, but I learned a new word. "Trumphumping!" stone space Jun 2016 #4

The article DOES NOT advocate voting for Trump jg10003 Jun 2016 #10

she's a goddamn liar--there are zero progressives of any stripe--let alone savvy ones geek tragedy Jun 2016 #18

^^^THIS^^^ SunSeeker Jun 2016 #20

Then there are no progressives at-all. Chan790 Jun 2016 #36

My my ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #48

No...you, I called a neo-liberal anti-progressive. Chan790 Jun 2016 #59

I want to vote FOR someone before my life ends lapfog_1 Jun 2016 #5

That's why you don't play chicken with your vote. Flatpicker Jun 2016 #9

I feel the same as am getting long in the tooth OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #12

I have Mexican loved ones. ZombieHorde Jun 2016 #6

Why is this drivel in "Good Reads"? milestogo Jun 2016 #8

Someone should have had more respect for Democrats than to post it here.Maybe in "Bizarre Reads."nt Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #43

Absolute bullshit stopwastingmymoney Jun 2016 #11

Exactly! This OP is pure nonsense. Nitram Jun 2016 #16

if hillary has the opportunity to nominate justices, they will be conservative Doctor_J Jun 2016 #19

So it's better to elect Trump so his right-wing nominees can sail through the Senate? SunSeeker Jun 2016 #21

You mean conservative like Sotomeyer and Kagan? stopwastingmymoney Jun 2016 #22

He did provide a single name AllTooEasy Jun 2016 #13

I support Bernie all the way to the Convention, I do not see how Trump could be a acceptable ... marble falls Jun 2016 #14

"Being disatisfied with Clinton" and voting for Trump are two extremely different things. Nitram Jun 2016 #15

Yves Smith is a nutjob crank, and no progressive would consider voting for Trump. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #17

I wasn't planning to, but I recced this...just for you. n/t Chan790 Jun 2016 #37

Do you think that affects him in any way, shape or form? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #49

Yes, actually. Chan790 Jun 2016 #60

More Naderite bullshit. Aristus Jun 2016 #23

Tremendous post! Appropriate. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #44

Are these the same type of 'Progressives' that would make an off-color joke on race... Earth_First Jun 2016 #25

You've literally just described every Clinton supporter I know personally. Chan790 Jun 2016 #39

Those people are neither liberal or smart. Just pouty. nt WhiteTara Jun 2016 #26

To punish the part or not? HassleCat Jun 2016 #27

Smart progressives voting for a guy who thinks we'll return to the 50's??? MichiganVote Jun 2016 #29

"If the only way to escape a trap is to gnaw off my leg, I’d like to think I’d have the guts to" GoneFishin Jun 2016 #30

They are not smart... quickesst Jun 2016 #31

A severe case of the "Nothing-But-The-Best-For-The-Oppressed" DinahMoeHum Jun 2016 #32

Self-absorbed assholes. The Sarrandon Syndrome. stopbush Jun 2016 #33

Ya know... Chan790 Jun 2016 #40

Ya know, I've been a Democrat since 1972, stopbush Jun 2016 #41

Congrats...you're old. Chan790 Jun 2016 #42

Age prejudice will get you nowhere, fast. Paladin Jun 2016 #58

I'm not prejudiced against old people... Chan790 Jun 2016 #61

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Paladin Jun 2016 #62

short memories? raging moderate Jun 2016 #34

Any names? RandySF Jun 2016 #35

the people you are referring to... quickesst Jun 2016 #38

"the smartest progressives I know will vote for Trump" struggle4progress Jun 2016 #46

They are neither smart nor progressive Tarc Jun 2016 #50

Very odd. A group that reliably voted for Hillary in the primaries were the better educated whites tonyt53 Jun 2016 #51

K&R libodem Jun 2016 #52

to vote for trump is idiocy..... chillfactor Jun 2016 #53

Yves Smith is the pen name of Susan Weber Soros exwife of George MattP Jun 2016 #54

If I remember right Frances Jun 2016 #55

It's stupid. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #56

I think the term "progressive" has lost any clarity of meaning. Beowulf Jun 2016 #57

Politico? Night Watchman Jun 2016 #63