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2016 Postmortem

bjo59

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3. Our political system is theater of the absurd.

Reply to think (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:41 PM

Jun 2016

And the most absurd thing of all is that a candidate like Bernie Sanders shows up and still half of the people who vote in the Democratic primaries choose the corporate option to get behind for president. Farcical and tragic, by turns.

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Look at the Lobbyists Clinton and Wasserman Schultz Picked to Write the Democratic Party’s Platform [View all] think Jun 2016 OP

K street constituency has to have a place at the table. They paid for it. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #1

Carol Browner is an environmentalist n/t radical noodle Jun 2016 #2

Umm? think Jun 2016 #6

The longest serving Administrator radical noodle Jun 2016 #8

Even as fracking made the water in so many places undrinkable - so YEAH! truedelphi Jun 2016 #9

She served in the 1990s radical noodle Jun 2016 #11

I do know who she is. And I certainly dont' remember her putting out truedelphi Jun 2016 #18

And how does that relate to her current work at AGS? think Jun 2016 #12

It relates to her position on the Platform Committee radical noodle Jun 2016 #13

Great information. I almost truedelphi Jun 2016 #19

Our political system is theater of the absurd. bjo59 Jun 2016 #3

Hell, they write the trade agreements, etc. Why not the Democratic Party's Platform? Skwmom Jun 2016 #4

Wendy Sherman is a Senior Fellow radical noodle Jun 2016 #5

Power to the Corporate People! Octafish Jun 2016 #7

Election 2016 is between MONEY (Clinton/DNC) and PEOPLE (Sanders). US is an Oligarchy. Triana Jun 2016 #10

The minions that serve the Wealthy don't understand that we will fight them and their rhett o rick Jun 2016 #15

Triana—Hopefully, Hillary’s voters are also getting some money. CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #16

Ah gawd. Eko Jun 2016 #14

Increasingly unhealthy problems. randome Jun 2016 #17

dudebros at the Intercept object to EPA head and negotiator for Iran deal geek tragedy Jun 2016 #20

so bernie sanders isn't going to need their support. if he is the nom okieinpain Jun 2016 #21

Neither Browner nor Sherman are registered lobbyists onenote Jun 2016 #22