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2016 Postmortem

Vogon_Glory

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8. Perhaps a lost cause but the effort should be made anyway

Reply to TDBroke (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 10:14 AM

Nov 2016

Let us pretend that we have foreknowledge that Foster Campbell will lose. Do we concede in advance like gutless, whining cowards, living down to the vile charicature of Democrats-as-wimps portrayed by our enemies and the enemies of the idea of democracy itself, or do we resist?

We may well go down, but I fail to see why we should go down without a fight.

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Salon - Forget Jill Steins recount! Its yet another distraction... [View all] TomCADem Nov 2016 OP

I'm inclined to agree. Garrett78 Nov 2016 #1

Democrats and Progressives Should Support Our Guy In La Instead of Stein Vogon_Glory Nov 2016 #2

Not instead of - people can support more than one cause womanofthehills Nov 2016 #4

I'll post this again TDBroke Nov 2016 #7

Perhaps a lost cause but the effort should be made anyway Vogon_Glory Nov 2016 #8

Salon is to middle of the road for me womanofthehills Nov 2016 #3

So tell me again MFM008 Nov 2016 #5

According to the author of this article, from the excerpt lovemydog Nov 2016 #6