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TV’s Frink said:

Credit where credit is due, this one is pretty funny.

Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just been named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican Party!

In fairness to the chairman, here’s his response

Call me Tom. And don’t get too happy. @keithellison and I, and Democrats united across the country, will be your worst nightmare.

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I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

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TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Well he did support Shillary so you know we might as well throw in the towel and let Trump win again because they’re basically the same.

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DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Well he did support Shillary so you know we might as well throw in the towel and let Trump win again because they’re basically the same.

Seriously.

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TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Well he did support Shillary so you know we might as well throw in the towel and let Trump win again because they’re basically the same.

Seriously.

Really?

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321228-white-house-press-aide-on-whcd-trump-not-elected-to-talk-to

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday defended President Trump’s announcement that he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, saying the president was not elected to spend time with celebrities and reporters.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/president-trump-plays-a-round-of-golf-with-rory-mcilroy/

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TV’s Frink said:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/321228-white-house-press-aide-on-whcd-trump-not-elected-to-talk-to

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday defended President Trump’s announcement that he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, saying the president was not elected to spend time with celebrities and reporters.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/president-trump-plays-a-round-of-golf-with-rory-mcilroy/

he’s a jerk.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/father-of-dead-navy-seal-refused-to-meet-trump-at-ceremony/2017/02/26/567f39ca-fc37-11e6-9b78-824ccab94435_story.html?utm_term=.76315223103b

The father of a Navy SEAL killed during an anti-terrorism raid in Yemen is demanding an investigation into its planning and criticized the Trump administration for its timing.

Bill Owens told The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/2lTYhPB ) in a story published Sunday that he refused to meet with President Donald Trump when both came to Dover Air Force Base to receive the casket carrying his son, Chief Special Warfare Officer William “Ryan” Owens.

“I want an investigation,” said Owens, a retired Fort Lauderdale police detective and veteran. “The government owes my son an investigation.”

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday she believes the president would support an investigation.

Apparently Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the new Kellyanne Conway.

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/321152-pence-mixes-up-nicaraguan-and-israeli-flags-in-tweet

WTF

My six-year-old is learning about flags right now and apparently would make a better VP.

The flag is so small in the tweet, that I can’t tell what is in the center.

Especially on a mobile device. The flags look almost identical.

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I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Maybe Bernie’s supporters are justifiably upset over the way he was treated by the DNC and the apparent corruption in that organization, and this vote could be interpreted as more of the same from a party that claims to be for the people while it continues to sell out to corporate interests. This is exactly the kind of behavior that led to the Tea Party, and I’m not liberal enough for a Democrat equivalent to show up and crash the party in 2018.

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Jay said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/321152-pence-mixes-up-nicaraguan-and-israeli-flags-in-tweet

WTF

My six-year-old is learning about flags right now and apparently would make a better VP.

The flag is so small in the tweet, that I can’t tell what is in the center.

Especially on a mobile device. The flags look almost identical.

If I were someone important like Vice President of the United States, and I were wasting time tweeting, I’d take another wasted minute to make sure I grabbed the correct flag.

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Maybe Bernie’s supporters are justifiably upset over the way he was treated by the DNC and the apparent corruption in that organization, and this vote could be interpreted as more of the same from a party that claims to be for the people while it continues to sell out to corporate interests. This is exactly the kind of behavior that led to the Tea Party, and I’m not liberal enough for a Democrat equivalent to show up and crash the party in 2018.

Bernie’s supporters are justified in being upset how the DNC acted, no question…and yet nothing justified refusing to vote for Clinton and potentially helping Trump get elected, because Trump is a billion times worse. Sometimes being an adult means making a choice you don’t like because the only alternative is worse. Bernie supporters that further abandon the Democratic Party deserve the kind of things that are happening and will continue to happen under Trump (as does anyone who voted for him).

I’ll admit to not being terribly familiar with Tom Perez, but I got the sense that his equivalency with the “establishment” is overblown anyway.

JEDIT: Or maybe that the establishment wanted him but he’s more progressive than the Clinton wing of the party.

JEDIT2: I would have been perfectly happy with Ellison…or President Sanders, for that matter. I loathe the infighting more than the specifics that cause it.

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TV’s Frink said:

Jay said:

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Maybe Bernie’s supporters are justifiably upset over the way he was treated by the DNC and the apparent corruption in that organization, and this vote could be interpreted as more of the same from a party that claims to be for the people while it continues to sell out to corporate interests. This is exactly the kind of behavior that led to the Tea Party, and I’m not liberal enough for a Democrat equivalent to show up and crash the party in 2018.

Bernie’s supporters are justified in being upset how the DNC acted, no question…and yet nothing justified refusing to vote for Clinton and potentially helping Trump get elected,

Plenty Bernie supporters voted for Hillary. And it isn’t the fault of Bernie supporters that Hillary was a bad candidate that people couldn’t stomach voting for.

Sometimes being an adult means making a choice you don’t like because the only alternative is worse.

Those are hollow words.

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Hillary was so bad, we had to elect someone infinitely worse in every single way! Blame her for destroying our nation!

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DominicCobb said:

Hillary was so bad, we had to elect someone infinitely worse in every single way! Blame her for destroying our nation!

Most Bernie supporters voted for Hillary.

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TV’s Frink said:

Jay said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/321152-pence-mixes-up-nicaraguan-and-israeli-flags-in-tweet

WTF

My six-year-old is learning about flags right now and apparently would make a better VP.

The flag is so small in the tweet, that I can’t tell what is in the center.

Especially on a mobile device. The flags look almost identical.

If I were someone important like Vice President of the United States, and I were wasting time tweeting, I’d take another wasted minute to make sure I grabbed the correct flag.

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Maybe Bernie’s supporters are justifiably upset over the way he was treated by the DNC and the apparent corruption in that organization, and this vote could be interpreted as more of the same from a party that claims to be for the people while it continues to sell out to corporate interests. This is exactly the kind of behavior that led to the Tea Party, and I’m not liberal enough for a Democrat equivalent to show up and crash the party in 2018.

Bernie’s supporters are justified in being upset how the DNC acted, no question…and yet nothing justified refusing to vote for Clinton and potentially helping Trump get elected, because Trump is a billion times worse. Sometimes being an adult means making a choice you don’t like because the only alternative is worse. Bernie supporters that further abandon the Democratic Party deserve the kind of things that are happening and will continue to happen under Trump (as does anyone who voted for him).

I’ll admit to not being terribly familiar with Tom Perez, but I got the sense that his equivalency with the “establishment” is overblown anyway.

JEDIT: Or maybe that the establishment wanted him but he’s more progressive than the Clinton wing of the party.

JEDIT2: I would have been perfectly happy with Ellison…or President Sanders, for that matter. I loathe the infighting more than the specifics that cause it.

Telling people that “being an adult” means falling in line and doing what you’d prefer they do is exactly the kind of smug attitude that has gotten the DNC and the Democratic Party where they are today, so keep it up if you want more of the same.

And last I checked, Hillary got over 3 million more votes than Trump. You honestly think this loss is about Bernie supporters failing to show up? And if you do believe that, do you think talking to them as if they’re children and demeaning them with pet names is going to help your cause?

Maybe the DNC – and the country as a whole – need 4 years of chaos to wake them up to the reality that they’ve lost touch with most Americans.

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I don’t think Bernie bros necessarily lost the election for her, but they didn’t help. The Hitlerly is the devil sort of rhetoric they pushed really demonized her for a lot of people. I mean, yeah she’s not great, yeah she’s a two faced politician, but people got too caught up on that narrative and failed to see how much worse the alternative was.

I don’t think anyone needs chaos on this scale. What is happening to the country now is abhorrent. Just because the DNC slipped too far into the status quo doesn’t mean they, or any of the millions of Americans being affected, deserve what is happening now.

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Jeebus said:

TV’s Frink said:

Jay said:

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope so, but I’m worried about the Bernie bros throwing another fit because they didn’t get their again.

Maybe Bernie’s supporters are justifiably upset over the way he was treated by the DNC and the apparent corruption in that organization, and this vote could be interpreted as more of the same from a party that claims to be for the people while it continues to sell out to corporate interests. This is exactly the kind of behavior that led to the Tea Party, and I’m not liberal enough for a Democrat equivalent to show up and crash the party in 2018.

Bernie’s supporters are justified in being upset how the DNC acted, no question…and yet nothing justified refusing to vote for Clinton and potentially helping Trump get elected,

Plenty Bernie supporters voted for Hillary. And it isn’t the fault of Bernie supporters that Hillary was a bad candidate that people couldn’t stomach voting for.

I’m talking about Bernie supporters who refused to vote for Hillary. And you’re right, it isn’t their fault that Hillary was the candidate, but anyone who didn’t vote for Hillary in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin shares the blame. That refers to Trump voters, Stein voters, Johnson voters, voters who didn’t vote, eligible adults who didn’t register…they all share blame, and Bernie supporters who didn’t vote for Hillary are included in that group. Trump voters get the most blame but they all get some.

Sometimes being an adult means making a choice you don’t like because the only alternative is worse.

Those are hollow words.

Sometimes the truth is hollow.