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05 Feb 2020, 12:21 pm

Where were Democrats when TRUMP massively increased military spending?

Oh, Bipartisan support.


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05 Feb 2020, 12:34 pm

If only the Democratic field of candidates didn't read like a random collection of third-party wannabes.


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05 Feb 2020, 12:41 pm

War and death are profitable. Got to keep the military machine rolling forward, then convince the masses that we're making the world a better place.

We can't be running out of bombs like we did in 2016 in Syria. Those mother f*****s are expensive! Thank you Dems, for voting to give the man you claim is dangerous and unstable, more tools of destruction to work with.


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05 Feb 2020, 4:08 pm

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If Sanders really belived in what he was preaching, he would have left the party and continued the crusade. You can't speak out against corruption, then endorse a candidate who embodies everything you've been talking about.


The problem of running as a popular independent is that you'd then just serve as a spoiler for the people closest to you. Still, Clinton would have been better than Trump, and knowing the two-party dynamics of our politics, Sanders endorsed her.

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The Dems have been very supportive of Trump, actually, despite the theater that goes on between the parties in Congress, designed to perpetuate the political divide. They've given in to Trump at every turn.


I do agree with this, in that Pelosi and other corporate Dems have been quite willing to fundraise off of Trump. In addition, in terms of defense authorizations the corporate Dems have given Trump everything he wanted and then some. I do wonder about their loyalty in a true Sanders vs. Trump general.


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05 Feb 2020, 5:09 pm

I'm not sure that Hillary would've been better than Trump. She's much more hawkish on foreign policy.

That aside, I just can't play the lesser of two evils game anymore. It's gotten us nowhere. I won't vote for anyone who I believe will maintain the status quo.


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05 Feb 2020, 11:13 pm

VegetableMan wrote:
War and death are profitable. Got to keep the military machine rolling forward, then convince the masses that we're making the world a better place.

We can't be running out of bombs like we did in 2016 in Syria. Those mother f*****s are expensive! Thank you Dems, for voting to give the man you claim is dangerous and unstable, more tools of destruction to work with.


You blame the Democrats, and yet I don't recall you ever calling Trump to account, as if Trump isn't as accountable.


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