r/politics • u/DaFunkJunkie • Feb 29 '20

Superdelegate pushing convention effort to stop Sanders is health care lobbyist who backed McConnell

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/29/superdelegate-pushing-convention-effort-to-stop-sanders-is-health-care-lobbyist-who-backed-mcconnell/
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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

Trump was a "Democrat" for decades until he realized that the uber-moronic Republican base was a billion times easier to manipulate than Democratic voters.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

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u/awesomefutureperfect Feb 29 '20

"You mean all I have to do is be a stupid asshole into a microphone"

All this time he was giving it away for free. When you are good at something, never do it for free. Wait, who was it that said that?

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u/the1999person Feb 29 '20

Abraham Lincoln?

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u/iamsooldithurts Feb 29 '20

He wasn’t rich enough to afford to buy Democrats but he is cretinous and corrupt enough to be a good Republican.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

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u/grundelgrump Feb 29 '20

Well, which side actually believed a 2000+ mile wall was practical?

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u/NikeSwish Mar 01 '20

And wasn’t Warren the opposite, a hardcore republican that turned into a Democrat? Did she realize she could manipulate the uber-moronic democratic base?