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W_HAMILTON

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16. But if not for a consequential contingent of the left giving a tinker's a damn...

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #11)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:51 AM

3 hrs ago

...about these sorts of issues (among much more trivial ones as well), we wouldn't have so many more important issues facing us to begin with...

This is the primary -- this is when these sorts of issues need to be addressed. But once the primary is over, EVERYONE on the left needs to coalesce around ALL our Democratic candidates running against Republicans.

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Senators Privately Ask Platner About Any New Allegations [View all] demmiblue 9 hrs ago OP

I would think that the very fact that this meeing was even deemed niyad 8 hrs ago #1

Sanders and Warren have been his big boosters, too. yardwork 8 hrs ago #2

It does, indeed. niyad 8 hrs ago #3

I think Warren made a good point that marital issues are different than sexual assault AZProgressive 7 hrs ago #4

Vastly different. EdmondDantes_ 7 hrs ago #6

I agree AZProgressive 7 hrs ago #7

Apparently the rape apologist ones weren't, either. niyad 3 hrs ago #13

"denied any credible allegations" Quiet Em 7 hrs ago #5

It is an unusual qualifier. mr715 7 hrs ago #8

It actually isn't unusual when you follow news stories about accusations made against famous people AZProgressive 7 hrs ago #9

It seemed hedgy to me in this context. mr715 7 hrs ago #10

Credible versus non-credible or dubious or unreliable, etc. Celerity 3 hrs ago #15

We've elected a President who is twice divorced and cheated on ALL THREE of his wives--- Jack Valentino 5 hrs ago #11

But if not for a consequential contingent of the left giving a tinker's a damn... W_HAMILTON 3 hrs ago #16

"Sen. Elizabeth Warren, MorbidButterflyTat 5 hrs ago #12

I guess there is a difference between those and rape apologist posts, too. niyad 3 hrs ago #14

Right? Why would Sen Warren even Cha 3 hrs ago #18

No way something else doesn't happen, putting cash money on the table right now. It's a bet. betsuni 3 hrs ago #17

Agree. There is more. The GOP is probably sitting on it. NT Blasphemer 1 hr ago #21

Without a doubt. niyad 34 min ago #22

Seems like an exercise in futility to me. DFW 2 hrs ago #19

Indeed. He's already established who he is. Asking, "who are you?" seems futile. nt Blasphemer 1 hr ago #20