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1. Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs@loadaverage.org)'s status on Monday, 29-Feb-2016 02:47:52 UTC Christopher M. Hobbs

   • Mangolazi
   I don't think the American people realize this election is a sham. The machine will put the person the machine wants in office.
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   • David Benfell (benfell@cybernude.org)'s status on Monday, 29-Feb-2016 04:44:17 UTC David Benfell

     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     • Mangolazi
     @mangolazi , there was also Walter Mondale in 1984 who, if I understand correctly, lost in an even larger landslide to Ronald Reagan (the latter was incumbent). But between McGovern in 1972 and Mondale in 1984, the faux liberals who now control the Democratic Party reckon they have justification for adopting ever further right-leaning and authoritarian-leaning positions. This is an example of how the two-party system constrains the range of acceptable political discourse, since any position outside the range embraced by two overwhelmingly dominant parties may be diminished as impractical.
     
     There's no question that Sanders has a very steep hill to climb. And if you look at the political compass chart I've attached of the 2016 candidates, you'll see why the Democratic establishment, even if it were not already bent on Clinton's coronation, would be determined to suppress Sanders' candidacy.
     
     https://disunitedstates.org/?p=8785
     
     @cmhobbs @geniusmusing@federati.net @lnxw48 https://cybernude.org/attachment/12494
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