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These Bernie protesters saying they would vote Trump to stop Hillary (Original Post) MattP Jul 2016 OP
Indeed! jonno99 Jul 2016 #1
I suspect few of them are genuine Bernie types. TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 #2
I agree... Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #17
I saw 2 just now on MSBC RonniePudding Jul 2016 #3
Was watching that, madamesilverspurs Jul 2016 #4
The city of brotherly love is fitting, since they can't stand a woman in charge. CrowCityDem Jul 2016 #5
They can go to hell too! workinclasszero Jul 2016 #6
I think/hope they are just venting. johnson_z Jul 2016 #7
hateful lunatics. I hope they experience the summer weather nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #8
Then they want everything Trump and Republicans give them. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2016 #9
I call BS matt819 Jul 2016 #10
I don't want to hear about them tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #11
I'm hoping, it is just because it takes some longer to accept 'what-is' Equinox Moon Jul 2016 #12
They're dumb as shit Shankapotomus Jul 2016 #13
All they are doing is confirming thoughts I had months ago about liberal N proud Jul 2016 #14
That's nothing new, they've been saying that for months... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #15
Just underscores how naive they are in politics. Clueless. eom BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #16
POS JaneyVee Jul 2016 #18
3 months is a long time to come around... don't make more of it than is there... heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #19
We need a new meme: Bernie Hates Billionaires. TeamPooka Jul 2016 #20
Not all Sanders supporters were real Sanders supporters The Second Stone Jul 2016 #21
These are no Bernie protesters meow2u3 Jul 2016 #22
The supporters do not = the leader. Amimnoch Jul 2016 #23

Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)
17. I agree...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jul 2016

It's not hard to buy a Bernie T-Shirt in Philly these days. No doubt republican operatives are in Philly with plenty of cash orchestrating some dirty tricks. Regrettably, there are probably also some useful idiots willing to follow along behind.

madamesilverspurs

(15,798 posts)
4. Was watching that,
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:22 PM
Jul 2016

and thinking that Bernie hasn't asked for support from stupid people. Makes me think these protesters are something other than what they claim. At least, I hope that's the case.



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johnson_z

(45 posts)
7. I think/hope they are just venting.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:23 PM
Jul 2016

When they go into the polls, I don't really think they will mark their ballot for Trump. At worst, they will stay home.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
11. I don't want to hear about them
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jul 2016

anymore after this week. Once HRC is officially nominated this shit needs to go away!

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
12. I'm hoping, it is just because it takes some longer to accept 'what-is'
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:27 PM
Jul 2016

Truly, not everyone can move-on as fast as others and accept current events, especially if it is not the outcome they wanted.

It also could be tRump/republican plants in the mix. They play dirty.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
13. They're dumb as shit
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:27 PM
Jul 2016

They should have been on a leash from the beginning. They are immature and ignorant of political reality.

We have a chance to put the Republican Party away for good and these fucking idiots are dumb as rocks.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
15. That's nothing new, they've been saying that for months...
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:29 PM
Jul 2016

Which makes me wonder what kind of endgame they're playing at...

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
21. Not all Sanders supporters were real Sanders supporters
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:42 PM
Jul 2016

just as not all Jill Stein supporters and all Gary Johnson supporters are real supporters of those candidates.

I've been very happy with the support Sanders has given Clinton and the party in the past two weeks.

There are people who enthusiastically vote for Clinton, such as myself, and then there are people who do not understand that if Trump is elected, our republic is at an end. It will be no different than Russia or Turkey. The choice is stark, but clear.

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
23. The supporters do not = the leader.
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 02:42 PM
Jul 2016

Every single voter has to vote their own conscience. Acceptance isn't really acceptance unless it is applied to those you disagree with.

I can't imagine what the hell would drive someone who actually believed in SBS's message to think a vote for Trump would somehow support SBS's policies, but it is their vote to do with as they will.

I am, and have been a HRC supporter from the start this election cycle. To the core of my being, I believe she's the best, and most capable route for progressive and liberal causes. If we, the people, give her a liberal and progressive congress to work with this November, I don't doubt for a second we'll see GREAT things. If we, the people, give her the same Congress that President Obama has been hamstrung with, we'll see moderate progress in some areas that will be tempered with unpalatable compromises.. but it will still be progress. Trump, however will be anything but progress, and especially if he keeps the congress, we'll see very harmful regression of everything both Hillary and Sanders believes in (not to mention myself, and I believe most here).

If those people who would make such statements choose that route, I can't imagine they were ever really believers in Senator Bernie Sanders message to begin with. At least if they chose some 3rd party candidate like Jill Stein, they'd be consistent in their message belief. I think they'll be throwing their vote away by doing so, but as I said above, it is their vote to use as they see fit.

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