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Are you more scared that you think Bernie is going to lose, or because you think that he might win? (Original Post) Electric Monk Nov 2015 OP
my answer is.... Dandilions Nov 2015 #1
I am most scared Cosmocat Nov 2015 #2
I'm scared something will happen to Bernie or the voting machines. DamnYankeeInHouston Nov 2015 #3
I"m not scared about Bernie at all treestar Nov 2015 #4
Easy answer: I support every policy Sanders supports... brooklynite Nov 2015 #5
I disagree that he couldn't get elected -- it's an even gamble for both of them Armstead Nov 2015 #7
This pretty much covers it. DanTex Nov 2015 #15
I'm too emotionally burnt out to be scared, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #6
Not mass extinctions necessarily -- but for sure towards a new Gilded Age Armstead Nov 2015 #8
If we don't get serious about leaving fossil fuels in the ground, then yeah, more extinctions than Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #9
Silly post! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #10
silly me Electric Monk Nov 2015 #13
I'm not "scared" at all. 99Forever Nov 2015 #11
I'm most scared that a Republican might win. MineralMan Nov 2015 #12
Good answer Dem2 Nov 2015 #16
Precisely to you both. Hortensis Nov 2015 #18
Why would anyone be scared he would win? AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #14
I am excited at the prospect of a Dem in the white house. Either one would be fine. nt hack89 Nov 2015 #17
 

Dandilions

(75 posts)
1. my answer is....
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 06:35 AM
Nov 2015

I'm afraid Bernie is going to lose.... Because he is the best for the job.... the rich are rich enough... they are stealing our wealth..... stop stealing our stuff...we want our Democracy back... boo Citizens United...boo the Corporate Media... they lie to us always !!!

Cosmocat

(14,565 posts)
2. I am most scared
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 06:38 AM
Nov 2015

That the never endng stream of high and might bs like this is indicative of many of his supporters not backing the democratic nominee in the great likehood that it is not Bernie.

brooklynite

(94,594 posts)
5. Easy answer: I support every policy Sanders supports...
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 08:15 AM
Nov 2015

...and I'm afraid he can't get elected to deliver them.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
7. I disagree that he couldn't get elected -- it's an even gamble for both of them
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 08:21 AM
Nov 2015

Bernie and Clinton both have positives and negatives in their favor, in terms of winning enough votes beyond the "elect Any Democrat" factions.

I think they balance out, along with the unknowable factor of who the GOP will nominate.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
6. I'm too emotionally burnt out to be scared,
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 08:17 AM
Nov 2015

but if I were, it would be that he lose, and we not even begin to turn the country around, but continue the slow and steady march to mass extinctions.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
9. If we don't get serious about leaving fossil fuels in the ground, then yeah, more extinctions than
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 08:25 AM
Nov 2015

for which we're already heading.

Income inequality is horrible for us as a people and as individuals, but Bernie nailed it - the number one threat pretty much every living thing faces is a rapid shift in climate upsetting every biome on the planet.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
11. I'm not "scared" at all.
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 09:48 AM
Nov 2015

But then, I consider the use of fear as a campaign tactic to be utterly fucking despicable.

And you don't want to hear what I have to say about the kinds of scumbags that use it.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
12. I'm most scared that a Republican might win.
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 10:19 AM
Nov 2015

I'm not scared of any of our Democratic candidates. They're all good people who would serve well.

Republicans are the source of my fears, not Democrats.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
16. Good answer
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 04:12 PM
Nov 2015

My anxiety over picking the best candidate revolves around the possibility that the crazy party might win. Any of the 3 Democratic candidates would suit me.

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