I tend to think that Bernie is too old to run again. But I'm starting to hope that he does.

[redgreenandblue]

Judging by how much hatred he draws from right-wingers and Russian trolls, he must be doing something right.

[BSdetect]

1. That idea is out of touch with the reality - given recent news about C A etc

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Cambridge Analytica targeted Sanders Supporters to dissuade them from voting for Clinton [View all]
https://www.channel4.com/news/exposed-undercover-secrets-of-donald-trump-data-firm-cambridge-analytica

See ten minutes mark.

This echoed rhetoric from Trump campaign. Head of Cambridge Analytica claims they wrote Trump’s speeches in another episode of Channel 4’s expose.

[hedda_foil]

31. That's not new news. We've known it for months, and many of us recognized it when it was happening.

We knew about Russian bots and trolls before the election from hell. But Hilary supporters were targeted too. They were fed lies
about Bernie's civil rights record, led to believe he was anti-woman and that his supporters were mostly young male "bros" and misogynists. until many Hilary supporters were spitting fire at their fellow Dems who supported Bernie in the primary. After a few months of this, hundreds of DUers fled to JPR, where the anti Hilary trolls convinced many that Hilary was evil. It worked in both directions across the intertubes and fueled endless divisiveness right here on DU. And it's happening again right now.

[JNelson6563]

2. For sure!

Perpetuating the divisions would be awesome and super constructive!

[dameatball]

26. Yup. This entire solidarity thing is over rated. Let's split the votes again.

Bring in Jill Stein too.

[MANative]

3. No. Just no. nt

[BoneyardDem]

34. No. Just no. Add me to the list nt

[LexVegas]

4. Except when they're helping him win elections. nt

[NCTraveler]

5. That doesnt make sense.

Was Lamb regularly attacked as a Sanders Independent?

Republicans don’t hate Sanders. They hate accomplished people like Pelosi and Clinton.

With your thought process you seem to be looking for Clinton to run again.

[NurseJackie]

6. ...

[NCTraveler]

16. "Judging by how much hatred he draws from right-wingers and Russian trolls"

Poster should be the biggest Clinton supporter on the board considering the metrics they use.

[PubliusEnigma]

7. Are you starting to hope that Trump wins again, too? Because that's all that Bernie will bring.

[LovingA2andMI]

27. Umm...

No.

[BoneyardDem]

35. Agreed, handing the Presidency to Trump again is the likliest result from a Bernie run. nt

[mrsv]

8. Will he be running as an Independent?

Bernie is NOT a Democrat!!!

[Exotica]

19. If he runs as an Independent or on a 3rd party ticket he guarantees Trump wins

re-election (provided Trump makes it through his term and is not facing charges from Mueller, a huge IF for sure) and the SCOTUS will be 7-2 or 8-1 conservative till the 2030's or so. A nightmare!

He (Sanders) will not do it. I cannot see him taking that path to national destruction.

[we can do it]

9. No.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Hard nope.

[betsuni]

11. Only in Opposite World.

[MFM008]

12. I will take Joe Biden first

........

[Hortensis]

13. How about someone else? A different, better man?

It's not just that I could never trust Sanders to behave honorably or wisely or that I would never forgive him for his betrayals, it's that he will never be good enough for good people to support.

We need leaders who are honorable and competent, not just charismatic. There are many others. Sanders' avowed agenda was not too far left for me. I'm very interested in who steps up next.

[njhoneybadger]

14. that's real cute

[kentuck]

15. Bernie seems to be a bit out of touch with the political realities, in my opinion.

It's difficult to think about his "issues" as our democracy is under attack. He seems to not understand the crisis that we are in?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. No please no

First off, he's not actually a Democrat and second, we don't need another replay of 2016. Let's just focus on finding a new Democratic candidate for 2020 to take on Trump.

[Anon-C]

18. Is this a joke post? Bernie Sanders was a Russian troll's dream come true! nt

[Gothmog]

22. K&R

[lunasun]

20. Judging by how much hatred Hillary Clinton draws from right-wingers and Russian trolls you

probably think she should run too but time moves on . New candidates for 20 but GOTV 2018

[Gothmog]

21. Why is the JPR site full of russian trolls and putin lovers?

Russian trolls helped sanders. Go to the JPR site is you want to see what Russia is pushing

[R B Garr]

23. Facts are that Hillary Clinton was the victim of Russian trolls.

Those facts are confirmed daily, by the minute even. Check the Mueller indictments, watch even minimal news. It’s all over radio shows, although probably not on the RT disinformation shows — they were supporting Bernie (see the facts about Russian trolls helping Bernie to hurt Hillary). We need to stick to reality.

Frankly, trying to pretend it is opposite world where Bernie was really the victim is the more accurately described trolling.

[FarCenter]

24. I tend to think that there will be at least a dozen Democratic primary candidates in 2020

Just as 2016 looked winnable to the Republicans and attracted a dozen candidates, so 2020 will look even more winnable to the Democrats and there will be at least a dozen primary candidates.

At this point you can only speculate on who they will be. Who would have thought in March '14 that Ben Carson would be running 2 years later?

[herding cats]

25. Haha!

I see what you're doing here, as will everyone else.

[lillypaddle]

28. There's plenty of hate from the left, too

AHEM.

[LanternWaste]

29. "I tend to think you're too young to post. But I'm starting to hope you continue..."

"I tend to think you're too young to post. But I'm starting to hope you continue..."

Sometimes, we have to hear our words reflected back to us to realize how absurd we can often be.

[still_one]

30. There is no way Sanders, or anyone else who ran in 2016 is going to unite the party

[awesomerwb1]

32. Yeah, about that....Naaah

[liberal N proud]

33. I will never support BS after the 2016 election season.

Between the BoBs and their burn the scorched earth attitude and BS not turning them to Hillary after the primary, I could never support him for dog catcher.

[DavidDvorkin]

36. That's no different from a rightwinger saying they like Trump because he upsets the left so much.