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GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:06 AM May 2016

Bernie isn't hurting Clinton, and he isn't fracturing the party...

Bernie is just exposing Clinton for who she really is, he isn't forcing rational progressives to be repulsed by what they find. We do that based on the what we see of Clinton; her lies; her corporate lapdog/whore ways.

Similarly, Bernie didn't take a chisel and force a fracture in the party. He just lifted up the rug and exposed the fault line that has been simmering ever since Turd Way Democratic Values have infected the party that courts "progressives" in its base.

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Merryland

(1,134 posts)
2. I'm thinking a third party is inevitable
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:10 AM
May 2016

God forbid, but if Hillary Clinton is selected at the convention, I really think Bernie should run as an independent. The rift that was there all along has finally been exposed, and I don't think we can go back.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
4. Not possible. That avenue has been rigged too. Way too late to get on the ballots in all 50 states
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:20 AM
May 2016

it takes a half a year or more to print ballots don't you know.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
3. I have been watching Debbie Wasserman-DINO supporting her GOP buddies for years, down here in
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:16 AM
May 2016

Florida. And Bill Nelson, Patrick Murphy, Gwen Graham, and Debbie DINO, just to name a few of the Florida "Democrats", belong to the Third Way advised New Democrat Coalition.

My disgust with the party has nothing to to with Bernie, but the way the party is acting towards Bernie and his supporters has deepened my disgust. I will be "not affiliated", and I have been a Democrat for my entire (very long) life. The party left me, and I will not move to the right with it.

 

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
7. It is in response to all the posts saying Bernie is destroying the party in his vanity...
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:26 AM
May 2016

And to expect pushback, anger, etc.

Easier to create one thread in response then to kick all the separate ones posted. Almost seems like Brock put out a memo today on what the meme for today was.

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
6. And Hillary isn't hurting Bernie. She is exposing him for what he really is
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:25 AM
May 2016

A guy out of his depth that can't control his campaign let alone a country.

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)
11. She can't even control her own classified emails...
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:35 AM
May 2016

and sorry, but she can't play dumb while simultaneously purporting to be the smartest, most qualified, blah blah blah...

The server was vital to keeping their extortion racket off the government radar. Plain and simple. That disqualifies her for any and all elected office, let alone POTUS.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
10. They're ridiculous assertions
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:33 AM
May 2016

like the rest from HRC's side. It's all Rove ploys, irrelevant. That garbarge works for a short while, but not very long. With each one, she is found to be more and more of a liar.

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