Breaking News: Bernie slept in a bed last night while thousands of homeless go without one.

[Live and Learn]

He also had the audacity to eat breakfast while thousands go hungry.

Bernie continues to make a mockery of this campaign by engaging in such activities. How can his supporters claim to be true Democrats when he acts like this?

[Thinkingabout]

1. Maybe because he isnt a true Democrat.

[Nothingcleverjustray]

2. That's bad because?

[Thinkingabout]

9. I am a Democrat, I support the DNC, I do not trash the DNC because I cherish the Democrat Party.

[Fearless]

11. Party over people. Gotcha.

[Thinkingabout]

15. The DNC is made up of people, maybe party over people happens in the

Green Party and Libertarian Party, not in DNC.

[Fearless]

16. The DNC is a group of figureheads. They are NOT the average person. They ARE the 1%.

[Thinkingabout]

19. Good strong leadership that does not bend to attacks.

[Fearless]

20. The DNC does not represent the Democratic public anymore

Not with support of the TPP, not with the inclusion of neo-con pundits in the Obama administration's cabinet, not with it's stances on universal single payer health care, universal public education, foreign wars, interventionism, Imperialism, the war on drugs, and on, and on and on.

[Thinkingabout]

21. It supports Democrats, not those of other parties.

[Fearless]

23. I support the AMERICAN PEOPLE. Not oligarchs.

If the DNC wants to support oligarchy, it's fully entitled to do so.

Bernie Sanders is running as a Democrat. Even your DNC has agreed he is a Democrat... Or he wouldn't be invited to the debates...

So, take the anti-populist message somewhere else.

I hear Drudge is hiring.

[Thinkingabout]

25. I guess by your post the DNC should not have allowed Sanders to run in the DNC primary, now tell me

who cares about people. BTW, this is DU not PU, maybe PU has a site also.

[Fearless]

26. I'm sorry what?? You're making things up.

[Art_from_Ark]

33. Good strong leadership?

We got our asses handed to us on the proverbial platter in last year's elections thanks to this "good strong leadership"

[Thinkingabout]

36. Election of the 36%, the other 64% failed to vote.

[YoungDemCA]

53. To be fair, there's always a drop off in turnout during the midterms

A lot of people aren't even aware of the midterms. Lack of media attention?

And let's not forget that President Obama has a special connection with and significance for people and communities of color that most other Democratic pols simply don't have. Hard to replicate that.

All people who can vote, and don't face obstacles to voting, should vote. Midterms, state, local. etc. And also, encourage and support GOTV efforts, voter registration, etc. among people who face a lot of obstacles to voting (poor people, PoC, etc.) The stakes are too damn high.

[artislife]

14. Cherish is the word

[arcane1]

37. "Democrat Party"?

[kristopher]

57. Haven't we seen that somewhere before?

Oh yeah, now I remember...

[bunnies]

45. "Democratic Party".

FIFY

[daleanime]

52. DNC > People?

I don't care how much I 'cherish' something, if it's hurting people it needs to be fixed or replaced.

[Live and Learn]

5. Right, because we all know that true Democrats don't sleep in beds or eat breakfast. nt

[Thinkingabout]

10. True Democrats don't attack the DNC.

[Fearless]

13. True Democrats support the American people

[Thinkingabout]

17. Do you support people?

[Fearless]

18. I do. I am supportive of all people who look for a better life

Who are tired of being beaten down by political maneuvers made to make the rich richer and divide the poor up.

[Thinkingabout]

22. Jealous of the rich?

[Fearless]

24. No my dear. I fight for what is rightfully everyone's. The rich included.

[Thinkingabout]

28. Good, they will be happy to know their wealth is protected also.

[Fearless]

31. You're making things up.

[randys1]

30. You almost had me until this post.

[Thinkingabout]

34. I don't dwell on those who has large assets, I am quiet pleased with myself.

[randys1]

38. I do, they hoard money which causes tremendous damage to the economy.

[Thinkingabout]

41. Maybe they do, they don't tell me how to spend my money, I don't tell them.

[GeorgeGist]

49. You don't seem quiet to me.

[tblue]

29. Oh really?

That's scary.

[pinebox]

35. Define a "true Democrat"

Because well, ya.
Are these people "true Democrats" too? I mean they're all members of the party, right?

Ron Barber (AZ-02)
John Barrow (GA-12)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
Timothy Bishop (NY-01)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Bruce Braley (IA-01)
Corinne Brown (FL-05)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
John Carney (DE)
Andre Carson (IN-07)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
John Dingell (MI-12)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-08)
Bill Enyart (IL-12)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11)
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)
Pete Gallego (TX-23)
John Garamendi (CA-03)
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01)
Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Steven Horsford (NV-04)
Steny Hoyer (MD-05)
Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Eddie Johnson (TX-30)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Robin Kelly (IL-02)
Dan Kildee (MI-05)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Anne Kuster (NH-02)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Dave Loebsack (IA-02)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Ben Lujan (NM-03)
Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Doris Matsui (CA-06)
Betty McCollum (MN-04)
Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
Jerry McNerney (CA-09)
Mike Michaud (ME-02)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35)
Rick Nolan (MN-08)
Bill Owens (NY-21)
Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)
Gary Peters (MI-09)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
David Price (NC-04)
Nick Rahall (WV-03)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Bradley Schneider (IL-10)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Allyson Schwartz (PA-13)
Bobby Scott (VA-03)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)
Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Albio Sires (NJ-08)
Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)
Tim Walz (MN-01)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
Pete Welch (VT)

By your logic they are yet they voted to gut SNAP http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/29/1273428/-These-89-Democrats-Voted-to-Cut-8-7-Billion-from-Food-Stamps

KAPOW!

[Thinkingabout]

40. Ah, see, you should also add the name of Sanders who voted against the Brady Bill several times,

we lose more lives to gun violence since the Brady Bill than we lost in Iraq, yes, someone who continues to vote for defense programs but promotes his no vote on IWR, he is a war hawk with his defense voting.

[pinebox]

42. Sure

But then wouldn't that make things a net zero?
One can't deny that Sanders is much more of a FDR style Dem than Hillary is.
You can bring up the Brady bill all you wish but I'll bring up Iraq. Now which has caused more deaths? Touche.
We can literally out things up side by side and it's completely evident.
Let's start with Hillary opposing single payer and going from there.
And I'd love to see you defend Hillary's comments about DOMA which isn't standing up to fact checking. Bernie voted against it.

This says it all.

[Thinkingabout]

43. Bernie will never be FDR.

[WDIM]

3. He acts just like a true democrat. nt

[tblue]

44. Like FDR and unafraid

That's Bernie.

[NCTraveler]

4. I'm very glad he did. I wish everyone had.

A well rested and nourished Sanders is important in the fight to provide to those without.

[Live and Learn]

6. Bernistas are always making excuses for his poor behaviour.

[Kalidurga]

7. Also his clothes

Not a single patch on them. Seriously how can he be so well dressed?????????????????

[Live and Learn]

8. Ha, true Democrats know he isn't wearing any clothes at all. Those are only for show.

[randome]

12. I bet he uses only the best underarm deodorant, too! What a hypocrite!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[Doctor_J]

27. Careful. Camp Weathervane might actually run with this one.

rec

[tblue]

32. BWAAAAAHAHAHA!

Took me a minute then I got it.

[djean111]

39. Yup. Earlier I read how Bernie BOUGHT THE TICKETS TO THAT DINNER. SO DID HILLARY, but that was

not mentioned. The slimy spin is getting deeper, and I do not see the point, because it will not gain even one more vote for Hillary, here at DU. I think maybe just having the OP headline show up in searches is the point, so yeah, I would be careful there. Or else it is just innate nastiness, given free rein during this ugly primary season. The outraged and petulant authoritarianism is getting funny, too - how DARE other people not do what I tell them to do!

Bwahahaha! is all I can really say to that stuff, any more.

[haikugal]

46. Bingo! nt

[oasis]

47. True Democrats work to build the party from within. (eom)

[djean111]

48. Like Debbie Wasserman-DINO campaigning for her GOP buddies, here in Florida, torpedoing any

liberal candidates that she can, and refusing to campaign for fellow Dems because that would offend her GOP BFFs?
Third Way Democrats are working to rebuild the party from within. That Third Way-advised New Democrat Coalition is "rebuilding" the Democratic party, and for some of us, the Democratic Party has oozed so far to the right that we do not feel we can be a part of it. For me, that started with Obama choosing a homophobic asshole, Rick warren, to give the convocation at his inauguration. And then appointing the Third Way, Wall Street guys to his cabinet. Rahm calling liberals "retarded".

If that is being a True Democrat, then I cannot support it. It is becoming just a letter on a jersey, used for fund-raising and voting purposes, not standing for anything but Not as bad.

[oasis]

51. I've been a true Democrat for decades. There have been times

I was dissatisfied with candidates or some of the choices they made. At no time did I believe the GOP offered a better alternative. It's a give and take Democratic Party in a give and take world.

True Democrats have the ability to see the big picture and keep on working to make conditions better for everyone.

[djean111]

55. That has nothing to do, IMO, with declaring fealty to the Democratic Party.

If a Patrick Murphy can switch from GOP to Dem, in 2012, just to run against another GOPer, no change of heart or anything, and then basically still act like a repub a LOT of the time (he voted yes, one of three dems, on whether to establish the Benghazi committee) - then he has helped to dilute the Democratic Party down to just a "D". Maybe you would have to be aware of how Debbie DINO manipulates things here in Florida to favor Third Way candidates. The Third Way advises that New Democrat Coalition, they have not gone anywhere. They feel Elizabeth Warren has "gotten out of hand". They are in charge, and they are rebuilding - to the right. That "true Democrat" thing has gotten mighty bendy, and is starting to cover a lot of things I don't like about the current Party. Has NOTHING to do with only "candidates or some of the choices they made".

Unless you feel that merely not being an actual Republican is being a "True Democrat" - following the party line to the right with no complaint or consideration. More and more, this cannot hold. The younger folks, especially, are "deeds not words" people. They look stuff up, they see how they are affected. They do not buy tickets to the Kabuki Theater of today's politics, they do not think things will get better if we keep on electing Corporate and/or Third Way types of politicians.. it is their boots on the ground when we hear about a "more muscular" foreign policy, it is their inability to get a decent job without college or the alternative - graduate, still not find a good job, and be so crippled with debt that they cannot buy a house or whatever. Campaign promises and party platforms mean nothing to them. Because they have seen how that goes.

[kristopher]

58. +1

[99th_Monkey]

50. Update: Bernie also reportedly tore the labels off his pillow

The ones that say, "Do Not Remove"

I don't know how Bernie will ever hold his head up again in Democratic company, after
this stunning revelation.

[Live and Learn]

62. Doesn't that make him a felon? nt

[99th_Monkey]

63. It probably would be, if the TPP passes, probably retroactively. Ding! Ding!

That must be why Bernie is so opposed to the TPP.

[Live and Learn]

64. Of course, and Hillary, being the kind hearted person she is, decided

to vote against it just to keep Bernie from prison.

[99th_Monkey]

65. I think there's a Onion story taking shape here..

seriously ...

[Live and Learn]

66. It has been exactly like that here recently which is why I started this post.

The ridiculousness of Bernie accusations has been beyond ridiculous to the point of ludicrousness.

[99th_Monkey]

67. With your permission

I'm not saying I AM definitely doing this, but I'd like to give a shot at developing this more,
like a Borowitz or Onion piece, and post it as an op... Of course I will credit you for helping
spark the idea and write part of the faux story line.

I may totally forget about this tomorrow, but I just wanted to let you know, unless you have
an objection.

[Live and Learn]

69. No need to ask or give credit. Anything we can think of to keep Bernie

in the forefront is more than okay with me.

[zappaman]

54. Ok. n/t

[olddots]

56. Bernie has left the seat up several times

[Live and Learn]

60. Now that is simply unacceptable and surely that makes him unelectable.

[99th_Monkey]

68. What more proof would anyone need, that Bernie is sexist? -nt-

[Live and Learn]

70. Sexist nothing, that would make him a misogynist.

Along with all of his supporters on DU, don't you think?

[Kalidurga]

59. Oh and the shoes I forgot he probably has more than one pair of shoes

and they are matching one right and one left, we all know he can't be a true progressive if he has a right and a left.

[Live and Learn]

61. Good gawd, he must be related to Imelda. nt

[Kalidurga]

71. LOL