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How many of them are Bernie contributors? (Original Post) JaneyVee Oct 2015 OP
How many are here? Historic NY Oct 2015 #1
How many post on this board and get recs from Bernie supporters? upaloopa Oct 2015 #2
REPUBLICAN victory enid602 Oct 2015 #5
Bernie supporters attacking Clinton are GOP? NorthCarolina Oct 2015 #10
Well considering pinebox Oct 2015 #3
Shhhh... some people on this board would like to remain Fawke Em Oct 2015 #4
This is one of the most insightful posts I have seen here with respect to this. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #8
Actually pinebox Oct 2015 #12
Excellent. A true eye opener. nt. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #14
Thanks :) pinebox Oct 2015 #15
Yeah same. Agschmid Oct 2015 #18
having enemies is what's important dontcha know tk2kewl Oct 2015 #13
You think that there's even a marginal number of Democrats in the Republican Party? onehandle Oct 2015 #9
Yes pinebox Oct 2015 #16
Except the article is about support only in the primary Rose Siding Oct 2015 #11
There's 2 sides to this though pinebox Oct 2015 #17
It's the old "are you now or have you ever been" meme. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #6
Shades of Ralph Nader's campaign in 2000 and Limbaugh's Operation Chaos in 2008. onehandle Oct 2015 #7

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
2. How many post on this board and get recs from Bernie supporters?
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:43 AM
Oct 2015

I think that if you never have posted a pro Bernie OP but constantly attack Hillary you may be a repub.

enid602

(8,597 posts)
5. REPUBLICAN victory
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:53 AM
Oct 2015

From the OP's article: "Now, I don’t really wanna, and neither do you. However, supporting Bernie in the EARLY STAGES of his campaign is a noble cause that makes a great deal of political sense and emboldens me to announce Operation Chaos 2016 (emphasis added)."
They're just trying to ensure that the Dems have a weak candidate come the GE, to ensure a Republican victory.

 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
10. Bernie supporters attacking Clinton are GOP?
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:01 AM
Oct 2015

Oh please, conservative Hillary supporters are MUCH closer to traditional GOP values than Bernie Supporters, and far more likely that they "may be a repub".

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
3. Well considering
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:44 AM
Oct 2015

that there are those Republicans who support Sanders, who knows.
Isn't THAT what we need though as a country? To bring people together? I know many Republicans who have become completely disenfranchised with what their party has become and remember, Republicans helped get Sanders elected in VT. There are quite a few Ike Republicans left but their voices have become very drowned out by the Tea Party.

Those Republicans can be found here https://www.facebook.com/republicansforbernie and you can read about them here http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/23/1395700/-Republicans-for-Bernie-Sanders and here http://www.salon.com/2015/08/21/republicans_for_bernie_sanders_why_the_democratic_socialist_is_sweeping_his_home_state_partner/ and here http://samuel-warde.com/2015/07/republicans-for-bernie-sanders/

Go engage them. Go talk with them. They're lost sheep and in many ways they are very similar to us Liberals.
Remember, Ike supported this;


 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
8. This is one of the most insightful posts I have seen here with respect to this.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:57 AM
Oct 2015

I just don't think it reflects what you think it does. A true eye opener as to how open you are being here.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
12. Actually
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:04 AM
Oct 2015

Have a read on my latest thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251736805
Salon did a hell of an article a few weeks back about all this and what I'm talking about.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
9. You think that there's even a marginal number of Democrats in the Republican Party?
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:00 AM
Oct 2015

I have a bridge to sell you.

And I said 'Democrats,' not 'Ike Republicans,' because they would be Democrats today, not wasting a Second diddling around with a group that would elect George W. Bush or make Trump their frontrunner.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
16. Yes
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:12 AM
Oct 2015

There are actually and sadly enough they are supporting Trump. One look at Twitter will show you that. Do I agree with it? Hell no.
You're not wasting a second yet you fail to realize these very same people got Bernie elected to begin with. (the ones I mention, not Janey)
That's how it rolls. The facts are the facts. Sorry but they are.

 

pinebox

(5,761 posts)
17. There's 2 sides to this though
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 10:14 AM
Oct 2015

and the second side is the side which I'm presenting. There are Republicans who support Bernie.

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