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gabeana

(3,166 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:06 PM Oct 2015

I am a Bernie supporter

but I do get tired of the bickering on the board,
I am going to vote for him, every month $50 is taking out of my checking automatically to his campaign
but if Hillary gets the nomination I will happily vote for her
we cannot turn this country (the White House) back to idiot squad bad enough they have congress and a one vote majority on the SCOTUS,
We are lucky and should be proud that we have 3 qualified candidates running for President unlike the clown show

I mean what candidate do the repugs have that is credible kascich? The guy who takes credit for Clintons economy.

That party on the right is a joke I just stand back and let them amuse me

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I am a Bernie supporter (Original Post) gabeana Oct 2015 OP
I too am a Bernie guy left-of-center2012 Oct 2015 #1
yup gabeana Oct 2015 #2
I, too Mike__M Oct 2015 #3

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
1. I too am a Bernie guy
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:40 PM
Oct 2015
And :
"if Hillary gets the nomination I will happily vote for her".

Seriously, who would sit home on election day and risk the GOP clown car parking at 1600 Pennsylvania?

gabeana

(3,166 posts)
2. yup
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:34 PM
Oct 2015

I hope your right, Probably be like it was in 2008, anger then once Obama was nominee DU coalesced around him

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
3. I, too
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:02 PM
Oct 2015

am a Sanders supporter, who, just a couple days ago would have willingly cast my GE vote for any Democrat nominee. But just a couple days here at Democratic Underground and I'm not so sure I could muster anything more than extremely grudgingly to toss my GE vote for Clinton. How can this be good for the Democratic Party?
I've never been a true blue Democrat, just off to the left a bit.
In 2007 I supported Mike Gravel. I supported him because I thought he was saying things on the debate stage that needed to be heard. I honestly say that Gravel supporters in 2008 got more respect than Sanders supporters get here this year. In the end, my vote did go to Obama. Gravel eventually realized that he didn't fit in the Democratic Party of that time.
In 2012, after assuring myself that Obama would win my state, I chose to support Rocky Anderson. He was saying things that should have been heard. If he was running, I'd vote for him again in 2016; instead his Justice Party has started pointing out all the right things that Sanders is saying. In 2012, Anderson had already realized that he didn't fit in the Democratic Party of that time.
In 2015, I hoped Warren would run, and then I could be a real Democrat. When she didn't, I looked for a candidate that matched my ideals. O'Malley and Sanders fit best, and Sanders was on fire. He apparently thought he could fit in the Democratic Party of this time, but I'm not convinced by what I'm seeing.
I thought just maybe this party would welcome someone like me. Instead, all I see here is win-this-one-race-at-all-costs-no-matter-what-fake-bullshit-innuendo-we-have-to-sling, and I don't know if I want to be a Democrat; maybe I still don't fit in the Democratic Party at this time.
I'll vote in the GE however I feel at that time. At this time, Clinton and her supporters are not helping themselves to win my vote. Again, how can this be good for the Democratic Party?

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