Just one day, ok?

[James48]

Christ, I can’t believe how many anti-Bernie posts I’ve seen in the last week, and especially in the last 24 hours!

Give the guy credit where credit is due. BERNIE WON NEW HAMPSHIRE!

I can’t believe that this morning I woke up to threads, from friends, saying “Well, Bernie plus Liz only got 90,000 votes, while Pete plus Amy got 120,000 votes”.

And “Bernie had 60% in 2016, now he only has 29%- that’s half the numbers he had last time!”


Jesus, folks- it’s a NINE WAY CONTEST this time! Of COURSE the vote is going to be spilt a different way this time. The bottom line is- BERNIE WON!

How about we all just acknowledge that fact, say congrats to BERNIE, recognize the number 2 and 3 as great competitors who placed silver and bronze, and move to the next contest. Let’s not get all wrapped up trying to tear anybody down.

A win is a win. Let’s go to the next race, please, with some dignity.

Thank you-

[snowybirdie]

1. Congratulations

You must be very Happy. It's always gratifying to have your candidate win!

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Congrats, Bernie supporters.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Amazing that a first place finish requires such justification

Almost like bragging about the size of your crowd.

[Mike 03]

4. Absolutely. Congratulations to Bernie and his supporters.

His speeches yesterday were tremendous, unifying and really gave me heartfelt hope we are going to unite by November.

Thank you for your speeches and inspiration yesterday, Bernie.

[Luciferous]

5. Thank you for posting this! The media is pulling the same crap this morning. He won, stop trying to

spin it as a negative for his campaign...

[brooklynite]

6. Point to all the Bernie supporters congratulating Buttigieg for winning Iowa

[SunSeeker]

7. Ouch. That will leave a mark.

[Celerity]

45. +100000

[TNNurse]

8. You will not see me posting anything negative about any Democratic candidate.

I am horrified at the idea that anyone on here would give any possible GOP person any words to use against one of them.

DO NOT FEED THEM NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

HOW IS THIS NOT UNDERSTOOD????

[Sucha NastyWoman]

12. The sound bite is that they are "vetting" the candidates

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I call bullshit

[Farmer-Rick]

27. Exactly

Most of the negative comments attrack Russian Trolls and then it just gets raunchier and raunchier, as they feed off of each other.

I really try to avoid the insult wars but sometimes they drag me in.

[CentralMass]

28. The Bernie hatred here seems to be of a domestic variety

[Nanjeanne]

40. Just keep reminding yourself DU is not the real world and 24 hour cable news is

not news.

Truth is Sanders brought in more young voters in Iowa and NH - not less. Sanders got more young people than the next 4 ca di dates combined. Sanders won the largest minority voters in Iowa and NH - even if the states are predominantly white - the POC chose Sanders.

In addition A few numbers from last night per AP:
70% support M4A
80% say econ system unfair
2/3 want to fundamentally change politics

All this bodes very well for Sanders. The “electability” question is going to be answered with more Sanders wins coming up. Pundits wrong about Biden’s electability and they are now throwing their weight behind candidates with less POC support than Sanders had in 2016 when all you heard was Sanders wasn’t electable with his better POC support.

Congratulations Bernie!

[Farmer-Rick]

41. Well, some of it is.

But I saw some trolling too. Saw some fake Russian groups posted as if they were a grass roots organization. Saw posts that were misspelled, full of emotional insults and useless insults about candidates that did not address policy issues. There is some clear Russian trolling going on.

[Lulu KC]

53. +1

I truly don't get it.
There are things I would love to say, but I'm not.
I'm listening to Nancy.

[Faux pas]

9. Kickin'

[johnthewoodworker]

10. We have a nazi in the white house. Lets not belittle the members of the resistance.

[Duppers]

13. +1000

TY

[TNNurse]

19. Perfect response

[pazzyanne]

29. +1000 nt

[Zolorp]

11. Sanders barely won. He lost a massive amount of support and didn't bring any new voters out

That's the story.

He underperformed worse than anybody imagined. He had a horrible night.

[tobefree]

15. Hahaha

Geez... such an attitude. All black and negative and fully in denial. smh

[brooklynite]

30. Reality sucks, doesn't it...

[tobefree]

50. Sometimes,

But this isn’t one of them. You folks with your hair on fire are are pretty tiresome though for sure.

[brooklynite]

51. Here's a deal...

I'll stop being dour and negative and you stop complaining about how mean the media (and people here) are...

[tobefree]

54. Just as soon

As I see the unmitigated disrespect I see on this forum. I rarely post anything, as you can see, so ya’ll are pissing on my shoes just because....

[safeinOhio]

16. Thank you for your concern n/t

[ProfessorPlum]

17. LOL

yes, what a horrible win .

[Garrett78]

52. It has gotten laughable. Winning is losing. Losing is winning.

It's the same shit Sanders supporters rightfully got made fun of for in 2016.

People on this site believe all kinds of nonsense, as I pointed out throughout this thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=531519

[jmg257]

20. I think a more compelling story is he DID win...and has a hell of a structure in place for the rest

of the primaries. Amy and Pete have fresh momentum, but Bernie is hanging in there.

[aikoaiko]

46. You must have had super high expectations for Bernie, but the data never suggested a landslide win.

Take a look at the data.
Bernie was never predicted to hit 29% at his highest followed by Pete and Amy who did better than expected based on those same polls.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_presidential_primary-6276.html

when you say, "He underperformed worse than anybody imagined." I can't imagine who you are describing. Yourself?

If you look at the data, you'll see he was predicted to lose to Warren a month ago.

[ProfessorPlum]

14. Thank you. I'm amazed at the amount of hate that the idea that taxpayers ought to get something

for their taxes gets here. at DU.

I love Sanders. My support for Warren is more out of practicality, but I will pull the lever for Sanders with a smile on my face if I get a chance to.

Congratulations to Sanders!!

[HootieMcBoob]

25. Agreed

[CaptYossarian]

18. It's a shame that the primaries are over with only 48 states left.

I'm not dissing Bernie. I went all in for him last time and voted WITH THE MAJORITY (take that, orange scum) back in '16.

Each of our candidates will have their better states and worse ones. Warren will get some, Klobuchar will, Biden said he'd do better in SC--and so on and so on--but right now, we've only heard from 4% of the states.

Nobody gets to gloat until November 4th. Then we can all celebrate as a team.

[Ingersollman]

21. Congratulations

to Senator Sanders.

[zaj]

22. Who are you directing this to?

Bernie people? Probably not making the posts you are usually with.

Everyone else? Probably not interested in cheering for Bernie for a day.

I under stand why you want it, but it's confusing to me why you expect others would see this as a reasonable request.

Btw, I'll support Bernie if he wins. And work my but if for him.

[True Blue Drew]

23. This one's for you, James

I just posted a new vid critical of Sanders, so, in the interests of harmony between us Demonically Evil Dems:

[lagomorph777]

24. Very good news. Bernie could have beaten Turd last time, and he'll crush him this time.

[lark]

26. He gave a really good speech, but unfortunately he doesn't walk the talk.

If he cared about unity one little bit, why are most of his top people ones who WORKED against Hillary last time and supported the Russian left wing tool - Stein? Actions speak far louder than words.

[AlexSFCA]

31. totally agree, I restrain myself when I want to post something negative about candidate

beyond constructive criticism. It’s going to be long, complicated race all the way to the convention. Don’t kid yourself if you believe super Tuesday will solve the race. We need to focus on unity or trump will win regardless of who’s our pick.

[Politicub]

32. You go, Bernie. You showed everyone. Three snaps.

Now, op, can you please move to the side so I can bow and kiss Bernie’s ring?

Then I shall roll out a tiered cake festooned with red, white and blue bunting before I do a dance of celebration.

[ProfessorPlum]

38. you seem nice

[Politicub]

42. I'm okay. Only human.

I’m not that irritated that Bernie won. He worked hard for it. What I’m irritated by is the number of posts demanding that we feel a certain way about his win. And, I am disgusted about the posts calling for Warren to drop out.

I had to step away from DU during the 2016 primary season because things became too heated. I don’t want the same atmosphere to take hold this cycle. The improvements to the jury system and having a dedicated primary forum have really helped.

[ProfessorPlum]

47. I'm glad things are better here this year

I learned how to use "ignore" in 2016 and it helped me immensely.

I don't think the op is asking you how to feel - just asking people here to consider not dumping on Sanders for a day after he had a victory.

Primary season is very tough sometimes. my first at DU was Kerry versus Dean in 2004, and they haven't gotten much better. The good news is that most of us want better things for our fellow Americans. . . and usually will be willing to talk policy to get there.

Best wishes to you and your preferred candidates.

[grantcart]

33. Bernie only retained 57% of 2016

He is currently running at half the level of 4 years ago.

75% of the Democratic Party does not want B Sanders.

Enjoy your brief and narrow "lead".

The reason that 65+ year olds don't support Sanders is that we don't want McGovern 2.0. Losing 49 states once is enough.

We all know what lies ahead: the number of candidates narrows and the closer to a 2 person race the more Bernie loses.

Then the candidate and his devotees will give a tepid endorsement and give bitter and angry demonstrations about how unfair the party that he is not a member is.

Bernie Sanders is Donald Trump's wet dream. Supporting Sanders brings a Trump re election closer. Enjoy.

[ProfessorPlum]

39. "McGovern 2.0"

LOL, I've heard this argument comically mocked for being completely out of touch, yet here it is being used sincerely.

Can you think of anything that has changed in the last 50 years that might make things different? Including the fact that the electorate has been impoverished by stagnant wages for 50 years? And that His Lardship is truly hated?

Only about 1/3 of people on DU will even know who McGovern is.

[Wounded Bear]

34. Dignity? In the primaries forum?

That's a lot to ask, dontcha think?

[MLAA]

35. Well said

Bernie isn’t my first choice this go around, but will be behind him 100% if he is our nominee.

[demmiblue]

36. Congrats to Bernie and his supporters.

Ignore is a wonderful tool, BTW.

[EveDibb]

37. Please try this for the sake of the nation

No matter who is your preferred candidate please try to imagine any of the other candidates as our nominee. Really go there.

Sanders- will promote structural change and move the goalposts back to the left. Has the youth vote. Is well liked in the quote-unquote heartland. Is authentic means what he says.

Biden-well liked in the heartland. Tons of experience. Made mincemeat out of Paul Ryan. When he hits back he hits hard. Let's people know our house is on fire. Huge inroads with POC.

Koblucher- well liked and respected by her colleagues. From the heartland. Has had wonderful debates. Started her campaign in a freaking blizzard for goodness sake. Half of the New York times pick for president. Can kill with kindness.

Buttigeg- calls out fake Christians one of my personal favorites. Has served in the military. From the heartland. Young the future. Talks about structural change to the courts. Brings diversity comes from a marginalized group.

Warren- she has a plan. Well liked. Moves the goalposts to the left. As a bankruptcy attorney will change the bankruptcy code. Has a lot of followers in the suburbs. Really speaks to woman's issues.

Bloomberg- has the money to go toe-to-toe with Trump. Runs awesome commercials. Reaches into places where there hasn't been a democratic message in ages.has put his money where his mouth is in the past for example 2018. Does not attack other Democratic candidates. Is going to be with us through the Long haul.

These are just a few examples. But imagine each candidate as our nominee. Really go there and reconcile that any one of these candidates could be our nominee.

*I use the heartland because we only lost in 3 states by 77000 votes. I only call it that because other people refer to it that way. I have thoughts I will not share right now.

[Politicub]

44. Love this post!

Welcome to DU! It’s great seeing how you listed out the positive attributes for each of the nominees that would make for a wonderful president.

[denem]

43. Winners are Grinners. Congratulations.

[ahoysrcsm]

48. Unfortunatly, Senator Sanders is down compared to the last New Hampshire polling.

He won NH receiving 25.7% support over Buttigieg 24.4%, 1.3%, a narrow victory.

Last polls for NH Monday, February 10 show:
CNN/UNH Sanders 29, Buttigieg 22. Sanders +7
Boston Globe/Suffolk Sanders 27, Buttigieg 19. Sanders +8
WHDH/Emerson Sanders 30, Buttigieg 23. Sanders +7
UMass Lowell Sanders 25, Buttigieg 17. Sanders +8
Quinnipiac Sanders 25, Biden 17. Sanders +8

The Revolution forgot to vote...

[I_UndergroundPanther]

49. I'm sick of the bash Bernie posts

If someone voices concern about any other candidates they get treated as if they are undermining the other candidates.
I'm voting blue regardless of who,and I like Bernie,and Warren.