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In reply to the discussion: Do you want Bernie supporters to vote for Democrats in November? [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)48. Yeah, Democrats celebrating Democrats winning is such a threat to some.
People need to be stifled and mourn the failure of those who want to overthrow from within. No thanks.
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I agree, if they still have to be persuaded, we are better off wasting no time on them. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2018
#25
The familiar blackmail, been there , done that, I wish these people would go away.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#30
If that is true, why is she allowed to post here? I thought that according to the TOS, you had to
lunamagica
Jun 2018
#49
So they won't vote against a dictator Nazi because some on the internet were mean to them?
mcar
Jun 2018
#45
People will either vote Democratic or help elect Republicans...and that is a fact.
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#137
A lower percent of Sanders primary voters voted for Trump than Clinton 2008 voters voted for McCain
karynnj
Jun 2018
#63
You ignore the fact that more of Clinton voters voted for Mccain - which you questioned
karynnj
Jun 2018
#199
However that does not mean that had Sanders not run, that Hillary Clinton would have won ..
karynnj
Jun 2018
#207
You do not have facts - even if you use all caps; we know the exact number of votes she lost by,
karynnj
Jun 2018
#225
Well, more news today shows again that your biased critiques of Hillary Clinton
R B Garr
Jun 2018
#234
It isn't personal. Here's the problem: moving on looks an awful lot like repeating the scenario.
ucrdem
Jun 2018
#211
This election is simple, vote for a democrat or you are supporting traitors.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#31
It's what Susan Sarandon wanted. Just LOOK at how giddy and animated she is...
NurseJackie
Jun 2018
#53
+1, Sarandon is seriously delusional! What an incredibly ignorant stance -- let's give all our
R B Garr
Jun 2018
#59
FDR was president almost 100 years ago...great president no doubt, but what worked then won't work
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#139
If I was allowed to talk about the past I could tell you stories of one person after another
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#35
Sure, but more than that I'd like them to stop w the "both sides" bullshit and educate themselves...
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#21
For instance the Clinton's do more for those in need in ONE day thru their
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#37
When I talked with some friends about their work in Africa they told me that meant nothing....
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#65
It would also be nice if they educated themselves enough to stop believing that their guy invented
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#82
Is your premise that Bernie supporters are not planning to vote for Democrats in Nov?
grantcart
Jun 2018
#24
Very well put. We are better off wooing Republicans to vote for Dems than wasting our time ...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#113
This OP has the same foul odor of Jane Sanders' recent "Third Party" threat.
NurseJackie
Jun 2018
#29
Exactly, they are already trying to turn 2020 into a Contested/Brokered Convention.
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#103
Is this the new meme...vote for us or else? OR is losing so now instead of working to earn
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#141
No, she didn't vote for Hillary in the GE. I thought she would be back by now to explain her
R B Garr
Jun 2018
#150
Regardless of her reasons, it is agaist the TOS and no one who voted for anyone other
lunamagica
Jun 2018
#152
I am really getting tired of all the Bernie supporter bashing here.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2018
#78
Tell that to the OP, who asserted the either/or proposition that BS supporters would vote 3rd Party
Hekate
Jun 2018
#117
Alas, this is just the latest in what are nearly daily posts on the topic.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jun 2018
#200
I supported Bernie in the primaries and when he lost l supported Hillary without hesitation.
argyl
Jun 2018
#97
If they're sane individuals, they already are voting for Democrats in November
scheming daemons
Jun 2018
#102
Look, I was an ARDENT supporter of Bernie Sanders in the primary last year. I took it hard when he
Still In Wisconsin
Jun 2018
#106
I have a novel idea: get off their asses and be that "progressive" who runs. And THEN, if they LOSE
Hekate
Jun 2018
#170
It boggles my mind that someone would start a discussion with a question....
George II
Jun 2018
#110
They were mostly not Democrats before 2016, and they are often incredibly ignorant of Democratic
Hekate
Jun 2018
#111
If "Bernie supporters" give a shit about the issues they claim to advocate....
jcgoldie
Jun 2018
#115
If Bernie voters love trump over America..then they deserve what trump is
beachbum bob
Jun 2018
#119
If they vote on the basis of political competency, and actual progressive goals, they they will vote
ehrnst
Jun 2018
#124
I have a feeling "you" means imaginary establishment/centrist/Third Way whatever.
betsuni
Jun 2018
#125
The More Important Question is do Bernie Supporters want to Vote for Democrats in November?
dlk
Jun 2018
#126
Meh. I think we should go with the "We got this" strategy again. It worked really well last time.
jalan48
Jun 2018
#130
Tell me about it, you have to need to be convinced to vote for a sure loser or even worse to not
Afromania
Jun 2018
#180
I don't know who you are Sophia4, but I really think that's a ridiculous question.
YOHABLO
Jun 2018
#154
Two nieces. 1 registered Indep, 1 reg Repub. Both were HUGE BS supporters. Here's what's nuts....
lamp_shade
Jun 2018
#157
If any self-identifed progressive has to be "persuaded" to vote for Democrats, they are not
still_one
Jun 2018
#168
nice to know there are still non republican voters out there living in that other dimension where th
Afromania
Jun 2018
#179
Anyone on the left so fragile as to have not voted for Hillary over Trump is a lost cause.
herding cats
Jun 2018
#190
If defecting Bernie Sanders voters changed the outcome of the election, wouldn't
Sophia4
Jun 2018
#210
We have a very real chance of hastening the end of this nightmare in November. That's not enough?
Bleacher Creature
Jun 2018
#226
If Bernie's followers are too stupid to vote out the Republicans in November, then no
Downtown Hound
Jun 2018
#233
Are sanders supporters who voted for stein or trump happy with SCOTUS rulings?
Gothmog
Jun 2018
#239