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Gothmog
(145,558 posts)475. I would support Joe if he ran
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Need them? Is that a threat that they might NOT support whoever is up against
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2018
#28
Yes, this is a threat-if we do not nominate sanders they will help elect trump again
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#93
I think that's why some voted for Nader/Camejo, and others stayed home.
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#538
So-called progressive/sanders voters clearly voted against Gilliam in the real world
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#409
"I will vote for whoever has the best chance of defeating Trump in the 2020"....
George II
Nov 2018
#526
It's the old "we'll take our ball and go home" or "we'll boo at the convention and
Squinch
Nov 2018
#139
And virtually everyone in this thread sees through the divisive nonsense. So that's good.
Squinch
Nov 2018
#191
Are you one of the JPR posters who approved of the booing of Congressman John Lewis
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#194
You two are starting to sound like Dan Crenshaw and Pete Davidson (I'M JOKING!!!!) Sometimes....
George II
Nov 2018
#544
sanders will not be the nominee for so long as African American voters are key to the base
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#523
It's a threat. They don't give a shit about Hispanic, Black and Jewish folks in this country
octoberlib
Nov 2018
#542
and over at JPR Hillary hate runs supreme, along with the Democratic party hate
still_one
Nov 2018
#364
So true! But let me point out, Bernie is not a Democrat... in case anyone forgot!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#489
It was a 1-on-1 contest and he was *the* alternative to a polarizing candidate.
Garrett78
Nov 2018
#446
Someone who's been in office since 1990 would hardly be "considered a complete outsider."
betsuni
Nov 2018
#593
And the 1st primary was nearly a year later, at which point it was a 1-on-1 race.
Garrett78
Nov 2018
#594
By the time of the first primary, Bernie still had low name recognition in many parts of the country
Kentonio
Nov 2018
#595
I haven't denied that, but you're overemphasizing where things stood a year before Iowa.
Garrett78
Nov 2018
#596
I have a ton of Whataburger spicy ketschup packets that I ended using last night
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#331
I think they'd like the others in the tent to stop treating them like the enemy
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#346
That kind of sounds like the point of the Democratic Party is to make Bernie "more effective."
dawg day
Nov 2018
#238
Your progessive seem to not want to vote for non-white candidates and may have helped elect DeSantis
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#334
As requested, I asked the young person in my house what he thinks of Bernie Sanders.
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#16
Where did my son get this idea? By using his critical thinking skills, methinks.
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#70
You can be righteously angry and Progressives who support Sanders can simply fail to show up
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#345
I support: affordable healthcare; a living wage for all who work; affordable college;
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#355
I'm under the impression that this is a website for committed and loyal Democrats.
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#356
1) You aren't the least bit sorry. 2) With all due respect, I'm correct
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#370
I don't need lectures about building bridges from people who are actively threatening my party.
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#371
Important point: "We need to think less about our vote as a statement about our individuality."
betsuni
Nov 2018
#421
I seriously doubt that the OP read the article cited because such article does not support the OP
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#375
I think I read that 31% of them voted. That is an awesome increase over their average.
Squinch
Nov 2018
#378
The increase in the voting percentage of young and Latino voters make me smile
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#386
I was a delegate to the national convention and I have a very different view of bernie
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#169
It bothers me a great deal that Russia and Putin pushed sanders and helped him
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#603
The progressive wing? Show me a strong center Dem who hasn't also held a progressive claim
Bfd
Nov 2018
#17
Oh yes. You are precisley right ME. No progressive on the planet can defend His recent comments &
Bfd
Nov 2018
#41
When you omit an entire history of policy by the Democratic leaders & stand there claiming to be the
Bfd
Nov 2018
#55
For many, HRC lost her credibility with Progressives when she voted for the IWR
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2018
#348
Didn't Hillary herself admit that her vote for the IWR was a huge blunder?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#492
Tammy is a great American hero & great Dem, but the only one who can save us, the OP says...
Hekate
Nov 2018
#559
I'm curious, realmirage, and need to ask you at what point or what event
Totally Tunsie
Nov 2018
#20
Do you assume that "Sanders supporters" won't vote for the party's nominee...
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#52
To say nobody is attacking Sanders is the funniest thing I've heard all day.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#496
You know perfectly well he's not. It's pushback and holding his feet to the fire...
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#515
Bernie has become some people's favorite "punching bag." It's gotten ridiculous around here.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#549
I would strongly suggest taking a deep breath and stepping back for a moment
Docreed2003
Nov 2018
#243
If you think no one here attacks progressives and Sanders regularly you must not be here very often
realmirage
Nov 2018
#253
There's nothing unifying about his slams and smears against the Democratic party.
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#47
If sanders was the nominee, the party would lose the support of key demographic groups
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#188
He can't win without those groups. He can't win the nomination, that's for damn sure. And...
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#245
Per your former position on Bernie, TeamPooka would not have wanted or needed your opinion in 2016.
Totally Tunsie
Nov 2018
#236
I don't hold my vote over people heads. If people who call themselves democrats
boston bean
Nov 2018
#53
It's not the mainstream Dems that keep bringing up bernie!! It's those that support him and want
Thekaspervote
Nov 2018
#115
But, happily, in this thread it's just one guy having a tantrum and EVERYONE else
Squinch
Nov 2018
#173
I'll take your word for it, but there certainly millions of progressives...
LincolnRossiter
Nov 2018
#59
Until he commits to proudly wear the Democratic Paty label, then he isn't a valid consideration
Bfd
Nov 2018
#64
Oh, is it time for the "be nice to us or we won't vote for Democrats" threats again?
mcar
Nov 2018
#56
We need candidates that let people belive government can and should do good things for them.
brewens
Nov 2018
#68
I was a delegate to the national convention and I have a very different view of bernie
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#88
One was also just elected who holds all the cards for ending a political travesty
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2018
#136
I have a question. How many Sanders/OR backed candidates won their primaries, or the GE?
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2018
#294
The reality is that we live in a 2 party system where it's either the Democrat or the Republican.
elocs
Nov 2018
#96
I can't tell you how much more weight this would carry with one change:
Pope George Ringo II
Nov 2018
#100
I have seen no attack on progressives on DU...and I resent the fact that Sander's supporters
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#177
Is this a threat. If a certain group doesn't get their way, let Trump have it and keep all us in
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#112
That is how I see it. As poorly as AOC has behaved to establishment Democrats, fighting against
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#134
"Don't get me wrong, Hillary has her flaws," Why do we have to do this, before saying something good
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#187
I am not concerned about Sanders. He does not have the support or vote and we are two years out.
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#149
I did and think it is nonsense. Dems win because of our diverse coalition and Sander's has made
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#181
They are not gonna vote if they do not get their way. You accuse me of attacking? Lol
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#151
They are not voting if they do not get their way. I am going to call that out. Seriously?
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#159
I think you need to re-read that link you are referring everyone to. It doesn't say
Squinch
Nov 2018
#157
It all depends on your point of view. I see YOU as the one attacking our allies. And
Squinch
Nov 2018
#156
Times change. And had he ran last time, I don't think he wins...the GOP will demonize a
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#171
And he ran as a Democrat and then changed back to independent after the most recent Vermont
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#207
I am very happy to see the trouncing your bullshit post got in this thread, realmirage.
Squinch
Nov 2018
#152
And only 21 recs... compared to the "into-the-sunset" post with 192 recs...
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#233
I think for even some of the biggest fans, the bloom is off the rose. Thank the gods.
Squinch
Nov 2018
#291
Clearly you did hit a nerve. It was the nerve in which people are sick to death of
Squinch
Nov 2018
#365
I like Sanders, but too old. Same with Biden. Let's get someone younger. I really like Steve
LBM20
Nov 2018
#153
Kamala Harris, Joaquin Castro, Cory Booker, Beto O'Rourke, Eric Swallwell, Adam Schiff
Hekate
Nov 2018
#411
How many threats (take ball and go home" are going to have to endure before 20 I wonder...trash
Demsrule86
Nov 2018
#166
Interesting numbers I had not seen it. We knew of course Especially with open/caucuses.
Wintryjade
Nov 2018
#198
Or maybe those Sanders voters voted for Trump because they wanted Trump
violetpastille
Nov 2018
#190
Strawman. Valid criticism about his dumb statements on race isn't "attacking progressives"
emulatorloo
Nov 2018
#176
I am so sick of this "support Bernie or I'll take my toys and go home" crap.
redstatebluegirl
Nov 2018
#185
You want us to unite by accepting a candidate who is not acceptable to the base
Gothmog
Nov 2018
#337
Why do I feel like DU is getting a wedgie with all these posts? Asking for a friend, doncha know.nt
Hekate
Nov 2018
#211
Asking people to stop attacking Democrats and the Democratic Party is common sense period.
MrsCoffee
Nov 2018
#246
Inviting "progressives" into our Big Tent, rather taking the tent to them...
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#254
BEYOND common sense... which is why I fear the non-stop bashing of Bernie will go on.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2018
#495
Left wing populism can be as toxic as right wing populism. They both need a boogeyman.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2018
#263
I appreciate your efforts here, but this audience is incapable of listening.
stranger81
Nov 2018
#292
If you bothered to read post #20, you'd find that the o.p. was one of those "fuck you(s)" in 2016.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2018
#296
Oh, yeah, right. That's why so much of Bernie's platform became the official Democratic platform.
pnwmom
Nov 2018
#305
Someone said this "audience" is incapable of listening. I presume s/he was referring to DU,
pnwmom
Nov 2018
#309
I am being inclusive. Some people who belong to no particular party share progressive goals
pnwmom
Nov 2018
#314
Right, and we're having this conversation because some folks have decided an indefensible comment..
JHan
Nov 2018
#316
And YOU are going to need Hillary supporters. They're no more thrilled with Bernie
pnwmom
Nov 2018
#303
Whether one likes it or not because of what happened, Bernie and Hillary are divisionary to some
still_one
Nov 2018
#359
Bernie threads are likes buses. If you miss one there will be another one along in ten minutes.
dameatball
Nov 2018
#380
Except sadly contentious; we need humor. Until then I'm happy to continue listing actual Democrats
Hekate
Nov 2018
#474
I think he's just the Energizer Bunny of wedge issues. I can name a dozen great Dems ...
Hekate
Nov 2018
#415
What's being attacked, if anything, is the myopic focus some Bernie backers have for him.
Afromania
Nov 2018
#438
Please explain how unity is achieved when someone claims the Democratic party is "corrupt".
NurseJackie
Nov 2018
#511
Not youth, but those who are so radicalized that they will only vote for their candidate...
Small-Axe
Nov 2018
#566
We're gonna need people like you, you're gonna need people like us. CASE CLOSED. nt
UniteFightBack
Nov 2018
#536
