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In reply to the discussion: Every answer I read on the Bernie Sanders Reddit Q&A [View all]boston bean
(36,221 posts)6. Never said they weren't and his answers do sound like any democrat.
You looking for something new?... It isn't there.
He says he needs a grassroots movement to do what he wants to do, but all he does is identify problems, offers no solutions except platitudes that it shouldn't be this way. And the only way he says he can do anything (what that anything is, I have no idea) is by having a grassroots movement.
So, what exactly is it he is going to do, and more importantly how is he going to get it done.
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He never said he has a plan to make a plan, or needs to "have a conversation". :-)
djean111
May 2015
#1
No you didn't. Bernie wasn't running. Obama was a serious challenger from the beginning. Bernie isnt
stevenleser
May 2015
#46
If Hillary screws up, we'll get Biden, not Sanders. There is no scenario where Bernie is the nominee
stevenleser
May 2015
#53
Sure, all of those progressives on DU fighting for Biden is proof that he's the real alternative.
Dawgs
May 2015
#56
Yep, he fets 200-400 likes here. It requires 15-20 million votes to get the nomination. Sorry no go
stevenleser
May 2015
#57
So, by your logic the 200-400 recs Obama got in 2008 meant he wasn't getting the nomination.
Dawgs
May 2015
#72
Nope, there was other evidence of Obama's popularity in polls. There is none of that with Bernie. nt
stevenleser
May 2015
#75
You dont get to tell me what to say. There is no contradiction, I am expanding my points to cover
stevenleser
May 2015
#81
Yep. If DU was a valid measurement, Kucinich would have been President in 2004 and 2008
stevenleser
May 2015
#76
Uh, wrong. I was here in 2004 and 2008 and Kucinich never came close to the support for Bernie.
Dawgs
May 2015
#79
So the fact that Sanders was with SNCC in 1963 (when Hillary was a Goldwater Girl) means
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#14
Haven't had enough coffee yet this a.m., so am feeling crotchety. I spent yesterday
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#22
yep, all my non DU friends who actually are "far left" don't like Bernie at all
m-lekktor
May 2015
#26
It is the perspective of those that think they are somehow actural Liberal Democrats,
-none
May 2015
#84
She was the biggest dupe in history when she voted for the Iraq War. Either that or
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#38
Get off your high horse and stop the name calling, you loose points when you resort to name calling.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#41
"He would actually write bills to make college free and raising taxes on the rich to pay for it."
leftofcool
May 2015
#30
You're a fool if you think Bernie would actually do something to hurt the middle class.
Dawgs
May 2015
#40
Your 401K pretty much sits there most of the time, or at least it should be just sitting there
-none
May 2015
#88
I own a decent sized lot in Midwest City; it's under about 4" of water.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#63
All will be going down a hole, will not be enough money to run a campaign.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#32
He's already pushing your candidate into a corner- that's worth every penny I donate
cali
May 2015
#34
He is not pushing Hillary in a corner. Why would he even be able to push her in
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#43
You Hillary supporters sure have a lot of comments about someone who's apparently a nobody.
Dawgs
May 2015
#52
You don't know what Hillary supporters think, and it was a weak try for you to say this.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#68
Go back and explain this to dawgs, don't throw out what can not be handled.
Thinkingabout
May 2015
#94
Hillary is the living embodiment of someone who gives pat answers, so I'm not surprised
Bonobo
May 2015
#58
So, criticizing a candidate's responses to questions in "dumb" and "an attack"?
brooklynite
May 2015
#74