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Sernie Banders: A Thought Experiment [View all] ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 OP
Lately he does not seem to be working with us treestar Apr 2017 #1
Who are you talking about? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #4
How is the most popular? treestar Apr 2017 #5
Do you understand the word "my"? nolabels Apr 2017 #25
what's the point of making him the most popular in your treestar Apr 2017 #28
Obama is a former politician. StubbornThings Apr 2017 #56
New poll out strongly supports this. 57% favorability. Pence is next most popular. JudyM Apr 2017 #83
the next two after Bernie treestar Apr 2017 #108
Maybe they're talking about the guy who lapucelle Apr 2017 #51
It's very important that you hold Sernie Banders to a higher standard ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #58
I think you need to re-examine what appears lapucelle Apr 2017 #65
What are you talking about? lapucelle Apr 2017 #120
You are correct ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #124
Can you name a single Democratic candidate lapucelle Apr 2017 #159
Not in the 2016 election (though I'm sure there were lots, there always are) ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #166
Cute, but sadly you take DUers for fools in you "thought experiment". George II Apr 2017 #74
Indeed I dont! ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #77
You're just playing games so you can "deny" the obvious. Most of us aren't buying it. George II Apr 2017 #78
No sir, it is you who are playing games ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #82
Oh, I'm keeping up, probably more than you either wanted or expected anyone to do so. George II Apr 2017 #87
!! I welcome your keeping up. ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #92
+1000 stonecutter357 Apr 2017 #105
Would you please point out where he said panader0 Apr 2017 #13
He's always talking about what we should do treestar Apr 2017 #16
holy god, you're right, that can't be allowed to stand ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #20
constantly. Do you see the Republicans do that to themselves? treestar Apr 2017 #26
uh, yes, actually I see that allof the time ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #32
Republicans don't do it to themselves treestar Apr 2017 #139
That's a silly claim ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #147
Well, are you good enough? KPN Apr 2017 #91
LOL.... I love this. Cue the Bernie-haters.... 3-2-... berksdem Apr 2017 #2
Oh, brother. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #3
Oh, sister! ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #109
Other things you might theoretically do if you wanted to weaken the Democratic coalition ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #6
There are no "negative stories about Bernie Sanders". There are threads about his actual rhetoric. KittyWampus Apr 2017 #7
Plus 10000000 JustAnotherGen Apr 2017 #9
who is this Bernie Sanders you speak of? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #15
Yes to this! NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #63
+1000 (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #71
This. BlueMTexpat Apr 2017 #76
+1000 stonecutter357 Apr 2017 #106
The childish "Sernie Banders" dodge notwithstanding, all one need do is watch this: George II Apr 2017 #107
So Bernie says that the Democratic party "is gonna have to open its doors to Independents". WTFDTM?? NurseJackie Apr 2017 #117
I think he may mean, ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #123
That is a liberty. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #133
And I took it ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #134
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #119
+2 ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #125
x1000 romana Apr 2017 #146
Yep. All you need to know is in these 2 charts right here: yodermon Apr 2017 #8
Who held the House against the Republicans health care bill? Sanders or Pelosi? KittyWampus Apr 2017 #11
Indeed minority leader Pelosi is a very effective and valued member of the Democratic ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #18
The DNC and Perez are parading Bernie around the country. Take a look at those charts again yodermon Apr 2017 #35
Something else one would do, if one theoretically wanted to drive a wedge between ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #10
Your OP and repeated attempts to insinuate that those of us who object to Sanders' rhetoric KittyWampus Apr 2017 #14
You keep using that term ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #17
Wow, gaslighting on a meta level. lapucelle Apr 2017 #177
Head of outreach for the party you'd think would stop with saying negative things about the party brush Apr 2017 #22
and yet the head of the party thinks he's an excellent person for that position ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #34
Seemed like a good idea at the time but as in life, some hires work out, others don't. brush Apr 2017 #53
He is subtweeting to those alt-lefties and Obama voters who voted for trump yodermon Apr 2017 #57
Sounds good but ditch the negativity about the party. It cancels out the good so you get no where. brush Apr 2017 #69
WOOT, My thought experiment is to Feep Kighting the primaries! FSogol Apr 2017 #12
Just wondering what people would do if they wanted to ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #23
Posting on DU is not activism. I strengthen the Democratic coalition by helping out in local FSogol Apr 2017 #31
Fortunately no one is strawmanning the idea ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #39
You're not sure who is shouting down Democrats? Here you go: FSogol Apr 2017 #52
What on earth us in that article that you object to? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #135
K&R! nt riderinthestorm Apr 2017 #19
Has Bernie endorsed Ossoff? kstewart33 Apr 2017 #21
I see that you are very interested in strengthening the Democratic coalition ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #24
We do. kstewart33 Apr 2017 #61
Exactly he is interested in the revolution he's beeen talking about for decades...... Historic NY Apr 2017 #88
It is strange when people are interested in their own agendas, isn't it? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #94
All under the guise he's helping Democrats he isn't... Historic NY Apr 2017 #102
Oh now, don't be snarky. kstewart33 Apr 2017 #142
So he has things that he actually believes in and is cranky ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #148
I wish that was true of all that claim that they alone have the corner on "progressive ideas" (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #72
ok so now sernie banders is on my trash list. BTW not a hater just sick of reading about him kydo Apr 2017 #27
"Banders is not the enemy." ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #41
I never said we didn't agree kydo Apr 2017 #55
I think that is indeed one of the intended consequences ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #59
I have trash-listed him too, for the same reasons Skittles Apr 2017 #122
Fortunately, no one is implying he is the answer ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #126
LOLOL Skittles Apr 2017 #141
You start from a false premise. Exilednight Apr 2017 #29
? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #42
And if you want to weaken the coalition by alienating women and minorities ... frazzled Apr 2017 #30
wow, that is a ton of projection ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #49
I heart Sernie! JusticeForAll Apr 2017 #110
Trashcan materil. nt Skidmore Apr 2017 #33
Material ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #45
Thanks for this! K&R! nt riderinthestorm Apr 2017 #36
Another even more material method to destroy the democratic coalition would be Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #37
yes. As I said in my thought experiment ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #44
You fail to see that Sernie Banders constant negative statements about the Democrats Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #64
But THATS NOT PART OF THE THOUGHT EXPERIMENT!!!! ehrnst Apr 2017 #132
"repeatedly say severely negative things about the Democratic party" ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #136
heres one of Sernie Banders love notes Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #150
Wow. That's nothing ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #154
it's not true Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #160
It's not true that some in the party would rather maintain the status quo? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #163
Would that include saying ideas of more liberal members of your coalition are "fucking retarded"? That Guy 888 Apr 2017 #144
in the context, he wasn't wrong Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #153
Wait a minute though ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #155
I haven't criticized Sanders for supporting Democrats Fresh_Start Apr 2017 #161
ah, but you see, there are some who argue that he is supporting the wrong kinds of Democrats ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #162
Hmm... Ask someone who has mentally challanged relatives. I was alerted for quoting him once. That Guy 888 Apr 2017 #168
That wasn't the context. It was addressed to a group who wanted to run a neg ad about a Senator emulatorloo Apr 2017 #169
He did the non-apology apology. When Republicans do it... That Guy 888 Apr 2017 #171
Thanks for finding that. I wanted to correct Fresh Start's misremembering the context. emulatorloo Apr 2017 #172
No, the ads Rahm hated were against conservative Democrats not backing the Affordable Care Act. n/t That Guy 888 Apr 2017 #173
This is good stuff.. disillusioned73 Apr 2017 #38
Your spoonerism got past my Trash filter Orrex Apr 2017 #40
LOL. sorry ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #43
You could trash "ernie" and "anders" instead. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #167
And so it goes Progressive dog Apr 2017 #46
fortunately that is not what is on the table ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #47
Not fearful, just concerned Progressive dog Apr 2017 #54
Concern noted, Progressive dog! ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #60
Okay, that's enough. Iggo Apr 2017 #48
thanks for your concern! ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #50
Oh gods, where to begin? NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #62
There was an article on the front page retrowire Apr 2017 #68
Fucking THANK YOU nt retrowire Apr 2017 #66
:) ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #75
sernie banders is welcome in the coalition. mopinko Apr 2017 #67
When one insists on his way or the highway, how does that 'strengthen' a coalition? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #70
Flag on the field. Strawmanning. 10 yards. ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #79
Really? A post about how one builds a coalition by including Sernie Banders ehrnst Apr 2017 #89
There's a major flaw in your hypothesis, he is NOT "the most popular politician in the country"! George II Apr 2017 #73
That was one of the given propositions ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #80
Well, since you're now pointing out that your premise is based on fiction, no sense going on... George II Apr 2017 #86
Indeed. I encourage you to quit and pursue other interests ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #95
If he were that, he would be President treestar Apr 2017 #111
So this thought experiment is based in fiction. ehrnst Apr 2017 #93
Yes. And no, sadly ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #96
Which is it? You seem to be losing track of your explanations of your own "thought experiment" sadly George II Apr 2017 #115
They are ordered respectively. Yes to Prince and no to mosquitoes ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #116
Fiction in that the hero is the "most popular" and all. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #130
Okay, so is that why Bernie keeps putting down the Democratic Party? BainsBane Apr 2017 #81
No no, according to the OP... pointing out that Bernie is constantly belittling the Democratic party KittyWampus Apr 2017 #84
Proving your assertion that he is doing that ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #98
Of course BainsBane Apr 2017 #121
Are you asking about real life politician senator Sanders? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #90
Something to ruminate on, by reading about it. ehrnst Apr 2017 #97
So I read the CNN story. ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #101
I guess if you are angry at the entity being talked about ehrnst Apr 2017 #129
What the hell ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #137
Yes, and I provided plenty of evidence of that yesterday BainsBane Apr 2017 #100
You seem to keep pounding on a wedge ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #103
What are you doing? BainsBane Apr 2017 #127
"You are insisting that being a Democrat REQUIRES accepting without question Bernie" ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #170
What lies? BainsBane Apr 2017 #174
Well, there was the poster on the board recently that claimed Sanders had said ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #175
No, it's a difference in interpretation BainsBane Apr 2017 #176
If he is the most popular politician in the country treestar Apr 2017 #113
Exactly BainsBane Apr 2017 #140
I am so glad that your hypothetical Sernie Banders so doesn't drive wedges between various Democrats beastie boy Apr 2017 #85
All of the members of the Democratic coalition, ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #99
Got it. Sernie's capricious choices on who to support and who to bash in the coalition are a boon... beastie boy Apr 2017 #114
As usual...from my short term existence on du Heartstrings Apr 2017 #104
it's pretty obvious that is what is happening Skittles Apr 2017 #112
Yes, it is obvious. And tiresome. ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #118
Thank you Professorplum for this thread. Gary 50 Apr 2017 #128
I have noted that too ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #138
Exactly this. CousinIT Apr 2017 #131
Kick NCTraveler Apr 2017 #143
Why will Sanders not help a Democrat in Georgia Gothmog Apr 2017 #145
Even that guy doesn't know what Sanders strategy should be ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #149
I hope the mods go SirBrockington Apr 2017 #151
Another unity thread SirBrockington Apr 2017 #152
I say, let's have some f*ing unity then ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #156
Yeah my ex once said that while she was still kicking me Chevy Apr 2017 #164
Thought experiment: A member since 2001 Chevy Apr 2017 #157
Both nt Trumpocalypse Apr 2017 #158
#notalldemocrats ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #165
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