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In reply to the discussion: Sernie Banders: A Thought Experiment [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)168. Hmm... Ask someone who has mentally challanged relatives. I was alerted for quoting him once.
But to the argument he made, that assumes that a progressive Democrat couldn't win. It's conventional inside-the-beltway thinking, the kind of thinking that surrenders control of how an issue is discussed to Frank Lutz and the GOP.
Let me know when he runs for national office if it doesn't have reprecussions.
There weren't any repercussions in the Obama White House. Not like when the Republicans demanded the removal of people from office. It seems like establishment Democratic politicians are more dismissive of concerns on the left, and much more responsive to concerns from Republicans and conservatives.
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New poll out strongly supports this. 57% favorability. Pence is next most popular.
JudyM
Apr 2017
#83
Not in the 2016 election (though I'm sure there were lots, there always are)
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#166
You're just playing games so you can "deny" the obvious. Most of us aren't buying it.
George II
Apr 2017
#78
Oh, I'm keeping up, probably more than you either wanted or expected anyone to do so.
George II
Apr 2017
#87
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
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
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
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
Sounds good but ditch the negativity about the party. It cancels out the good so you get no where.
brush
Apr 2017
#69
Posting on DU is not activism. I strengthen the Democratic coalition by helping out in local
FSogol
Apr 2017
#31
I see that you are very interested in strengthening the Democratic coalition
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#24
Exactly he is interested in the revolution he's beeen talking about for decades......
Historic NY
Apr 2017
#88
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
And if you want to weaken the coalition by alienating women and minorities ...
frazzled
Apr 2017
#30
Another even more material method to destroy the democratic coalition would be
Fresh_Start
Apr 2017
#37
You fail to see that Sernie Banders constant negative statements about the Democrats
Fresh_Start
Apr 2017
#64
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
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
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
When one insists on his way or the highway, how does that 'strengthen' a coalition? (nt)
ehrnst
Apr 2017
#70
There's a major flaw in your hypothesis, he is NOT "the most popular politician in the country"!
George II
Apr 2017
#73
Well, since you're now pointing out that your premise is based on fiction, no sense going on...
George II
Apr 2017
#86
Which is it? You seem to be losing track of your explanations of your own "thought experiment" sadly
George II
Apr 2017
#115
No no, according to the OP... pointing out that Bernie is constantly belittling the Democratic party
KittyWampus
Apr 2017
#84
"You are insisting that being a Democrat REQUIRES accepting without question Bernie"
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#170
Well, there was the poster on the board recently that claimed Sanders had said
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#175
I am so glad that your hypothetical Sernie Banders so doesn't drive wedges between various Democrats
beastie boy
Apr 2017
#85
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