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That Guy 888

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168. Hmm... Ask someone who has mentally challanged relatives. I was alerted for quoting him once.
Thu Apr 20, 2017, 07:27 PM
Apr 2017

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.

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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