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In reply to the discussion: Would you rather of had Bernie run for President as an independent?! [View all]Snackshack
(2,540 posts)129. Yes.
Unfortunately the way system is built it is almost impossible for a third party candidate to run for president.
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Yes. And my preferece is he work directly for the GOP and "help' them out for a change.
GeneMcM
Nov 2017
#120
Nationally he would have been just a blip on the radar if he'd run as an independent.
brush
Nov 2017
#36
Yet Stein is basically the anti-christ on here who cost Clinton the election
Cuthbert Allgood
Nov 2017
#37
and being a blip is really what the democratic process is about...The fact that his exposure has
JCanete
Nov 2017
#50
He was known by politically active progressives and liberals, not to rank and file Dems.
brush
Nov 2017
#58
not than Hillary, no. I meant than stein. He would have more likely played spoiler, in the mold of
JCanete
Nov 2017
#67
"Basically, he shouldn't have run at all is the real message." Wow, I really did misunderstand.
brush
Nov 2017
#70
heh, I didn't mean that was my message, and I disagree that would have been the result. nt
JCanete
Nov 2017
#73
I meant anybody saying he should have run as an independent is really saying he shouldn't have run.
JCanete
Nov 2017
#77
No one said his ideas didn't resonate. I'm saying as an independence who would've even been...
brush
Nov 2017
#116
Good points. Perot is an even more recent example. He took away enough votes from HW Bush...
brush
Nov 2017
#124
No. Clinton wouldn't have won the popular vote and the Dem Party would have been hurt more.
Garrett78
Nov 2017
#7
That is refighting the primary...and if Sen. Sanders had not run at all, Hillary Clinton would be
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#53
No there were Republicans who switched to Obama and then switched back to voting Republican
emulatorloo
Nov 2017
#80
Your son is a right winger...you have my sympathies...and I don't think anyone who could vote
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#39
I find that to be bullshit...talk is cheap.The righties would love to keep the Bernie/Hillary
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#55
The "passion" for Sanders on the campuses wasn't enough to motivate them them to vote for him
lunamagica
Nov 2017
#59
I admire Bernie as a gadfly and visionary. I never thought he had much chance as a
highplainsdem
Nov 2017
#11
Better for him in what way? Not financially. Not electorally. No, it wouldn't have been
seaglass
Nov 2017
#13
As an independent he can pick and choose what Dem positions he wants to embrace...but just don't
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#24
And spent most of the money he received as publicity instead of helping the party and the DNC.
coolsandy
Nov 2017
#20
hey should have gotten off the stage if he wasn't going to join the Democrat party
Rene
Nov 2017
#30
Yes, I would have rather Sen. Sanders run as an independent...the damage to the party would not have
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#38
Bernie is not a Democrat. Bernie is not Presidential material as he could not
democratisphere
Nov 2017
#54
It's a useless question. He wouldn't have run as an independent under any circumstances
Ken Burch
Nov 2017
#60
The guy has based his entire political strategy on working in alliance with Dems.
Ken Burch
Nov 2017
#75
When you respond like that, it's an admission that you have no argument against what I've said.
Ken Burch
Nov 2017
#79
OK...I hadn't thought of an assessment of what a particular politician might do
Ken Burch
Nov 2017
#106
Yes.because it would have shown honesty. The fact that he changed to independent when he didn't get
lunamagica
Nov 2017
#62
No. I'd rather that he had conceded by early May when the mathematical loss occurred,
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#64
This is the sad, pathetic and unvarnished truth. So many things could have been...
NurseJackie
Nov 2017
#89
You're right. He finally endorsed her on July 12, more than 2 months after her win was certain.
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#97
Yes. If you are an independent then you should run as one. If you want to run as a Dem than you
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#68
At this point yes. From what I've seen the last few days, this party is in terminal decline
LittleBlue
Nov 2017
#83
If Bernie had won the nomination Jeb Bush would be in the WHite House today.
mikehiggins
Nov 2017
#95
The system was not remotely stacked against him. He had every opportunity to win.
StevieM
Nov 2017
#96
I see your points. I'll just speak for myself but I don't want to run liberals out of the party but
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#105
From my point of view, the purity tests havent been from the liberals on this site
LostOne4Ever
Nov 2017
#134
It is not about the things you listed. It's about integrity and honesty. He changed back to
lunamagica
Nov 2017
#125