This Bernie supporter won't be 'assimilated' but neither will I hand the country over to Trump/Cruz (Reply #60)

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Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:05 AM

pampango (24,691 posts)

60. This Bernie supporter won't be 'assimilated' but neither will I hand the country over to Trump/Cruz

and their ideological brethren in a fit of self-destructive pique.

If Syria cannot have a functioning democracy, I can acknowledge that Bashar Assad is the 'lesser of two evils' in Syria. If Bernie does not win the Democratic nomination, I can acknowledge that Hillary is the 'lesser of two evils' in the US. I may not be thrilled in either case, but life is not always about being thrilled with your choices.

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148 replies	Author	Time	Post
Question to all those people who think Hillary is going to "assimilate" Bernie's supporters: [View all]	BigBearJohn	Apr 2016	OP
She won't assimilate them.	griffi94	Apr 2016	#1
I'm betting she will be too busy dealing with her legal problems	IdaBriggs	Apr 2016	#6
She'll have the best lawyers to deal with that for her.	griffi94	Apr 2016	#7
And you're not denying it either.....	daleanime	Apr 2016	#20
Denying that she'll have the best lawyers?	griffi94	Apr 2016	#26
........	daleanime	Apr 2016	#31
The best lawyers her corporate money can buy...	Bohemianwriter	Apr 2016	#51
Because it's not very smart.	griffi94	Apr 2016	#55
All people are created equal...	Bohemianwriter	Apr 2016	#57
The small time pot dealer in Harlem can have a top shelf lawyer	griffi94	Apr 2016	#62
Harlem	angrychair	Apr 2016	#95
An analysis of those two statements should cause worry.	IdaBriggs	Apr 2016	#81
Why should that cause worry	griffi94	Apr 2016	#84
How inspiring. /nt	Marr	Apr 2016	#90
Wow, the denial is strong with this one	CoffeeCat	Apr 2016	#102
I'm sure this time is the one that convicts her	griffi94	Apr 2016	#105
Ok, whatever	CoffeeCat	Apr 2016	#109
Benghazi Benghazi	griffi94	Apr 2016	#110
Benghazi was never investigated by the FBI	CoffeeCat	Apr 2016	#113
Of course it is.	griffi94	Apr 2016	#115
Its sad to support a canidate...	Rockyj	Apr 2016	#121
It's not sad at all	griffi94	Apr 2016	#122
If it gets to that point she will be instantly destroyed	AgingAmerican	Apr 2016	#142
She doesn't have legal problems. She has repubs telling lies and bs supporters believing them. nt	BreakfastClub	Apr 2016	#138
Sorry... Hillary And All Of Her GRAFT Will Be "Toast" In The General! People Are Sick Of The...	CorporatistNation	Apr 2016	#14
And yet she has more votes than anybody on either ticket	griffi94	Apr 2016	#17
Very rude use of facts.	Amimnoch	Apr 2016	#23
And l hate idealism....	Armstead	Apr 2016	#68
Hippie haters and wolves in sheeps clothing. nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Apr 2016	#74
And if we can just continue to keep the voting numbers down....	daleanime	Apr 2016	#29
Democrats are 100% of the Democratic party	griffi94	Apr 2016	#47
Is there a super-secret initiation or something to become a Democrat now?	Armstead	Apr 2016	#69
Just join the party	griffi94	Apr 2016	#73
Are you blind? Can you not see the crowds Bernie is drawing vs. Hillary? nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Apr 2016	#77
And the Gratefull Dead drew more than both of them combined	griffi94	Apr 2016	#82
And of course only 100% pure approved Democrats....	daleanime	Apr 2016	#116
Lot's of people vote in the GE	griffi94	Apr 2016	#117
Does she? I don't think you can know how many votes she has so you can't make that claim.	haikugal	Apr 2016	#36
Then look the link up	griffi94	Apr 2016	#39
Based on what? You said it you support it. That's how it works.	haikugal	Apr 2016	#46
Yes, and she's 4 or 5 million behind the GOP primary turnout.	leveymg	Apr 2016	#103
If she's that far behind the GOP turnout	griffi94	Apr 2016	#107
I love your response!	hamsterjill	Apr 2016	#118
She may say that she's "listening"	Madam Mossfern	Apr 2016	#123
Well, she's winning right now!	hamsterjill	Apr 2016	#124
OK,	Madam Mossfern	Apr 2016	#125
There's no reason to argue with you.	hamsterjill	Apr 2016	#128
She will lose if she thinks like you...	Chan790	Apr 2016	#16
When the Bern goes out	griffi94	Apr 2016	#22
I think I can factually tell you that won't happen.	Chan790	Apr 2016	#45
I agree that some of those Indies	griffi94	Apr 2016	#53
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Apr 2016	#52
"Fizzle"?	Jackilope	Apr 2016	#56
Hillary will take everything in the middle	griffi94	Apr 2016	#61
I'm not sure of that. The Bernie or Bust pressure to take it to the election is growing	HereSince1628	Apr 2016	#67
Only amongst hardcore political junkies	griffi94	Apr 2016	#70
That's your assertion and you can stick with it.	HereSince1628	Apr 2016	#71
Well thanks	griffi94	Apr 2016	#80
And nothing will be done.....	daleanime	Apr 2016	#18
I'm glad I could help you feel better	griffi94	Apr 2016	#34
And I say there will be far more who will not go to Hillary that are now Bernie supporters.	bkkyosemite	Apr 2016	#126
No reason he should be a footnote.	Ken Burch	Apr 2016	#133
What are you smoking	FreakinDJ	Apr 2016	#2
Filterless reality.	dinkytron	Apr 2016	#4
Boom	99Forever	Apr 2016	#8
There's no "movement" and "we'll see" Sanders is full of shit, the people who don't want to vote	uponit7771	Apr 2016	#3
I'd think that someone who lives all day and all night on a political forum...	99Forever	Apr 2016	#12
reproductive rights,gay rights,regulation on big business,biggertaxes on rich, socialprograms vs	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#24
Half of those aren't on Clinton's agenda.	99Forever	Apr 2016	#43
That's ignorant and incorrect.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#49
Bwahaha....,	99Forever	Apr 2016	#96
Sanders folk can afford to take a chance on all the things you named, the real working class...	uponit7771	Apr 2016	#119
For many people in this country--that includes Dems, Reps and Indies	CoffeeCat	Apr 2016	#104
Post removed	Post removed	Apr 2016	#5
Bernie said as much	Protalker	Apr 2016	#9
They'd have every branch of government then.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#19
It should be a concern. Put up a candidate DESPISED by over half the country,	IdaBriggs	Apr 2016	#100
You take $353k donations and actively corodinate with David Brock's SuperPAC	jfern	Apr 2016	#10
This is the most important issue we face	randr	Apr 2016	#11
So all the people here who are a part of the "revolution"	NCTraveler	Apr 2016	#13
This message was self-deleted by its author	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#15
Like the OP poster who has been here since 2004, I've been politically active for a long time.	RiverLover	Apr 2016	#41
Reproductive rights, gay rights, voting rights act, oversight on businesses, funding to important	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#44
That's just it! Get your head out of the sand. PLEASE. Everything you've listed we have capitulated	RiverLover	Apr 2016	#48
If you want to hand the supreme court seats to Ted Cruz or Donald Trump	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#50
Outcome will last far beyond one presidency.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#54
Roe vs Wade -abortion legalized with majority of conservative justices during Nixon admin.	RiverLover	Apr 2016	#59
I want another Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If you want another Scalia, that's your vote.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#72
Probably not the best comparison...	SpareribSP	Apr 2016	#137
No joke. Dead serious. I was reading about it on mother jones the night before I wrote that.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#139
You know	SpareribSP	Apr 2016	#140
classy.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#141
your kidding yourself	Robbins	Apr 2016	#106
BS	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#145
Bernie is the only Rooseveltian candidate running, the rest are paid for by billionaires.	Dont call me Shirley	Apr 2016	#131
Active Democrat (in the way that you are not) since the 1970's. You post is smug and silly.	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2016	#76
Okay then.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#87
deleted	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#92
You think we aren't involved?????????????	Marrah_G	Apr 2016	#86
As things go I imagine it could be worse.	shadowandblossom	Apr 2016	#88
She's not the Borg Queen	Nonhlanhla	Apr 2016	#21
Really funny since I've actually seen that referenced.	Amimnoch	Apr 2016	#30
"You will adapt to service our needs."	GreenPartyVoter	Apr 2016	#35
What a surprise: A large number aren't Democrats, and we've heard for months,	Buzz Clik	Apr 2016	#25
Who cares?	apcalc	Apr 2016	#27
In Soviet Russia grassroots assimilate you	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2016	#28
If Democrats don't vote for the Democrat nominee (whoever that is)	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#32
If the choice is between two republicans, you're fucked either way.	Joe the Revelator	Apr 2016	#58
And with a fake 'd' in the WH, our Democrats in congress will have to go along with republican	RiverLover	Apr 2016	#63
Not really.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#101
Democrats Abroad favored Bernie by 69-31% worldwide	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2016	#112
In Britain nobody gives a monkey's either way.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#143
What the blazes are you talking about?	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2016	#146
I never mentioned overseas Americans.	Bad Dog	Apr 2016	#147
Hillary is the Borg queen?	GreenPartyVoter	Apr 2016	#33
More like the leader of the Daleks. nt	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#64
Or the spawn of both?	GreenPartyVoter	Apr 2016	#78
She will move right to get repub voters	Teamster Jeff	Apr 2016	#37
It will be interesting.	Downwinder	Apr 2016	#38
Fuck all of that. Incrementalism is the killer of innovation,	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#40
I'm in a potential swing state and Hillary Clinton will never get my vote	BernieforPres2016	Apr 2016	#83
The educated ones will throw their focus on SCOTUS. nt	oasis	Apr 2016	#42
This Bernie supporter won't be 'assimilated' but neither will I hand the country over to Trump/Cruz	pampango	Apr 2016	#60
So, I'm confused...	all american girl	Apr 2016	#65
They're free to do what they see fit. I'm voting for Stein.	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#79
Me too. This has disaster written all over it. Not just foreign conflicts either.	RiverLover	Apr 2016	#89
Amen. nt	VulgarPoet	Apr 2016	#91
My husband, who is in the Army like Hillary....everyone has there own thoughts on things.	all american girl	Apr 2016	#98
You`re right. This is not a one-time shot at "winning", it`s a movement.	democrank	Apr 2016	#66
this is hardly a "revolution" - just a tactic to get the younger voters to join in	DrDan	Apr 2016	#75
There is no "movement" ...	salinsky	Apr 2016	#85
people will have a decision to take	creon	Apr 2016	#93
Clintons nationwide movement is larger than Sanders, first point. Second, not voting Dem?	seabeyond	Apr 2016	#94
With attitudes like yours, the Bernie "movement" will never be joined by Hillary supporters,	pnwmom	Apr 2016	#97
I think of it as...	JSup	Apr 2016	#99
Apparently she is more than happy to let (make) the Democrats lose the general	silvershadow	Apr 2016	#108
if folks thinks she's polarizing in the Democratic Party	tomm2thumbs	Apr 2016	#111
Resistance is futile	lagomorph777	Apr 2016	#114
I will not be assimilated,	Blue_In_AK	Apr 2016	#120
How will all these gloaters feel the day after the general election?	floriduck	Apr 2016	#127
If you vote, the alternative is Trump.	kstewart33	Apr 2016	#129
What Bernie brings to us ... His true gift for humanity ...	Trajan	Apr 2016	#130
And other than the SCOTUS I do not see how we can consider	jwirr	Apr 2016	#132
I might have to walk away from DU for a while	Marrah_G	Apr 2016	#134
K&R x 1000. If Hillary is the nominee I won't vote for the first time since 1968.	KauaiK	Apr 2016	#135
Bernie who?	Still In Wisconsin	Apr 2016	#136
then why should we concern ourselves?	nolawarlock	Apr 2016	#144
Resistence isnt futile	laserhaas	Apr 2016	#148

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