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2016 Postmortem

metroins

(2,550 posts)

5. I honestly don't

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Tue Jun 28, 2016, 07:02 PM

Jun 2016

Think he did much for the party.

Hillary and Bernie agree on most of the same things. The only thing Bernie did was talk about $15 min wage, universal health care and breaking up the big banks. All were current democratic values, but more realistic in timeframe, Bernie didn't really bring new ideas.

You asked, I answered.

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We're getting a platform Hillary represents, and want credit for her progressive credentials. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #1

It doesn't hurt your candidate to admit that Bernie had some influence here. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #2

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Bernie will be forever scorned for daring to make her work for it. phleshdef Jun 2016 #3

You are right Ken, but it is also a fact that those progressive decisions that are part of the still_one Jun 2016 #4

I'm grateful for that, but some people are arguing that it was all HRC's doing Ken Burch Jun 2016 #11

I know, and that is a distortion still_one Jun 2016 #13

I honestly don't metroins Jun 2016 #5

Yeah sure! You forgot about "free stuff" and free college... Human101948 Jun 2016 #8

Sorry, Bernie is not a Neoliberal. He's an FDR Democrat. libdem4life Jun 2016 #9

Just because Hillary won doesn't mean she gets to be a dictator Chasstev365 Jun 2016 #7

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When some people act like they invented what everybody else has worked towards for years, LongtimeAZDem Jun 2016 #12

Since you asked..... MaggieD Jun 2016 #14