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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I like Sanders, really I do......BUT... [View all]BooScout
(10,406 posts)295. When they have no counter to the debate....
They take their toys and go home.
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That's a major mindset change and is not going to happen between now and election day.
DCBob
Jul 2015
#11
Everyone I talk to gets it and most the people I talk to are conservative family members.
Kalidurga
Jul 2015
#247
America is a socialist Democracy as it is today, when it comes right down to it
madokie
Jul 2015
#16
Since we are mincing words here I thought he calls himself a "Democratic Socialist"??
DCBob
Jul 2015
#37
I think they're asking people to react to the word--and Frank Luntz and his "Words that work" crew
MADem
Jul 2015
#269
Bernie doesn't have a few years to change internal thinking of thie US population.
Sheepshank
Jul 2015
#79
I am talking about this as an issue in the general should he somehow win the Dem nomination.
DCBob
Jul 2015
#67
Yes. Not sure what the laughing is all about... I guess you don't keep up with the polls.
DCBob
Jul 2015
#83
Oh thanks I was just going off the top of my head and didn't go back and listen to the last speech..
Kalidurga
Jul 2015
#222
A person I know who is a political illiterate brought up this age thing up with Bernie this evening
emsimon33
Jul 2015
#7
They're accusing you of being someone else since they can't handle what you're saying.
Cha
Jul 2015
#236
IOW the typical MO. Now you know. I've seen it so many times it's just boring.. sorry
Cha
Jul 2015
#243
So the question is do you want to go with a "number 13" liberal who will likely win the WH or..
DCBob
Jul 2015
#102
Hillary Clinton will hand this election to the worst of the worse if she is our nominee
madokie
Jul 2015
#275
Guns, can his stance... NOT LOSE votes in south side KC or Chi Town!? I doubt it dearly
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#268
Guns are NOT a worry in South Side KC? Chi Town, Fifth Ward?! You KIDDING?! These are predeomantly
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#288
More dismissiveness vs addressing the obvious that Bernies gun stance isn't going to play well were
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#290
More condescending ad homs,indicator of a weak position on the issue of Bernies stance on guns
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#292
The answer as to why Sanders is running as a Democrat, and is quite simple. He told us he will NOT
still_one
Jul 2015
#27
Sanders has been caucusing with Democrats sincehegot into office, he's voted with....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#35
If he is a Democrat why does he still have I behind is name as a congressional member?
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#170
Granted, this one has a little more honey with the vinegar, but your avatar was a dead giveaway
corkhead
Jul 2015
#59
I think he is the opposite of a DINO, a Democrat in everything but name. Howard Dean would agree,
seaglass
Jul 2015
#71
The Third Way and DLC total betrayal of Franklin Roosevelt ecomonic system?
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#152
The Repugs Will Pounce On Any Dem Candidate That Makes It To The Nomination.....
global1
Jul 2015
#94
Why waste all this time with concerns over someone you don't think will win in the first place?
arcane1
Jul 2015
#227
With the likes of Trump & Cruz Dems have a real opportunity to shave off Rep voters
Sheepshank
Jul 2015
#85
Thank you. I was going to ask the same thing but you put it better than I could.
historylovr
Jul 2015
#122
This makes me think you don't know much about Bernie's time in Congress nor about the Democratic
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#125
A crashed economy and disastrous wars mean different things to different people, you suppose
Martin Eden
Jul 2015
#285
It's a shame your polite opinion has been met with personal insult and invective.
MADem
Jul 2015
#128
I pointedo out the gaping hole in the OP's knowledge of the Party and the person, offered a whole
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#134
If the shoe does not fit you, I would encourage you to not try to cram your foot into it.
MADem
Jul 2015
#137
And look how your pal goes after me. Look at that. Does not respond in any way to all that I wrote
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#192
Look, I was responding to the post that STARTED THIS THREAD--if you want a fight, I
MADem
Jul 2015
#196
in all fairness I respect Bluenorthwest opinion, to me he's one of the good guys.
William769
Jul 2015
#182
I know.. they feel so strongly about their candidate.. I would think they could be able
Cha
Jul 2015
#273
The poster has made an incorrect assertion, and won't provide proof because there isn't any.
MADem
Jul 2015
#162
Sanders has made clear his whole career he was never a member of the Democratic Party.
hrmjustin
Jul 2015
#217
Actually it doesn't because Schunlin, Leahy, ans Walsh identify as Democrats.
hrmjustin
Jul 2015
#221
Awwww - Anthony Weiner - AKA Carlos Danger!!!!! (that name begs for exclamation points) - beat ya to
djean111
Jul 2015
#173
Has Sanders actually said he entered the race to drive the Democratic Party left?
WorseBeforeBetter
Jul 2015
#188
No need to ask any more questions, Martin O'Malley has been a Democrat since birth,
elleng
Jul 2015
#191
Your "understanding" is false. He has been in this race to get elected, period.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#202
Youre a serious person with seriously serious concerns that seriously need to be addressed seriously
Scootaloo
Jul 2015
#232
That is what the primary race is for -- for him to prove he is the best candidate overall.
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#237