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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie may be more of a Democrat than the Democrats. [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)87. Yes, he's doing a lot of talking....
....but he hasn't done two other things that may be more important than merely talking:
1. He's not doing any LISTENING, which is probably more important than talking!
2. He's not putting for credible solutions for all the problems and ills that he's pointing out.
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FDR was a rich trust fund baby: Sanders people would have rejected him: HIllary is FDR's legacy
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#66
The "Third Way" can't WAIT to get in to purge the Liberals from DC who followed Obama....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#36
FDR was a rich man, a Trust baby: Sanders would people would hate FDR: (even a Mama's boy)
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#62
Just the truth: FDR is everything Sanders people would reject: Hillary is FDR legacy
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#69
No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Aug 2015
#5
FDR was a corporation evil by your def: He has the 1% you would have hated him
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#65
No, no not well: FDR was a rich man: 1% person: HIllary is his legacy: She is a fighter
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#68
Thom Hartmann for gets to tell you FDR was a rich man: Hillary is FDr legacy: not Sanders.
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#70
"We are ripe for another New Deal - a Real Deal where our interests are once again put front and ..
slipslidingaway
Aug 2015
#30
LOL I guess! But you remember you said I should post this, so we made a good chord.
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#38
"and created a powerful middle class " < Uh, using black folk for no pay helped with that too, eh?
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#43
If you discount the Industrial Union and the IWW as nothing more than floor sweepings, sure. But
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#94
Industrialists were making the money, using the workers as cannon fodder, and the workers were
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#116
We wouldn't be arguing if you would give proper respect to labor and pay attention to
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#118
No "may be" about it. Bernie embodies what I want the Democratic Party to return to. eom
NorthCarolina
Aug 2015
#50
Yes. Ever since Birchers co-opted the GOP, traditional Republicans were forced to flee
RufusTFirefly
Aug 2015
#55
FDR was a rich man: Sanders supporters would hate FDR : FDR was a 1% and a trust baby
lewebley3
Aug 2015
#60
They say that if several people tell you something, however absurd, you start to believe it
nxylas
Aug 2015
#95
We know that. The "he's not a real Democrat" crowd have an agenda, and it's not
valerief
Aug 2015
#83
And he's rarely, if ever, provided a "solution". A solution is detailing how to get his ideas...
George II
Aug 2015
#101
Maybe he can do what a lot of legislators do in order to pass legislation
d_legendary1
Aug 2015
#102