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Bernie Sanders

merrily

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7. First time I ever heard a Democratic primary candidate campaign for the Republican Presidential

Reply to hootinholler (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 08:06 AM

Aug 2015

nominee over a Democratic primary opponent. First time I ever saw a Democratic primary candidate force an obvious Democratic nominee to continue using time, money and energy on campaigning in a primary while the obvious Republican nominee was doing general campaigning.

Whether running as an Indie or a Democrat, Bernie would never have done that. Or used "racially tinged" campaign tactics against anyone, let alone the first African American with a shot at the Presidency.

Life is full of ironies, no?

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Bernie Sanders Gets an Online Upswing [View all] kenn3d Aug 2015 OP

The Revolution will Not be Televised retrowire Aug 2015 #1

You can bet your sweet bippie they are panicking. Kind of interesting, libdem4life Aug 2015 #2

She gets a "look" on her face...that we've seen before. SoapBox Aug 2015 #3

That "I've been Obama'd again" look. L0oniX Aug 2015 #4

To me, her look is "Shit, I might get Berned." merrily Aug 2015 #6

It's the 3AM phone call look n/t hootinholler Aug 2015 #5

First time I ever heard a Democratic primary candidate campaign for the Republican Presidential merrily Aug 2015 #7