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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Didn't Win the Ideas Primary, Either [View all]The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)14. When He Has Sat All The Way Down, Sir, He Can Be Safely Ignored
Not until then.
So long as he speaks of gaining leverage for disputes at the convention, 'Bernie' remains on balance a hostile figure, who will need to be watched, and contained.
"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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This is Sanders doing. I think he is irrelevant myself and needs to be ignored.
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#11
Actually Ted Kennedy was working to get single payer back in the early '70s when Bernie
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#20
All the candidates were for climate change policies and minimum wage hike. All wanted to advance
emmaverybo
Apr 2020
#27
Thanks for sharing! I am a Biden-voting progressive and I think a sober analysis...
Blasphemer
Apr 2020
#3
This sort of thing will make the progressive movement less powerful not more...
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#13
The only upside after 5 yrs is he is too old to run in our next primary. Done with Sanders and the
LizBeth
Apr 2020
#19
He will continue to sit in congress and do nothing until the day he dies, like he did nothing for 3
LizBeth
Apr 2020
#24