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BainsBane

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71. I have to confess

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #54)

Sun Jan 19, 2014, 10:16 AM

Jan 2014

wondering about that myself, but I wouldn't go so far as to make an accusation. It's so easy to be wrong.

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Isn't it weird how Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren support Obama [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 OP

Suggests something, doesn't it? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #1

yup. plenty of innuendo. no substance, tho'. nt delrem Jan 2014 #4

Much like the "innuendo" that birthers are racist... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #85

"communists"? Red baiting? Jeez, is this the 1950's??? delrem Jan 2014 #112

The 1950s called, they want their red baiting back. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #114

lol - count your piles of $$$ now TBF Jan 2014 #115

+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 Jan 2014 #98

Weird? They agree with him when they agree, they disagree when they disagree Armstead Jan 2014 #2

Lotta people think you have to swallow someone whole tblue Jan 2014 #8

Mystery solved in two posts! ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #47

+1 Scuba Jan 2014 #68

For some people, everything is binary and the people that don't Rex Jan 2014 #87

In a sense, it's that "excluded middle." immoderate Jan 2014 #3

no arely staircase Jan 2014 #5

You know what's really weird? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #6

TMI tblue Jan 2014 #9

What a perfect metaphor for the OP. morningfog Jan 2014 #10

I'm ba-aaaaaack!!! Muahahahahaha!!! Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #11

I have no idea what you are yammering about, but morningfog Jan 2014 #13

I was referring to your posts leading up to my break Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #17

Ah, that is why the air felt cleaner recently. morningfog Jan 2014 #21

I figured you were one Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #23

You mean flame bait OP's like yours? morningfog Jan 2014 #26

2 out of my last 5 alerts crossed no lines Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #30

Good fucking GAWD! HangOnKids Jan 2014 #50

Did the juries say that? I doubt it. morningfog Jan 2014 #64

Thanks for your OPINION on my op. others disagree Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #72

And others agree. morningfog Jan 2014 #77

"Enjoy your stay." Rex Jan 2014 #89

And yet you seem determined to go on another break. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #116

Other than expressing my opinions without hesitation Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #118

OMG, you are so right. progressoid Jan 2014 #34

Oh sure, but take a big, deep whiff. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #58

Sanders has also been very critical of Obama on many issues . . . markpkessinger Jan 2014 #7

I only judge it based on what my own eyes see and my Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #12

Nope. You're not alone at all. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #31

Isn't it weird how they also criticize some of his policy directions and decisions. Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #14

Yeah, sort of like the posters that worked for him, voted for him... polichick Jan 2014 #53

Not weird, neither was it when Kucinich did. Different job titles. Respect all of them. freshwest Jan 2014 #15

These are great! Thanks for adding them Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #16

Don't let the media divide us. We must be united! n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #18

I agree! I'm a great supporter of Sanders, Warren, Wyden, Obama, Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #20

We are Americans. We don't have to walk in lock-step with any leader. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #37

+1 Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #25

Brilliant post, freshwest.. thank you! Cha Jan 2014 #52

This would make a fantastic OP. redqueen Jan 2014 #102

Give me a good title and I'll try for it. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #103

Excellent! sheshe2 Jan 2014 #119

"Fan base"? WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2014 #19

Politics makes strange bedfellows pscot Jan 2014 #22

And Tip O'Neal Rodriguez who said Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #24

Elizabeth Warren is a Democrat and Bernie Sanders is registered Independent but votes mostly Thinkingabout Jan 2014 #27

That was only the first part of my statement Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #28

They all Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #29

Agreed! Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #32

The "rift" is as imagined as it ever was. Number23 Jan 2014 #33

I don't think Democrats are sowing division or are afflicted with ODS. Both would be illogical. freshwest Jan 2014 #38

You say JDPriestly Jan 2014 #40

Oh, I remember that image. It was bang on correct and set the usual suspects howling Number23 Jan 2014 #42

Those considered ODS = right wing infiltrators. joshcryer Jan 2014 #46

Go ahead and post your *list* Josh Fumesucker Jan 2014 #51

I can only name a few off the top of my head. joshcryer Jan 2014 #54

Jealousy is a very destructive emotion Fumesucker Jan 2014 #56

I have to confess BainsBane Jan 2014 #71

Not here, anyway. pintobean Jan 2014 #100

franksolich? Are you saying Manny is a mole at the Cave? Autumn Jan 2014 #76

That's much more likely pintobean Jan 2014 #79

Well it's not Manny, because Manny is very sharp, and Manny has one Autumn Jan 2014 #82

Yeah, Manny would really have to pintobean Jan 2014 #84

He would have to do more than dumb down. Autumn Jan 2014 #113

Hmmm... thanks for putting *Goldstein* in italics MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #88

Criticizing some of the President's policies does not constitute a "rift" between us and the JDPriestly Jan 2014 #39

I strongly agree with everything you've written in this post. NancyDL Jan 2014 #48

Thanks Nancy. And I agree with every word that you've written Number23 Jan 2014 #105

That second paragraph says it all! Thanks. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #107

you wont see most Obama supporters criticizing those, even if they are critical of Obama as Sanders JI7 Jan 2014 #61

Maybe Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are not really hero worshipers and maybe they JDPriestly Jan 2014 #35

They're politicians. Sanders is probably against the NSA. joshcryer Jan 2014 #45

He remembers the cold war and WWII unlike many DUers who are too young to remember that JDPriestly Jan 2014 #60

If he really is a socialist, he'd be against the NSA. joshcryer Jan 2014 #62

Yes. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #67

That's just nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2014 #69

Thank you. woo me with science Jan 2014 #74

You're questioning whether Senator Sanders is a socialist? n/t ProSense Jan 2014 #95

Appreciating the acknowledgement that NSA is sweeping up everything possible. woo me with science Jan 2014 #97

Here is his statement post Obama's speech, Bernie's actual position Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #70

If disagreements about the NSA here on DU we're as reasoned and polite as Sanders Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #99

I have no idea what you are saying in this post, but your OP does not mesh with Sanders' own Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #110

The world does not revolve around DU. My post was Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #111

No, not at all. silvershadow Jan 2014 #36

I think it is interesting that because one is in a fanbase, they assume everyone else is too. TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #41

Spot on! n/t markpkessinger Jan 2014 #55

By their statements and embedded images you will know them Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #91

No not at all, but then again, we're not all afflicted with the same ailment that you suffer from. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #43

Not really, they are politicians. joshcryer Jan 2014 #44

LOL NancyDL Jan 2014 #49

Not half as weird . . . markpkessinger Jan 2014 #57

Using Bernie. Using Bernie to try and burnish the President's liberal credentials cali Jan 2014 #59

It is laughable, indeed. djean111 Jan 2014 #63

Yes, it's about focusing on personality over policy. It's for those who aren't too cali Jan 2014 #65

You are missing the point Cali. Maybe purposefully maybe not Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #90

they don't support him on many, many issues and both have made that clear. furthermore cali Jan 2014 #66

This is nonsense. Sanders ProSense Jan 2014 #73

Sorry, my dear pro-sense, but the reality is that bernie's politics are far to the left of Obama's cali Jan 2014 #75

So? He's ProSense Jan 2014 #81

lol. here. cali Jan 2014 #83

Revisionist history about the future? Interesting concept Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #92

No, not even a little bit weird, frankly. That's how politics works. Coyotl Jan 2014 #78

Their Actually the only people accusing the 1% , cutting to the chase ? orpupilofnature57 Jan 2014 #80

Bingo. And the vocal few that always try and stir up shit Rex Jan 2014 #86

So you're saying Barack Obama hasn't attacked banksters Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #94

Talk about the TPP with this Government.. Mortgage, Insurance Bail- OUTS !!! Revisionist history !!! orpupilofnature57 Jan 2014 #96

Only for people utterly unfamiliar with the way American politics work DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2014 #93

I just had a thought. Will the Warren 2016 bumper stickers turn into Hillary 2016 if she wins the freshwest Jan 2014 #101

Elizabeth Warren said she supports Hillary? MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #104

Very well said Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #106

And were not doing what Hillary wanted, either. Her support for Obama was obvious. freshwest Jan 2014 #108

No AgingAmerican Jan 2014 #109

Black and white thinking. NCTraveler Jan 2014 #117