Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBernie mounted a more assertive defense against allegations of verbal abuse from his backers.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
relayerbob
(6,536 posts)That's NOT leadership. How does he expect to run a country of 300 million
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
krissey
(1,205 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
squirecam
(2,706 posts)Over his press secretary, campaign manager, other staff, and direct surrogates appearing on tv or at campaign rallys. I have seen him direct them to stop such conduct.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)"And there are lizard people on both sides. Millions of lizard people. How can I control lizard people? You need a lizard expert. I'm not a lizard expert."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Horizens
(637 posts)exactly like a trump excuse.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)I'll bet they really helped his cause.
NOT
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BeyondGeography
(39,341 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
msongs
(67,347 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mike Niendorff
(3,456 posts)And it amazes me that this even needs to be pointed out on a forum like DU.
Come on, people, you *know* how this works.
DU has been ground zero for it.
Never assume that anonymous internet posters are who they say they are.
MDN
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RandySF
(58,448 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)Normally going to a national convention is a once in a life time experience. I have worked really hard inside the party on campaigns and voter protection issues for a very long time to earn this trip. Too bad that sanders and his vetted delegates ruined that experience and did their best to help trump. A candidate has absolute approval rights over their pledged delegates because these delegates can change their votes and these delegates represent the candidate and campaign. I helped vet Clinton delegates and I know that I was vetted. The Clinton campaign told us that we represent her and that our actions would reflect on her and her campaign.
In contrast, sanders sent one very weak text the Sunday night before the convention and then did little or nothing to control his delegates. It was nasty I was there when the sanders delegates booed Congressman John Lewis. I was warned about this stunt 30 minutes before it happened by the Clinton campaign whip. According to my whip, sanders was asked to stop this event and declined. That incident will be used against sanders by Russia to suppress the African American vote just as was done in 2016
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Russia will just run material showing sanders delegates booing John Lewis, Elijah Cummings and others to suppress the vote of African American voters and I feel that this tactic would be very effective
I was at the Texas delegation breakfast when a group of sanders delegates marched in and demanded that we condemn Clinton and change our votes to sanders.
sanders spoke to the Texas delegation the next morning and his speech was again solely about himself. There was a mini-riot due to his delegates the prior morning and the only thing that sanders talked about was himself. sanders did nothing to deal with the fact that his delegates were out of control and did nothing to try to help Hillary Clinton win the general election.
Finally a group of sanders delegates yelled at my daughter and called her the c-Word because she would not try to get me to change my vote. Again sanders was asked to tell his delegates to behave during the convention and sanders refused
Bloomberg's ad reminds me of the conduct that I saw from vetted sanders delegates at the National Convention
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,272 posts)Thanks for the thread Donkees.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Aaron Pereira
(383 posts)I've seen plenty of unnecessary personal attacks on social media platforms from supporters of many candidates. Perspective is a good thing.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)If you read the thread and post by Gothmog, a delegate at the convention you will see just what happened and BS never attempted to control them.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287535202#post11
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden