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[George II]

1. First, he LOST Iowa. Second, he only TIED in New Hampshire. If anything he's 0.5 for 2.

[Cal Carpenter]

3. Technically, Iowa has not been called

See the AP and NYT election result pages.

For the record.

[apcalc]

2. Putin views Sanders campaign as a vehicle to sow discord.

And apparently it is -just read the posts on DU.

That is scary.

Do you think I’m going to help Uncle Vlad?

Nope.

[apcalc]

10. Don't be silly. My nominee choice is someone who I think can beat Trump.

[Cary]

4. Why are you calling people "establishment Democrats?"

I am a Democrat. I don't appreciate Putin or others trying to divide me from my fellow Democrats.

[mr_lebowski]

5. I agree in part ... a lot of what I'm seeing lately just doesn't seem ... prudent?

But damn, dude IS making things difficult with his 'Democratic Establishment' type of bullshit.

[handmade34]

6. "Putin collaborator?"

that is just silly

only unhinged people think Bernie is a Putin collaborator... but there is a consideration that he is named as being targeted by Putin... we do need to be mindful

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

8. 3-3 lol

Is that Nina Turner incognito posting?

[Fresh_Start]

9. No one is callling Bernie a collaborator...

its not in bernie... he is unwillingly supported by Putin.

[Deero]

25. what

has he done to stop it other than keep it a secret for a month while saying publicly that putin is trying to hurt him?

[Fresh_Start]

27. I don't believe he solicited support from Russia

I don't know anyway he can stop Russian support other than leaving the race.

[Squinch]

11. Because the "establishment" is an evil, evil entity!!!1! (Isn't that the thinking behind this

nonsense straw man laden post?)

[we can do it]

12. Cut the "establishment" shit. It's not 1969.🙄

[apcalc]

17. +1

[Cha]

21. Snap

[ChiTownDenny]

13. -1

The establishment includes those of us on this site.

[jmg257]

23. Cool. Do YOU fear a Bernie win in the primaries?

[ChiTownDenny]

24. I don't think Bernie can win the Presidency.

And I fear the result of that if he wins the nomination.

[jmg257]

26. Yep - seeing alot of that. Bernie made a bad choice trying to represent a party that doesn't

want him to win.

[Vogon_Glory]

14. We don't call Senator Sanders a Putin collaborator

We don't call Senator Sanders a Putin collaborator. There's no need: there's a real Putin collaborator in the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC (And probably at least a dozen in the White House proper and many more spread throughout the Executive Branch).

What the rest of us are concerned about is that Senator Sanders still retains political blind spots, thought-patterns left over from his far left days, that doesn't allow him to see that he is vulnerable to manipulation from the suit-wearing thug in the Kremlin as well as said thug's old colleagues in the Lubyanka (The old KGB headquarters, for those of you who haven't guessed).

I admire Senator Sander's fire. I admire his outrage. I even agree with many (if not all) of the things he says.

I just don't think he's the Democratic Party's best candidate to face off against Donald Trump in these dark times.

[ehrnst]

15. No, he's 1 for 2.

It helps one's credibility to get the numbers correct.

[George II]

22. Actually only 1/2 for 2. He didn't finish ahead of any candidate in either.

[still_one]

16. I have not called him a Putin collaborator, and I am a DUer, and according to Sanders definition an

"establishment" Democrat

However, in regard to "is this the way we want to treat our front runner"

Perhaps Jill Stein supporter Gray, or Hillary hating Sirota and Turner can answer that question

After all Sanders is such a unifying figure outside of his base

[evertonfc]

18. He's a Democratic Socialist

supported Marxists over Democrats in past and will lose in embarrassing fashion. I don't need the Russian shit to oppose him.im primary

[pwb]

19. Putin thinks Trump can beat Sanders so he wants Sanders to be the nominee?

I do not want either one Trump or Sanders if that is Putins play.

We should start our primaries with New York, California, Texas or Florida to get a more accurate feel of the population.

[lapucelle]

20. The first time I read here, or in fact even heard BS called a "Putin collaborator"

was in the title to this thread.

[fallout87]

28. Because they cant stand that hes winning

Its easier to dismiss him as a cheater than to acknowledge hes the true front runner.

[apcalc]

29. Well, we'll see after we get a few closed primaries under our belts.

[ehrnst]

32. I think that we're going to see the inverse of that pretty soon,

judging by that tweet.

[LakeArenal]

33. Did you purposely leave out the punctuation?

I, for one, will admit I can’t stand him winning. I, once back around 2015, was very inspired by him. Now, I dread him.

My OPINION is that he is not the “true” front runner. There is none at this point.

[oldsoftie]

30. Sanders will NOT win South Carolina

[ehrnst]

31. This is the "Democratic establishment" you are bashing.

[MrsCoffee]

34. And the brosplainers come out of the woodwork on queue.

Its like performance spin art.