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Bernie Sanders' Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers [View all] Donkees Mar 2018 OP

He probably got a lot of "Likes" on Facebook too. N/T MyNameGoesHere Mar 2018 #1

Meaning what exactly? Voltaire2 Mar 2018 #2

It's a little button on Facebook MyNameGoesHere Mar 2018 #5

Yes, literally anyone who is concerned with Inequality in America HootieMcBoob Mar 2018 #8

Sanders is beating a good drum. Econ. inequality is a core issue DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #24

If you clicked on it, watched 15 seconds and didn't like what you were seeing... George II Mar 2018 #47

I don't click on things on Facebook, Twitter etc. MyNameGoesHere Mar 2018 #49

Clicky-clicky! So simple... anyone can do it! NurseJackie Mar 2018 #51

HAHA! My cat walked across my keyboard, they got ten hits. George II Mar 2018 #53

How was the 1.7 million number tabulated? lapucelle Mar 2018 #237

I never, ever go to Facebook. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #104

or even if you clicked on it 300 times from overseas, and don't speak a word of English, BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #131

It's often entertaining to watch people cower behind implication. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #55

+1111! KPN Mar 2018 #86

If you need help finding the like icon MyNameGoesHere Mar 2018 #174

do you Hate Senator Sanders? juxtaposed Mar 2018 #212

??? ehrnst Mar 2018 #385

Sanders is presenting the reasons why Voltaire2 Mar 2018 #3

So he didn't call out Democrats? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #4

Shouldn't we all 'call out' people who do not support liberal values like pampango Mar 2018 #197

Are we allowed only to "call out" Democrats? ehrnst Mar 2018 #386

To the contrary. We should call out anyone who does not support the liberal values pampango Mar 2018 #392

The Democratic Party has to be big tent in order to gain a majority...and there is no consensus on Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #399

What do you define as "common Democratic values"? Are they not 'liberal'? pampango Mar 2018 #403

I am a liberal so I have liberal values. I want universal health care, living wage, something done Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #418

No...not by an independent who is not a member of the party...and he usually just generalizes...like Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #397

Please Bernie DownriverDem Mar 2018 #15

How do you feel about him being one of the most reliable votes for progressive issues for 25 years? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #23

I think he blew it up. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #30

I Think You've Nailed It Me. Mar 2018 #54

I totally agree! arthritisR_US Mar 2018 #242

I think the results of the Mayoral election in Burlington two weeks ago says it all. George II Mar 2018 #58

Sept. Is The Primary In NH Me. Mar 2018 #66

I missed that. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #95

Yeah, but she only got 36% of the vote, only about 1/3 of the voters of Burlington approved of her. George II Mar 2018 #96

Don't forget voting against immigration reform, voting five times against the Brady Bill, the Amber lunamagica Mar 2018 #111

All great points! MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #116

Totally with you on this pandr32 Mar 2018 #135

Indeed. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #387

I agree with you. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #400

In this day and age we need our Democrats to vote in favor of tougher gun legislation, not.... George II Mar 2018 #35

Personally, I feel great about that. DanTex Mar 2018 #50

That's not true, Sen Paul Wellstone was & remains the most reliable Progressive. Wwcd Mar 2018 #89

Ask any civil rights activist fighting on legislation and noms on Capitol Hill for their go-to list EffieBlack Mar 2018 #113

well why do you think that is? Look at where our politics has taken us. Look at what our Dems JCanete Mar 2018 #118

Im not talking about watered-down progress EffieBlack Mar 2018 #138

so buddies who work together on a lot of different issues, including the ones I spoke to JCanete Mar 2018 #143

I was knee-deep in these fights and know firsthand exactly what Im talking about EffieBlack Mar 2018 #145

that was off the cuff, and it was a dumb comment on my part really, because there are JCanete Mar 2018 #150

You surely dont mean it that way but your lecture about civil rights and economic inequality EffieBlack Mar 2018 #166

It cannot work that way. That would be an entirely different kind of patronizing. If I don't JCanete Mar 2018 #168

Yes, Democrats are "abdicating" because you want to think that. ehrnst Mar 2018 #446

Wait, what the fuck did we get in the omnibus bill? Less bad stuff than we could have gotten? JCanete Mar 2018 #450

And you illustrate my point in ways I could not have. ehrnst Mar 2018 #455

I remember well when a certain group turned against Rep. John Lewis for saying he didn't lunamagica Mar 2018 #119

Yes, it was ugly for Rep. Lewis to allow himself to be used in that way. stranger81 Mar 2018 #186

Typical lunamagica Mar 2018 #198

And, I say again, they wonder why black folk don't fall all over themselves for Bernie EffieBlack Mar 2018 #208

Agree. They don't wonder why they never win Hortensis Mar 2018 #225

Hey, not just black folk! GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #253

I think I'm a little bit in love with your dad. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #254

Well, it complicated, like everything in the South GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #256

Im sorry you lost your dad EffieBlack Mar 2018 #257

Wow. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #207

I was a Clinton delegate to the DNC Gothmog Mar 2018 #232

He deserves all our respect. He is a tried and true progressive, and one who has shed blood ehrnst Mar 2018 #286

I have met Congressman Lewis and have heard his "preaching to chickens" story 4 times Gothmog Mar 2018 #350

He IS a national treasure EffieBlack Mar 2018 #292

I am still mad at the attacks on Congressman Lewis at the DNC Gothmog Mar 2018 #351

used? sheshe2 Mar 2018 #233

I agree Gothmog Mar 2018 #238

Right. It is incredibly insulting. But I'm glad they keep showing us their true selves lunamagica Mar 2018 #251

That's ugly insult to our Civil Rights Icon and Cha Mar 2018 #243

It speaks volumes, doesn't it? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #244

Blaring volumes Cha Mar 2018 #245

"Used in that way"? How was he "used"? Representative Lewis is the most honorable and respected... George II Mar 2018 #246

Because he refuses to acknolwedge that Bernie is the greatest civil rights activist of ALL TIME!!! EffieBlack Mar 2018 #248

He allowed himself to be used to promote the false implication that Senator Sanders stranger81 Mar 2018 #266

John Lewis NEVER said that Sanders was not involved in the civil rights movement.... George II Mar 2018 #283

Your comment is offensive and wrong. betsuni Mar 2018 #285

Bullshit EffieBlack Mar 2018 #295

I realize this may come as quite a shock to you, stranger81 Mar 2018 #324

Did you approve of the Sanders delegates booing Congressman John Lewis. at the DNC? Gothmog Mar 2018 #349

I don't think that kind of public display of disrespect towards Rep. Lewis is appropriate or helpful stranger81 Mar 2018 #357

Your disappointment is something that I can live with Gothmog Mar 2018 #364

That's fine. I can live with that too. stranger81 Mar 2018 #365

Congressman Lewis is a national treasure Gothmog Mar 2018 #424

Worse yet, being called a liar. Weird that it is allowed to stand. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #353

You never responded, wonder why? The fact that they both worked for the same organization... George II Mar 2018 #341

Misleading is short hand for lie, so Rep Lewis is being called a liar here and it stands. got it Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #352

You know what? I completely agree with your point stranger81 Mar 2018 #363

John Lewis' statement was 100% factual, and he made it of his own volition. He was "used"... George II Mar 2018 #372

John Lewis didn't know him in the 60's all american girl Mar 2018 #360

Sanders spent two (2) years in the civil rights movement as a college student. George II Mar 2018 #373

You told me to come and look at what you where talking about, and that I was putting words in your m all american girl Mar 2018 #361

It's preposterous to try to claim now that no implications were attached to Rep. Lewis's statement. stranger81 Mar 2018 #362

Please explain to me why the elder of a nationwide movement would know all american girl Mar 2018 #375

But the bottom line is that nothing he said was incorrect despite what some.... George II Mar 2018 #407

One protest in 63 is not really impressive...unless I missed something after that. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #419

Wow, so you are saying that a Civil Right icon, all american girl Mar 2018 #358

No, that's not what I'm saying. stranger81 Mar 2018 #359

You accused Congressman Lewis of using misleading terms and making false statements Gothmog Mar 2018 #431

Rep. John Lewis had a message for young activists Gothmog Mar 2018 #480

Who was it that "used" him? (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #394

Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #396

Well, that pretty much tells us, doesn't it? ehrnst Mar 2018 #398

Yes. Oh, how I wish he was still fighting for the voiceless lunamagica Mar 2018 #114

Misunderstood...yeah Wellstone was a good guy...I thought you meant Sen. Sanders and he is still Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #401

lol, no, I would never sai that about the independent senator from Vermont lunamagica Mar 2018 #429

I often wonder what would have happened if Wellstone had lived...he had an impact Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #453

His death was a tragedy for America. A loss for the most vulnerable among us lunamagica Mar 2018 #460

Wellstone was the REAL deal, true American patriot, true liberal. Great man. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #128

And Paul was being called an "establishment sell-out" at the time of his death ehrnst Mar 2018 #410

That is insane, did not know that. Wellstone was not a sellout at any level on any issue. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #420

He didn't think that evolving on an issue when you got new information was "selling out," ehrnst Mar 2018 #422

What could anyone have against Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #425

Yeah, go figure. ehrnst Mar 2018 #426

You know what else Senator Wellsone was... GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #255

He held true to a single Party representing his values & vision. Wwcd Mar 2018 #411

Yep.(nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #423

Paul was being called an "establishment sellout" by the purists at the time of his death ehrnst Mar 2018 #409

Franken on Hillary, "She's a Paul Wellstone progressive" Wwcd Mar 2018 #413

And like Neil DeGrasse Tyson recommended, he thought it was OK to change his mind ehrnst Mar 2018 #414

I'm glad that he did Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #26

Well-said. nt. appal_jack Mar 2018 #43

Well said!! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #83

Hear, hear! Well done. KPN Mar 2018 #87

Good points that are seldom mentioned in the rush to condemn Sanders. nt Doremus Mar 2018 #140

Well said, as always. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #141

Only 10% of "Independents" don't vote along party lines. No idea why there is any suggestion that seaglass Mar 2018 #196

OK, let's look at your state then Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #289

One office - Governor is often taken by Repubs because of the super majority of Dems in seaglass Mar 2018 #298

Let me just say that I wish a whole lot more states were like Massachusetts Tom Rinaldo Mar 2018 #316

Hey, It's just a small change! aka-chmeee Mar 2018 #28

because what you really want is for him to run third party? You would have no beef with that? hmmm? JCanete Mar 2018 #120

Country trusts Bernie. Show also zentrum Mar 2018 #6

That is a big assumption leftofcool Mar 2018 #7

Hmmm .... how many people tuned KPN Mar 2018 #91

Exactly. zentrum Mar 2018 #132

Ralph Nader also drew huge crowds. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2018 #338

Yes he did -- for decades. KPN Mar 2018 #371

Right - 400 in 2010. ehrnst Mar 2018 #377

Oh? Did you ever see Nader? How many were present then? I saw him in 1972 KPN Mar 2018 #383

I responded to your post about large crowds ehrnst Mar 2018 #384

Sanders didn't "do well in terms of numbers of voters"? That's an unusual interpretation of KPN Mar 2018 #388

Turnout would be the number of voters who cast votes for a politician in an election. ehrnst Mar 2018 #389

And that's what I asked about -- seemed obvious to me. KPN Mar 2018 #390

I'm not not the one manufacturing quotes here to create a strawman. ehrnst Mar 2018 #391

Not an assumption. zentrum Mar 2018 #136

Hillary had a high approval rating as SoS, that suddenly dropped when ehrnst Mar 2018 #434

There is no bigger issue than supporting Democrats...with Trump and the GOP Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #20

How do you flip the economic pyramid? You don't know? DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #31

That will never happen. The new deal relied on government sponsored jobs and unionization. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #65

How do you know it "will never happen"? whathehell Mar 2018 #78

The things that solved issues in the 1930's won't work now. It is a different world...the answers Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #183

No, many things from other decades still work. Thing's aren't automatically whathehell Mar 2018 #219

Unions have been demonized and free trade has driven them out...that is a fact. We soon Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #276

Yes, and no one's denying that.. whathehell Mar 2018 #279

I am not giving up...just have to find new solutions. I am working my ass off...I live in Ohio Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #282

Many of those zentrum Mar 2018 #222

I live in Europe, and it's just not like that here. DFW Mar 2018 #268

What policies in Europe are Roosevelt policies? I can't think of any. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #275

Do you mean what policies in Europe are similar to Roosevelt's? whathehell Mar 2018 #331

It was said by someone perhaps not you that Europe had adopted Roosevelt policies. I don't see that. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #332

If you read at least one of the links I provided.. whathehell Mar 2018 #344

What link? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #348

I'll repost it... whathehell Mar 2018 #366

When you get a chance...I looked through it and didn't see it. I will do so again...Sorry about that Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #367

No problem at all.. whathehell Mar 2018 #368

We are not going to get a new deal through...I don't know what else to say. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #311

Well, I'm sorry, but I don't know what to say to blanket statements whathehell Mar 2018 #315

I discussed why and what..."get the new deal" is the mother of blanket statements. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #325

The New Deal is only "meaningless" to people who don't know what it is.. whathehell Mar 2018 #328

I know what the new deal was...I studied it in economics, my Grandparents loved Roosevelt Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #333

So the New Deal is too "old" for you....Got a replacement? whathehell Mar 2018 #343

Never say never. "Never" is self-defeating KPN Mar 2018 #93

No it is not...it is self defeating to try to do stuff that won't happen...figure out what can work Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #97

I disagree with that old tired mantra that has resulted KPN Mar 2018 #100

The middle class will continue to be plundered if we don't win elections. That is our priority. As Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #179

Says you. I'm not you. Starting out by saying we can't is a recipe KPN Mar 2018 #112

Getting where and how do we get there...I saw nothing practical last night...just rhetoric. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #178

With a defeatist attitude all things are impossible. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #309

Yes..Thank you. n/t. whathehell Mar 2018 #345

The New Deal was geared towards a particular segment of our population ehrnst Mar 2018 #393

I don't trust him. I wan to see his tax returns. Adrahil Mar 2018 #33

The lack of response to your post is noted. nt TexasTowelie Mar 2018 #231

Elizabeth Warren is a good, loyal Democrat. It went under the radar, but... George II Mar 2018 #59

Yes, and she's a progressive Democrat. n/t. whathehell Mar 2018 #80

Supporting Democrats is the only issue for me at this moment. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #172

... LexVegas Mar 2018 #9

I'll get you some coffee. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #32

Lol BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #42

Well doesn't that just sum up why we're fucked.... JCanete Mar 2018 #124

... LexVegas Mar 2018 #151

Glad to see a town hall discussion on economic justice. democrank Mar 2018 #10

How so...I saw nothing new here. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #21

So? It's so unimportant that we should not discuss it? So what Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #25

The "New Deal" is still new evidently. Let's keep fighting for it. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #34

It just seems a waste of time. We know from PA that the issue was healthcare in district 18 Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #67

I just can't see discussions of growing poverty in America as a "waste of time." mountain grammy Mar 2018 #159

It is when there is no solution at the moment. There are lots of issues that are not voting issues Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #170

1.7 million viewing is new. KPN Mar 2018 #99

I don't trust facebook...and we need to be working towards as 50 state solution...I don't see the Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #176

really? Cuz this is what our politiicans, as they vote to deregulate the banks, sound like daily. JCanete Mar 2018 #121

You know I believe every single safe Democrat should face a primary after Trump is gone as a result Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #173

no, I'm done with that. not being "safe" is the cover our politicians and our party leaders use to JCanete Mar 2018 #177

You have to get elected...look do you really think at this moment we can get a Senate and a house Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #427

A big tent should not mean catering to industry over people. If we can't JCanete Mar 2018 #442

It is about getting elected but I looked at the bill and don't think it is that bad. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #451

Also, it will not help us fix these things if we don't talk about them. You cannot avoid these JCanete Mar 2018 #182

Candidates should discuss what works in their state or district ...stuff that helps get them Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #430

you can't govern on your message if you don't run on it. For that matter, it clearly JCanete Mar 2018 #438

People don't run on the entire Democratic platform...you run on what works... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #452

again, this cannot just be ignored by you....if the way you win is by not riling big money JCanete Mar 2018 #454

You have to win for power...I don't know what to say except...you can bring bills to the floor Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #471

K&R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2018 #11

Bernie attacks republicons! RandiFan1290 Mar 2018 #12

Agree 100% ! left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #16

I'm not a troll DownriverDem Mar 2018 #17

Do you agree with what Bernie is saying about US Economy? UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #19

So he should have run as an independent? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #27

Good point! OK, let's get back to building a PEOPLE's economy. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #36

It would have been less damaging for the Party had he run as an independent. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #68

Clinton would not have won the popular vote if he had. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #74

I think that those who would have vote for Sen. Sanders voted for Jill Stein...we all know since Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #181

Winning the popular vote while satisfying has done nothing to negate the horrors of Trump...if I had Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #436

BS. Trump would have won fair and square had Bernie not in that case. KPN Mar 2018 #103

I didn't say we would have won in 16 had Sen. Sanders run as a independent . I said there would Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #180

What damage?! You miss my point. KPN Mar 2018 #218

You are kidding me right? I have seen the 16 primary refought in several elections... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #435

Nope. I believe what I've said, otherwise I wouldn't say it. KPN Mar 2018 #472

I wish it were so...I wish the divisiveness and bitterness of 16 were behind us but it is not. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #476

I have no idea what you mean. I believe the party would have been less damaged had Sen. Sanders run Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #432

Bullshit. progressoid Mar 2018 #189

It hurt the Democratic Party and if you spend any time here or on any social media, you see it. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #433

He gave me the choice to vote askyagerz Mar 2018 #79

Oh, we're so sorry mcar Mar 2018 #294

Yeah typical response askyagerz Mar 2018 #307

You poor baby. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #297

Yeah I'm a poor baby because I'm anti war. askyagerz Mar 2018 #308

For years, voters have had to pick candidates they disagree with on numerous issues EffieBlack Mar 2018 #310

+1000! mcar Mar 2018 #313

I could care less about any candidate. askyagerz Mar 2018 #314

Your hypothetical is a strawman EffieBlack Mar 2018 #317

Oh poooor baby... Lol askyagerz Mar 2018 #319

"Anyone who knew anything about politics was screaming that she was a liability to the democratics" EffieBlack Mar 2018 #321

Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #323

Did you vote for Kerry? He voted for the war too. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #437

Would you rather he had run as an Independent in 2016? KPN Mar 2018 #101

Yes. I would rather he not have used the Democratic Party for money, attention, etc. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #115

The irreparable damage and division mostly shows up on places like DU. progressoid Mar 2018 #190

Same here. That's a good observation. KPN Mar 2018 #215

No it doesn't. It often shows up in elections...it showed up in Texas a week or so ago. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #439

Hillary's voter models? Backing of top party KPN Mar 2018 #214

Yes. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #223

Yes, exactly, this is why he knew that he needed Democrats. R B Garr Mar 2018 #217

I disagree with your opinion. Bernie caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #291

He consistently bashes the Democratic party and it's members. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #293

Yes, he does seem to have a lot of anger. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #300

Yes. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #109

Didnt see it, but that guy might have made sense... KTM Mar 2018 #284

Sally Albright and her Bernie attack bots and minions. CentralMass Mar 2018 #164

You call fellow Dems trolls? BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #461

Some on du hate Bernie more than Trump. Trump is the bad guy dembotoz Mar 2018 #13

Don't hate Bernie DownriverDem Mar 2018 #18

You Do Realize He Was Welcomed To Run In The Primaries, Right? ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #45

And I Hope They Realize What A Massive Blunder That Was Me. Mar 2018 #56

Amen. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #62

... Me. Mar 2018 #71

We All Have Our Opinions ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #88

Yes Me. Mar 2018 #443

NEVER NEVER Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #441

Ever Me. Mar 2018 #445

to the woodshed...post haste. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #448

Exactly Me. Mar 2018 #449

Just like Democratic party members have welcomed Bernie to caucus with them. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #204

So you'd rather be ran as an I? KPN Mar 2018 #106

Yes...either way he worked hard to misdirect votes in the GE away from Dems BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #146

Soundly repudiated? Big assumption. KPN Mar 2018 #152

I'm not interested in supporting or helping Bernie Rah Rah posts. BoneyardDem Mar 2018 #167

Oh ... so blame Bernie for Russia meddling. KPN Mar 2018 #220

I don't hate anyone more than Trump. And I don't hate Sen. Sanders. I just don't think the stuff he Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #22

It's the economy, and how it's rigged to favor the rich. Let's keep focused! DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #37

Again same old same old without fresh ideas to address this. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #69

We know the ACA and health care is why we won PA 18...so that is what should be discussed. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #70

That is not a winning issue in moderate districts where folks are more concerned with Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #171

Jobs and healthcare are EXACTLY what Bernie Sanders has been talking about.They are pyramid flippers DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #239

We are talking about the Town Hall on income inequality...and we don't Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #274

It is pertinent to talking about what actually ails us. Any democrats not talking about it JCanete Mar 2018 #123

It's not hatred, it's just wariness of a man who teamed up with people like Cornel West, who DanTex Mar 2018 #52

⬆⬆⬆ THIS! ⬆⬆⬆ NurseJackie Mar 2018 #64

Note how he has to go back 16 years to the Iraq war, but he never talks about the real issues... R B Garr Mar 2018 #92

So why do you think that is? KPN Mar 2018 #108

Well that audience STILL matters. Our own leaders need to see how many people JCanete Mar 2018 #142

Inspiring people is mostly useless unless the inspired people end up voting D. DanTex Mar 2018 #169

its useless if all they do is vote D. If that is going to be your rationale over issues, JCanete Mar 2018 #175

No, it's certainly not useless. At all. DanTex Mar 2018 #221

We agree, post primary vote D, assuming its still worth believing in something. JCanete Mar 2018 #267

Why the qualification? Why "assuming"? DanTex Mar 2018 #278

Yeah, like that useless Obama and his inspirational speeches. progressoid Mar 2018 #191

Obama got people voting D. Like I said, that's what matters. DanTex Mar 2018 #210

How many Democrats do you interact with IRL? progressoid Mar 2018 #241

Sure seems that way. KPN Mar 2018 #105

Sad, but true. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #195

I will say it again. . Kurt V. Mar 2018 #14

and the most ignored. Climate Change is right up there too but even w/ all that, TRUMP CousinIT Mar 2018 #29

We HAVE to have something to vote FOR DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #39

Sorry human rights should take a back seat to nothing. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #44

Human rights are totally at the mercy of the thieves pooling all the wealth + levers of power. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #126

Trump did not steal Bernie's message or voters...completely different. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #72

Trump talked about Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Bernie talked about the same with a deeper perspective. DemocracyMouse Mar 2018 #240

All candidates talk about jobs in every election...to compare Trump with Sanders is a disservice to Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #273

Climate change is right there. Kurt V. Mar 2018 #40

He partnered up with TYT? Didn't they get several million dollars from conservative republican.... George II Mar 2018 #38

Yes, "Our New Buddy" he called him. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #46

That's a LOT of money! At first glance it seems peculiar that it's coming from a Republican... NurseJackie Mar 2018 #57

wow....what a bad point. Come on George...fucking a. What does that even ammount to? JCanete Mar 2018 #133

I watched and it was a really good discussion about an overlooked issue with many Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #41

None of the issues discussed will help in 9n my opinion. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #73

You watched all 90 minutes and felt that nothing discussed will help. Interesting opinion. Thanks Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #84

I read the transcripts...and I saw nothing I had not seen before or heard during the 16 primary. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #184

You read transcripts of the whole 90 minutes? Wow that's dedication. Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #192

I read a great deal...I have ADD and could never sit though 90 minutes. I have been stessed about Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #444

There were about 450 in audience and about 100 in overflow so hard to judge audience Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #466

My feeling is that income inequality is consequence of bad policies in terms of taxing, health Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #470

Loved the town hall, and I love this thread Autumn Mar 2018 #48

You and those who imagine they're opposing Sanders both. Hortensis Mar 2018 #63

Yuppers.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #85

It the smart way to reach people and get them informed and involved. Autumn Mar 2018 #102

Officially join the Dem party Bernie awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #60

Purity politics helps nobody Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #75

You took my comments to an extreme there awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #81

+10 whathehell Mar 2018 #82

What if this is the way to make Citizens United irrelevant? yurbud Mar 2018 #61

I have no interest in helping any third party candidate. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #458

Income Inequality is an issue we can win on. jalan48 Mar 2018 #76

Agree backtoblue Mar 2018 #77

Bernie ought to stop spending so much time getting economic equality A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #90

As he sits in his new lakehouse with his million$$ bank acct. Wwcd Mar 2018 #94

He's WORST than trump, AND A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #98

He is an Independant. He has no loyalty to any particular Party. Wwcd Mar 2018 #107

Then I wonder why the DU even has a Bernie Democrats Group? Omaha Steve Mar 2018 #129

I wonder the same thing. When you clearly state that you joined the Dem Party for "Money & Media", Wwcd Mar 2018 #139

Kind of hanging him before the fair trial? Omaha Steve Mar 2018 #144

No one's "hanging" anyone. Mueller named Sanders for a reason. Wwcd Mar 2018 #155

Deal Omaha Steve Mar 2018 #158

"lived off the public for 40 yrs" Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #117

He never had a real job until he was 40 years old. That is a well known fact lunamagica Mar 2018 #125

Wow Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #130

His resume and accomplishments are quite modest and unimpressive lunamagica Mar 2018 #137

Let's start with their college years. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #148

Nice try, lol. She wore a button to please her dad. Now, let's see lunamagica Mar 2018 #160

OK. Couple things. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #224

Did any of this (Other than the sit-in) happen before he was 40? lunamagica Mar 2018 #234

Or voting for the Crime Bill EffieBlack Mar 2018 #299

This is copy and pasted from a site? sheshe2 Mar 2018 #235

"Couple things"? George II Mar 2018 #236

You may want to check your sources... lunamagica Mar 2018 #287

That is very interesting, luna. brer cat Mar 2018 #326

Funny how no link to the source was added, huh? lunamagica Mar 2018 #327

He has pretty much zero foreign policy. Something that will be critical in 2020 Wwcd Mar 2018 #161

Just some of the mysteries in Senator Transparecy's past lunamagica Mar 2018 #162

R U kidding? Since when do people vote for president because of their foreign policy bonafides? progressoid Mar 2018 #194

It's an impotant factor for me. comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #304

That's not at all what was stated. Wwcd Mar 2018 #157

SNCC may not hold a torch to corporate lawyering. David__77 Mar 2018 #201

How about being the former director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic? It's all matter lunamagica Mar 2018 #203

Yes, let's conveniently forget the history here... ehrnst Mar 2018 #335

He did this in college-and then high-tailed it out of there and ran to the whitest state in the US EffieBlack Mar 2018 #211

Well, that's kind of a Catch-22, isn't it? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #227

Not at all EffieBlack Mar 2018 #230

We have other Senators of pretty liberal states elected as "progressives", too. George II Mar 2018 #290

Not sure what the number of people in his state have to do with it. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #305

95.2% white. 61.1 % rural ehrnst Mar 2018 #336

Nothing wrong with what he did EffieBlack Mar 2018 #340

hehe JCanete Mar 2018 #122

Bernie doing outreach, energizing voters and new voters that resides KPN Mar 2018 #110

Who's Party? Which Party does an independent have loyalty to? Wwcd Mar 2018 #127

Magnitsky, Magnitsky. How many times KPN Mar 2018 #149

What should be a broken record is about our Dems voting to gut Frank Dodd. I still haven't Autumn Mar 2018 #154

That vote neither aligned with Democratic nor Progressive values Wwcd Mar 2018 #163

What about the other 3 Democratic votes against? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #187

An honest answer was given .. by Sanders himself. KPN Mar 2018 #209

Oh ya, something something..oh ya Iran.. ya thats it. Wwcd Mar 2018 #229

Here is some nice reading for you. CentralMass Mar 2018 #165

Thx. KPN Mar 2018 #213

I will never forget how Bernie Sanders spoke out against the Iraq War and voted against it. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #302

That's not true. Sanders was one of 133 Members who voted no EffieBlack Mar 2018 #312

Bernie was one of 23 Senators who voted against the war. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #318

No, he wasn't. Sanders was a Congressman in 2001. He wasn't elected to the Senate until 2006 EffieBlack Mar 2018 #320

OK, I was wrong. Bluepinky Mar 2018 #322

Well apparently none of that matters. Or even that the Dems gave him that position. Good thing DU Nanjeanne Mar 2018 #193

Not everyone supports Sanders proposed policies. David__77 Mar 2018 #200

Not all Democrats? Which proposed policies? KPN Mar 2018 #216

...you don't say? I can imagine that nobody in the top 1 percent of the top JCanete Mar 2018 #330

Love it! That's what Bernie does best! Showing, once again, why he's such a valuable asset. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #206

Yep. KPN Mar 2018 #260

You mean at the Our Revolution rally in Texas? sheshe2 Mar 2018 #258

You feel that way as well about the Working Families Party? KPN Mar 2018 #259

I hope they signed up voters for the Democratic party at the rally. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #261

Sanders has always harped on the way to KPN Mar 2018 #262

Aaah. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #263

This was an online rally. It wasn't a huge love-fest KPN Mar 2018 #264

Yes...on line. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #265

It was excellent.. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #134

You got that right.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #281

How many times was the word "establishment" mentioned? Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #147

were we ever in the Sanders camp? I'd avoid conflating media bullshit with JCanete Mar 2018 #153

Slow your roll my man, I voted for Sanders in the primary... Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #156

+++++ sheshe2 Mar 2018 #185

"not worthy" .... Perfect. NurseJackie Mar 2018 #188

+++yup, anyone not acknowledging current Russian interference R B Garr Mar 2018 #228

Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality Cha Mar 2018 #247

Always with the screaming angry face. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #269

I never liked him.. since he thought it was Cha Mar 2018 #270

So many what the fuck moments for me. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #271

I love it when people Cha Mar 2018 #272

Oh FFS! mcar Mar 2018 #301

Perhaps the purists are opposed to Bernie Sanders. David__77 Mar 2018 #199

This message was self-deleted by its author comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #306

". . .during an online broadcast Monday night." ucrdem Mar 2018 #202

Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality Cha Mar 2018 #249

Inequality ucrdem Mar 2018 #250

I know.. Conor Lamb campaigned a lot on Cha Mar 2018 #252

Yes Lamb addressed these issues in an honest way it seems and won. ucrdem Mar 2018 #469

Yeah, Cha Mar 2018 #481

Exactamenudo. ucrdem Mar 2018 #482

Interesting.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #280

LOL, people have been telling me that since 1994 ucrdem Mar 2018 #288

Socialist.. disillusioned73 Mar 2018 #337

Not very. ucrdem Mar 2018 #356

Thank you, Donkees saidsimplesimon Mar 2018 #205

The panic is palpable GaryCnf Mar 2018 #226

Sanders Has Named the Problem -- Now Let's See Action dlk Mar 2018 #277

Thank God EffieBlack Mar 2018 #296

Hell, I'll just accept that you recognize that Sanders has the right JCanete Mar 2018 #329

And I'll just accept that you don't know the difference between EffieBlack Mar 2018 #334

I have no reason at all to argue with you on that point because we can't even get JCanete Mar 2018 #347

Wow still going on eh? awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #303

This is THE issue for our times that Democrats are not addressing effectively. alarimer Mar 2018 #339

17 out of how many? Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #342

Enough for the bill to pass so it doesn't fucking matter. alarimer Mar 2018 #346

17 out of how many? nt Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #376

ENOUGH FOR IT TO PASS!!!!!!!!!!!! alarimer Mar 2018 #378

So a majority of Dems voted against the bill. Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #379

So what? alarimer Mar 2018 #380

You seem to be focused on the 17 rather than the 32. Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #381

Because they voted with the GOP. alarimer Mar 2018 #382

So if the GOP sponsored a bill for Single Payer Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #395

You win today's Jumping the Shark Award. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #428

Why? Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #463

I love hyperbole. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #467

Well they can't if they want to get elected. Have you looked at the Senate map? This was not a bad Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #402

Bernie would have defeated Donnie in 2016 quartz007 Mar 2018 #354

Not hardly but if he'd run 3rd party like Perot he might have done us some good. ucrdem Mar 2018 #355

This is EXACTLY the scenario! R B Garr Mar 2018 #369

Yes I've thought all along that they should have called his bluff ucrdem Mar 2018 #440

Exactly right, again. We couldn't get through a second one of his spiels R B Garr Mar 2018 #473

3rd parties are unpredictable nm quartz007 Mar 2018 #374

That's a strange but interesting point. Now it would have damaged Sanders horribly and JCanete Mar 2018 #405

I don't think so...he might have taken more votes from Hillary...in would have in my Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #408

Nope...the votes were not there to become the nominee so how could he win a general? Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #404

well, I don't know that he could have, but that logic doesn't hold, since JCanete Mar 2018 #406

Maybe, I am not an expert. But I keep thinking there is a reason, the GOP and it seems the Russians Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #415

It hasn't damaged the party. The damage done to the party is most significanlty JCanete Mar 2018 #421

There is an entire group out there who thinks Sen.Sanders was cheated out of the nomination. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #447

So you have the ability Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #464

No, but my rate of prediction success is quartz007 Mar 2018 #465

That high a rate is impression Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #468

Don't change the subject matter quartz007 Mar 2018 #474

Trump observed politics for 50 years too Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #475

tRump had little time for politics quartz007 Mar 2018 #477

You dont know that Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #478

Again 2/3 times my predictions were correct. quartz007 Mar 2018 #479

And I am the czar of all the Russias Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #483

We have been through this already. Isnt this the same R B Garr Mar 2018 #370

Has anyone watched the video? oberliner Mar 2018 #412

I read the transcript. I have ADD ...couldn't possibly have sat through that. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #416

Where did you read the transcript? oberliner Mar 2018 #417

My son sent it to me...he knows I have trouble with stuff like that...he loves Sen.Sanders. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #456

Does it include all the interviews with the guests or just the statements from Sanders, et al? oberliner Mar 2018 #457

I don't know if it has all the statements or not since I didn't watch it but it was quite long... Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #459

That story about Selma really hit me as well oberliner Mar 2018 #462