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In reply to the discussion: Here's why Bernie shouldn't run [View all]Stellar
(5,644 posts)92. I personally will vote for the last Democrat standing.
Hell, Joe Biden is 76 years old, a year younger than Bernie (my preference for President). It makes me NO difference how old or young as long as their ideas remain fresh and new.
If it's about age, hopefully, they will have a younger 'progressive' Vice President on the ticket with them.
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Word...as long as they are not Republican....that is my only disqualifier. And fractured as we were
UniteFightBack
Dec 2018
#1
Well the party is going to choose....just as they did last time. That's one thing that has also
UniteFightBack
Dec 2018
#4
He helped elect Trump by being wishy washy at the end when he lost the nomination
katmondoo
Dec 2018
#68
If only that were all that were done. Well, I remember other persuasive means being used.
aikoaiko
Dec 2018
#10
What persuasive means? A primary is held every four years. Someone wins, and someone loses...
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#19
I wouldn't know, but Elizabeth Warren seems more aligned and a stronger candidate.
aikoaiko
Dec 2018
#23
That isn't hard to acknowledge. Most were shown the door in liberal online media/forums
aikoaiko
Dec 2018
#24
You pretty much summed it up for me... it's all about economic justice (+social issues)
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2018
#27
The attacks and smears against Democrats and the Democratic party are intentional.
NurseJackie
Dec 2018
#11
One only need look at the email he sent just yesterday to his followers to see how this will go.....
George II
Dec 2018
#44
I would also add that the Democratic party is not 'split'. We are doing just fine and will find ways
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#18
sure...just don't keep up the meme that Sanders or his supporters are purists. Its not true and
JCanete
Dec 2018
#62
Well intentioned our not, they helped Bush 2 get elected twice in my view and helped Trump
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#67
But you finding Sanders as a purist doesn't mean anything in the face of the evidence. Don't you see
JCanete
Dec 2018
#69
That's not what I characterized as nothing. I characterized your lack of an actual point as nothing.
JCanete
Dec 2018
#75
How about tell me what you are saying. You kind of have to appeal to somebody with an argument
JCanete
Dec 2018
#81
I believe Sen. Sanders contributed to our loss in 16. There were other factors of course.
Demsrule86
Dec 2018
#85
I think he should run if he wants, but I believe the new wave of Democratic candidates will push way
OnDoutside
Dec 2018
#16
'She couldn't win, despite the fact that she did, we shoulda seen it coming.....'
MrsCoffee
Dec 2018
#22
What do Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush have in common?
Jim Lane
Dec 2018
#32
Running as an outsider is not "out-Trumping Trump". Clinton and Obama both did it before.
Bucky
Dec 2018
#89
Hillary lost the 2008 primary and no one suggested she should be barred from running in 2016...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2018
#59
i think what sticks in my mind is how one side so totally villanized the other side that when it..
samnsara
Dec 2018
#26
quit with the bullshit. He was welcomed in, and if he weren't he wouldn't have pulled as
JCanete
Dec 2018
#58
Thank you for setting the record straight JC...it's a shame we can't move on & unite in a way so as
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2018
#63
Ultimately, it's About the Math-If Someone Can't Win a Primary, They Can't win a General Election
dlk
Dec 2018
#30
That's not true. Where did you get that from? So Clinton shouldn't have run? So Trump didn't lose a
JCanete
Dec 2018
#60
It's rather undemocratic to suggest that someone shouldn't run for office...
ProgLibDem
Dec 2018
#41
The problem with the argument is that you could smply flip it and say the other camp is
JCanete
Dec 2018
#57
Everyone should run who wants to run. Let the primaries sort it out. My only concern is 3rd parties.
Vinca
Dec 2018
#72
If he wants run as a Dem and meets the qualifications, then I think that he should run.
CentralMass
Dec 2018
#78