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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why do Bernie/his supporters get to decide what a Democrat stands for? [View all]Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)9. His supporters have hijacked social media
to push the right wing smear that Hillary is corrupt and untrustworthy. The polling shows that most of his supporters will NOT accept Hillary as the nominee. Why? Because they are militant and will demand their way or no way.
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Why do Bernie/his supporters get to decide what a Democrat stands for? [View all]
hill2016
Jan 2016
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Because the repubs have already claimed most of NoHope Hillary's policies.
last1standing
Jan 2016
#1
Who said the No True Scotsman fallacy applies only to supporters? There have been many threads and
merrily
Jan 2016
#70
You mentioned "not real ("true") Democrats." My links were indeed relevant to that.
merrily
Jan 2016
#105
You're not being honest, and you keep playing this game in thread after thread.
arcane1
Jan 2016
#76
Supplementary insurance will no doubt continue to exist (at a price), under Medicare for All, as it
merrily
Jan 2016
#59
Mainstream democratic platform is to not raise any taxes on uber-upper-upper
Voice for Peace
Jan 2016
#25
So, when does supporting H-1B quotas make her representing "mainstream Democratic Party platform"?
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#49
Yes of course, national baseline funding for 1 - 12 free room and board for college
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#28
Those directly effected by Jim Crow, War on drugs, native American genocide and stupid
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#53
Wait, isn't that EXACTLY what Sanders is doing?! Defining what revolution for everyone
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#84
Reparations does have a funding mechanism, that's false.. and like I've said about Sanders he
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#96
You listed a bunch of things you wanted, yet your candidate does not support any of it.
Qutzupalotl
Jan 2016
#99
She's not the revolution candidate Sanders is, she's not sticking herself with that title
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#57
"no new taxes" is something democrats stand for? Like a foundational principle?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#23
You forget we're not supposed to go against who the establishment picks out for us, remember?
VulgarPoet
Jan 2016
#90
Are you afraid you're going to lose your nanny, housekeeper and private school?
neverforget
Jan 2016
#37
Because Some Of Us Have Been Democrats For Decades... And Haven't Forgotten What A Real One Is...
WillyT
Jan 2016
#51
Because they are so frightfully ideologically pure compared to the rest of us.
DavidDvorkin
Jan 2016
#72
Are you saying blue dogs aka DINOs should be the ones to decide what a Democrat stands for?
Autumn
Jan 2016
#100
Strange in this large thread the real answer got only a passing, dismissive "answer"
whatthehey
Jan 2016
#103