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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There will be no Unity in the Democratic Party this election [View all]joshcryer
(62,265 posts)2. That's total and complete revisionism about 2008.
Hillary Clinton busted her ass for Obama in 2008. They literally started the campaign in Unity, NH.
Some Sanders supporters are extremely negative and they don't represent Sanders in any way whatsoever, nor do they represent his true support base. When it's over Sanders will rally behind Clinton like Clinton rallied around Obama. And what of all this negative crap? I think that the "Sanders supporters" will show their true colors, as if we haven't seen glimmers of it all ready.
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The DNC and DWS are ripping the democratic party apart. This will not bode well for the 2016
RKP5637
Mar 2016
#1
80% of Democratic Bernie voters will hold their noses and vote against Trump, you mean.
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#173
I have to disagree with you. Perhaps I should direct you to Bernie pages on FB
bkkyosemite
Mar 2016
#189
You missed the WSJ poll; 33 percent of Bernie voters will not vote for Hillary
CoffeeCat
Mar 2016
#208
Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption
cantbeserious
Mar 2016
#185
A few things: Bernie won OK, which is in fact less lily white than CA. Yeah. OK has minorities that
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#98
"Some Sanders supporters are extremely negative and they don't represent Sanders in any way"
JoePhilly
Mar 2016
#95
They get the most votes with the aid of the MSM, the DNC, the politically connected who owe
Dustlawyer
Mar 2016
#87
That's how it works. It's called politics. He took too long to join the Democratic Party
brush
Mar 2016
#209
Bernie caucused with the Democratic party his entire tenure in the House and the Senate
Samantha
Mar 2016
#231
I'm familiar with Bernie too but I'm a political junkie and have listened to him for years on . . .
brush
Mar 2016
#232
And yet withholding votes from the Dem candidate in the GE only helps elect people like Trump
LonePirate
Mar 2016
#123
Vote for your fave in the primary. Vote for the Dem in the GE? Why is this difficult to understand?
LonePirate
Mar 2016
#142
What will she do? She will do more for progressive causes than any Republican.
LonePirate
Mar 2016
#160
That after 8 years of peace and prosperity 2% of the electorate would throw a temper tantrum nt.
Trenzalore
Mar 2016
#151
peace and prosperity for who exactly? wholly crap you people dont fucking get it.
litlbilly
Mar 2016
#205
This would be PUMA II. Or perhaps PUMA III or IV or V or some other number since there are always
pampango
Mar 2016
#236
I truly believe that the vast majority of Bernie supporters have the sense to see this, and there
Squinch
Mar 2016
#21
LOL! What has Bernie ever done for the poor? Did you see about where Hillary put together the
Squinch
Mar 2016
#53
Well she sure did a lot for the poor in Iraq. She voted to let them be slaughtered by the thousands.
BillZBubb
Mar 2016
#218
It's a matter of political survival. Until we recapture the Senate (and maybe the House)...
randome
Mar 2016
#41
Agreed. I am pretty sick of hearing about Obama's 3.14 dimensional chess skills. He's a Republican.
GoneFishin
Mar 2016
#58
The new Bernie or Bust line is a third party? Yeah, you guys are really dedicated to progressivism.
Squinch
Mar 2016
#76
And what has he ever done, in all his decades in Congress, that achieved progressive aims?
Squinch
Mar 2016
#115
Right. And now they're advocating for a third party. Either this reflects rank stupidity about
Squinch
Mar 2016
#77
Well off folk wanting to "maximize the contradictions" while the rest of us suffer...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#81
Sorry, but the track record of Sanders Supporters hasn't been a good one so far.
randome
Mar 2016
#39
The millions of people who voted for Clinton over Sanders are just gullible fools, is that it?
randome
Mar 2016
#116
It's actually the return of the PUMAs that are insisting Bernie and his supporters get in line
berni_mccoy
Mar 2016
#49
divisive? Which group of supporters is threatening NOT to support their oopponent once the
DrDan
Mar 2016
#44
well - take your ball and go home then - we do not need anyone getting in the way
DrDan
Mar 2016
#133
You can't call people racist time and again and then expect them to vote for the candidate u shoved
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#61
Hillary has made party safe for Reagan, Kissinger conservatives. The establishment shilling for her.
whereisjustice
Mar 2016
#71
There is unity. It's just between the establishment corporatist authoritarians from both parties.
Broward
Mar 2016
#88
Thank goodness a divisive negitive post such as the OP will no longer be world
riversedge
Mar 2016
#92
Finally some Sanders supporters are being honest. Their goal was always to shoot the hostage.
Renew Deal
Mar 2016
#104
Relyig on a candidate "not as bad" just doesn't work as well as it once did.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#105
It doesn't even reflect most Bernie supporters. The Bernie or Bust people are a small minority.
Squinch
Mar 2016
#118
Clinton and Sanders are so far apart on so many big issues that I think it is unrealistic
Doctor_J
Mar 2016
#119
The supporters claim is utter stinking hypocrisy. Bernie supporters are slandering Hillary.
Zynx
Mar 2016
#127
If Trump is her opponent, the turnout for the election will be historical. nt
kstewart33
Mar 2016
#162
It's fine. It's true that she doesn't need us. It's a fact if you look. Most of Bernie's voters are
Cheese Sandwich
Mar 2016
#177
Yep, a vote for Hillary in the primaries is a vote for the Republican candidate in the GE
emsimon33
Mar 2016
#191
Exactly. 30,000 in Seattle just now.....he is losing votes because of a "rigged" system
bkkyosemite
Mar 2016
#202
And according to the IT no one can tell unless there are paper reciepts compared w/machine
bkkyosemite
Mar 2016
#203