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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There will be no Unity in the Democratic Party this election [View all]ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)73. Bingo.
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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