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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie the only candidate from either party who young voters actually give a damn about [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)220. So you're saying you haven't looked into his record or policy stances.
You should try it sometime.
You should also try not attempting to smear monger regarding Sanders. He's not about to throw the election to the GOP as you implied in your other post.
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brentspeak
Oct 2015
OP
Had one tell me yesterday that she was thrilled to have a candidate she was excited about
Live and Learn
Oct 2015
#4
To say nothing of her friends in the intelligence and military communities.
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#129
Lol, yes, they will. I'm taking a formerly non-voter to register as a Dem this week
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#32
It kills me that people in our party want to ignore or even tamp down this enthusiasm. These people
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#3
It's because the leadership has already decided who they want, and everyone knows it.
reformist2
Oct 2015
#29
Great post. You should post it as an OP with just a little editing because what you said needs
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#131
"I will be back with new account since someone got me flagged for review. I hate you Bernie people!"
MindfulOne
Oct 2015
#73
LMAO! I wonder who hacked her account and called Billy Bragg a "redneck"?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#77
Wasn't there another famous DUer who flamed out and claimed their account was hacked?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#101
Oh dear. Another one who doesn't know the difference between Communism and Dem Socialism.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#120
Not me! I have to admit, I'm curious how this afternoon-long vitriol would've expressed itself.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#111
A shame, really. No telling what kind of gems would have come from that mine.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#114
Currently: "Can\'t spell Bernie Sanders without the letters NRA." Umm... Also... Hillary Clinton
Fearless
Oct 2015
#221
New entry: I\'m back with a new name. You can\'t stop me from telling the truth about socialist jews
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#165
With the latest profile change, I'm not so sure DU is the right place for them to be.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#169
Hard to believe she's a nice Jewish girl living in Brooklyn, isn't it?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#170
Where they strongly imply a Democratic candidate for POTUS is a pedophile, as at least one other
merrily
Oct 2015
#234
Nobody young or progressive has ever said "they're all doped up", like EVER!
MindfulOne
Oct 2015
#58
Exactly! Bernie is the Democrat that many bought-and-paid-for Democrats wish they could be.
DrBulldog
Oct 2015
#42
Another HC supporter implying Bernie will throw the election if he loses the nomination.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#44
He is a life long Democrat. I can understand your confusion, it's hard to remember what
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#56
Thank you for the reminder of slime-balls like Liebermann. Not that I would put the Clintons
erronis
Oct 2015
#70
lolololol - yes, we have seen this before um around 2008, and yes we can
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#95
Biggest voting bloc in the country now, for the first time in living memory, are Independents.
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#99
No he doesn't. He needs the PEOPLE in order to win. 'Hill, Bill and Barack are just three people,
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#148
Are you saying that Dems won't support him if he wins the nomination?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#161
The night Bernie Sanders endorsed Jesse Jackson for President of the USA:
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#103
How he has run in the past is no secret and he is running as a Dem now. As always, ya got nutthin,
merrily
Oct 2015
#256
To be fair, not all young people. But young people with beard combs and hemp suspenders, yeah
DanTex
Oct 2015
#9
Do you remember how Niles's first wife, Maris, on the "Frazier" show was never
Fawke Em
Oct 2015
#189
Hillary's supporters probably shouldn't use the word "entitled" too often.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#21
Right? Why must they piss all over a positive thread about young people?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#54
They didn't open up their jackets until just before the picture was taken.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#41
It's true, nobody bashes hipsters like other hipsters. I'm just an amateur. It's still fun though.
DanTex
Oct 2015
#91
Except you were insulting all of those wonderful kids in the pictures too.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#93
The last time I heard words like, "beard combs and hemp suspenders" in a negative way, it was....
MindfulOne
Oct 2015
#109
+1. Banker bashing, that'll be the day. No matter what Ben Bernanke just wrote.
appalachiablue
Oct 2015
#247
32,000 excited people. I don't care if they had beard combs and hemp suspenders
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2015
#113
The OP made the ludicrous claim that Bernie is the "only" candidate that young people
DanTex
Oct 2015
#116
Another glimpse into the worldview and mentality. Seems awfully familiar, huh?
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#212
It is so wonderful to see all of these young people excited about the political process.
wilsonbooks
Oct 2015
#10
Sanders does have a certain cache with younger voters, I'll give you that ... BUT
Persondem
Oct 2015
#13
Compromise? You mean like those 206 bills sponsored/co-sponsored by Bernie and signed into law?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#16
Sponsoring a bill or co sponsoring by itself does not have anything to do with compromise
Persondem
Oct 2015
#133
Keep trying to find that happy place where Bernie is ineffective and can't work with Republicans:
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#136
Well, that's one. You got 205 more happy cooperation/compromise stories? nt.
Persondem
Oct 2015
#139
Actually it's quite easy to get a read on Sanders ref. cosponsoring with GOP. As of 2014 ...
Persondem
Oct 2015
#147
The meme is that Bernie is a "rigid idealogue" who won't compromise with anyone.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#159
Who was it that said he lived in a commune AND sat on his ass in a small state for 73 years?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#178
Tell her that if Bernie picks Elizabeth Warren as his VP the right woman will win in 2020!
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#219
She's a big fan of Elizebeth Warren. So am I, I can't even dream up a better ticket.
MasonDreams
Oct 2015
#263
I had just joked that any young (male) person who supports Hillary probably looks like
brentspeak
Oct 2015
#18
Ummm, other than the glasses, I don't see much of resemblance?????????????? nt.
Persondem
Oct 2015
#140
Won't happen but I'll gladly vote for Sanders in the GE if he makes it. Any Dem > any Gop-per
Persondem
Oct 2015
#138
Ah, okay. Let's just continue to let Republicans dictate what does and what doesn't get done then.
frylock
Oct 2015
#142
"Compromise" in that context means "letting the conservatives (of both parties) have their way"
arcane1
Oct 2015
#63
Yes like with Sanders it is free college today and tomorrow it will be school loan forgiveness.
DhhD
Oct 2015
#231
I suspect that young people don't give a rat's ass what their "reputation" is to
djean111
Oct 2015
#39
you mean the tremendous turnout for 2008 for someone who pissed all of it away?
MisterP
Oct 2015
#46
When Obama caught fire with young voters in '08 that was the end of Hillary's campaign.
pa28
Oct 2015
#28
Bernie should try this approach to young people. Maybe they'll finally get it.
DrBulldog
Oct 2015
#36
How beautiful is that. To see young people so engaged they will sit out in the cold to hear
Autumn
Oct 2015
#60
And this isn't some slicked-up media-friendly persona drawing them out. It's a real person.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#87
Those are faces filled with hope; we cannot let them down. They give a damn, like Bernie does. nt
Mnemosyne
Oct 2015
#65
You posted a poll showing quite a few people willing to elect "a socialist for president"
arcane1
Oct 2015
#154
The enthusiasm he's getting from young people is inspiring. It reflects the power of social media.
AtomicKitten
Oct 2015
#199
Man, those faces! He's gotta be energized! He also should play some pre-rally songs like this.
ancianita
Oct 2015
#215