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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is Bernie and his supporters tough enough to face the Republicans and the corporate establishment? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)58. Just maybe Bernie does not think of other people as 'low attention span average' and struggling
to comprehend simple things so he speaks to them like adults engaged in democratic government. The sort of elitist attitude you express is a formula for failure in mass communications.
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Is Bernie and his supporters tough enough to face the Republicans and the corporate establishment? [View all]
AZ Progressive
Oct 2015
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Republicans have been doing that for the past 20 years. She has nothing.
AZ Progressive
Oct 2015
#11
The Democratic Party is a party of minorities and Hillary has their support
AZ Progressive
Oct 2015
#17
You know, they let Republicans vote in the General Election...and not all of them are from Vermont.
brooklynite
Oct 2015
#22
LOL, Dubya immediately came to mind. "What a waste it is to lose one's mind"!
WorseBeforeBetter
Oct 2015
#50
Bernie hasn't faced intense opposition on the national stage. Vermont is a small state and
AZ Progressive
Oct 2015
#10
Merely because Corporate/republican interests have kept the American public ignorant
Half-Century Man
Oct 2015
#25
Just maybe Bernie does not think of other people as 'low attention span average' and struggling
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#58
Everyone here unrec'ing this can't stand criticism and thus is weak and not tough enough to win
AZ Progressive
Oct 2015
#14
What with all the food on my family, it's hard for me to expend the effort to see if they's learning
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#60
I remember one especially poignant moment in the 2008 Democratic primaries, when
PatrickforO
Oct 2015
#30
With the backing of hardened, battle tested Hillary supporters, he sure as hell is.
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#32