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In reply to the discussion: The exodus of Bernie supporters from JJ did not go over well among Iowa Ds. [View all]raindaddy
(1,370 posts)80. Reality Check...The majority of Americans no longer identify with either party....
Labor killing trade agreements, Wall Street deregulation, endless war, administrations of both parties a revolving door for corporate and Wall Street insiders has created a mass exodus of American citizens from both parties..
Why would anyone expect this trend not to continue without the major changes Sanders' has based his campaign on? Unless the Democratic party can find it's way back to it foundational roots a dying party will become a dead party.
Tired of a political party that waves the progressive flag, asks for my money and allegiance when there's an election but forgets allegiance is a two way street once in office.
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The exodus of Bernie supporters from JJ did not go over well among Iowa Ds. [View all]
JaneyVee
Oct 2015
OP
We've heard this theory many, many, many times before that Nader didn't cause Gore the election
brush
Oct 2015
#79
You mean rigged fucking ballots and thousands of disenfranchsed voters!!!!!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Oct 2015
#144
Would you support Instant Runoff Voting, which would have eliminated a "Nader problem"?...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#193
No, I'm not surprised when some here would rather have more limited choices for Americans...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#312
So will you support the Republican nominee? if Sanders doesn't win the Dem nomination?
brush
Oct 2015
#82
Just want to know who you will vote for in the general if Bernie doesn't get the nomination?
brush
Oct 2015
#101
Yep, that vote is a vote for the GOP to kill Women,. and they will fucking kill Women
randys1
Oct 2015
#210
ANY Action which leads to a con in the WH, which NOT voting for the DEM would be such an
randys1
Oct 2015
#311
Bullshit, a vote for a a Republican is a vote for a Republican. No other votes are added to their
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#292
The Sanders campaign isn't interested in expanding the voter rolls - they don't even...
George II
Oct 2015
#118
So, did you hate FDR for speaking out against "economic royalists" of his time?
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#212
In his day, the party wasn't owned by the "economic royalists" that own it today!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#232
If he's trying not to get in the way of people that don't want Republicans elected, it IS the way...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#259
If the NRA liked that ONE bill vote then why did they give him a D- rating? Explain THAT!!!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#268
I was talking about Bernie, and so were you... And he NEVER was a Republican!!!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#284
I'm just responding to the SMEARS that Hillary are making against Bernie...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#286
I guess all other third parties are owned by a system without Instant Runoff Voting...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#214
Like "the party" isn't supposed to reach out and give them positive reasons to support it?
Armstead
Oct 2015
#44
if the USA had 20 or even 30 parties, one will never find that elusive perfect alignment...
Sheepshank
Oct 2015
#122
Why don't you push hard for them to put in place Instant Runoff Voting then?
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#220
I'm advocating playing within the existing Constitutionally defined election rules
Sheepshank
Oct 2015
#224
Why don't you clarify what the meme is, or did you even take debate 101 class in high school...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#261
The second part is what makes them powerful - just gotta work on that first part...
polichick
Oct 2015
#226
I read it.....so you won't be voting for the Democratic nominee if Bernie wins
virtualobserver
Oct 2015
#166
And if he picks a Democrat as his VP, then you WOULD be NOT supporting the party!!!
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#221
I think conservadems are much more likely to bailout on Bernie than Bernie supporters on Hillary so
betterdemsonly
Oct 2015
#293
Oh so Obama voters are radical extremists huh, and they are Nader voters
betterdemsonly
Oct 2015
#296
I seriously doubt if anything other than a small minority of Sanders supporters voted Obama. eom
MohRokTah
Oct 2015
#297
Yet Obama voters are the ones who didn't show up in 2010 and 2014. Sanders wasn't runnin! n/t
betterdemsonly
Oct 2015
#298
It as the radical extremist leftists. They didn't get their pony, so they sat it out. eom
MohRokTah
Oct 2015
#302
Yeah, people who bitch about the privileged and then act privileged to ignore the perspectives
Aunt Bold Ire8
Oct 2015
#230
Perhaps to prevent hearing the proud Democrat give her speech and find she has an agenda to help
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#6
They trash the party, trash the leading candidate, trash her endorsements, trash her supporters..
DCBob
Oct 2015
#93
The problem with your theory is that Hillary can win the primary without ...
JoePhilly
Oct 2015
#165
I was told Hillary supporters have the luxury of ignoring their own advice because they're winning
whatchamacallit
Oct 2015
#200
that's just made up stuff to try and find a valid excuse where one really doesn't exist
Sheepshank
Oct 2015
#189
So if Bernie was the last one to speak would they also have left en masse as he got up to speak..
DCBob
Oct 2015
#266
I too, am angered by the monopolies and "leveraged buyouts" that steal from citizens.
SharonAnn
Oct 2015
#167
Okay, you're right about not wanting to be "forced" to vote for a certain person in the primaries
brush
Oct 2015
#91
It's become clear they are the ones that don't like to hear challenges to their worldview.
NCTraveler
Oct 2015
#15
You been to a lot of Ben Carson rallies, have you? Evillocks too? Just hav to hear those other
jtuck004
Oct 2015
#31
Lol, no, you are the one who wrote that. I don't see what you do, apparently. I was
jtuck004
Oct 2015
#135
Reality Check...The majority of Americans no longer identify with either party....
raindaddy
Oct 2015
#80
Welp...the gold Spandex is not going over well with me. So, so desperate for a scandal...
AzDar
Oct 2015
#107
“Are the Sanders folks going to walk out on the Democrats if he’s not the nominee?”
Fawke Em
Oct 2015
#188
It was tweeted that since it had started late they had to leave, their buses were leaving on time
Autumn
Oct 2015
#253
Thusly proving that they are exactly the SAME thing as that which they accuse
Aunt Bold Ire8
Oct 2015
#225
Sounds to me like the democratic party feels entitled...they have the problem.
bowens43
Oct 2015
#304
Looks like snooty griping at the class of people who have to take the bus, and
betterdemsonly
Oct 2015
#309