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Party annoyed at voters. Hissyspit Oct 2015 #1
And supporters are annoyed at "The Party" pinebox Oct 2015 #2
So was Ralph Nader. Remind me how THAT worked out for us? 66 dmhlt Oct 2015 #13
The Nader myth? pinebox Oct 2015 #21
We've heard this theory many, many, many times before that Nader didn't cause Gore the election brush Oct 2015 #79
200000 registered Florida dems SwampG8r Oct 2015 #114
Ahhh . . . he actually won Florida. He got more votes than Bush brush Oct 2015 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author SwampG8r Oct 2015 #318
You mean rigged fucking ballots and thousands of disenfranchsed voters!!!!! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #144
Here you go pinebox Oct 2015 #125
Using Nader to siphon votes was just part of the repugs strategy to win Florida brush Oct 2015 #151
The PMRC cost Gore more votes than Nader could have dreamed of. beerandjesus Oct 2015 #299
What? brush Oct 2015 #301
? beerandjesus Oct 2015 #305
I like Nader ArcticFox Oct 2015 #310
Another Naderite. Thanks for giving us Bush redstateblues Oct 2015 #158
Actually pinebox Oct 2015 #172
They are simply incapable of facing their mistakes. bvar22 Oct 2015 #257
My daughter is an expat. murielm99 Oct 2015 #316
Would you support Instant Runoff Voting, which would have eliminated a "Nader problem"?... cascadiance Oct 2015 #193
Hope those crickets didn't surprise you! beerandjesus Oct 2015 #300
No, I'm not surprised when some here would rather have more limited choices for Americans... cascadiance Oct 2015 #312
Sorry, I suppose I was more ambiguous than I meant to be.... beerandjesus Oct 2015 #313
Thank you. Sorry for misinterpreting your answer! cascadiance Oct 2015 #315
I couldn't agree with you more. beerandjesus Oct 2015 #317
Many of those supporters are probably not Democrats, so........ George II Oct 2015 #115
Just people who might join artislife Oct 2015 #155
Are they voters? JaneyVee Oct 2015 #3
Because if they can't be made to vote for Hillary... daleanime Oct 2015 #9
Because if they can't be made to support whoever the Dem nominee is... JaneyVee Oct 2015 #12
Maybe Democracy? daleanime Oct 2015 #18
Democracy is great. Not voting isn't exactly democracy in action. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #65
To paraphrase Ghandi... robbob Oct 2015 #84
So will you support the Republican nominee? if Sanders doesn't win the Dem nomination? brush Oct 2015 #82
Are you trying to make me? daleanime Oct 2015 #86
Just want to know who you will vote for in the general if Bernie doesn't get the nomination? brush Oct 2015 #101
Uh, vote for a corporate politician? daleanime Oct 2015 #113
Ya there is the problem pinebox Oct 2015 #24
That = vote for GOPer. eom BlueMTexpat Oct 2015 #92
Horseshit pinebox Oct 2015 #110
Yep, that vote is a vote for the GOP to kill Women,. and they will fucking kill Women randys1 Oct 2015 #210
So indy voters who don't vote for the nominee pinebox Oct 2015 #240
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
I knew there was a reason to dismiss your posts off hand Sheepshank Oct 2015 #108
Right pinebox Oct 2015 #111
It's what you've been doing since you arrived Sheepshank Oct 2015 #128
You noticed that too? zappaman Oct 2015 #234
Awww someone's mad pinebox Oct 2015 #238
Supporting Republicans on this site shenmue Oct 2015 #120
Once the Primaries are over..... Sheepshank Oct 2015 #133
Yeah shenmue Oct 2015 #146
Karl Rove and company have perfected this in a rather short time. randys1 Oct 2015 #213
Thats when this site had a TOS workinclasszero Oct 2015 #171
Yeah shenmue Oct 2015 #174
I WON'T! I WON'T! I WON'T! I WON'T! zappaman Oct 2015 #233
Sorry "OK" guy pinebox Oct 2015 #239
ok. zappaman Oct 2015 #241
It's ok really pinebox Oct 2015 #242
Alright. zappaman Oct 2015 #244
I'm kind of creeped out by your pictures of pouting little girls. grasswire Oct 2015 #279
Yes. zappaman Oct 2015 #280
"made to"...Jeeze that's a great attitude Armstead Oct 2015 #36
I was using the same words as post I responded to. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #67
You're right. My bad. A cheap shot based on a misrerading. Apologies Armstead Oct 2015 #71
made to support? How AUTHORITARIAN of you. They have to earn my vote. Vincardog Oct 2015 #273
The Sanders campaign isn't interested in expanding the voter rolls - they don't even... George II Oct 2015 #118
Yes they do AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #147
I know a lot about him. It was noted here by a SANDERS supporter that... George II Oct 2015 #186
The DNC is ignoring him, yes AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #195
PEOPLE can hand out registration forms, not just the CORRUPTED DNC!!! cascadiance Oct 2015 #203
Thats because Bernie don't want no democrats workinclasszero Oct 2015 #173
So, did you hate FDR for speaking out against "economic royalists" of his time? cascadiance Oct 2015 #212
When FDR did this workinclasszero Oct 2015 #228
In his day, the party wasn't owned by the "economic royalists" that own it today! cascadiance Oct 2015 #232
Explain this to me please...I'm kinda slow workinclasszero Oct 2015 #236
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
Bernie voting against the Brady bill workinclasszero Oct 2015 #267
If the NRA liked that ONE bill vote then why did they give him a D- rating? Explain THAT!!! cascadiance Oct 2015 #268
Why change the subject workinclasszero Oct 2015 #269
I didn't. You took one bill vote out of context... cascadiance Oct 2015 #270
That's pretty rich, given how quick the Hillary crowd is beerandjesus Oct 2015 #303
Hillary was a "Repuublican" okasha Oct 2015 #283
I was talking about Bernie, and so were you... And he NEVER was a Republican!!! cascadiance Oct 2015 #284
You're the one popping a blood vessel okasha Oct 2015 #285
I'm just responding to the SMEARS that Hillary are making against Bernie... cascadiance Oct 2015 #286
"the SMEARS that Hillary are making" okasha Oct 2015 #288
They're not reliable voters and don't give a shit about the party. Metric System Oct 2015 #4
Sure. Right. Hissyspit Oct 2015 #5
Hm, you skipped right over #4: George II Oct 2015 #127
They didn't want to hear her lies. JRLeft Oct 2015 #139
Um, because it's already in the OP? Hissyspit Oct 2015 #141
I'm a very reliable voter whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #11
........ daleanime Oct 2015 #20
BOOM! LettuceSea Oct 2015 #22
Sha-Ca-Laca. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #69
Same here! Plucketeer Oct 2015 #83
Why should we? The party doesn't seem to give a shit about us. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #97
^ This, the party is owned by the oligarchs. JRLeft Oct 2015 #100
The party, are you talking about the Green party? Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #154
I guess all other third parties are owned by a system without Instant Runoff Voting... cascadiance Oct 2015 #214
Neither does Bernie workinclasszero Oct 2015 #175
You know what? Bernie even cares about YOU Demeter Oct 2015 #181
He cares about democracy n/t whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #187
Not reliable? pinebox Oct 2015 #25
They're not reliable voters and don't give a shit about the party. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #27
Voters aren't supposed to care about the party. Kentonio Oct 2015 #35
Absolutely correct! d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #126
They should stop being cheerleaders as if this is a football game... cascadiance Oct 2015 #217
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
You can use it as a campaign issue to be an ADVOCATE of! cascadiance Oct 2015 #243
You've been up and down this thread advocating the same meme over and over Sheepshank Oct 2015 #247
Why don't you clarify what the meme is, or did you even take debate 101 class in high school... cascadiance Oct 2015 #261
Why should they? The party doesn't give a shit about them. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #95
Exactly - only fools keep doing the same thing hoping for change. polichick Oct 2015 #227
We care about the issues, not the "party" Ned_Devine Oct 2015 #103
Well their standarbearer didn't until April 30 of this year. George II Oct 2015 #119
The second part is what makes them powerful - just gotta work on that first part... polichick Oct 2015 #226
"Party" is made up of voters MohRokTah Oct 2015 #54
Sanders? Hissyspit Oct 2015 #58
The same thing as his stupid followers at the dinner. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #62
I'm having a real hard time working up outrage over this. Hissyspit Oct 2015 #96
Neither Hillary nor O'Malley left MohRokTah Oct 2015 #106
spin, spin, and more spin. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2015 #149
Sanders screwed up. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #160
When he screws up HE is the first to admit it. And he has. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2015 #201
This is about the dumbest AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #153
results of your jury service Matariki Oct 2015 #281
Good Lord!!! MohRokTah Oct 2015 #282
who will you vote for if Bernie is the nominee? virtualobserver Oct 2015 #156
Read my sig. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #162
I read it.....so you won't be voting for the Democratic nominee if Bernie wins virtualobserver Oct 2015 #166
If Sanders wins, there will be NO Democratic nominee. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #170
but if he does win.....you'll say...to hell with the party virtualobserver Oct 2015 #176
No, The PArty will not have nominated a Democrat. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #178
everything is conjecture at this point.... virtualobserver Oct 2015 #184
There is one thing that is not conjecture. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #204
so it is about labels, not policy virtualobserver Oct 2015 #207
Please reconsider ConservativeDemocrat Oct 2015 #271
Nope, wouldn't vote for the guy for Dog Catcher. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #272
And if he picks a Democrat as his VP, then you WOULD be NOT supporting the party!!! cascadiance Oct 2015 #221
Translation: He isn't right wing enough AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #209
I think conservadems are much more likely to bailout on Bernie than Bernie supporters on Hillary so betterdemsonly Oct 2015 #293
The radical leftists extremists will sit out 2016 just like they did 2010 MohRokTah Oct 2015 #295
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
Obama voters were radical extreme leftist, or how did they sit out? betterdemsonly Oct 2015 #307
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
Very "open minded" of them because they "care about the issues". JaneyVee Oct 2015 #10
How about catching the bus zalinda Oct 2015 #33
If Sanders could pay for a plane to fly over the Clinton rally... brooklynite Oct 2015 #43
Aw, who scheduled the bus, maybe the same who purchased tickets. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #63
We have chartered buses for Football and Soccer games.... Sheepshank Oct 2015 #143
Exactly mcar Oct 2015 #219
He didn't pay for the plane zalinda Oct 2015 #64
LOL good point! workinclasszero Oct 2015 #180
Who set up that event? Why was it running an hour late? Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #75
Have you ever been to an event like that? They NEVER finish on time. George II Oct 2015 #140
O'Malley's people and Clinton's people didn't have problems with buses. George II Oct 2015 #131
The angry Bernsters are damaging their candidate. DCBob Oct 2015 #7
Such a hoot whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #17
Its a hoot you dont realize you need to convert Hillary supporters to win. DCBob Oct 2015 #26
So in the same breath, you're bagging Bernie supporters en mass whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #40
I wouldnt have walked out when Bernie spoke. DCBob Oct 2015 #46
Guess we'll just have to take your word for that, DCbob n/t whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #51
And that's the point they just don't seem to get. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #74
They trash the party, trash the leading candidate, trash her endorsements, trash her supporters.. DCBob Oct 2015 #93
And ... JoePhilly Oct 2015 #109
Yes, holding our elected representatives accountable whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #137
A winning strategy for sure workinclasszero Oct 2015 #205
Says the pot to the kettle whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #132
The problem with your theory is that Hillary can win the primary without ... JoePhilly Oct 2015 #165
I see whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #182
You can complain all you want ... JoePhilly Oct 2015 #191
Please don't cry whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #199
Why do you think I care who is influenced by DU? JoePhilly Oct 2015 #235
Drama of MY posts? whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #245
Except I did not say any of that. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #246
Well, the classy move would be to lead by example whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #248
I did not smear anyone, and certainly not with "impunity". JoePhilly Oct 2015 #249
I've seen plenty of your whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #250
I tend to reply "in kind" ... JoePhilly Oct 2015 #255
You've stated no actual facts that I recognize whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #258
The hypocrisy from Hillary supporters is thick in this thread AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #161
Good luck winning the primary. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #164
Maybe if you hurl more insults AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #197
I was told Hillary supporters have the luxury of ignoring their own advice because they're winning whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #200
The angry Bernsters AlbertCat Oct 2015 #34
Ok.. how about "bored rude Bernsters"? DCBob Oct 2015 #49
Were they bored? Were they rude? AlbertCat Oct 2015 #57
They didn't gush at the alter of Hillary AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #206
Or maybe they had to catch a bus! nt tblue37 Oct 2015 #90
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
Thread winner MissDeeds Oct 2015 #148
Of those awful Bernsters. No reason at all they should be angry. Armstead Oct 2015 #59
Yes. I agree we should be angry but.. DCBob Oct 2015 #78
As I said above, it's not monlithic Armstead Oct 2015 #94
Thanks for this thoughtful post. DCBob Oct 2015 #98
Thanks to you Armstead Oct 2015 #152
Hear hear! Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #112
I too, am angered by the monopolies and "leveraged buyouts" that steal from citizens. SharonAnn Oct 2015 #167
Over and over again....It always baffled me why we didn't stand up to it Armstead Oct 2015 #179
You are the angry ones AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #157
I think the Iowa voters MuseRider Oct 2015 #8
The party stuff is getting old. I prefer to vote for people LettuceSea Oct 2015 #14
"Vote for people". Like Republicans? JaneyVee Oct 2015 #16
Terrible to vote for a person over an organization, right? LettuceSea Oct 2015 #19
In the democratic primaries you are literally voting sufrommich Oct 2015 #29
Not when the party is pushing zalinda Oct 2015 #39
Okay, you're right about not wanting to be "forced" to vote for a certain person in the primaries brush Oct 2015 #91
Just turn the insults and personal attacks up to 11! AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #169
Okay, if you call that a personal attack . . . brush Oct 2015 #251
"Vote for people". Like Republicans? AlbertCat Oct 2015 #38
It's simple logic Android3.14 Oct 2015 #216
You do understand that Sanders is using the Democratic Party as the base frazzled Oct 2015 #41
This.nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #45
You can't use them for your purposes and then openly disrespect them. workinclasszero Oct 2015 #211
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
Nope. Never been to a Carson rally. I have listened to him. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #42
No one likes challenges to their worldview. Clearly, you don't either. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #47
Your point fell flat on its face from the start. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #50
Thank you for proving my point. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #53
Are you comparing Hillary Clinton to Ben Carson? thucythucy Oct 2015 #123
Lol, no, you are the one who wrote that. I don't see what you do, apparently. I was jtuck004 Oct 2015 #135
I take it then your answer is "no." thucythucy Oct 2015 #145
Um, I believe the entire country knows Clinton's worldview. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #102
The caucuses are going to be interesting.. Iowa here Peacetrain Oct 2015 #23
It won[t be "their fault" if Bernie can't beat Hill Cosmocat Oct 2015 #55
I am caucusing for O'Malley.. he is the best of the three Peacetrain Oct 2015 #68
Caucuses would be a trip Cosmocat Oct 2015 #72
It is actually great way to really get the neigbors going.. Peacetrain Oct 2015 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author polichick Oct 2015 #28
It kinda rubbed me the wrong way too. It was disrespectful. Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #30
it is the Bernie supporters..... chillfactor Oct 2015 #32
You could say the same for HRC supporters LettuceSea Oct 2015 #37
Right... whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #52
Weak sauce in this article. blackspade Oct 2015 #48
Well, yeah. Hissyspit Oct 2015 #116
Deanism 2.0 Renew Deal Oct 2015 #56
All I can say about those who walked out is.... MohRokTah Oct 2015 #60
Maybe the exodus of voters was because Hillary bored them to tears. Live and Learn Oct 2015 #61
It really doesn't really matter why they walked out Sheepshank Oct 2015 #222
Oh please, it only makes the candidate you walked out on look bad. Live and Learn Oct 2015 #289
So far you are the only one that claimed it made Hillary look bad Sheepshank Oct 2015 #308
you insult millenials retrowire Oct 2015 #66
Insult millennials? I AM a millennial. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #70
But you can't possibly be. See, ALL millennials are MineralMan Oct 2015 #73
listen retrowire Oct 2015 #223
We're taking our party back - TBF Oct 2015 #77
Back to what? Careful now. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #81
Reality Check...The majority of Americans no longer identify with either party.... raindaddy Oct 2015 #80
Interesting few sentences at the bottom of the article.. DCBob Oct 2015 #85
If that is all you got, bring it on. Kalidurga Oct 2015 #87
HILLARY 2016: Because Bernie Supporters are Poopy Heads frylock Oct 2015 #88
Paid Hillary staffers posing as "supporters" brentspeak Oct 2015 #89
Her crowd looked very robotic. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #104
What has Bernie said in the past about the democratic party? workinclasszero Oct 2015 #99
Smart strategy. Skwmom Oct 2015 #105
^^THIS^^ tblue Oct 2015 #159
Welp...the gold Spandex is not going over well with me. So, so desperate for a scandal... AzDar Oct 2015 #107
This is all you've got? Fearless Oct 2015 #117
The speeches started late and people who took buses Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #121
So every Sanders supporter was bussed in? sufrommich Oct 2015 #129
They were probably told Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #138
As someone posted upthread,Hillary's speech was sufrommich Oct 2015 #142
Oh, bad bad Bernie supporters to hurt the fee fees of the Hillary supporters Autumn Oct 2015 #124
As people in the real world continue to struggle mmonk Oct 2015 #134
Even CNN commented on the exodus......... Historic NY Oct 2015 #136
CNN is all fluff and feathers tblue Oct 2015 #150
The Clinton News Network shilled for Clinton? Shocking! jfern Oct 2015 #275
Its also reported in Iowa newspapers not that they are widely read. Historic NY Oct 2015 #277
Why are HC supporters so snarky towards Bernie supporters on this board 108vcd Oct 2015 #163
which is not a given, by the way Demeter Oct 2015 #198
Wait a minute Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2015 #168
The Answer is YES Demeter Oct 2015 #177
If they want to keep walking, so be it. HRC landslide in 2016 regardless. oasis Oct 2015 #183
Landslide? Kentonio Oct 2015 #237
LOL at the Old Gray Lady's Continuing Establishment Love Affair mhatrw Oct 2015 #185
“Are the Sanders folks going to walk out on the Democrats if he’s not the nominee?” Fawke Em Oct 2015 #188
You nailed it. jalan48 Oct 2015 #194
That photo silenttigersong Oct 2015 #190
LOL!!! The gold pants are perfect!... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #192
I know right silenttigersong Oct 2015 #196
Looks like a picture of conservatives Ned Flanders Oct 2015 #208
I keep seeing silenttigersong Oct 2015 #231
Blah, Blah, Blah... SoapBox Oct 2015 #202
I can't believe all the posts in here SmittynMo Oct 2015 #215
Why should they stay and listen artislife Oct 2015 #218
It was tweeted that since it had started late they had to leave, their buses were leaving on time Autumn Oct 2015 #253
That's the real reason artislife Oct 2015 #254
I don't remember her being upset when Hillary and she supporters did it at Autumn Oct 2015 #256
What NH conference? nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #260
The one in NH in Sept, convention, confrence whatever. n/t Autumn Oct 2015 #263
Clinton spoke last at that conference. nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #265
Hillary was done with her speech by 10:00 and chartered sufrommich Oct 2015 #262
Take it up with those who said they left to be on the buses by 10:30.n/t Autumn Oct 2015 #264
Thusly proving that they are exactly the SAME thing as that which they accuse Aunt Bold Ire8 Oct 2015 #225
*gasp* They didn't kiss Joe's ring or HRC's ass. Tsk, tsk. polichick Oct 2015 #229
k/r Dawson Leery Oct 2015 #252
Hillary supporters left the NH convention before Bernie spoke jfern Oct 2015 #274
I keep seeing this claim made,I've never heard it before the sufrommich Oct 2015 #276
Here jfern Oct 2015 #278
oh no, the PUMAS are pissed Doctor_J Oct 2015 #287
Bernie Supporters TurboKitty Oct 2015 #290
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #291
I'm a Democrat. LWolf Oct 2015 #294
Sounds to me like the democratic party feels entitled...they have the problem. bowens43 Oct 2015 #304
Ugliest, most toxic, thread I've seen in a while and that's going some. merrily Oct 2015 #306
Looks like snooty griping at the class of people who have to take the bus, and betterdemsonly Oct 2015 #309
"Unlike Mrs. Clinton and Martin O’Malley, the other Democratic presidential candidate at the dinner Cha Oct 2015 #314
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