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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
54. BS supporters say it all the time.
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 05:31 PM
Nov 2015

I see no need to waste money and campaigning effort on a doomed candidacy. I'll spend money and time on down ticket races where a difference can be made if by some weird miracle Sanders is nominated.

And There It Is - We All Know The Truth - Bernie Is The Better Candidate cantbeserious Nov 2015 #1
+1! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #64
Not having the right qualities makes one not electable. A candidate has to have what it takes Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2
I'd like to hear bernies Foreign Policy plans. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #9
Bernie's foreign ploicy? RobertEarl Nov 2015 #20
Lol. He wanted to "leave them alone" till that lucrative MIC Contract changed hi$ mind. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #22
That's all you have RobertEarl Nov 2015 #25
And the biggest crack of all is bernies sellout of his NO vote for a YE$ Vote misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #27
Dude RobertEarl Nov 2015 #32
Bernie welcomed in to VT the MIC F-35 CONTRACT misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #35
That's sad RobertEarl Nov 2015 #36
No, what is really sad is the constant meme by his fans that.. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #41
Yeah RobertEarl Nov 2015 #50
bernie has the support and the cred. excellent. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #3
Bernie is a President for the Whole Nation Demeter Nov 2015 #4
Perhaps electability is not the only reason Hillary is the frontrunner. nt msrizzo Nov 2015 #5
Of course it isn't. It's not even the main one. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #52
I think everyone knows that down deep Doctor_J Nov 2015 #6
Yup nt artislife Nov 2015 #40
Beating the Republicans is the easy part... JaneyVee Nov 2015 #7
Would be great if Hillary could beat Trump FreakinDJ Nov 2015 #8
She will do to Trump what she did to Team Gowdy. misterhighwasted Nov 2015 #12
She is a master debater... JaneyVee Nov 2015 #21
The party is making an interesting calculation Hydra Nov 2015 #10
Yes, interesting, eh? peacebird Nov 2015 #11
Every party makes that calculation every election. There is no other way to operate. stevenleser Nov 2015 #17
You missed the second part Hydra Nov 2015 #29
I didn't miss it. I ignored the subjective stuff and concentrated on the factual stuff. nt stevenleser Nov 2015 #34
You're denying climate change and income inequality problems in one breath as "subjective"? Hydra Nov 2015 #39
There will be low voter turnout if Hillary wins the nomination. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #38
Precisely. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #65
/\_/\_This_/\_/\ Scuba Nov 2015 #67
yup...at least 10 DU'ers have said they will sit out the GE if Hillary is the nominee Sheepshank Nov 2015 #71
^^ this nt artislife Nov 2015 #49
You have nailed it tularetom Nov 2015 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Nov 2015 #75
Glad people are beginning to notice this, and say it out loud. 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #13
Sanders is the most electable. woot yay nt. Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 #14
Problem is, nobody outside the Bernie echo chamber believes that. DanTex Nov 2015 #15
Nope, this article forgets one important thing that completely invalidates its results. stevenleser Nov 2015 #16
Interesting. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #31
There is good reasoning in Steve's post treestar Nov 2015 #45
While that may be true, JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #56
Candidate Obama was squeaky clean in comparison to any Republican in 2004 and 2008. Sheepshank Nov 2015 #72
LOL. For zealots it will never be dead, not even when she's president. Hortensis Nov 2015 #18
Both candidates are "electable" onenote Nov 2015 #19
Again.......... zalinda Nov 2015 #23
I'm happy to see it dead and buried. LWolf Nov 2015 #24
One problem - he can't beat HRC. n/t Lil Missy Nov 2015 #26
K&R nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #28
It is not dead at all cosmicone Nov 2015 #30
Seriously? pinebox Nov 2015 #37
Poll results can be juggled every which way. Beacool Nov 2015 #33
oh great Robbins Nov 2015 #42
I'm not attacking his supporters. Beacool Nov 2015 #43
They elected a Ronnie Raygun for his 2nd terms when he was 74 years old. n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #47
Second term, not first term. Beacool Nov 2015 #51
Yeah at 68 years old UglyGreed Nov 2015 #74
As someone pointed out, those polls are not treestar Nov 2015 #44
Nominate Hillary and we get... Hepburn Nov 2015 #46
You'll never convince me Sanders is electable. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #48
And if a Bernie supporter feels that way about Hillary, and expresses it, then that is considered djean111 Nov 2015 #53
BS supporters say it all the time. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #54
I hope you don't mean that. thucythucy Nov 2015 #55
All I can give a Sanders nomination is a pencil mark next to his name on the GE ballot. MohRokTah Nov 2015 #57
Well, we all have to set priorities thucythucy Nov 2015 #59
I will support the Democratic Nominee no matter what Gothmog Nov 2015 #63
How will Sanders compete in a general election campaign? Gothmog Nov 2015 #60
So thats why he kept Summers and Geithner in his cabinet FreakinDJ Nov 2015 #61
How does this explain explain how Sanders is viable in a general election contest? Gothmog Nov 2015 #62
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #66
K&R nt raouldukelives Nov 2015 #68
The argument should be very much alive, only reversed: Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #69
He polls well enough to support, for sure Dem2 Nov 2015 #70
No it's not. If anything this offers *more* evidence that Hillary is unelectable. n/t ieoeja Nov 2015 #73
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