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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Non-support for Sanders is, to me, a barometer of how sick and lost we have become [View all]djean111
(14,255 posts)89. "But I've seen some of this "needing unconditional approval" from both sides."
Actually, it has seemed to me that Bernie supporters do not expect nor give 100% approval of everything Bernie does, and this is viewed with disappointment by those who have made a career out of labeling liberals as "purists".
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Non-support for Sanders is, to me, a barometer of how sick and lost we have become [View all]
Bonobo
Jun 2015
OP
I thin that is the key to the difference between Bernie and Obama, his very long record that is
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#103
So does Kucinich,....but that makes him a traitor. (At least for some around here.)
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#35
Just replied to yet another "I am a HUGE Bernie supporter, BUT" post, asking us
djean111
Jun 2015
#24
Here's the thing - IMO, of course - Hillary cannot articulate much in the way of policies because
djean111
Jun 2015
#86
"But I've seen some of this "needing unconditional approval" from both sides."
djean111
Jun 2015
#89
I'm afraid that the label "socialist" would be the kiss of death in the Presidential election
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jun 2015
#93
about what? you made a statement and didn't ask a question. Look at what you wrote.
Javaman
Jun 2015
#108
The so-called "crappiness" of Gore's campaign is wholly irrelevant
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jun 2015
#109
It's apparent you wish me to rehash my above comments. Which is apparent you didn't read.
Javaman
Jun 2015
#110
actually the crappiness of Gores campaign has everything to do with how well nader did...
Javaman
Jun 2015
#115
Finally you address my point, more or less, because you just blow it off.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jun 2015
#121
if you benefit from the status quo, you won't want a candidate who campaigns against the status quo.
antigop
Jun 2015
#32
And it's such an easy sell. If we would just throw our collective weight behind him, it
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#33
Really? You resent being told by revolutionary anti-corporatists that political allegiance to
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#48
Well, for one the thread was on the DU home page with no indication of where it was located....
George II
Jun 2015
#67
The OP was criticizing the system, not individuals. If you feel it applies to you, perhaps you need
smokey nj
Jun 2015
#68
You are being too kind. "safe haven" has become a place to go to blast others who do not
asjr
Jun 2015
#73
I am not sure Sanders is being abandoned he is swaying me and I can be swayed.
gordianot
Jun 2015
#45
Perhaps some are simply wolves in sheeps clothing when it comes to progressive ideals.
NorthCarolina
Jun 2015
#55
I am so sorry that I want to win in 2016. I'm a pitiful failure of a lifelong Dem.
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2015
#56
i like them all (dem candidates that is ) and prefer bernie but keeping the white house is more
Romeo.lima333
Jun 2015
#70
"abandonment of Bernie Sanders" People do not abandon candidates by failing to vote
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#72
Too funny from the group with a bunch of haughty centrist ideologs that started just such shit
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#96
The OP made the point that people who have been saying they want a candidate who represents them
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#106
That is what more cancerous Turd Way politics is, setting up the present and future for failure.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#95