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KPN

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93. Different times. There are parallels generally, but the times are quite different

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 04:05 PM

Feb 2020

especially regarding the costs of health care and impacts of those costs. No one opposes a balanced budget per se. A lot of us oppose balancing it by reducing and eliminating programs that directly provide for the welfare of people. Two different things.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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My apologies to Bernie Sanders and his supporters [View all] evertonfc Feb 2020 OP

We're all in this together, evertonfc. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #1

I will work as hard as I can to get Bernie elected if he's the nominee. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #2

I'm not apologizing. Butterflylady Feb 2020 #3

Funny,... Woodycall Feb 2020 #11

I don't see that poster saying she won't vote for Bernie. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #14

You Guys? Woodycall Feb 2020 #17

You're right. brutus smith Feb 2020 #21

Oh noes!1!1 HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #108

I saw more than a few DUers threatening to leave the party if Sanders was our nominee. ramen Feb 2020 #51

Don't say that to Squinch. Woodycall Feb 2020 #54

Even funnier, intelligence reports have identified "Bernie Bros" as substantively KPN Feb 2020 #27

Please do link to any poster who has said they will not vote for the nominee. Squinch Feb 2020 #38

Thank you for pointing this out lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #62

quit with the "biden boomers" bullshit, ok? lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #105

Sounds like a warm loving family. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #107

Any of the other candidates? progressoid Feb 2020 #69

Bernie can get'er done! yaesu Feb 2020 #70

I will vote Bloomberg over Sanders if it comes to that and when Sanders loses the General if he is Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #4

Thanks for the divisive post. brutus smith Feb 2020 #23

I do not believe Sanders can win a general...thus I will vote for someone who can...should Sanders Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #87

"I will vote Bloomberg over Sanders" Woodycall Feb 2020 #24

I'll take Bloomburg over BS anyday ! stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #35

And again, link to anyone who has said they won't vote for the nominee. Squinch Feb 2020 #39

Read between the lines... Woodycall Feb 2020 #47

Show us one place where it is between the lines. Squinch Feb 2020 #50

take off your blindfold. n/t 5X Feb 2020 #53

Thank you! Woodycall Feb 2020 #57

So there is no post you can point to that states or infers that the poster won't vote for the nomine Squinch Feb 2020 #61

"Take off your blindfold"? lapucelle Feb 2020 #73

yeah, thats equivalent. 5X Feb 2020 #75

... lapucelle Feb 2020 #77

"Biden Boomers". "Bernie Bros." David__77 Feb 2020 #41

Plus a lot of the "Bernie Bro" take my ball stuff KPN Feb 2020 #82

If Bernie does get the nomination, the Dem Party needs to seriously educate... SMC22307 Feb 2020 #44

If you're explaining and justifying and defining... you're LOSING. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #71

So don't even try? What if Warren catches Bernie or KPN Feb 2020 #85

It's too late. Lost cause and all that... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #89

The polls head to head don't show Sanders or Warren losing to tRump. KPN Feb 2020 #94

Russian poll interference. I'd expect nothing less. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #96

Oh boy. The ready answer to everything .... Russian interference. Down Alice's rabbit hole we go. KPN Feb 2020 #102

Like the townhalls explaining Obamacare? SMC22307 Feb 2020 #113

The passengers on the Titanic were trying to bail water with their chamber pots... to no avail. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #114

Is bribri a democrat? lapucelle Feb 2020 #64

Which of the F.D.R. Wannabes Actually Understands New Deal Liberalism? lapucelle Feb 2020 #66

Different times. There are parallels generally, but the times are quite different KPN Feb 2020 #93

Excellent question. I fail to see the logic in that KPN Feb 2020 #80

Your questions are easy for me to answer....Sanders will lose a general. Bloomberg being moderate Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #95

I'm the opposite madville Feb 2020 #30

If the best thing you can find that he's done for African Americans happened half a century ago Clash City Rocker Feb 2020 #56

And it's multiple times more than Bloomberg has ever done madville Feb 2020 #59

+2 appalachiablue Feb 2020 #65

During his tenure as mayor, Bloomberg lowered the death rate of young AA men by 45 %...and it Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #97

that's n interesting stat... druidity33 Feb 2020 #116

I don't remember where I saw it ...the same story said that incarceration declined 50%. There is so Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #118

Sanders is sure to lose the states we need...Bloomberg is a moderate and is gaining support with AA Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #84

Sanders doesn't have a history of bragging about violating the civil rights of madville Feb 2020 #92

I choose a nominee who can beat Trump...whatever mistakes Bloomberg made, he is way better than Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #98

Sanders didn't lose the election. David__77 Feb 2020 #37

The buck stops over there. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #99

Something like that. David__77 Feb 2020 #112

He didn't jump on board, as he should have in 2016 Rorey Feb 2020 #43

Yes, that is it...not giving up. We are figting for our party and our nation...we must stop Trump Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #78

Sanders did support Clinton heavily and vocally in the run-up to the 2016 election. nt ramen Feb 2020 #52

No he didn't ...and the last week...he abandoned her completely. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #76

Yes he did. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #100

I do not agree with this... Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #101

I do not agree with that... Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #104

He did. ramen Feb 2020 #103

He will just run again in the next election after losing the general. I am sick of him! n/t Tess49 Feb 2020 #72

I am too...who among us thinks he did enough to elect Hillary in 16...and of course, Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #74

Exactly my thoughts. n/t Tess49 Feb 2020 #91

Accepted MisterFred Feb 2020 #5

This is a great thread cherryinpa Feb 2020 #6

Oh I'll vote for him in the general Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #7

I don't think you would have to fight that hard PatSeg Feb 2020 #8

polling has said this is the one issue that will 100% ALIENATE the voters we need EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #10

People really don't like the government PatSeg Feb 2020 #29

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Well, there's a whole big country out there. ehrnst Feb 2020 #68

Just out of curiosity Rural_Progressive Feb 2020 #60

You seem to think that Single Payer is the only way to Universal Health Care. ehrnst Feb 2020 #67

No actually I think the idea of a public option is the way to go Rural_Progressive Feb 2020 #79

There's no prayer of MFA ever being enacted. DarthDem Feb 2020 #28

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Yeah, that's why Democrats just didn't support the ACA... ehrnst Feb 2020 #58

this Establishment Democrat sees we are heading for disaster. EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #9

This is normal primary disagreements Johnny2X2X Feb 2020 #12

I bet on it in 2016 Rorey Feb 2020 #45

All a nominee Sanders can expect from me is a vote in the general Moderateguy Feb 2020 #13

Depending on where you live, denouncing Bernie might not work so well. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #16

I live in TEXAS Moderateguy Feb 2020 #19

Interesting. Not sure what the Republicans have done in your state to suppress votes, PatrickforO Feb 2020 #32

Democratic voters are not a majority here... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #34

You need to get out more. HubertHeaver Feb 2020 #81

Not in every state--some state the republican voters are a majority Moderateguy Feb 2020 #83

I thought we were talking about Texas HubertHeaver Feb 2020 #86

Even in Texas Moderateguy Feb 2020 #88

Yes, even in Texas HubertHeaver Feb 2020 #117

Nicely said! We're all in the same boat, and that boat is blue. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #15

"Rumors" of paid supporters at drumpf rallies... moonseller66 Feb 2020 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #46

Someone was just waiting to deploy "You're sleazy" on someone weren't they? ehrnst Feb 2020 #63

Let me know when you find some evidence of that. Otherwise it seems like baseless speculation to me ramen Feb 2020 #55

A righteous OP. Thank you. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #20

Thanks for this. doxyluv13 Feb 2020 #22

If you think about it, why is this any different to Dems than tRump was to rethugs in '16? Texin Feb 2020 #25

It's so hard to tell janterry Feb 2020 #26

That's a kind post. David__77 Feb 2020 #33

ThxM80 JackInGreen Feb 2020 #36

Well said. warmfeet Feb 2020 #48

Sanders got over half the Hispanic vote in Nevada, which is impressive. Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #49

Thanks. Facts are what we need. scipan Feb 2020 #111

Wow! I wish I could recommend this post mvd Feb 2020 #115

Ditto Snackshack Feb 2020 #90

Divisiveness posts play right into the rethugs - and Putin's - hands. JudyM Feb 2020 #106

I agree rockfordfile Feb 2020 #110

Great post loyalsister Feb 2020 #109