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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Can we have an honest conversation about Bernie? [View all]lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)241. "Insisting that moderate Republicans will somehow come around..."
...and vote for any Democratic nominee is pure fantasy. There is actually no such beast as a moderate Republican. If a person is a Republican now, their values are the exact opposite of American values. They are lost souls and it is literally demoralizing (i.e. removing morals) to pander to them.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Can sum this up. You hate Bernie and everyone should vote for the candidate you prefer
Rilgin
Feb 2020
#46
Yes! Many of us would have preferred to vote for more progressive candidates in the past.
Bluepinky
Feb 2020
#104
Sander's statements praising communistic regimes many believe will sink him and our party.
olegramps
Feb 2020
#269
We shouldn't have to sacrifice the country so BS can go out in a blaze of glory.
Hermit-The-Prog
Feb 2020
#5
The way I read the delegate and convention rules it would disqualify him.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2020
#291
BS has no idea how he is going to pay for all of the sh't he has promised everyone
democratisphere
Feb 2020
#22
So if Bernie drops out and Putin switches his support to Biden will you expect Biden to drop out?
ripcord
Feb 2020
#84
Trump and Putin are trying to sow discord and divisiveness in the Democratic Party.
Bluepinky
Feb 2020
#108
You'll fail to see the irony in your allegation of others being dishonest.
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#248
If they don't withdraw, at some point Sanders will have too much momentum, like Trump in 16. nt
Blue_true
Feb 2020
#41
Chances of "socialism" gaining ground in the swing states are approximately zero.
dalton99a
Feb 2020
#29
If everything you've posted is true and is well known, why can't Biden defeat him?
Yavin4
Feb 2020
#27
Republican project chaos, influence of Russian misinformation and influence
NoMoreRepugs
Feb 2020
#206
Some people aren't paying attention when Bernie has explained how he does pay for his plans. I'd
Doitnow
Feb 2020
#201
The majority of vehicles still run on fossil fuels and will for the immediate future.
democratisphere
Feb 2020
#214
Most of that will have to change or we won't have a planet. Meantime there are many solutions
Doitnow
Feb 2020
#247
Sanders has no historical swing state appeal outside of MOE, Biden has the most so Sanders is worse
uponit7771
Feb 2020
#210
THIS is how idiot people have become. And yet, they wrap themselves in the flag
Vivienne235729
Feb 2020
#208
The Socialist Party opposed FDR. They had their own candidate, Eugene Debs, Bernie's hero.
SunSeeker
Feb 2020
#67
Dems and the GOP are not the same when it comes to workers' rights. Debs lied.
SunSeeker
Feb 2020
#86
hz-xlnc..I knew FDR..Sen Sanders is no FDR......for the alert...it's a joke based on
AncientGeezer
Feb 2020
#238
Balanced, fair and sadly true. I say sadly because it seems Bernie might win the nom. And all your
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#47
Oh well then you should have told him that before you let him run on your ticket.
dbolski
Feb 2020
#116
First, I like Bernie's drive to make America a more just society. That said, I think he is divisive.
Capt. America
Feb 2020
#53
Yes, it's the yelling that turns me off. It's as if we're always being scolded...
maddiemom
Feb 2020
#228
Sanders himself said in 1972 that he didn't mind being called a communist. RW media are making
highplainsdem
Feb 2020
#56
"I am only writing this to say that there are legitimate reasons for many of us...
pazzyanne
Feb 2020
#60
+10000 EXACTLY!! I have been trying to say exactly this in different posts.
Vivienne235729
Feb 2020
#75
Your posts are better when you use anaphora. Please start every paragraph with the same words.
lutherj
Feb 2020
#83
Honest question...what has the Senator gotten done in his... as you say..40 yrs?
AncientGeezer
Feb 2020
#239
He benefitted from misrepresenting his own stances on immigration and the Obama
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#123
My problem is that he seems to enjoy alienating those of us who will eventually have to vote-
dawg day
Feb 2020
#102
Nancegreggs just said not support of Sanders, but against Trump. Why wouldn't you respect
LizBeth
Feb 2020
#139
Isn't it funny how many of the same Democrats who attack Bernie for not being a Democrat ...
markpkessinger
Feb 2020
#156
BS is running a traitortrump campaign, based on 'facts don't exist' as N Greggs noted above.
empedocles
Feb 2020
#157
Thank you. I agree with all that. Problem is, I also agree with the math that says he's our likely c
Squinch
Feb 2020
#158
Powerful essay, Democrats must face reality if they are going to win in November
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2020
#163
Maybe we would like him more if he didn't bad-mouth us all the time. Hate goes both ways.
Walleye
Feb 2020
#180
Bernie knows, like Trump, it doesn't matter what you can actually achieve,
Baked Potato
Feb 2020
#230
Bernie's too good for the Democratic Party until he needs it for something.
PubliusEnigma
Feb 2020
#251
No, we can't. People get their posts deleted if he/she has an "honest" converation about Bernie.
efhmc
Feb 2020
#252
"Bernie is an extremely divisive figure in our party." We see this right here, right now.
Stuart G
Feb 2020
#258
Bernie has made it clear throughout his political career that he hates my party.
tarheelsunc
Feb 2020
#281