Bernie mania 2018 - feel the Bern!

[Joe941]

https://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-feel-bern-2020-202851088.html

“If there’s somebody else who appears who can, for whatever reason, do a better job than me, I’ll work my ass off to elect him or her,” Sanders said. “If it turns out that I am the best candidate to beat Donald Trump, then I will probably run.”

Go Bernie! I'm feeling the Bern!

[handmade34]

1. oh no...

[janterry]

2. I like Bernie

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I still have his sticker on my Prius, which I drive with my VT plates.

But I'm not feeling it. I'm hoping that Beto steps up .

[ProudLib72]

3. Emphatically NO!

[The Wielding Truth]

126. All he is doing is putting himself out there and pushing democratic values. It's important to keep

us all on track.
He will concede to a stronger Democratic candidate.

[MrsCoffee]

4. No thanks.

We have plenty of actual Democrats to choose from.

[machoneman]

50. Oh no is right! Bernie, pack it in o.k. old (and I do mean old) fool!

Geez!

[trueblue2007]

92. i agree with you. what is it with Bernie BASHING our Dems ?? Does he think makes him more endering?

We will have actual Democrats to choose from and not someone who hurt Hillary who was our nominee.
No more should we abide Bernie's bashing.

I agree with the posts here who say..... no more to bernie. he is a senator and is doing a great job in the Senate

[brush]

107. Yep, we saw that movie already. Didn't like the ending.

[Freedomofspeech]

5. Oh, please....

No!!

[trueblue2007]

6. HE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT !!!!

once more ..... why intersect this now??? What is your point. This is old news. He is an independent and according to DEMOCRAT PARTY POLICY, he can not run.



DNC panel adopts rule requiring candidates to run, serve as a Democrat
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/391459-dnc-panel-adopts-rule-requiring-candidates-to-run-serve-as-a-democrat

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) adopted a new rule on Friday aimed at keeping outsider candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from trying to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

The new rule, adopted by the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, requires all Democratic presidential candidates to be a member of the Democratic Party, Yahoo News reported.

A presidential candidate running for the Democratic nomination must be a member of the party, accept the Democratic nomination and “run and serve” as a member.

[Eliot Rosewater]

55. I will bet anybody that he will run NO MATTER who else runs. GUARANTEED.

I dont want him to, mind you, but he will run.

count on it

[Gothmog]

139. I believe that sanders is busy selling his poorly reviewed book

I do not believe that sanders will run. If sanders runs, he will have to release all of his tax returns.

[mwooldri]

7. I like Bernie but I think we need a Beto America.

Mr. O'Rourke is as progressive as Bernie IMO. He has that charisma and way to connect with the voters in a way that Bernie can't.

Though Bernie vs any Republican... Easy choice. But Bernie vs Beto? For me, Beto.

[Hekate]

45. Oh please: "corporatist" Democrats?

[DFW]

125. One of my unwritten rules here

Never, never, EVER take seriously a post using the word "corporatist," ESPECIALLY when used to describe a Democrat.

It's one of those code words that seems to mean, "if you can afford to both eat and pay your rent on time, you're a bad person, and can't be my friend."

[betsuni]

130. Funny, I never see Republicans called corporatists. Called 1%, yes, but not corporatists.

It's a code word to bash Democrats without any proof, ever.

[susanna]

132. Odd, that. Considering the GOP were the original 'corporatists', at least in modern terms. n/t

[betsuni]

133. It's so obvious. I don't understand why people fall for such silly propaganda.

[DFW]

134. Since it doesn't mean anything, it's easy to toss around like an unguided missle. n/t

[jcgoldie]

49. corporatist?

[Eliot Rosewater]

56. We have to get used to it, it is that time again. Expect MUCH more of this CRAP!

[sheshe2]

87. This

[George II]

64. It was founded by:

Ron Dellums (D-CA)
Lane Evans (D-IL)
Thomas Andrews (D-ME)
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

[DFW]

140. While there a few names there I respect(ed), as one is no longer with us,

....such as Dellums, DeFazio and Waters, I nevertheless think that using the nebulous term to bash Democrats is the tactic of the ridiculist.

[FrankBooth]

8. Hard pass

Actually, just saying hard pass isn't emphatically "no thanks" enough -- but it'll have to do.

[awesomerwb1]

9. That's what the Russians said.

Wake up.

[trueblue2007]

11. Russians you say? As in Russian trolls?

Yep, I agree with you awesomerwb1

[Codeine]

10. Let's nope. nt

[BannonsLiver]

12. My lunch just made an encore

[Demsrule86]

13. No, I don't feel the "Bern". I will vote for a Democrat. I don't believe Sen. Sanders can generate

enthusiasm in one of most important constituencies...people of color. Not after some very of things that have been said. It is my opinion that we will lose in 2020 should he run. I would of course vote anyone who is not Trump in the General...but we lost the general in 16. I don't want a repeat.

[DFW]

14. I literally felt Bern on November 30th.

I hadn't been down there in a few months, and it's still the beautiful sleepy picturesque capital of Switzerland it's always been ever since I was there for the first time over 40 years ago.

That's the only Bern I'm ever going to be feeling. Grüezi miteinand!

[OnDoutside]

127. Very good !

[DFW]

128. I'm down there six or seven times a year

Usually once or twice, I have to run down (or, up, if I'm in Geneva) to Bern. Always a pleasure.

[OnDoutside]

129. I have only been to Geneva a few times including a European

Rugby Cup game between Bourgoin and Munster. Some years ago we had a holiday just outside Freiburg in a small town called Kirchzarten, and that was fantastic being at the foot of the mountains.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Oh, god no!

Just NO.

[George II]

16. Funny how some are talking about some of our potential candidates are too old, and yet....

....he's the oldest of them all.

[machoneman]

51. Old, as in THE oldest, for sure! Cranky as well!

Give it up!

[Apollyonus]

17. We have been feeling the Bern

since November 2016 already. Isn't that enough?

[herding cats]

18. Not this time.

I've been burned and learned my lesson. We have better choices who are not as controversial for 2020.

I wish Bernie the all the best as a US Senator in Vermont, but I will not entertain the idea of him as a presidential candidate this cycle.

[Control-Z]

19. Absolutely not.

Noooooooo!

[SidDithers]

20. Feel the Burn!!...

Sid

[Hav]

63. That itch that just won't go away. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

89. I was going to post that

but you beat me to the punch.

[trueblue2007]

21. no thanks

stop re-doing the 2016 election.

[Tavarious Jackson]

22. Almost anyone can do a better job than him so ..... nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

58. Need a bunch of tax returns first.

[GulfCoast66]

23. No thanks. I'll support a member of the Democratic Party.

[Gothmog]

24. I look forward to seeing sanders' tax returns

I look forward to sanders signing the agreement required by the new DNC rules where sanders formally joins the Democratic Party, agrees to run as a Democrat and agrees to govern as a Democrat. I also look forward to sanders tax returns which he will need to file to get onto the ballot in some key states

[Eliot Rosewater]

59. Me too, wont happen of course. He WILL run NO MATTER who else runs.

[Gothmog]

69. sanders cannot get onto the ballot without releasing tax returns

Maryland has a ballot access laws that would block sanders from being on the ballot without releasing tax returns. Several other blue states will also be adopting similar laws.

If sanders wants to be on the ballot in these states, he has to release his tax returns

[George II]

98. With Jerry Brown leaving office, it could be that California re-passes their bill again.

[Gothmog]

106. I think that this is very likely

[Power 2 the People]

25. +1000

Woo hoo!!!

[jrthin]

26. Good gawd, NOOOOOO! nt

[NastyRiffraff]

27. Nuh uh

Translated: Hell no!

[redstatebluegirl]

28. HE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT !

Plus all democratic candidates should be required to be a member of the party for 1 year prior to running under our banner. Plus, they should be required to release tax returns. Both would make this candidate ineligible for running for our party's nomination.

[jmowreader]

103. Let's go one step farther

All Democratic candidates should be required to have won at least one election as a Democrat before they run for president.

Would Trump be a better president if he'd done a hitch as a dogcatcher or something before he decided to be president?

[Fullduplexxx]

29. He burned us once isnt that enough

[Progressive dog]

30. No

Absolutely not.

[violetpastille]

31. I only vote for Democrats.

My party is not an outfit I can put on and take off.

[leftynyc]

32. Ugh

And that's all I'm going to say about that.

[peggysue2]

33. NO!

x1000. We've been down this unpaved, twisty road before.

[WeekiWater]

34. They make ointment for that. NT

[OhZone]

35. How about -

[WhiteTara]

37. OMG my first thread trash of 2020

[wryter2000]

53. It's started already

And here I thought I DU would be safe for at least another year.

[Eliot Rosewater]

62. I am encouraged by the number of people here not supporting this non Democratic

candidate who is certain to run no MATTER who else does.

[wryter2000]

65. I am as well

Let's hope we learned something from the last time.

[Eliot Rosewater]

68. Notice the OP has not once responded in this thread, this should tell us something.

[George II]

100. Don't hold your breath.

[Joe941]

121. You can breath.

[Joe941]

123. What does it tell us?

[DFW]

124. For one thing thing, it tells us that we need to spend more on education.

The verb "to breathe" has an "e" on the end of it (in English, anyway).

[cwydro]

138. Lol!

Well done.

[vsrazdem]

113. The people that like Bernie don't bother to post here, as they know they will get bashed.

[NurseJackie]

115. Oh brother.

[WhiteTara]

66. Well, my circle will just get smaller.

I can't go through this again.

[MrsMatt]

38. Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Not going to fall for it.

[musette_sf]

39. .....

[lillypaddle]

40. Jesus God please no!

[jrthin]

41. There are prescription creams for that "bern". Just saying. nt

[Trumpocalypse]

42. I plan on voting for a real Democrat in 20 nt

[all american girl]

43. No

[Hekate]

44. Oh for the love of god. BERNIE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT. Go away.

[helpisontheway]

46. 🤢 nt

[EffieBlack]

47. No, thanks. I'm a Democrat

[Eliot Rosewater]

72. Also note this is a one month old article being used to start the thread.

Gee...I wonder...

sigh

[snowybirdie]

52. So tedious

Been there, done that

[wryter2000]

60. We posted the same thing simultaneously.

[wryter2000]

54. No, no, no, and no

Been there. Done that.

[dameatball]

57. I have seen this movie before.

[pnwmom]

61. Why should any Democrats support someone who abandoned the party?

The only time he wants to be a Democrat is when he wants a larger platform.

[Eliot Rosewater]

67. Has the OP responded in this thread even once?

TEXTBOOK

[wryter2000]

70. If I were he

I'd be too embarrassed to reply.

[pnwmom]

73. In light of everything we've been hearing about how social media

has been used, I have to wonder . . .

[George II]

111. Yes, is it coincidental that this one-month old article is posted the day after...

...the Senate released two reports about how social media was used by the Russians?

[Adrahil]

74. Nope.... trolling for division, I guess.

It worked in 2016.

[Eliot Rosewater]

80. Yeppers

[MuseRider]

112. Why should he?

I do not know him but he likely got exactly what he wanted. It is just too easy to stir up the nest.

[Joe941]

122. So much talk about me.

Had a nice evening with the family - not glued to the internet.

[MuseRider]

141. If you have a HIDE list

you just got a really good start on it.

Enjoy your family AND enjoy DU. It is entirely possible to support Bernie and be here if you can deal with this stuff. At this point I support Bernie but would choose someone younger, female and not white over Bernie if they supported much of what he does. I think right now he is doing really important and good work. While running for president would maybe give him a larger platform for a while I think he is doing really well right now.

Have a great day! Bernie is really awesome and important in our national conversation.

[Joe941]

120. I'm not embarrassed to support Bernie.

[greatauntoftriplets]

71. Just say no.

[DFW]

75. Feel this

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[BlueJac]

76. Not feeling it!

Please

[riversedge]

77. Nope, I do not even feel a slight breeze.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

78. Not this time.

I supported him in the 2016 primaries for reasons that are irrelevant now (and of course I voted for Clinton), but I don't think he's the right candidate for 2020.

[Takket]

79. I supported him in the 2016 primary but would not again

[yuiyoshida]

81. I will pass thank you

I am hoping to see Kamala Harris run.

[Kahuna7]

82. A big fat NYET, to that comrade. nt

[still_one]

83. No thank you. We need someone who is a Democrat that will unite the party. Not someone who

through the recent gathering welcomed some of those folks at that gathering who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee in 2016, and actively encouraged others to do likewise

The sure way to divide Democrats is to nominate one of those in 2016 election

We need a new candidate that was not involved in 2016 to unite the party.

[pamdb]

84. Bernie

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

I want someone younger than me (I"m 67) I like Biden but would still
like someone younger. I have read that Democrats do better with younger candidates. I'm tired of old white men (and I'm an old white woman).

[Lucinda]

85. No bern here...some mild chafing maybe... n/t

[LiberalFighter]

86. I didn't feel the Bern in 2016.

And not feeling it now. Ever!

On Edit... He is overdone.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

88. No thanks

[roody]

90. I'm contributing the minute he announces.

[LongtimeAZDem]

91. TOS: 'Do not post support for Republicans or independent/third-party "spoiler" candidates.' /nt

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[Andy823]

93. 92 replies

And not one was from the original poster. I call that post and run. I see lots of these same kind of posts meant for stirring things up these days!

[Persondem]

94. Nyet.

[Jamaal510]

95. No mas. nt

[highplainsdem]

96. No, thanks.

[tavernier]

97. Starting now I'm removing all Bernie threads.

Not going through this again this year.

[sarcasmo]

99. My no votes are Bernie, Gillibrand and any Billionaire.

[dem4decades]

109. Exactly. Thank you.

[orangecrush]

101. Nope.

Thanks for playing, though.

[Devil Child]

102. I'll give him consideration if he runs as a Democrat n/t

[Pope George Ringo II]

104. There are Democrats I would vote against in the primary, but would vote for in the general.

I'm not entirely certain Bernie Sanders should be counted among their numbers.

[RandySF]

105. No thanks.

[Renew Deal]

108. Where was his honeymoon again?

[LuvLoogie]

110. Bernie was a back bencher.

Now he's a heckler.

The country has moved on.

[LakeArenal]

114. Any Dem will beat him. He is so 2016

[VOX]

116. Bernie is the next-door neighbor who borrows your lawn mower but doesn't return it.

No “Bernie mania,” please. Am seeking a full-time Democrat who could actually win.
There will be other genuine Democratic candidates far more viable than Bernie.

And please, no Bern-splaining replies that tell me how I’m off-base, or how the greatness of Bernie will sweep the nation and overwhelm the Electoral College. I’ve been there, and the novelty has long since worn thin. On this matter I’m adamant.

[NBachers]

117. Sorry, Bernie's in Lyndon LaRouche land now.

[Adrahil]

118. "If there's somebody else....."

“If there’s somebody else who appears who can, for whatever reason, do a better job than me, I’ll work my ass off to elect him or her,”

Yeah. This is Bernie Sanders here. He sees a parade, jumps in front and claims to be the leader. He has an enormous ego. No way he would ever acknowledge someone is better than him.

[DavidDvorkin]

119. Try Tums.

[betsuni]

131. No. Too much baggage, flawed candidate, unlikeable, establishment, status quo.

[JCanete]

143. two of those criticisms don't actually fit Sanders though, and the other two are universal.

Not that you're being serious here, but by virtue of your jokey argument, anybody who is not status quo who suddenly gets elected is automatically status quo and establishment. You could not elect the same non-establishment candidate a second time because you've made up a ridiculous criterion for judging what establishment means. You are welcome to that kind of definition, but it is rather semantic.

[katmondoo]

135. Sorry the Bern is gone

[Fresh_Start]

136. I like Bernie....AS the senator from Vermont

other than that...No

[cwydro]

137. Oh no.

Just no.

[aikoaiko]

142. At this time in 2015, I underestimated Bernie Sanders. I think most people did.

I think we'll have even better alternatives who have excellent rhetoric on both social and economic inequality, but I won't underestimate Bernie again.

The more he talked, the more people (overall) liked what he had to say. I know there were some who didn't like what they heard or didn't hear from Bernie.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

144. I'll gladly vote for whoever the nominee is

but I won't support Bernie in the primary and I seriously hope he doesn't decide to go Third Party

[Joe941]

145. That's what Bernie said. Vote for the best candidate.