So much negativity being spewed about Bernie

[Heartstrings]

instead of coming together with positivity! The how's, whys and whodunnits are water under the bridge...move on people! We have a real live threat in the WH and ya'll are wasting your breath on Bernie? C'mon man....get a grip, he's not the enemy!

[uponit7771]

1. How bout Bernie stop unfairly bashing dems?

[Gothmog]

4. That would be a start

[madokie]

5. I must have missed it

How is he bashing dems?

[Cha]

8. Yeah, you must have missed it.

[uponit7771]

9. plenty of quotes in last two weeks

[madokie]

10. Fill me in

[pnwmom]

14. He dismissed the candidacy of Ossoff, saying that he didn't know if he was progressive

(Ossof IS), and that being a Democrat doesn't make you progressive.

Maybe this is a sign of Bernie's age. When he was young there were liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats; but in the current era that is so partisan, all Dems are far apart from all Rethugs on the political spectrum -- even though there might be deviations on particular issues here and there (like progressive Bernie's support for gun rights and for the campaign of Heath Mello, an anti-abortion Dem).

[sharedvalues]

25. That's not a quote. Quote please?

[pnwmom]

30. Here you go:

It was a nasty thing to say about a progressive running a key race:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329559-sanders-i-dont-know-if-ossoff-is-progressive

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he doesn't know whether Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff, who came in first Tuesday in a closely watched Georgia special election, is a progressive.

“I don’t know,” he said Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. “If you run as a Democrat, you’re a Democrat.”

“Some Democrats are progressive, and some Democrats are not,” the 2016 presidential candidate added.

[jberryhill]

33. "I don't know" is an awful thing?

[NCTraveler]

2. Duplicate. Nt

[Gothmog]

3. Many Good Democrats are not willing to remake the party into Sanders image

Sanders refused to help in the Georgia race and is not turning over his e-mail list. It is difficult to understand why the party should be remade into Sanders image when he declares that he is not a Democrat.

YMMV

[uponit7771]

7. +1... I forgot about the email list

[Gothmog]

11. I have yet to hear an explanation that makes sense

The only reason to keep this list is to preserve the power of Sanders to run as a third party candidate at some point. The idiots on JPR are really pushing for Sanders to run as a third party in order to hurt the Democratic Party

[Cha]

6. Must BS "spew" negativity about our Democratic Party?

Why is he being divisive?

[elleng]

12. and it continues to happen.

Folks just can't deal with facts, it seems, and a REAL progressive.

[Cha]

13. Yeah, "can't deal" with these FACTS...

BS insults the Democratic Party with "feeble" and "can't fight back"on Rachel's Show and "..the Democratic Party of the elite" in Boston with Senator Warren..

When ssarandon is the Elitist..

Who suckered the LOW INFORMATION voters with LIES like these..

"The prominent Sanders backer also predicted that a Hillary Clinton indictment was "inevitable"

Susan Sarandon: Hillary Clinton more dangerous than Donald Trump

http://www.salon.com/2016/06/03/susan_sarandon_hillary_clinton_more_dangerous_than_donald_trump/

poor ssarandon "had to change her phone number.." while the rest of the country that isn't so well off have to worry about this among other trumpshite..

Link to tweet

[pnwmom]

16. If he's a real progressive why is he supporting an anti-abortion Dem, Heath Mello?

In the meantime, Bernie questions whether Ossoff is progressive -- while admitting that he doesn't even know what Ossoff's policies are.

It seems that Bernie gives himself latitude to deviate from progressive policies that he would never accept from someone else.

[mcar]

21. A good question

Bernie's motives are a bit confusing.

[George II]

15. Did you see him on Chris Hayes' show last night? He was into the "hows, whys, and whodunnits".

[WomenRising2017]

17. His bashing of Democrats is not helpful.

It's also not helpful that he is the face of offshoot groups that are actively running against Democrats and the Democratic Party.

If anyone needs to move on, it's Bernie.

[FloridaBlues]

18. Agree time to move off of Bernie but he does like the spot light

He has stars in his eyes for 2020 by than the millennial's are going to be Alittle older and will move on to a fresh and newer face to lead this country.

[LakeArenal]

20. Just cuz he's in the spotlight, doesn't mean we at DU can't just move on.

Let's have a day of no mention of Bernie. Good or Bad... It will be amazing how we get by...

[LakeArenal]

19. so much for moving on Heartstrings. Ya gave it a try.

Being on the side of "Get Over It" just doesn't work. No wonder nothing ever moves forward.

[Heartstrings]

22. That's becoming quite evident....nt

[hrmjustin]

23. For me my criticism of him is that he did not campaign for Ossoff.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329559-sanders-i-dont-know-if-ossoff-is-progressive

That did not help.

Honestly it doesn't bother me he remains an independent because we know where his heart is and his heart is with us. All this talk of him going third party is nonsense. I think it is great that he is issue oriented and wants to help the party. I think we need him and his base.

Yes the primary was bitter and I was angry as were people on both sides, but he was trying to win and that is politics. I am not looking to rehash that but I think if you want to be a huge player in the party you must do the hard work.

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. Funny. You're asking us to do something that BS seems completely incapable of, himself.

[TDale313]

26. He consistently polls as the most popular American Politician

But hey, why would we want to harness that energy when we can have more fun taking potshots at him and his supporters?

This is why we can't have nice things.

[Heartstrings]

31. Right on...this!

[The Blue Flower]

27. Bernie spent the campaign educating people about the issues

If not for his efforts, we wouldn't be seeing such a strong resistance now. I think he's a hero. People and country should always come before party.

[Heartstrings]

32. Yes!

[randome]

28. Much of the criticism is a reaction to the hero worship.

Some are obviously far too caught up in the 'cuteness' of his age, assigning to him the kind of adoration once reserved for a favorite childhood teddie bear.

He isn't a Democrat and his constant implication that being a Democrat is for losers helps keep things in a state of stasis.

[CousinIT]

29. Ditto that. n/t