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Sparkly

(24,149 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:06 PM May 2016

"He gets people excited!!"

Trump and Sanders both "get people excited" -- by getting them angry. They're riled up, it seems to me, feeling they're victims of unfairness, the "rigged system," and of course those "cards" women and minorities play...

And HRC gets the brunt of it, since they have to blame her.

I'm so sick of BS.

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"He gets people excited!!" (Original Post) Sparkly May 2016 OP
So are other Democrats and the Supers have had it! leftofcool May 2016 #1
+1, A lot of anger that turns into a lot of nothing in the end uponit7771 May 2016 #2
Yeah, about stuff that's not gonna happen. Not from them anyway.. Cha May 2016 #3
Boy oh boy DemonGoddess May 2016 #4
That is the real rub. brer cat May 2016 #5
I agree DemonGoddess May 2016 #7
Weren't these the same people who complained about Black Lives Matter disrupting B.S.? Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #25
So did Hitler. complain jane May 2016 #6
Just had to tell you nygurl May 2016 #19
Yep. Two against one. ucrdem May 2016 #8
So excited they threaten the lives and families of Democrats. Ralston's twitter feed is appalling. TwilightZone May 2016 #9
I hope we do repear the errors of 2016. Thinkingabout May 2016 #10
Primaries for everyone. TwilightZone May 2016 #11
Yes, voting time offered to everyone, old, young, disabled and able bodies who are registered Thinkingabout May 2016 #12
Agreed. And mail-in ballots and early voting and...and...and... TwilightZone May 2016 #13
I am a former Sanders supporter. Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #14
Thank you for posting here. BootinUp May 2016 #15
I deleted my account and started fresh. Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #16
Cool. Stick around! BootinUp May 2016 #17
As a former leaning-Bernie supporter, welcome! Those same people swear that they aren't Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #24
Thank you. Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #28
Trump and Sanders both "get people excited" liberal N proud May 2016 #18
Yeah, upper middle class white males are the victims, all right. spooky3 May 2016 #20
Yes he stokes the hatred of Hillary Clinton and the DNC pandr32 May 2016 #21
My thoughts too pandr32. Both Sanders came from economically strained livetohike May 2016 #22
Absolutely true! pandr32 May 2016 #27
"He gets people excited!" but not enough of them come out to vote! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2016 #23
Bernie is the anger and envy merchant redstateblues May 2016 #26

Cha

(296,848 posts)
3. Yeah, about stuff that's not gonna happen. Not from them anyway..
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:24 PM
May 2016

They don't even know how much has happened from President Obama.. BS & DT have done nothing but diss our Popular President.. for a damn good reason I might add.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
4. Boy oh boy
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:29 PM
May 2016

you're not the only one sick of all the BS. Inciting mobs is never smart. Of course, neither of the men DOING this care.

brer cat

(24,523 posts)
5. That is the real rub.
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:32 PM
May 2016

They could stop it, or at least tone it down several notches, but both of them are egging it on. I think some people are going to get hurt before the conventions are over. They have fanned the flames much too high.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
7. I agree
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:37 PM
May 2016

I've been seeing these dumbass posts on FB about the 1968 convention, and threats to disrupt and riot. Apples and oranges as far as the protesting environment, for one. For another, people DIE in riots. It kills me to see these people thinking it'd be fun.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
25. Weren't these the same people who complained about Black Lives Matter disrupting B.S.?
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:42 AM
May 2016

They are so full of shit.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
8. Yep. Two against one.
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:38 PM
May 2016

And "the system is rigged" always sounds to me like a dog-whistle bash of Affirmative Action and other civil rights legislation.

TwilightZone

(25,428 posts)
9. So excited they threaten the lives and families of Democrats. Ralston's twitter feed is appalling.
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:41 PM
May 2016

He's been posting some of the nastier stuff. Apparently, there's plenty to choose from.

https://twitter.com/RalstonReports

TwilightZone

(25,428 posts)
11. Primaries for everyone.
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:46 PM
May 2016

That would certainly help. It would be nice if the states would figure that out.

And close them, please.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
12. Yes, voting time offered to everyone, old, young, disabled and able bodies who are registered
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:50 PM
May 2016

Democrats.

TwilightZone

(25,428 posts)
13. Agreed. And mail-in ballots and early voting and...and...and...
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:55 PM
May 2016

Hey, aren't we Clinton supporters supposed to be vote suppressors? lol

 

Tavarious Jackson

(1,595 posts)
14. I am a former Sanders supporter.
Mon May 16, 2016, 11:00 PM
May 2016

I told a few people here that I could no longer stomach the hate and violence. I will be voting for Hillary in Cali. Needless to say I received nasty private messages. Some even said they hoped I would die, some stooped to racial nastiness. I am now for Hillary. I hope she wins! I am glad I snapped out of the fog before my vote.

BootinUp

(47,080 posts)
15. Thank you for posting here.
Mon May 16, 2016, 11:04 PM
May 2016

We have all been through the highs and lows of primary campaigns. Trust me on that. Sorry this one didn't end better, really.

 

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
24. As a former leaning-Bernie supporter, welcome! Those same people swear that they aren't
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:32 AM
May 2016

racist. See my transparency page. Every single time I call racism out, I am hidden.

You are welcomed here. HRC supporters have been absolutely amazing.

pandr32

(11,553 posts)
21. Yes he stokes the hatred of Hillary Clinton and the DNC
Tue May 17, 2016, 06:42 AM
May 2016

...deliberately. He gets them so worked up that the mere mention of her name causes them to become hostile. He, of course, is the only one that can save the day and the country as far as he and his brainwashed supporters are concerned.

Meanwhile his wife got an education with questionable accreditation and became a tyrannical college president who created a horrible college environment by intimidating faculty, spying on staff and demoting them at whim, forcing the college to pay hundreds of thousands to her daughter and son-in-law's woodworking business for classes Jane created, tens of thousands to a close Sanders friend in the Caribbean, fudging the books in order to qualify for a mammoth loan to buy land from the Catholic diocese (Jane and Bernie wanted to expand the college under their control), who managed to force a golden parachute severance package the school could not afford and to get them to drop complaints about her with some kind of leverage or blackmail. Now the college has collapsed.

What a pair. I think they are jealous of the Clintons and their success.

livetohike

(22,123 posts)
22. My thoughts too pandr32. Both Sanders came from economically strained
Tue May 17, 2016, 07:55 AM
May 2016

backgrounds and it made them angry, bitter and jealous. My Dad was a steelworker who moonlighted as a bartender. Money was tight, but I never knew it. I was raised to be happy with what I had and not resentful of others.

I don't see anything positive in the Sanders campaign. He is encouraging resentment and hate.

pandr32

(11,553 posts)
27. Absolutely true!
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:59 AM
May 2016

Both Jane and Bernie may have done unethical things to get ahead (while pointing their fingers at others) and now find themselves out of their leagues because they never learned much of value along the way.

The Clintons were not advantaged in the first place--both went to public schools and were from hardworking families, but they had compassion and an interest in other people and their problems. They learned plenty along their route to success.

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