How do I start a petition to get Bernie off his ego trip and give it up?

[tgards79]

He is turning into such a joke. It's sad. He basks in the glow of the crowds and thinks people want him to stay in. When the truth is, no one is paying any attention to him anymore and he will be a sad caricature of himself by the time the convention comes around -- and he will be booed.

[bravenak]

1. Let me know so I can sign

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Why do you care, if he's just going to fade away anyhow?

[tgards79]

5. Two reasons: 1) because it lacks class and I hate that, and

...2) it would be far better if he endorsed Hillary and starting fighting like hell TODAY for a huge Dem win.

[elleng]

10. You're the one who lacks class,

and shows every time you continue with such foolishness.

[tgards79]

13. What is so foolish?

He ran, he did well, he lost by every conceivable measure, and it was not close. At this stage, all candidates drop out and support their opponent and unite the party. This is embarrassing. Enough!

[Live and Learn]

27. +1000 nt

[pangaia]

19. " ...because it lacks class and I hate that,..."

Well, well, oh my... Mark my words, I will remember that tomorrow morning..

You know what, I seriously doubt Bernard Sanders give a rats ass what you think.

[Corporate666]

47. Apparently he doesn't give a rats ass what anyone but himself thinks...

..it's all about him. It's always been all about him.

That the voters have rejected his platform and him as the nominee doesn't matter.
That it would be better for the party doesn't matter.
That it would be better for HRC doesn't matter.
That it would be better for America doesn't matter.

All he cares about is what he wants. Nothing else matters.

[pangaia]

52. Actually it is just the opposite.

It has never been about himself. It is not about ego.
He is doing what he does for all human beings. This is what makes him so rare as a politician.

If you knew anything about him, you would certainly understand this.

[Amaril]

58. You want to start a nonsensical petition.......

.....because Bernie and his MILLIONS of supporters won't do what *you* want them to do, and you think *he* lacks class?

[cali]

59. how ironic that you mention lacking class. Your op epitomizes tacky.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. Your post stinks on ice...

It's disgusting to keep reading these kind of comments. Not only are they factually inaccurate and hateful, but they are a joke itself.

[tgards79]

9. How are they factually inaccurate?

[elleng]

11. THANKS, MrMM!

[MrMickeysMom]

12. I stopped caring how fast I use the "ignore" button, elleng...

I know you understand.

[elleng]

18. Love you.

I've never used it.

[madaboutharry]

4. I don't think he'll be booed.

But a lot of people won't be paying any attention. He should have left the race gracefully a couple of weeks ago. People would have more respect.

[MyNameGoesHere]

6. Make a hash tag, people love that kind of thing

Just don't count on them to participate and do things like voting.

[elleng]

7. The joke is you,

wasting your time on such foolishness.

[Squinch]

8. Bernie who?

[chervilant]

14. How ridiculous.

You cannot be so slow that you are incapable of using Teh Google to determine how to start a petition!

However, please note that most Bernie supporters DO want him to stay in, and not the least because Hi11ary is STILL under investigation by the FBI.

Why don't you reserve your energy to support your candidate instead of snarkily slamming Senator Sanders?

SMDH...

[upaloopa]

15. I wonder if he will be on Thom Hartman's show every Friday like before the primary.

Everything he says in his stump speach he said on that show and he's been saying it for years.

Where I think Bernie is wrong is that he says a revolution will change the party. Yet because he didn't win people refuse to vote in the general.
.
Only if we get more power in Washington can change happen.

His followers don't know how that works. They think going to a rally and online polls give them power.

[Demsrule86]

23. I don't listen to Thom these days

he out and out lied about the delegates...said neither could win which is BS and Thom has been around long enough to know better...very disappointing.

[Wilms]

16. The same way everyone else starts a petition to get somebody off their ego trip.

Or whatever it is.

[libdem4life]

17. Once you get over yourself, you'll figure it out. Or, you won't.

[Jim Lane]

32. I'm not holding my breath. (n/t)

[chwaliszewski]

20. Hillary has got this. Why the worry?

I really don't get it. Can't you just ignore Bernie, his actions, and his followers? Maybe you just like to complain, I don't know.

[MFM008]

21. I like cheese

[AgingAmerican]

22. Call the waaaambulance?

[rickford66]

24. Mind your own business.

You know what's sad? Having to choose the lesser of two evils again.

[swhisper1]

34. amen to that

[rickford66]

53. Thanks. We seem to be outnumbered here anymore.

[swhisper1]

55. all the good writers left or are double timing it like me the other site is where we are having

discussions and constructive debates..DU is in the whitewater rapids right now, it is calm water over there. Hopefully DU will recover, but the yapping poodles will remain here swapping recipies and making up shit

[greyl]

25. Find a hungry person and feed them instead. nt

[Raster]

26. How did your friends and family start yours?

[CorkySt.Clair]

28. Careful, their alert squads are out tonight, likely making their final stand

[elias7]

29. And how are you any better than the Bernie supporters you would berate?

Frankly, anyone who thinks BS is motivated by ego does not really understand the man or the passion others feel for him. Perhaps if you were less personally invested, you would have clearer vision.

My advice: If you want to start a petition, start a petition.

[Live and Learn]

30. Send me $500 and I will mail you a petition form.

You can then stand in front of stores collecting signatures.

The only bad thing about it is that you won't have so much time to post on DU. Oh well, have fun.

[swhisper1]

35. I only charge $499

[Live and Learn]

40. But mine are premium forms. nt

[swhisper1]

41. I cry uncle

[swhisper1]

31. you dont and you avoid looking like a total fool

[Martin Eden]

33. Here's how you do it:

1) Get a piece of paper.
2) Write you name on it.
3) Roll it up into a pencil thin tube.
4) Use it as your personal suppository.

[swhisper1]

36. OK!!!!!

[jillan]

38. Bingo!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

42. lol... nominate for post of the week!

[quickesst]

37. You can't....

.....because

:medium

[Scootaloo]

39. Stick your head out your window and start screaming. He has superb hearing

[phleshdef]

43. The question you should be asking yourself is "How do I do something productive with my life?"

[ibegurpard]

44. use the Google

[Silver_Witch]

45. Unity hahahahaha.

[That Guy 888]

46. An interesting display of inside-the-Beltway thinking as per Matt Taibbi:

Politicians are so used to viewing the electorate as a giant thing to be manipulated that no matter what happens at the ballot, they usually can only focus on the Washington-based characters they perceive to be pulling the strings. Through this lens, the uprising among Democratic voters this year wasn't an organic expression of mass disgust, but wholly the fault of Bernie Sanders, who within the Beltway is viewed as an oddball amateur and radical who jumped the line.

Nobody saw his campaign as an honest effort to restore power to voters, because nobody in the capital even knows what that is. In the rules of palace intrigue, Sanders only made sense as a kind of self-centered huckster who made a failed play for power. And the narrative will be that with him out of the picture, the crisis is over. No person, no problem.[/div class="excerpt"]

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/democrats-will-learn-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-brush-with-bernie-20160609?page=3

What's sad is the amount of allegedly average voters who identify with a party elite that see them as a problem to be managed instead of citizens to be represented.

[JHB]

48. Simple: You don't, and you realize that even asking that...

...is an ego trip, but not by Bernie.

Thee is a process. Let it work, let it play out. Sorry if that's inconvenient or distasteful for you but it's there for a reason.

[Wednesdays]

63. Amen.

This primary season, and the general election, is not about what pleases tgards79.

[bjo59]

49. Once he gets in your head, it's real hard to get him out, isn't it?

[whistler162]

50. WHAT the Donald's team didn't provide you with one

when they sent you here. Dang inefficient of them!

[Cobalt Violet]

51. Mathmatically he EARNED the right to go to the convention.

You better get use to his message. You won't hear the end to it. You will start to find other running on it in the future. Maybe you can find a nice rock.

[arely staircase]

54. This post isnt helpful

Bernie has lost. It is over. He said he woulds stay in until the convention and that ia fine. He wants to make structural changes that are generally good and he represents a large group of voters.

Like you said. Nobody is paying him any attention and neither should you.

[Orsino]

56. By helping to win the things he's fighting for.

You can get involved at http://go.berniesanders.com

[azurnoir]

57. Try Change.org they're good for that

[NurseJackie]

60. MoveOn will let anyone start a petition for just about anything.

They're probably very satisfying to the petition authors and those who "sign" the petition (and give MoveOn their email address?) ... but they ultimately accomplish very little.

[JI7]

61. you are paying attention to him

[SandersDem]

62. Spoken

Like a Trump Troll only here to further divide the Party.

[cherokeeprogressive]

64. It's simple actually... you go to antiberniesanderspetitions.com and buy a petition page.

Then, you paint the url on a sandwich board, put it over your shoulders, and stand on a street corner.

Make sure it's a busy one.