The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie

[Uncle Joe]

(with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History)

1. Bernie’s lifelong commitment to standing up to corporate and 1% interests to fight for an economy where everyone has a fair shot.
“His refusal to accept the status quo of the wealthiest Americans using their power to influence politicians matters to me. If we’re going to push back against the rising oligarchy in our country, we need people like Bernie Sanders representing us in government.”

2. He’s standing up for justice for communities facing oppression.

“In a nutshell, he exemplifies the ‘We the People’ style of democracy I believe in. He has stood by and with the people, supporting women, people of color, LGBTQ, seniors, and the poor against those who look to subjugate these historically oppressed groups for profit.”

3. He’ll say no to permanent war.

“He represents integrity. He was also right about Iraq and I prefer his stance on foreign policy. I feel that he is concerned with getting our country on track and not getting us in more wars.”

4. Electability: This election will hinge on turnout, and Bernie is inspiring and mobilizing the communities it’ll take to win.

“I have never been as excited about a candidate as I am about Bernie Sanders. His liberal values match my own values more closely than any other candidate. I respect Bernie Sander’s independence from corporate influence. His focus on social justice and addressing the economic inequality in this country make him the candidate for me.”

5. Putting members in the driver’s seat is what MoveOn does, and a whopping 79 percent voted to endorse Bernie.

“I voted for MoveOn.org to endorse Bernie Sanders for president because he represents the progressive movement like this organization. His views align perfectly with my own — wealth inequality, a living wage, job creation, Wall Street reform, racial justice, women’s and LBGT rights, college without debt, climate change, and peaceful solutions to prevent war, such as his support for the Iran deal.”

https://medium.com/@MoveOn.org/the-top-5-reasons-moveon-members-voted-to-endorse-bernie-with-the-most-votes-and-widest-margin-in-78c2e69990ec#.jofxng5pc

I couldn't get the link to go directly to the page so here is a thread by n2doc with a direct link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128095546

[WillyT]

1. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU Uncle Joe !!!

[enid602]

2. 11

11. You could vore as many times as you wanted to. Another huuuuge virtual victory for the Bernie Bunker!!!!!

[Uncle Joe]

4. Actually that would be number 6 and "if" it were the case, does the same not hold true

for Hillary's supporters?

I know one thing for certain, I only voted once.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. Is the implication that Hillary actually won the vote, but multiple voting people ruined it for her?

Yeah, go with that. Flesh it out for me.

[polly7]

6. So just how many times did you vote? nt.

[-none]

8. While you could vote as many times as you wanted, but only the last time you voted counted.

So the massive vote totals did could not depend on any multiple votes.

The clock ran out at 11:59PM last Sunday.

[enid602]

19. voted twice

I voted twice for Hill, as I was curious to see if it was protected. Piece of cake. I just uused two diffetent email addys. I was directed to the site by a post in the BS group here on DU. But I guess an endorsememt IS an endorsement, eh?

[libdem4life]

27. Well, aren't you clever. Thankfully, most others don't feel it necessary to try and

game the system. And who was talking about multiple votes?????

[JackRiddler]

47. So why didn't Clinton win it?

You're saying you cheated and it's easy. Are you also saying Sanders has more of a machine for cheating than Clinton?

[zalinda]

7. Bernie supporter here

but didn't vote. Does that count?

Z

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Another lie. They take your name and email address. First and Last name. you're allowed to change

your vote as often as you want but ONLY your final vote counts. So, stop lying.

GO BERNIE!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[retrowire]

14. blam! facts are good. nt

[enid602]

21. piece of cake

Two different names. Two different email addys. Piece of cake.

[JDPriestly]

25. Normal people don't cheat in a Move-On election.

Cheating in something like that accomplishes nothing. It's only the reality of the support of Move-On members that matters.

If the election had been close, then Hillary might be able to blame cheating for the result. But 77% -- would take a lot of cheating to get that number.

And Hillary's fans were the ones most likelky to cheat because they knew already the outcome of the DFA vote.

Democratic activists are pro-Bernie. Hillary supporters are going to have to deal with that.

[enid602]

33. intention

I could have voted once for Hill and once for Bern, as it was not my intention to 'jane' the numbers. I didn't think of that at the time.

[polly7]

46. Well that's unfortunate. nt.

[mattvermont]

24. not true.

Rules:

Voting is open to anyone who has been a MoveOn member prior to the start of the voting period. While any person may cast a ballot, only the votes of MoveOn members prior to the start of the vote will be counted.
You may change your vote as many times as you like, but only your final vote will be counted.
Members will be asked to choose between endorsing Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders, and making no endorsement.
Voting opens Thursday, January 7 at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and closes at 2:59 a.m. ET Monday, January 11 / 11:59 p.m. PT Sunday, January 10.
This is a big decision, and one thing we’ve heard loud and clear from MoveOn members is that it’s important for us to stand together. To win the 2016 presidential endorsement of MoveOn members, a candidate must earn a supermajority—67%, or, technically, 66.67%—of votes cast. If no candidate hits that threshold, we won’t endorse in the Democratic presidential primary.
If an endorsement is made, we’ll run a 100% positive campaign for that candidate.
No matter who’s endorsed in the primary, if members choose to make an endorsement, we’ve heard loud and clear that MoveOn members of all stripes want us to work to support the Democratic nominee in keeping a Republican out of the White House–and we’ll do that.
We’ll announce the results on Tuesday, January 12 after a secure confirmation of the ballots cast.

But thanks for playing

[Plucketeer]

28. I know I voted ONCE

As a law-obiding Democrat would and would expect others of the same ilk to. Remember - it was 79 percent - not 51 or 52. By your suggestion, that's a lot of cheating.

[NorthCarolina]

3. Wait till he sweeps the SC Dem primary,

which I'm pretty sure he will, then things will REALLY get interesting. Never again will Third-Way Dems be able to make the claim that only Conservative Democrats can compete in Red States; their whole justification for existing. NEVER again, and I couldn't be happier. Go Bernie!

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. I hope you're right!

That would be the icing on the cake! Because, you know, SC isn't "Lily White" like Vermont.

Go Bernie!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[NorthCarolina]

11. I live less than 2 miles from

the SC border, have friends and relatives there, work in and around the area, and based on what I see and hear I am quite confident Bernie will prevail in the SC primary.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. I heart you!

❤ That's soooo nice to hear!


PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[Fast Walker 52]

18. that would be so incredibly awesome!

[Plucketeer]

31. THAT will be SWEET!

Send that ConservaDem, Turd way crap on a one-way trip down the ceramic whirlpool.

[randr]

13. I would add one more

NO strings attached!

[Jack Rabbit]

15. The news this morning is good

MoveOn endorses Bernie by a vote of its members and Bernie is leading in Iowa and New Hampshire.

The Democratic Party is democratic again.

[Uncle Joe]

54. Apparently Bernie is now leading Hillary among women and older voters in New Hampshire.

Two new polls out Tuesday show Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pulling ahead in Iowa and firmly in the lead in New Hampshire. One of them also shows him leading Hillary Clinton among women in the Granite State.

Women in New Hampshire two months ago supported Clinton to Sanders 56 percent to 37, according to a Monmouth University poll. The latest Monmouth poll shows the senator reversing those numbers, gaining the support of 50 percent of women compared to Hillary’s 44 percent.

In Iowa, which has been more friendly to Hillary so far this primary, Sanders took the lead in an American Research Group poll. Likely Democratic caucus goers support him 47 percent to her 44 percent, Former Gov. Martin O’Malley received 3 percent.

In both these polls, Sanders received more support from younger voters and independents than Hillary, as he usually does, though interestingly in New Hampshire he has gained more support of voters 50 and older than Clinton, 50 to 44 percent.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/12/sanders-leading-hillary-among-new-hampshire-women/

[Duval]

16. K&R! Thank you Uncle Joe

[Loki]

17. Just unsubscribed from MoveOn, because I think that promoting one candidate over another

especially in this race and not making the difference between our candidates and the crazy assed Republican's does nothing but divide us instead of uniting us. This isn't about Hillary or Bernie, this is about the Democratic candidates against bat shit crazy.

[Jackilope]

20. NEA - my teachers union -- did NOT ask us who we wanted

... and I pay dues. During the summer RA, they were asked not to endorse early, but looks what they did. With MoveOn, I got a vote. (Voted only once, used my real name).

Division is already here. Many of us are fed up with the Democratic Party being GOP lite and just as bought and paid for as the GOP.

[Loki]

22. Then vote for the GOP, if you're that fed up with the Democrats. You'll love what you get.

[senz]

26. If I wanted the GOP, I'd vote for Hillary.

[libdem4life]

29. and all without the hassles of changing parties...LOL

[Plucketeer]

32. Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrr-zactly!

If you want a corporate-sponsored candidate, Ms. Clinton's your choice. Keep the (D) next to your name and just keep it a secret that it now stands for "Deceiver".

[Loki]

35. And the Bernie people on this board, have made my choice very simple.

When you call the other candidate names and belittle any attempt to converse or compare ideology, you have become just like the brain dead rebukes. If Bernie gets the nomination, I will vote for him, but you will vote for Trump, and that makes you worse that any of the worst Democrats that we have ever had, period. Fools, all of you, and we will all pay the price for your naiveté.

.

[Plucketeer]

39. I will vote for Trump?

You sure you ain't got your threads crossed???

[arcane1]

49. I've heard some pathetic smears against Sanders supporters, but this one's the winner

Sanders supporters will vote for Trump??

[Glamrock]

59. That's b.s.

1. If you're basing your choice of candidate on candidates supporters instead of policy positions, you probably shouldn't call other people fools.
2. All of Bernie's supporters are going to vote for Trump? Really?
3. As far as naivete goes, you are supporting a candidate whose favorability ratings are completely upside down. Doesn't make for a very safe election.

[Loki]

60. And you've been here (DU) how long?

I've been here since the *selection and I've seen it all, I consider all this childish name calling proof that this isn't coming from life-long Democrats, and to those who have blocked me, I could care less. This election will be won by people who have worked hard and know what is at stake. Bernie has had over 30 years to get what he has proposed done, and he certainly hasn't accomplished much. For that matter, neither has anyone else, but I don't care how we get rid of Republicans and their poisoned ideology, I want it gone.

[Glamrock]

61. Not sure what difference it makes,

but I've been a serial lurker here since the Bush years.

Not sure what this lifelong/real Democrat stuff is about either. Not one for purity tests myself. I care more about policy positions more than I care if you're a Democrat or Independant.

Finally, I'm with you regarding the conservanazis. Can't wait to be able to do something about these gerrymandered districts. 2020 is a long way off! Can't come soon enough.

[uponit7771]

38. Not KNOWING the difference is part of the problem

[senz]

40. Same color, different shade.

Corporatism and corporatism with a touch of feminism is still corporatism.

I believe in democracy. I'm for the people.

[uponit7771]

42. Republicans are for the rich, Hillarys not a republican... tons of endorsement tell a different tale

... than partisan ranker

[senz]

44. Hillary is of, by, and for the rich. 100%. You don't know that??

Where have you been over that past two years?

Eyes. Open. Now.

[uponit7771]

45. Republicans think that too, ... that's what turned me on TPP... Republicans were for it I was

... against it because they've shown a history of absurd bad judgement and dismissing reality.

The more I read their mindset repeated the easier it is to dismiss said.... sad

[senz]

48. That's a start, uponit7771. A good start.

But you will gain more from understanding why you favor or oppose any given legislation. It's important to clarify for yourself the reasons why legislation is good or bad. It's not enough to know who is for it and who is against it. That's letting other people do your thinking for you. (I realize we can't spend our time reading legislation, but on important, contested legislation, we can try to find out what's in it and what it will do.)

Remember, HRC pushed the TPP when she was SOS. She loved it, she was its champion; she called it "the gold standard of trade agreements." She only "changed her mind" when she learned that a huge contingent of Democrats were against it -- and she needed their votes to win the primary.

[Jackilope]

62. We have the chance to elect a real progressive

... not a corporatist or hawk. Tired of the watered down Democratic creed of, "We're not as bad as them...".

The thing is, at least with MoveOn, it was a Democratic vote vs elites telling us who they endorsed.

[Maedhros]

50. But it is about Hillary and Bernie.

One of them will defeat the Republicans in the General Election, which means the country will go one of two ways: pro-corporate/pro-war, or anti-corporate/anti-war.

It's good that Move On listened to its members and chose the latter path. Party unity is not more important than moving the country away from corporate oligarchy.

[Loki]

53. Nader people believed the same thing look what it got us

[Maedhros]

57. ...and off to the ignore list for you. [n/t]

[Uncle Joe]

55. The Move On voters also had an option to not endorse any candidate, and they did require a

super majority of at least 66+% before they could make an endorsement, so this wasn't just a setup for promoting one candidate over the other, it wasn't about division this was about unison or abstaining.

The people chose unison and active support.

MoveOn to their credit was gauging the will of the people, whether one likes the results or not, this was democracy.

[brewens]

56. Watch out for the door! n/t

[cantbeserious]

23. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[senz]

30. Excellent OP.

Thanks, Uncle Joe.

[Uncle Joe]

58. Thank you, senz.

Peace to you.

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. kick! n/t

[azmom]

36. Big K&R

[uponit7771]

37. #4 is false on its face

[senz]

41. Didn't catch the news over the weekend?

Major polls show Bernie beating the Republicans in the GE. Hillary ties or loses.

That's electability.

[uponit7771]

43. Another irrelevant MSM poll that means nothing at this point in the election cycle and I'm talking..

... about this quip

" and Bernie is inspiring and mobilizing the communities it’ll take to win. .."

he's not mobilizing communities, he's mobilzing a community... that's obvious

[senz]

51. Yeah, it's called "the American people."

[kestrel91316]

52. Thrilled to hear this.