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Bernin4U

(812 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:50 PM May 2016

They still don't get it.

They still think this is just about Bernie vs Hillary. Our star player vs theirs.

So clueless.

For sure, Bernie himself is one in a zillion. But this was never about him. It's about what he represents. What he fights for.

Social justice. Fairness. Equal opportunity. An educated and healthy society. Peace.

IOW, true progressivism.

Let them try to make this about Bernie. Let them remain dipshits.

We know what this is really about. And we're not going to budge.

When you get it, the choice is so clear. So easy.

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merrily

(45,251 posts)
4. zomg I forgot about Jeb! already. Remember how it was supposed to be Bush v. Clinton again?
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:57 PM
May 2016

I once did an OP with an image of Mike Myers as Linda Richman. It said, "The conventional wisdom is neither conventional nor wisdom. Discuss." IIRC, it sank like lead.

KPN

(15,633 posts)
2. They also don't get the sense of urgency, especially among the young people re:
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:55 PM
May 2016

global warming and any prospect that they might have it as good as their parents did (which they already haven't!).

They will not wait. We will not wait.

 

Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
3. The people on this site are enough for me to just avoid coming here
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:55 PM
May 2016

I've never seen anything like it. It takes a lot to not let it make my blood boil. There's definitely a sense of people trying to be bullies here too and I know they would never speak to many of us in the real world the way they do here, but I have to let it go or run the risk of getting a hide. As much as I enjoy nearly all the Bernie supporters here and what they bring to the debate, the other side just makes me want to take a break from here.

 

AgerolanAmerican

(1,000 posts)
5. Don't let them run you off
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:57 PM
May 2016

Keep in mind that a large number of Hillary supporters here are very likely to be paid posters - she did dump a million dollars into it. Make her waste that Wall Street money.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
7. If I may: They dumped a million bucks into it that Brock announced. I very much doubt that
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:01 PM
May 2016

May 2, 2016 was the first time Hillary had paid help on the internet. I'd bet my home that she's had them for years.

Bernin4U

(812 posts)
8. Personally, the ONLY exposure to them I get anymore
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:04 PM
May 2016

...is when called for jury service.

The 1-2 times a day it takes me (usually) to GDP is more than enough.

Why anyone else here chooses to go there willingly is not clear to me. What is there to gain?

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sandyshoes17

(657 posts)
9. No they don't
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:12 PM
May 2016

To me it is about giving the power of the government back to the people and out of the hands of big Corp. we should get things from our tax money, right now they are writing legislation, making the rules and on top of it don't want to pay any taxes. This is one of the hardest battles, but it has to started.

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Bernin4U

(812 posts)
11. The lesson here? BOTH PARTIES ARE A SHAM.
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:27 PM
May 2016

This election cycle has been amazing in how it's clarified the extent to which both major parties would put their own interests above that of their constituents.

And the extent to which both parties have become two sides of the same coin.

People talk about how much the Dem party has bled under DWS up to now. Just wait until after this election.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
15. OUR PLANET NEEDS BERNIE! India just had it's hottest day in recorded history! 123°!!!
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:54 PM
May 2016

Just think about how freakin' hot that is! Hell, I'm whining when temps hit 80° in Illinois. I can't imagine how miserable 123° has to be!

Bernie knows our planet is dying and we have ONLY 10 years to turn it around and that is going to take drastic measures!

He's the only candidate running who can and will save our planet Earth.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

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