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[JI7]

1. most working class people ARE supporting Biden

[Cha]

5. NO.. many of his former supporters

have said.. they want someone different this time.

[JI7]

6. i don't see Sanders doing it

he didn't vote against the oligarchs when the time came.

[JI7]

8. a lot of the pro Sanders people went to jpr and supported Trump there

while spreading hateful conspiracies about Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.

[riverine]

9. "taking on Wall St" has already been done

Dodd-Frank is so much stronger than the piss-weak Glass Steagall was (even Liz Warren said Glass-Steagall was worthless).

Bernie could not explain how he would even break up a centralized investment bank like Goldman Sachs in that famous New Yorker interview where he stumbled and mumbled the entire time.

[shanny]

22. jaysus H

that must be why the too-big-to-fail banks are EVEN BIGGER now.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Many left during the summer of 2016. n/t

[mopinko]

19. that n/t thing- i dont think it means what you think it means.

n/t stands for no text. meaning the subject is all their is.

[riverine]

3. You say this:

I have studied a lot of politics and the economy lately

But you don't present an economic case why Bernie would be any better than the Obama economy that Trump inherited. Low UE rate, low inflation, healthy banks once again, etc were all part of the Obama recovery.

Many of us see Biden as Obama V.2.

I like that. I want that.

Please present an economic case for Bernie Sanders since I have never seen one.

[riverine]

14. That all sounds reasonable.

But do you know that if the 1% were taxed at 70% it still would not balance the budget?

https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2018-update/

Look, I am all for higher taxes on the 1% but it won't pay for Medicare For All or the Green New Deal. Not even close in fact. I WANT a 70% tax rate just to pay for what we get now.



edit: I chose 70% because AOC proposed it. But she wanted only MARGINAL (above $5 million) income taxed. My figures tax from the very first dollar earned and still does not balance the budget.

[Cha]

4. I don't want BS..

he's too Divisive..

Bernie: ‘My Opponents’ Want Black, White, Gay, Latino or Women Candidates ‘Regardless of What They Stand For

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211722251

So, Senator Sanders is dissing Democrats again on MTP?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=125702

On 'Meet the Press' today Bernie Sanders repeatedly slammed the "Democratic establishment"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=125571

Link to tweet

[Starry Messenger]

7. It's not Biden's fault he's ahead in the polls

If Bernie wants this thing, he needs to do what is needed to win the primary, and it’s obvious he’s down in the polls. He doesn’t have evil ladies to blame for it now, so he’ll actually have to show some hustle. Too bad

[Skya Rhen]

12. Exactly - the OP may not want Biden to win but that is not up to him/her - the majority gets to

decide this one, and the majority prefers Biden over Bernie...

[Cha]

18. Oh BULLFEATHERS.. & what's with "N/T"?

It means "No Text" when you clearly have Text.

Link to tweet

Among those who say they're paying a lot of attention, he leads Sanders and Warren 42% - 8% - 15%.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=129464

[JI7]

20. there was no constant lambasting. he was down for the same reason he is down now

and he is even more down now than before showing most of his support was based on demonizing Clinton. Russia propped up Sanders campaign along with Trump.

[JI7]

23. yup, 2016 was all about demonizing the woman with made up bs while doing no vetting of the guys

running . a lot of the things being reported on them now are things that were known back then.

but conspiracy theories about Hillary had to be reported on more than facts about the male candidates.

[sop]

16. The problem some Democrats have with Sanders is not his policies

it's that many of his supporters openly refused to support the Democratic nominee, then either stayed home or threw their votes away on some third party candidate. That's how we ended up with Trump.

If the 2020 primaries come down to Biden and Sanders, I fear Bernie's supporters will start making the same noises all over again, bragging that they will never support the centrist "lesser of two evils" Biden. Some people never learn, I guess.

Sanders seems to inspire a certain degree of recalcitrance in his supporters. I think it has a lot to do with Bernie's personality and outlook. Political purity is a losing strategy, it will only result in four more years of Trump.

I would prefer someone to the left of Joe Biden. Still, no matter who wins the Democratic nomination, she/he will have my full support. But, I remain skeptical that Bernie's diehard supporters will feel the same.

[JI7]

21. there is a problem when he is unable to answer questions about his policies.

and keeps repeating lines from the stump speech.