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[mr_lebowski]

1. Disqualifying! (nt)

[emmaverybo]

20. Agree heartily. Do not need a paranoid guy with a grudge he can't overcome in the White House.

Of course I would vote for him, but I hope Dems look seriously at his lack of loyalty and leadership
qualifications, and at his unsporting behavior as shown in 2016 and arising now once again.

[Lucid Dreamer]

2. I wish Sen. Sanders would withdraw.

He may not be a Democrat, but surely he must see the value of being anti-trump. Time for his vanity play to end.

Please end it now, Senator Sanders.

[Skittles]

13. makes more sense than saying Beto should withdraw

[sprinkleeninow]

3. This comment, if upheld, will frost many, IMNSHO.

It already has me chapped.

[pnwmom]

4. And yet we're supposed to support HIM if HE's the winner? n/t

[Cha]

5. Sorry, BS.. Many people say there are much better candidates

than you. And, potential voters are choosing them.

[Thekaspervote]

6. Why does this not surprise me!!! How can dem voters support such a divisive candidate?

[RainCaster]

7. Does this site support a candidate turncoat?

When will DU put Bernie in the same class as Jill Stine and stop supporting his candidacy?

I'm not pushing for that, I'm genuinely interested in how we operate with not-normal election events.

[Thekaspervote]

9. Good question isn't it!

This is proof that the only thing he cares about his agenda, not the American people.

[emmaverybo]

21. In a nutshell.

[msongs]

12. one suspects DU terms specify you will support the democratic nominee. BS might just

be banned from DU if he does not clearly state he will support the nominee

[dalton99a]

8. Some people say there are so many similarities

[betsuni]

10. Typical.

Stephanopolous: Is that how you would describe Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump -- as the lesser of two evils?

Sanders: Well, if you look ... . No, I wouldn't describe it, but that's what the American people are saying.

The majority of Hillary's media coverage was negative, more than Trump. If there was the slightest evidence of any rigging, the "corporate media conglomerates" would've pounced, played it up along with the emails and gleefully revealing private emails published by Wikileaks.

[Cha]

11. ..

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Some people say that this is Bernie's last shot at the White House, so...

he doesn't care how he gets there.

[PJMcK]

15. There was a thread the other day...

...demanding that DUers commit to supporting the Democratic nominee or they should be banned from DU.

Hey, Bernie! Reconsider your words. Otherwise, you're in the way.

[OnDoutside]

17. Some people say that if he had spent as many years inside the

Democratic party as Hillary had, he might have had a bit more say in how the primary process operated. Funny that.

[Mike Nelson]

18. This kind of talk...

... won't help him. Maybe he and his team can change direction... he need to get a majority of Democratic Primary voters to vote for him. Here are some suggestions, Bernie: "We're always looking to improve, but the Democratic primaries are not rigged - look for that with Trump and the Republicans." and, "Of course i will enthusiastically support the Nominee - any of our candidates are clearly better than Trump."

[emmaverybo]

23. They could. You just gave them how to. But he'd rather nurse the grudge and take a shot at

his perceived nemesis, the Democratic Establishment, publicly, than present himself as a candidate on the merits.

[MyNameGoesHere]

19. As I predicted the downfall would be epic and pitiful.

The Independent Senator from Vermont is a believer in the scorched earth policy. Who would have thunk that this time would be any different?

[Skittles]

25. yes, it is quite predictable

no surprise

[RandySF]

22. It won't work this time.

His die-hards will star with him to the end but he's going to turn others off and lose them to others. He's not the "only" progressive alternative this time.

[yuiyoshida]

24. This is a disappointment...

like finding a traitor in your midst ... Anyway, I have no intention of voting for him, UNLESS he is the only choice left. Kamala has my vote.

[Hortensis]

26. Hope this gives insight into his character for many.

The only surprise, perhaps, is that he took this stand so openly so early. Why?

[duforsure]

27. He just lost any chance he may of had

And his refusal to support the winner shows he puts himself above the party.he's losing support is why he makes these claims now.

[Hortensis]

29. We'll see. He's been repeating his behaviors of 2016 all along.

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This should shake some a bit, those who hear about it. I'm not at all sure many of those who like him realize the grave danger our nation is in. Many imagine this election is about "MfA." A dangerous delusion that Sanders reinforced just this week. Why?

What is his end goal? Does he imagine national collapse under the Republicans facilitating a violent socialist revolution we don't want and won't vote for peacefully? What goes on in his head?

"I am not now, nor have I ever been, a liberal Democrat." ~ Sanders

"There's an old saying in Tennessee,"... I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, 'Fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. Fool me... You can't get fooled again!'" ~ W

[brush]

35. It won't work this time. Too many other candidates who will take delegates.

It's not just him and Hillary so by the South Carolina primary, Super Tuesday and with California moving up shorty after, he'll be in third or fourth place, maybe worst so a repeat of this particular divisiveness won't fly.

It's really disgraceful and graceless that he would even come out with this again.

He's going to bury his own campaign if he keeps this up.

[AirmensMom]

28. OMG ...

The last thing we need in the White House is another whiny baby. Time for him to drop out. I voted for him in 2016 and will vote for him if he's our nominee, but I'm really tired of him bashing the Democrats. I hope we are smart enough to vote for a loyal Democrat for our nominee.

[secondwind]

30. One would think that he'd be satisfied that Hillary

included his messages as part of the Democrat platform.

[brooklynite]

31. Observation that nobody here supporting Sanders chose to defend his remarks

[Hassin Bin Sober]

32. Observation:

A) not a single person in this thread noticed or cared that this piece was from June 26th and already debunked at the time.

B) Bernie didn’t refuse to support the nominee. He refused the hypothetical that he wouldn’t be the nominee. Ask any candidate how they will handle losing and they will do the same thing. “We are in it to win it” wasn’t invented by Bernie.its called not accepting the premise of a question. It’s what candidates do. Had he entertained the question the headline would have been “OMG BERNIE KNOWS HE IS GOING TO LOSE!1!”

C) the tweet regarding “some people say” highlighted in that piece was nonsense and the person who wrote the tweet had to backpedal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To be clear Bernie repeated “some people say” after it was first said by the MSNBC interviewer, so he shouldn’t be criticized for using that phrase. <a href="https://t.co/Ki5GmrvkFG">pic.twitter.com/Ki5GmrvkFG</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[yardwork]

36. Did he say "maybe if the system wasn't rigged against me" or not?

[Rstrstx]

33. Ok I'm not Bernie's Number One fan but this was from June 26

Aside from being nearly two months old the title is misleading, I watched the clip, he didn't say he would not pledge to support the Democratic nominee, instead he gave the old political deflect and nonanswer. Sure I would have liked an instant "Yes of course" from him, and while his response has been construed a bit in the title I can see where some might consider it an omen that he might take the loss hard again.

The main reason that I'm not a big Bernie fan is not his policies or his personality (which has actually grown on me a bit) it's more about the company he keeps. I especially dislike David Sirota's twisted hit pieces on fellow Democrats. I suspect he doesn't like it much when the tables are turned.

[yardwork]

38. Did Bernie say "maybe if the system wasn't rigged against me?"

If he said that phrase - repeating the totally debunked lie that the nomination was stolen from him because "the system" was "rigged" against him - then I think he should drop out.

We have enough problems with the Republicans and the Russians without this.

[Rstrstx]

42. Is this the first time he's come out and made that accusation?

Asking because I honestly don't know the answer. Still a bit curious as to why this is being brought up almost two months later. Among the two main progressive candidates I do think Warren is the better choice.

[yardwork]

44. He made or implied that accusation many times in 2016.

Did he say those words in June 2019?

[Thekaspervote]

43. The things you mentioned, old political deflect, nonanswer, taking the loss hard

Are enough for me to want to see him go packing! This is exactly what he did in 2016, and it hurt the Dems. Many have wised up to his ways, but he still has his minions. He needs to give them their marching orders “support the dem nominee!”

[samnsara]

37. if anyone has a right to question the last election, its Hillary..

[njhoneybadger]

39. Same shit different year

[zeusdogmom]

40. Is he still complaining about 2016?

Some people would say Bernie is a whiny butt - a name my 4 year old had when he was in his normal pre-school whiny stage. But Bernie is a good 70 years older - he should quit the pre-schooler behavior.

i am so tired of Bernie and his cranky old man attitude. Please Bernie, just go away. You will be happier. And so will the rest of us.

If Bernie is the nominee, tRump will win.

[oldsoftie]

41. Gee, i remember someone else saying this back in '16............

shitty company, Bernie