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booley

(3,855 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:31 PM Feb 2020

7 Ways The Media Sure Is Freaking Out About Bernie Sanders

The Best part for me was how many of the examples they used looked familiar because I had seen them posted here in the Primaries forum.

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StrictlyRockers

(3,854 posts)
1. The freak out is real.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:32 PM
Feb 2020

Oh noes! A true progressive might get elected? TIME TO FREAK OUT!

If I were to vote in a presidential
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booley

(3,855 posts)
2. I think they really have a problem understanding they are part of the problem
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:36 PM
Feb 2020

many in media see the world a certain way.
the idea their perception of the world might be wrong freaks them out

If I were to vote in a presidential
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DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
7. Not true
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:48 PM
Feb 2020

The country is not as far left as DU.

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Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
3. If it were really about his progressive policies, Warren would be as disliked as he is.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:36 PM
Feb 2020

But she's not.. conversely, many who quite strongly dislike Bernie and will never support him in his run to be our nominee are quite supportive of the potential of a Warren nomination.

So maybe.. just maybe.. it's more about the way he constantly attacks our party leadership? Or, maybe it's the way he don's the cloak of the Democratic Party at select times when it's beneficial to him? Or, maybe it's the way he's surrounded himself with and put in the highest leadership positions of his campaign outspoken Stein supporters that GAVE us Trump in the first place??

Just maybe..

If I were to vote in a presidential
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booley

(3,855 posts)
4. so the problem is Sanders,, unlike Warren, won't play ball
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:41 PM
Feb 2020

that he is consistent in calling out what he sees as wrong. THat he will remain true to what he says,

Worse, Sanders means what he says.



maybe it's the way he's surrounded himself with and put in the highest leadership positions of his campaign outspoken Stein supporters that GAVE us Trump in the first place??


uh huh. sure. that's why trump won. sure, buddy.






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krissey

(1,205 posts)
8. He just came out adopting the Democratic HC by incrementally decreasing the age of medicaire.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:49 PM
Feb 2020

What are you talking about?

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booley

(3,855 posts)
13. Decreasing the eligibility age was the plan since Johnson
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:24 PM
Feb 2020

yet how often has that happened?

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krissey

(1,205 posts)
14. He said campaigning for 2020 he was blowing it all up and starting from scratch. Which is it?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:26 PM
Feb 2020

Because what he suggests now is not different than what the Democrats have been fighting for longer than Sanders was ever in the conversation.

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krissey

(1,205 posts)
5. More than half of Warren supporters are HRC supporters and will go to the Democrat who is running.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:41 PM
Feb 2020

You are right. Anything Sanders is getting is not his "progressiveness". Harris ranks more progressive than Sanders. She simply does promise all kinds of free stuff.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
9. I wish Sanders and his supporters would make up their minds
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:51 PM
Feb 2020

Y'all wanted front-runner status.

Welcome to the roasting of the frontrunner!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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booley

(3,855 posts)
10. no other front runner gets treated this way
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:55 PM
Feb 2020
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Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
11. EVERY front-runner gets treated this way
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:01 PM
Feb 2020

And when they do, their supporters ALWAYS claim no other front-runner gets treated this way.

It's a longstanding tradition that happens every four years.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
12. Not true
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:09 PM
Feb 2020

They've been relentless on Biden for weeks, if not months. in 2008 they were tougher on Hillary until Obama moved to the front and then they got tougher on him. The frontrunner usually gets the toughest treatment from the media.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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