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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)There's no "alarm to sound". It's a goddamned LIE and it serves no good purpose EXCEPT to drive away voters and to drive away support and to drive away donors and to drive away volunteers and to cause division and to create distrust and to inflame resentment and to WEAKEN the party. A divided and weakened Democratic party only benefits the GOP (and by extension, it also benefits Russia.)
Why would he want to do things and say things that only serve to HELP the Republicans? Fuck that noise! The Democratic party is not the "party of the one-percent" (as he claims) the Democratic party is not "ideologically bankrupt" (as he claims) the Democratic party leadership is not "feeble" and "corrupt" (as he claims).
Less mindful people who let others do their thinking for them are starting to BELIEVE his lies... and that make it easy for them to turn away from the Democratic party and support "alternative" politicians like Jill Stein.
These are not the words and actions of someone who's trying to help the Democratic party. This is what someone like Dick Cheney or Ted Cruz or Mike Pence or Rick Santorum or Ann Coulter or Barbara Bachmann would say.
All I'm saying is that no LOYAL Democrat would remain silent in response to the any of those right-wing assholes telling the same lies and making the same denigrating smears... and it simply serves no good purpose to remain silent while a supposed "ally" spouts these disgusting lies about Democrats and the Democratic party.