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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)that all people can remember if they choose so. Democratic-socialist like BS-AOC have been nothing but divisive to our Party while campaigning against other Democrats nationwide. AOC was, I read, in Michigan, either yesterday or will be today, sowing mistrust and division among Democrats in races they should keep their faction out of. Diluting Democratic vote strength with words. He has ALWAYS been this way for as long back as I can remember his name coming up in discussions. Diluting vote strength by pushing candidates that don't really, because of racial demographics, have a chance. Yet voters will listen to the honeywords poured into their ears and waste a valuable vote. Now with our country so divided, are they taking advantage of the social, political, racial/cultural divisions of our country and our Party by sowing discord and mistrust instead of concentrating on defeating repthugliKKKans? Just a question
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilanbenmeir/bernie-sanders-despised-democrats-in-1980s-said-a-jfk-speech
Over the years so many divisive and disparaging remarks concerning our, yes flawed, but necessary Party. And he still has no real outreach or compassion for the AA voter. How many AA on his staff or AOC's for that matter? Look he's a minor figure with a minor faction WITHIN the Democratic Party. The MSM makes him and people like AOC more important than they actually are to our Party thusly continually sowing discord and mistrust among the people under our very large tent. When we unify behind the Democratic Party with ONE GOAL, taking back the House and Senate this November, we win. And keeping perspective in realizing minor figures basking in media lights are just MINOR PEOPLE IN A MINOR faction of our Party. And get on to the important business, like defeating RepthugliKKKans and not fighting over party ideologies and goals. We shall win in November in such overwhelming numbers that we can and will take back our Party and country from those who would truly like to destroy it and only if we have a common purpose, defeating repthugliKKKans and not intra-Party fights concerning minor factions under our Big Tent of liberals, conservative Democrats and progressives.
Finally, it has ALWAYS been with BS, his view, that if AA made as much money as whites, then racism would just melt away...tell that to Ving Rhames, bernie. Tell that to the recipients of the poolside pauls and Paulas guarding the purity of pool water against those pesky, uppity, criminal black people: sarcasm, society guardians against n*****s and their children while selling water and learning about capitalism like phone call becky's all over the nation. Some of these calls ending in death, the common purpose of these calls and stops. Park guardians against barbecuing while black, never commenting on massive DWB stops, killings by whites, police officers and citizens alike only because one was black. And on and on with this Democratic-socialists and his followers in our Party.
We, as a Party, must marginalize this faction and get on with the really important business of GOTV to defeat fascism, racism, sexism. I will never be fooled by a minor political operative like BS. Here is part of the reason why
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/bernie-sanderss-still-isnt-a-democrat-is-he-the-partys-best-hope.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/bernie-backers-attacks-infuriate-democrats-24238 weCANdowithouthimandAOC
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/bernie-backers-attacks-infuriate-democrats-242386
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/bernie-sanders-identity-politics-class-race-debate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/13/bernie-sanderss-big-black-voter-problem/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31b7a12445b0