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gabeana

(3,170 posts) Sat Sep 29, 2018, 02:59 PM Sep 2018

Sometimes DU bewilderes me [View all]

Last couple of days reading some of the disdain for Avenatti and Bernie Sanders here in DU, dont some of you get it, they are the good guys, they are on our side, a lot of the criticism is juvenile

YES 2016 primary was nasty but so was 2008 and yes Bernie is an Ind. SEN. We do know that most of the country identifies as Independent?

And Avenatti is the bull dog we need willing to get in the gutter with the other side. To me he is the face if the legal resistance of Trump, the everyday face of the resistance from day 1 after trump was elected has been the women and girls of America

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Sometimes DU bewilderes me [View all] gabeana Sep 2018 OP

I love them both JonLP24 Sep 2018 #1

I love one of them... HipChick Sep 2018 #2

I'm glad we have Avenatti out there meadowlark5 Sep 2018 #3

I am double-minded about both of them marylandblue Sep 2018 #4

In my case I think Avenatti is in it for himself mythology Sep 2018 #5

DU has lot's of members. It is the wrong thing in my mind that we have a homoginous thought wasupaloopa Sep 2018 #6

I disagree with your assessment. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #7

But we already knew that. ret5hd Sep 2018 #12

disagree but no supporting opinion on why you do gabeana Sep 2018 #39

Two very different individuals. violetpastille Sep 2018 #8

which one an why? gabeana Sep 2018 #40

Being 'Independent' doesn't necessarily mean that I don't identify and vote procon Sep 2018 #9

I'm confused on how being Independent helps with that? JonLP24 Sep 2018 #11

States are different; we have an open primary and I can pick from any party. nt procon Sep 2018 #15

So you can vote in both primaries? JonLP24 Sep 2018 #16

In a pinch, there are other parties; this really shouldn't be so difficult, yeah? procon Sep 2018 #20

I was just asking questions JonLP24 Sep 2018 #22

I'm with you trixie2 Sep 2018 #36

No. It means that you do not register as member of any party when you register to vote. Then yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #43

Thank you JonLP24 Sep 2018 #46

Part 2 It makes finding your party members really hard yellowdogintexas Sep 2018 #47

A different kind of open primary dragonlady Sep 2018 #62

Good point.. safeinOhio Sep 2018 #21

I'm a 'lefty'...I'm used to being castigated here when I slam blue-dogs pecosbob Sep 2018 #10

There's lots of Bernie fans here whathehell Sep 2018 #13

I agree whole heartedly. Juvenille is the correct term. LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #14

Yes. Let's accept differences of opinion KSNY Sep 2018 #35

🙂👍🏼👍🏼 dae Sep 2018 #44

I will take all the allies I can get superpatriotman Sep 2018 #17

i love them both ( well, I like BS).......just not enuff to be Prez... samnsara Sep 2018 #18

Avenatti yes, Sanders...too many attacks on the party. brush Sep 2018 #19

I feel ok talking positively about the things I like with them. WeekiWater Sep 2018 #23

For some, Bernie's not sufficiently corpo. jalan48 Sep 2018 #24

oh really? JHan Sep 2018 #27

rate Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #31

I agree with the Avenatti part of your post. NBachers Sep 2018 #25

That's just a small subset of no consequence. Purists would rather lose than have them Autumn Sep 2018 #26

Avenatti is fine doing what he's doing but my cynicism remains. JHan Sep 2018 #28

dems have a wide range of attitudes RussBLib Sep 2018 #29

Great post gabeana. It's all about strengthening the party Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #30

well, avanati is a good guy anyway getagrip_already Sep 2018 #32

Love them both! ...but we cannot rely only on "heroes" to speak for us KSNY Sep 2018 #33

Do yu have links to posts showing disdain for Sanders? I haven't seen any. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #34

I don't ant to be rude, but it is not that hard to find gabeana Sep 2018 #41

The responses in this thread don't count. The OP was done before them. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #48

Definition of disdain gabeana Sep 2018 #53

Wow really? LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #55

Looks like I trashed that thread just in time JonLP24 Sep 2018 #59

"I haven't seen even one post showing disdain for Bernie Sanders" melman Sep 2018 #58

KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Sep 2018 #37

Me too. It reminds me of the baseless Hillary haters on the right . . . pdsimdars Sep 2018 #38

Most of the country does not identify as independent. George II Sep 2018 #42

This gabeana Sep 2018 #49

I wouldn't mind your personal insult if you were correct, but 37% isn't "most" of the country. George II Sep 2018 #50

I didn't say the majority I said the most gabeana Sep 2018 #51

"Most" of the country, and "most" of those 100 people, identify with a political party. George II Sep 2018 #52

Does Most mean Majority? gabeana Sep 2018 #54

For me, the flaws of these two men are about 14 million places down the list of our worries. byronius Sep 2018 #45

Last I saw this was DEMOCRATIC underground nini Sep 2018 #56

agree. I like how Avenatti takes the fight to them. Dems turned over Bush vs Gore, Garland Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #57

Avenatti worked for Rahm and Obama in Chicago. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #60

Same here. Duppers Sep 2018 #61