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46. I'm specifically referring to the fanatics on Twitter living in swing states

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I believe we all owe Senator Bernie Sanders a public apology [View all] JMCKUSICK Dec 2024 OP

HELL YES! elleng Dec 2024 #1

I really think he would have beaten Trump the first time. yourout Dec 2024 #2

I've had similar thoughts Raven123 Dec 2024 #6

Or if Clinton had called upon him to be her VP. GreenWave Dec 2024 #7

Agree DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #139

The "socialism" attack ads would write themselves. SouthBayDem Dec 2024 #189

That was my wish at the time, What could have been Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #193

Why would you think that when he couldn't win a primary? Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #16

Exactly Meowmee Dec 2024 #30

They may not be solely his ideas but he was one of a very few elected legislators consistently promoting them 0rganism Dec 2024 #53

Actually John Conyers introduced the first bill in 2003... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #147

Yes, as I said, *one of a very few* (not "the only" -- your words, not mine) 0rganism Dec 2024 #209

Given the circumstances under which Conyers left Congress tritsofme Dec 2024 #211

Excellent point. Perhaps "selectively ethical" or "topically ethical" would better describe him. 0rganism Dec 2024 #215

I look to the great, late Congressman Henry Gonzalez of Texas LuvLoogie Dec 2024 #75

"He couldn't win a primary- he was not going to win a general election" Polybius Dec 2024 #80

I would say no I don't think he could have Meowmee Dec 2024 #93

I think Bloomberg could have also won in 2020 Polybius Dec 2024 #94

Yeah maybe. Prolly not though imo Meowmee Dec 2024 #99

Yeah, and he was poling great Polybius Dec 2024 #104

Right, I remember now Meowmee Dec 2024 #107

I live in NYC Polybius Dec 2024 #169

I am close by Meowmee Dec 2024 #190

I agree with Sanders' basic theme that the American economy wnylib Dec 2024 #124

A meme without substance quakerboy Dec 2024 #148

Nationwide, 12% of Sanders supporters in the primaries wnylib Dec 2024 #174

I knew some of those "pouty" supporters, and no, they were not Democrats. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #197

In 2016, he won 23 state primaries. snot Dec 2024 #65

Many of those were caucuses. LisaM Dec 2024 #90

Same in Minnesota. A caucus in the dead of winter question everything Dec 2024 #97

The DNC did not cheat Bernie. He lost fair and square. StevieM Dec 2024 #110

You can say he lost, according to the manner in which the Democratic party ran its primaries. lees1975 Dec 2024 #129

Why did he not join and build the party? delisen Dec 2024 #156

So you think the only way for liberals to win is to walk lockstep with the DNCC? intheflow Dec 2024 #165

I have not demonized anyone delisen Dec 2024 #173

It was more than possible for Bernie to win. He just didn't. StevieM Dec 2024 #186

Results of a quick search: snot Dec 2024 #195

The negative characterizations you are citing came from Donna Brazille. StevieM Dec 2024 #207

I do not recall the media ever being as negative about Hillary as you suggest. snot Dec 2024 #208

I believed at the time, that Bernie would have won in the 2016 election against the grifter. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #232

There are so many false statements in that post iemanja Dec 2024 #131

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Cool story Bro, "They cheated (this is not in dispute)" FSogol Dec 2024 #149

Self-Contradictory Post ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #172

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2024 #178

Whoosh! ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #181

Respectfully, you missed the point, not the other poster. Old Crow Dec 2024 #187

I Missed Nothing ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #199

Thank you. Old Crow Dec 2024 #201

Despite the less than admirable behavior from the DNC, and yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #231

Different voter pool, different opponents. It is possible he could have persuaded more voters than Tim Kaine did. thesquanderer Dec 2024 #66

Kaine added nothing to the ticket. progressoid Dec 2024 #142

NH, CO, MN, OK, VT, KS, ME, MI, ID, UT, AK, HI, WA, WI, WY, RI, IN, WV, OR, MN, ND Nanjeanne Dec 2024 #86

Many of his supporters did vote for Trump in 2006. Similar message: how awful life was question everything Dec 2024 #39

Maybe Repubilcan Sanders' supporters voted for the orange anus... SnoopDog Dec 2024 #57

Bernie didn't say, or suggest that ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #92

Sanders was always angry. As was Warren. Biden's positive, uplifting message was encouraging question everything Dec 2024 #98

We're living in a time that warrants anger, and it didn't start just now. ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #117

Yep Bernie was polling much stronger against Teabag in 2015 & 16 IbogaProject Dec 2024 #47

i'm still meeting Republicans who like Bernie MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #100

Absolutely! HarryM Dec 2024 #116

The polling at the time AverageJoe Dec 2024 #179

Agreed. Old Crow Dec 2024 #182

I hoped he would... charliea Dec 2024 #218

I thought so too. Bernie focused on working people's real needs. hedda_foil Dec 2024 #228

um no Skittles Dec 2024 #3

The guy who picked Tulsi Gabbard to be his spokesperson? LisaM Dec 2024 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2024 #21

Same. LisaM Dec 2024 #24

I don't want to criticize him for fear that he'll switch to (D) again & put me in violation of the TOS. Orrex Dec 2024 #33

LOL Skittles Dec 2024 #35

+1. The guy who is used as a ridicule reference for Democrats. Nixie Dec 2024 #22

Sanders may have made many little hearts go pitty-pat stopdiggin Dec 2024 #25

Agree, he was a major player to losing in 2016 getagrip_already Dec 2024 #229

yes he was Skittles Dec 2024 #230

He's always stated the obvious 👍 underpants Dec 2024 #4

Bernie has generally been right all along Attilatheblond Dec 2024 #5

Bernie's amendment lead to the only audit of the fed we have ever had questionseverything Dec 2024 #222

THIS malaise Dec 2024 #8

I have always UpInArms Dec 2024 #9

I don't have to apologize. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #10

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Carter never fucked us, but St. Bern did. Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #15

When exactly? displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #32

Late in 2016 Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #42

Kinda sounds like what Fetterman said about displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #85

There's a Trumpist up the hill from me who's sooooo economically anxious. He's an orthopedic surgeon... Hekate Dec 2024 #105

I've got news for you . . . markpkessinger Dec 2024 #236

Wow... Y'all are still doing this? Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #237

I have never said or even implied, anywhere, that Bernie is infallible markpkessinger Jan 2025 #238

Nice attempt at setting up a straw man, though. n/t markpkessinger Jan 2025 #239

The "oligarch Democratic caucus"? Never heard that one before. Walleye Dec 2024 #28

Bernie has always been on the mark, Tesha Dec 2024 #12

Bernie was right. Henry203 Dec 2024 #13

I'm sorry, exactly what the hell was he ahead of the curve about? Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #14

thank you Skittles Dec 2024 #19

People are looking for a savior Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #29

Bernie is fine up to the point you realize he has a one-size-fits-all solution. Half the population... Hekate Dec 2024 #106

You got the quote about his giving that blessing displacedvermoter Dec 2024 #37

I'm specifically referring to the fanatics on Twitter living in swing states Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #46

Ah, yes, twitter. An excellent source of information. It was a dump even before muskrat bought it. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #55

It may have been a dump pre-Elmer Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #63

Rec.. Mahalo! Cha Dec 2024 #49

lol thanks, I needed a good laugh tonight. Bernie hasn't done anything that would change my assessment of him. tritsofme Dec 2024 #17

The only reason "He hasn't" JMCKUSICK Dec 2024 #20

Exactly! Lunabell Dec 2024 #58

He could have changed his registration to a Democrat before seeking the nomination question everything Dec 2024 #82

He was the one who claimed liberal Democrats like FDR/LBJ were "democratic socialists" and not capitalists. betsuni Dec 2024 #83

I didn't say there were his ideas, JMCKUSICK Dec 2024 #87

Don't forget Elizabeth Warren, too... WarGamer Dec 2024 #23

liz, and bernie, are great at questioning the oligarchs at committee hearings rampartd Dec 2024 #61

The Persisterhoid lives! berniesandersmittens Dec 2024 #137

Yeah ... no. I have softened on him, but he still has never acknowledged the misogyny of his Bros and... Hekate Dec 2024 #26

I agree, I felt the misogyny from some of his supporters Walleye Dec 2024 #31

Always have huge respect for Bernie. Truly a man for the people. Noel Kums Dec 2024 #27

Bernie never got Medicare for all or any of that legislation actually passed Walleye Dec 2024 #34

You're making the classic mistake that so many Democrats make. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #45

He has been in the Senate a long time. They only have to stand for election every six years. Walleye Dec 2024 #50

What someone accomplishes in any legislature has little to nothing to do with running for the presidency. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #56

So we just campaign on ideas? Legislative accomplishments don't matter? I don't get it. Walleye Dec 2024 #60

Completely different level of political skill. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #62

So a person has to have both abilities to be good in our government Walleye Dec 2024 #64

Biden won in 2020 because we were in a national crisis, not bc of his time in the senate. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #67

After this last election, I don't think we can count on the median voter to come to any kind of rational conclusion Walleye Dec 2024 #73

That would be like having a 'concept of a plan'. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #158

Agree Walleye Dec 2024 #160

😉 sheshe2 Dec 2024 #163

If he wanted to be the Democratic candidate he should have changed his registration to DEMOCRAT question everything Dec 2024 #36

He is probably laughing at all the adulation on these pages. SunImp Dec 2024 #48

I've always respected Bernie. La Coliniere Dec 2024 #38

Not me. BWdem4life Dec 2024 #40

Except for President Carter... mcar Dec 2024 #41

As a Hillary and Biden primary supporter, I agree 100%. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #43

I've always been a Sanders fan! ananda Dec 2024 #44

Ha! That's too Bad.. there will NOT be Cha Dec 2024 #51

I'm with you on that Cha. 👍 oasis Dec 2024 #72

lol... had to.. Cha Dec 2024 #91

I am with you Cha LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #120

For all the rancor, he has been a great team player usonian Dec 2024 #52

Yep! Lunabell Dec 2024 #54

I don't owe him an apology - I did as much as I could for him financially when he ran TBF Dec 2024 #59

I see some of the usual suspects are still bashing Bernie ItsjustMe Dec 2024 #68

Given that he has refused to join the Democratic Party.... LauraInLA Dec 2024 #151

NO.. you're Wrong. That's Not "Why he's NOT Cha Dec 2024 #161

+ 1000 sheshe2 Dec 2024 #180

See What I Mean.. Primo Example.. Mahalo, she!💙 Cha Dec 2024 #184

Absolutely. There are many searching for (and inventing) "reasons" while overlooking the obvious. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #221

Exactly.. Mahalo, Oopsie Daisy.. Cha Dec 2024 #223

Suspects? You pin Duers as suspects? LizBeth Dec 2024 #164

I first met Bernie H2O Man Dec 2024 #69

I admired him as mayor of Burlington when I was at UVM. Easterncedar Dec 2024 #122

Look at his mayor agenda and you will see a right leaning Dem or a left leaning Rep. LizBeth Dec 2024 #166

No. ismnotwasm Dec 2024 #70

For What? for those speculating that they believe he would have won against trump in 2016, seem to forget that JohnSJ Dec 2024 #71

Mahalo for this, John... It's exactly True. We were Cha Dec 2024 #96

Change this party or we will not win elections. Lunabell Dec 2024 #74

That is one take, but perhaps those that voted for the sociopath agree with the JohnSJ Dec 2024 #79

You can believe what you want. Lunabell Dec 2024 #84

The party has been moving away from neoliberalism. Biden is the most progressive and pro-union president in decades. TRHST82 Dec 2024 #141

I am not going to disagree about President Biden. Lunabell Dec 2024 #206

What if the reason VP Harris didn't win was not because there need to be changes in the Party. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #233

You don't think we'd have been better off if he'd endorsed Hillary as soon as she won the primaries pnwmom Dec 2024 #76

I agree that his behavior was problematic. But let's not underestimate how much damage James Comey did. StevieM Dec 2024 #111

We'll never know. But Bernie was the single PROGRESSIVE who could have made a difference if he'd done the right thing.nt pnwmom Dec 2024 #171

Hillary didn"t lose because Bernie waited too long to endorse her . . . markpkessinger Dec 2024 #216

In an election decided by so few votes, his enthusiastic campaigning for her -- as he did for Biden -- pnwmom Dec 2024 #217

Sorry, but this is slander . . . markpkessinger Dec 2024 #224

You don't know what "slander" means. pnwmom Dec 2024 #225

The 3 trump voters I knew masmdu Dec 2024 #77

Yeah, because Sanders was just a placeholder for the anti-Hillary vote. W_HAMILTON Dec 2024 #81

Yes, he lost about 30% of former support in 2020 (had been anti-Hillary vote, not pro-Sanders). betsuni Dec 2024 #88

Except that is not what they said. masmdu Dec 2024 #210

Yeah, because that's what they always say. W_HAMILTON Dec 2024 #214

Hardly relayerbob Dec 2024 #78

Ah, no. I have a memory of not too distant history. He may owe us all one. boston bean Dec 2024 #89

I've got a lot of love for him, he's been fighting the Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #95

I do not owe Bernie anything. He lost in the primary. 33taw Dec 2024 #101

Hell no awesomerwb1 Dec 2024 #102

No I don't owe Bernie anything Keepthesoulalive Dec 2024 #103

No Botany Dec 2024 #108

LOL 🙄 Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #109

I blame most of the Bernie hatred on antisemitism. nt RandiFan1290 Dec 2024 #112

O RLY? Any actual evidence of that? NT Happy Hoosier Dec 2024 #126

Great question! I'm equally curious. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #202

Sanders was used by grifters to hurt democrats JI7 Dec 2024 #113

YES !!! beemerphill Dec 2024 #114

Umm because he is not a Democrat? Did not have the integrity to switch registration the way he has been doing question everything Dec 2024 #192

I'm afraid I can't forgive Bernie for his latest trashing of Democrats. Right after the election he came out railing Vinca Dec 2024 #115

Exactly. LauraInLA Dec 2024 #153

What exactly are we apologizing for? n/t Shrek Dec 2024 #118

Criticizing him for supporting RFK Jr? iemanja Dec 2024 #119

He called out RFK as having crazy ideas and is very dangerous. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #123

He also supports his views on the food industry iemanja Dec 2024 #127

The food industry does contribute to obesity. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #130

So you support RFK jr for HHS too? iemanja Dec 2024 #134

Hell the fuck no Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #136

Reading this thread, it appears the Democrats have an excellent chance of continuing to lose. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #121

Why on earth iemanja Dec 2024 #128

Seems like many want to keep doing the same thing. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #133

Then there is the fact iemanja Dec 2024 #135

We lost more than the presidential election. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #138

I think there are huge differences between AOC and Sanders. She's a better politician, firstly. If she can LauraInLA Dec 2024 #155

I don't care if he call himself a democrat. Lucky Luciano Dec 2024 #159

His Style? iemanja Dec 2024 #212

Nope. He helped create this mess AFAIC. NT Happy Hoosier Dec 2024 #125

That is the truth. MrsCoffee Dec 2024 #140

You and I think a lot alike. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #204

Can you share some specifics? Ursus Rex Dec 2024 #132

Oh, for fuck's sake. Go on ahead if you feel you need to. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #143

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He has gotten really pissy about the Hunter pardon. Klarkashton Dec 2024 #146

... LexVegas Dec 2024 #150

No RandySF Dec 2024 #152

Yeah no. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #154

But he wagged his finger. jalan48 Dec 2024 #157

In womens face, when they spoke while he told them to sit down and shut up, dont use woman card. LizBeth Dec 2024 #168

He told Hillary to sit down and shut up? I missed that one. jalan48 Dec 2024 #177

He owes women an apology. 2016, never forget, never forgive.... LizBeth Dec 2024 #162

Hell NO! TrunKated Dec 2024 #167

You can be in charge of all of that. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #170

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Bernie Sanders and Jimmy Carter! mdmc Dec 2024 #183

He's the reason I stepped up and declared as a Democrat. Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 #185

I can't relate to him JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #188

An apology? sheshe2 Dec 2024 #191

That may be but he still help defeat HRC. I can never forget that and Trump's election is constant reminder. nt Jit423 Dec 2024 #194

Bernie Sanders would have won in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Oneironaut Dec 2024 #196

Yeah, no. He didn't even come close to winning a primary. Shitty advisors, poor campaigns that never emulatorloo Dec 2024 #200

😂🤪🙄🤣😅 Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #205

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Bernie Sanders owes me an apology for hiring lying lunatics like David Sirota, Paul Manafort, and Brie-Brie. emulatorloo Dec 2024 #203

Trying to rile up all the rabid "Bernie haters"?? It WORKED... Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #213

"Rabid Bernie Haters"??? --- Please. Spare me. I don't see anyone here who matches that description. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #220

No gemini_liberal Dec 2024 #219

jeebus... stillcool Dec 2024 #226

yes we do LiberaBlueDem Dec 2024 #227

No mr715 Dec 2024 #234

I happily voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary where he won with 72%. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #235