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cascadiance

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23. Because he knows that the system is rigged for the two major parties...

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 05:21 PM

Sep 2014

... that doesn't allow for third parties to win in most major races and they are only known as spoilers.

I would bet that many Tea Party Republicans had been in fringe extreme right wing third parties too, before they realized they needed to take over the Republican Party to get elected as well.

If Bernie does get nominated and subsequently elected as a just signed on Democrat, then perhaps he can help successfully get Democrats to put in place instant runoff voting laws, so that he could run as a third party instead of "taking over" a Democratic Party position of power. That would be a big win in and of itself aside from the power he would have in putting in place a progressive administration that would NOT appoint a chief of staff that would call anyone that is even center left "f-ing retarded!".

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Killing Today's Meme, Chapter the Infinity: "Sanders = Nader" [View all] WilliamPitt Sep 2014 OP

so Bernie has personally confided in you, good to know still_one Sep 2014 #1

In a manner of speaking, yes. WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #4

our usual bet, one dollar, right? still_one Sep 2014 #6

Me too. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #53

I couldn't have said it better myself, my dear Will. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #2

+1000 noiretextatique Sep 2014 #10

Dude, it's the anagram: SANDERS = NADERSS Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #3

It's a safe bet but not a forgone conclusion wyldwolf Sep 2014 #5

As much as I want Bernie to be President Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #14

I agree wyldwolf Sep 2014 #19

And based on those 3 scenarios, my predictions are ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #27

LOL apparently he threatens the Blue Team / Red Team mentality leftstreet Sep 2014 #7

I'm convinced that because of Nader, should Bernie run, he will run as a Democrat. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #8

If the Democratic Party is that worried about a third-party candidate, they winter is coming Sep 2014 #9

Exactly! arcane1 Sep 2014 #11

No you di-in't! tazkcmo Sep 2014 #13

Yes, we were horribly damaged by 2008, a year where states whose primaries winter is coming Sep 2014 #18

Think of the exploding heads if it does end up a three way race Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #17

You win! n/t QC Sep 2014 #25

Nope, that doesnt work either. Nader pulled less than 5%. stevenleser Sep 2014 #28

You can't have it both ways. winter is coming Sep 2014 #29

Actually, yes, it can be both hurtful but not enough to pursue. Nothing contradictory in that. nt stevenleser Sep 2014 #30

The contradiction is making a strategic choice to ignore or alienate winter is coming Sep 2014 #32

That is contradictory. If hurtful means anything, morningfog Sep 2014 #35

The contrarian argument is that you'll lose more on the right Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #36

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #44

You think moving to the left is being extreme? Nice to know, but no surprise. n/t A Simple Game Sep 2014 #34

Exactly. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #45

I've always seen Nader as the guy who protected giant corporations from their own excesses. hunter Sep 2014 #12

If he runs in the Democratic primary he'll top out at 5% outside of New England Recursion Sep 2014 #15

People who spend most of their time on political sites Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #21

Why do you fear him so much if he'll top out at 5%? Enthusiast Sep 2014 #46

My fear is that he'll push the more "mainstream" candidates to the right Recursion Sep 2014 #47

That is an unfounded fear. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #48

Sanders is 73 years old Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #16

79 at the end of his first term Martin Eden Sep 2014 #20

Because he said he might on a TV program or two. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #22

Because he knows that the system is rigged for the two major parties... cascadiance Sep 2014 #23

The only special tazkcmo Sep 2014 #24

It's cheaper. He's a pragmatist. We want him. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #54

that is what i thought. i didnt know where you were going. no, sanders would not be a nader. seabeyond Sep 2014 #26

After 43 years as an Independent, for political expediency he becomes a Democrat hack89 Sep 2014 #31

He's 73. I'll vote for him if he selects a really good running mate. tclambert Sep 2014 #33

I'd vote for him if he was 103. Makes for sense that people half his age. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #56

but Sanders does = Nader! MisterP Sep 2014 #37

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service edbermac Sep 2014 #38

Heh. WilliamPitt Sep 2014 #39

I guess somebody doesn't want to cut bait. 0-7 hahahahaha JEB Sep 2014 #41

There was more that could have been alerted on IN that alert than in the post the alert alerted on. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #50

HAHAHAHAHAHA Skittles Sep 2014 #51

now what kind of goof ball alerted on this? Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #52

The paid personas are out if control!!! Skinner, they'll destroy DU. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #55

+10000000 nashville_brook Sep 2014 #61

I'll vote for Bernie even if he doesn't run . JEB Sep 2014 #40

Only the dullest dullard still falls for that line imo. Rex Sep 2014 #42

My Bernie problem: Sanders v. O'Malley Jim Lane Sep 2014 #43

Any thoughts on Schweitzer? He's still my favorite to the extent I have one Recursion Sep 2014 #49

Schweitzer pros and cons Jim Lane Sep 2014 #57

OTOH he is an organic farmer Recursion Sep 2014 #58

Fuck Nader libodem Sep 2014 #59

All I have to say is hifiguy Sep 2014 #60