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Thinkingabout

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51. I don't want Hillary to be the same as Bernie, I gave you the issues they are both talking about.

Reply to stillwaiting (Reply #50)

Mon May 4, 2015, 10:12 AM

May 2015

I have stated now for the third time I do not want the party to go further left. why are you badgering me?

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Do any of you disagree that STRONG support for a Progressive would move our party left? [View all] Bonobo May 2015 OP

Works for me. blm May 2015 #1

So far we have two candidates who are saying the same basic thing. Thinkingabout May 2015 #2

That really doesn't seem to address the issue. Bonobo May 2015 #4

His vote on the ISIS Resolution deeply troubles me, I do not have any confidence Thinkingabout May 2015 #7

If you really want to go fight in Syria, the FSA is always recruiting Scootaloo May 2015 #12

"Do I want the candidates pulled further left, no that is not where we need to go." Bonobo May 2015 #13

You mean the vote on whether to send advanced arms to "Syrian Rebels"? MannyGoldstein May 2015 #33

Campaign rhetoric is one thing. Living your life a certain way is another. merrily May 2015 #8

Don't you disagree with ALL of Sen. Sanders' positions? morningfog May 2015 #14

Whoosh! TM99 May 2015 #15

They are not saying the same thing. cui bono May 2015 #18

Wow. Sen Sanders has addressed all kinds of different issues. Go to his website and rhett o rick May 2015 #24

You don't like Bernie, but love Hillary and stillwaiting May 2015 #46

Likewise you dont like Hillary and you love Bernie. Thinkingabout May 2015 #47

I'm not the one saying that they are basically for the same things. stillwaiting May 2015 #48

Have you been listening to Hillary and Bernie? Thinkingabout May 2015 #49

You are falsely trying to paint Hillary as the same as Bernie. stillwaiting May 2015 #50

I don't want Hillary to be the same as Bernie, I gave you the issues they are both talking about. Thinkingabout May 2015 #51

I just thanked you. No idea why you think I'm badgering you. Wasn't my intent. stillwaiting May 2015 #53

Three times asking the same question might be badgering. Thinkingabout May 2015 #54

You never answered my questions. stillwaiting May 2015 #56

It may be that Americans are suckers for perceived "winners" 99th_Monkey May 2015 #3

How to explain Red Sox fans between sale of Babe Ruth and 2004? merrily May 2015 #17

I'm going with Bernie.. eloydude May 2015 #5

I agree that we have moved beyond the time when we can "triangulate". Bonobo May 2015 #9

Do you assume that all DU posters want the Party moved left? If so, I disagree. merrily May 2015 #6

That COULD be an error on my part, I guess. Bonobo May 2015 #11

There have always been center-left Dems here who believe in their positions. blm May 2015 #23

I think it would be safe for you to delete all the cautionary words in there. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #26

Agree. There are centrists who don't know they aren't left, or at least claim that. cui bono May 2015 #19

I might not make Bernie the litmus test, but I stand by my post for a panoply of other reasons. nt merrily May 2015 #20

"You can't be a liberal or progressive and not get behind Bernie." pnwmom May 2015 #38

: onecaliberal May 2015 #10

Even tho we lost the 2014 elections fadedrose May 2015 #16

Very true, fadedrose. Pot certainly won as well. There may have been more in a few states as wel. merrily May 2015 #21

I don't think you are understanding what really happened to the two parties. TM99 May 2015 #22

Well said. I will repeat it. rhett o rick May 2015 #25

She must be MADE to abandon it with a forceful opposition from traditional base. Bonobo May 2015 #27

I don't want HRC to "abandon" anything. Her ideology won't change. rhett o rick May 2015 #29

I don't share your hope that this can happen. TM99 May 2015 #32

Not "a" progressive. joshcryer May 2015 #28

You mean I should think in the plural, I take it? Bonobo May 2015 #30

A top candidate would help. joshcryer May 2015 #31

No. MannyGoldstein May 2015 #34

Yes and that is why I support Hillary Clinton, who has a decades-long NYC Liberal May 2015 #35

She ran to the right of Obama. Bonobo May 2015 #36

Being progressive on social issues alone TM99 May 2015 #37

Progressive? MannyGoldstein May 2015 #39

Well, you are probably right. TM99 May 2015 #42

I'm on board Aerows May 2015 #40

dems and the left will continue to kiss rw ass certainot May 2015 #41

Not if people continue to focus on the presidency alone BainsBane May 2015 #43

Thank you for your response. Bonobo May 2015 #45

The only Republican President of the last 20 years had to expand Medicare and Education spending Recursion May 2015 #44

Major programs and polices will move the party left or right. The ACA was a leftward shift Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #52

Only if we win the White House. geek tragedy May 2015 #55