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murielm99

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1. I was a charter member of MoveOn.

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2015, 04:58 AM

May 2015

I quit when they endorsed Obama before the primary. I think the primaries are important, not just for national elections, but for state and local races.

I hope MoveOn stays out of this one, too. Let the voters and the activists who do the real work in the real world make their voices heard first.

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MoveOn Should BACK BERNIE [View all] Segami May 2015 OP

I was a charter member of MoveOn. murielm99 May 2015 #1

It could make things fun Omaha Steve May 2015 #2

Endorsements should wait until all the candidates have entered the ring Blue_Adept May 2015 #3

Move On will back the person they think can win, then disappear like they always do. leftofcool May 2015 #4

+1 mia May 2015 #5

I agree more with Bernie on the issues than I do with Hillary Clinton. MohRokTah May 2015 #6

That's a valid consideration if true. But can you please justify your reasoning why KingCharlemagne May 2015 #8

I can sum it up in a single word MohRokTah May 2015 #9

I'm a Democratic Socialist and many of my comrades (both Socialist and Communist) are KingCharlemagne May 2015 #11

Doesn't matter. Sanders opnely embraced the term. MohRokTah May 2015 #12

I've been around some 55 years and I've never heard that axiom before. I guess we're just KingCharlemagne May 2015 #13

I think you should go here and see people's reaction to "socialism" BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

No need. MohRokTah May 2015 #17

So you honestly believe.. Segami May 2015 #16

I know they would. MohRokTah May 2015 #18

LOL! Segami May 2015 #19

As long as WE back Bernie, I'm good. merrily May 2015 #7

Wow. I'm old enough to remember when MoveOn existed. Orrex May 2015 #10

Here is a petition for Democracy for America to back Bernie BrotherIvan May 2015 #15