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In reply to the discussion: Not since LBJ [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)6. I like Sanders just fine
But he's not electable as many of you will come to find. I'm sorry if the facts bother you.
DU is very much engaged in tearing down the front runner. And history shows that helps elect republicans. That's reality.
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oh bullshit and hypocritical bullshit at that. At least I don't pretend to like HRC
cali
May 2015
#1
..."until Chappaquiddick"? Nice try, but that happened in 1969, and Carter didn't run for President
Tanuki
May 2015
#78
Wot? Why would Kennedy(?) "change his mind" about running against Carter(?) in '84?
truebluegreen
May 2015
#136
Gerald Ford was in the House, not Senate, when he was tapped to replace Agnew as VP. (eom)
StevieM
May 2015
#191
Wow, nice post---not. Precisely the kind of thing Senator Sanders would NOT endorse.
MADem
May 2015
#162
LBJ was undone by the war he inherited. LBJ was so much more than that fiasco...
Hekate
May 2015
#79
I see the point you are making but I think the important thing to remember is that Ronald Reagan
StevieM
May 2015
#202
I'm referring to your insisting repeatedly that you're "concerned" that he might run
cali
May 2015
#22
Say something good about Clinton for a change; it might make you SEEM believable.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#10
How's that shovel workin'? Let me know if it wears out; I'll get a rope and lower you down another.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#34
Other than plurality control with Working Families of the Hartford City Council?
Chan790
May 2015
#219
I think LBJ deserves enormous credit for driving through all those reforms. (eom)
StevieM
May 2015
#192
It amazes me how people forget all that we accomplished in the 60s when up against a whole lot of
StevieM
May 2015
#212
Hey Oc... I guess lying the country into a war that caused the deaths of over 58,000 Americans
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#28
You might want to look at a timeline including his Gulf of Tonkin lie and the escalation afterward.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#33
LBJ was a sitting president; a sitting president is always the presumptive nominee.
Spider Jerusalem
May 2015
#35
Yep! Bernie IS better. And therefore I think MORE Americans could gravitate to him!
cascadiance
May 2015
#52
It is not historically correct to say that Hillary had the same lead in 2008 that she has today.
StevieM
May 2015
#194
That she had a large lead that people felt she was already the "nominee" then,
cascadiance
May 2015
#196
Obama was a pretty big star from the beginning and for better or worse there is no one in the same
StevieM
May 2015
#198
I respect your feelings regarding Sen. Sanders. I like Sanders and Elizabeth Warren just fine.
StevieM
May 2015
#205
Nobody has the right to expect the nomination on a platter, not even an incumbent president.
StevieM
May 2015
#197
2000 and 2004 Nader voters, Green Party voters in presidential races, people that look to Venezuala
Renew Deal
May 2015
#250
Please point us to all the OP's laying out why Hillary is the best representative for the people.
woo me with science
May 2015
#43
I'm sure many were saying the same about her about this time before 2008 election...
cascadiance
May 2015
#57
If she wants to "gut punch" Republicans then DEMONSTRATE it now with McTurtle on the TPP!
cascadiance
May 2015
#69
Why? Because she's a fool if she thinks I and many others will support her...
cascadiance
May 2015
#83
Why don't you provide us a link then that shows how Hillary says she's against passing Fast Track...
cascadiance
May 2015
#104
Just as I thought, pressed for something to back up an assertion, you don't have it...
cascadiance
May 2015
#119
I AM informing myself, which is why I ask YOU to show that you are informing yourself...
cascadiance
May 2015
#134
NO, you did not qualify your statements properly that you were talking about ISDS, NOT TPP...
cascadiance
May 2015
#260
Links? Clinton helped craft the TPP. I find it hard to believe they are in agreement about it.
cui bono
May 2015
#233
I guess Obama would send her to talk to other countries as SOS and not know anything about it?
cascadiance
May 2015
#261
At least you are qualifying her being the best candidate so far. Bernie is the absolute best
cui bono
May 2015
#232
And if he were more willing to help America know the truth about Nixon at that time...
cascadiance
May 2015
#100
Why are you an anti-democratic authoritarian? If Hillary can't stand the heat, she
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#71
I get it... Let's just keep everything secret and say we should all vote for someone, just
cascadiance
May 2015
#108
Oh come on. The exact same dynamic played itself out in 2008 and Obama went
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#142
She uses 'far left' to mean anyone to the left of Hillary. By that standard, Barbara Boxer is
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#155
Sirhan Sirhan was the only one to help elect Nixon, RFK would have buried Dick .
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#128
He holds himself to higher standard and you and I aren't campaigning...
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#148
Well I can't speak to the national picture but there are certainly some posters here that
hrmjustin
May 2015
#151
Challenging is seen as treason by people in your ' Group ' this is GD .
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#156
Then what's the point of having a democracy? *(post I'm replying to was edited well after my reply)
cui bono
May 2015
#175
Yes. When I read your post it did not have a comma. You not mentioning that is dishonest.
cui bono
May 2015
#231
Wow your right I was really wrong here. i just looked at it again and I was totally in the wrong.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#248
Has nothing to do with honesty, history or common sense does it, Do you
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#161
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
May 2015
#180
I think just like Bernie, many of us have voiced concerns about ISSUES like the TPP here...
cascadiance
May 2015
#204
DU is not necessarily representative of most Democrats, and the polls seem to confirm that
still_one
May 2015
#216