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Sancho

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22. Who cares if he kicked off in Vermont??

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #21)

Thu May 28, 2015, 02:09 PM

May 2015

OTOH, it was stupid to be on national TV with yachts going back and forth in the background, not a single person representing any diversity on the platform, and an angry speech with terms like "revolution" and "oligarchy".

I would think most winning politicians get off to a better start.

The good news is that the national media didn't make a big deal out of it, so he'll get a chance to do better next time.

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in 1988 vermont caucused for jesse jackson. in 2008 [View all] cali May 2015 OP

Unfortunately, Vermont's often an outlier -- not very representative of the rest of the U.S. pnwmom May 2015 #1

Thanks for this. RufusTFirefly May 2015 #2

Honestly, with a population less than most Fl or Ca counties and 3 electoral college votes... Sancho May 2015 #3

actually, Vermont does matter cali May 2015 #4

As you point out, Vermont will vote Democratic for almost any candidate... Sancho May 2015 #9

We'll have to see whether Bernie's ideas can gain traction cali May 2015 #16

Vermont didn't completely ban slavery, children were still allowed to be slaves snooper2 May 2015 #24

Yeah, coming from a small state automatically disqualifies someone from winning the Presidency. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #6

No but watch Bernie's entire announcement... Sancho May 2015 #11

God forbid he should kick off awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #21

Who cares if he kicked off in Vermont?? Sancho May 2015 #22

Style over substance? awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #25

CA or NY doesn't matter either. At least in the general election. jeff47 May 2015 #17

We all know there are different ways to get to 270...meanwhile... Sancho May 2015 #18

If there are different ways, why are you claiming there is only one way? jeff47 May 2015 #19

Who is suggesting "one way"? Sancho May 2015 #20

"Size isn't everything" Unknown Beatle May 2015 #5

So Vermont is mostly white? romanic May 2015 #7

The hillarians new claim is that Sanders is a racist because he's from a small Doctor_J May 2015 #8

Wow ... Who has said, or even implied, that? ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #12

You think the African American forum needs to go away JI7 May 2015 #23

I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt here, so bear with me. Maedhros May 2015 #26

Vermont Robbins May 2015 #10

Yep...the US has changed a lot since 1992... Sancho May 2015 #13

How so? [n/t] Maedhros May 2015 #27

Demographics in Southern states for one thing... Sancho May 2015 #28

And you think Bernie doesn't appeal to these demographics? Why? Maedhros May 2015 #29

I watched his speech, and it differs dramatically from Hillary, Obama, or even Jeb... Sancho May 2015 #30

You're coming from a very conservative viewpoint. Maedhros May 2015 #31

haha...maybe you see it that way...but I'm about as liberal as you get.a 60's hippy. Union officer! Sancho May 2015 #32

You should know full well that a high-volume trade tax Maedhros May 2015 #33

Not true.. Sancho May 2015 #34

Noting that Vermont does not reflect the democraphics of the most of the US ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #14

there have been posts doing both and everyone is aware of that. cali May 2015 #15