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beam me up scottie

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136. Well they are very large and do throw off a lot of heat.

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 03:29 AM

Jun 2015

People aren't just turning to Bernie because they're sick of Hillary, they're responding to the man, they recognize his sincerity and it's like coming up for air.

He gets it.

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what does it say that thousands showed up in Minneapolis to see Bernie? [View all] cali May 2015 OP

I think it is significant. jwirr May 2015 #1

I don't know about a Majority of democrats but I believe it represents a majority of Americans. Vincardog May 2015 #2

I believe Americans in general are more liberal than they might think they are. arcane1 May 2015 #5

+1 so very much! Enthusiast May 2015 #92

Well-expressed nikto Jun 2015 #137

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #146

Man Cosmocat Jun 2015 #147

Have you ever given the "Joe Conservative" essay to a conservative friend? CrispyQ Jun 2015 #162

+1 Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #141

Overflow crowd... He might have to start doing stadium rallies... Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #3

Whoa BrotherIvan May 2015 #8

What it means to me is the media will have more pressure to cover him. Elmer S. E. Dump May 2015 #25

The media will do what its owners pay it to do. Millions marched against the valerief May 2015 #77

They will cover Bernie. And soon too! Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #154

Damn! darkangel218 May 2015 #30

Thanks Cheese!!!! blaze May 2015 #46

That's great Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #51

Yard signs are available salimbag Jun 2015 #120

And imagine, there are DU'ers advocating that the nomination be up for sale, rather than up for vote Scootaloo May 2015 #78

Some of them can be pretty obnoxious in their insistence Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #130

Care to name one? brooklynite Jun 2015 #177

History says,Progressive Changes in the U.S., Wellstone ruled May 2015 #79

You forgot McGovern and Gene McCarthy geardaddy Jun 2015 #167

Darn,forgot about Gene and the fellow from South Dakota. Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #175

Too true. geardaddy Jun 2015 #176

Americans Are More Liberal Than Politicians Think TrumanTown Jun 2015 #184

That is actually pretty impressive. nt Joe the Revelator May 2015 #102

Yeah. Here's a couple short videos of some overflow crowd outside Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #105

It says the hunger is real, and that you can't buy enthusiasm like that. arcane1 May 2015 #4

Yes, you can't buy enthusiasm BrotherIvan May 2015 #9

He is the same man saying the same things hifiguy May 2015 #55

I really wonder if people prefer "optics" in the real world or just here BrotherIvan May 2015 #66

It really is getting tiresome as hell. hifiguy May 2015 #68

I'd like to see Bernie threads in the Bernie Group BrotherIvan May 2015 #74

Women won't fall for it anymore than poc did. beam me up scottie May 2015 #98

The "evolution" has legs BrotherIvan May 2015 #109

Yep. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #112

Or killing them and calling it "freedom" BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #113

And whose candidate voted repeatedly for that? beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #117

That was years ago! BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #118

She's evolved! beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #121

READY FOR HILLARY turned over FOUR MILLION contact names of people who signed up to support Clinton brooklynite Jun 2015 #178

You mean the Super-PAC that used names from 2008? arcane1 Jun 2015 #179

No, the Super PAC that solicited new names from 2015 on..... brooklynite Jun 2015 #180

"relying in part on an outdated supporter list from 2008" arcane1 Jun 2015 #183

Don't take my word for this... Kalidurga May 2015 #6

It says that the Establishment Party Bosses and Conservatives (DLC/3rd Way) bvar22 May 2015 #7

I suspect there's mounting anxiety in the Clinton camp cali May 2015 #10

If they all start buying brown pants, hifiguy May 2015 #56

True. Hillary does not have even 1 Legit policy "weapon" to use against Bernie nikto Jun 2015 #138

If you want to see just how worried, watch this BrotherIvan May 2015 #12

omg, that fake southern accent cali May 2015 #14

Yup, no white hair in the white house BrotherIvan May 2015 #16

Hate the accent as much as everybody else truebluegreen May 2015 #21

immediately after saying she's been coloring her hair for years. magical thyme May 2015 #38

This was not about Bernie, it was about deflecting the RW comments Gloria May 2015 #47

I'm aware of that. I was simply clarifying for the poster to whom I replied magical thyme May 2015 #48

I was actually commenting on the main comment Gloria May 2015 #49

? She still said "turn". truebluegreen May 2015 #62

she was talking about age magical thyme Jun 2015 #143

They'll probably assign the red baiting to Bill, since he did so well with African KingCharlemagne May 2015 #96

Oh no, haven't you heard, that never happened BrotherIvan May 2015 #97

Don't you need some kind of badge to prove you're qualified to comment about that? beam me up scottie May 2015 #101

I'll have to look in the mirror to do some "research" BrotherIvan May 2015 #110

Still shaking my head over that. beam me up scottie May 2015 #111

They found a new smear with the Freedom Act BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #114

Well they probably thought VoxNews needed the night off. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #115

He didn't vote with Republicans!!!!! BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #119

I'm waiting for the anti-semitism. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #122

Oh you know that's coming BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #124

Damn. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #125

Maybe the members can discuss it after the hosts and see what they think BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #126

Yes, his supporters need a safe place to figure out how to counter them. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #127

It's really getting out of hand in some threads BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #128

Argh. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #129

Here is some good news I posted BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #132

I'll have to try to catch those another time. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #133

It took me a while to get hayburners BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #135

Well they are very large and do throw off a lot of heat. beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #136

I think so too BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #142

I hate that we even have to think about it..... daleanime Jun 2015 #150

And it shouldn't be to hide and bitch about everyone BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #168

Ok, I'm ignorant hootinholler Jun 2015 #149

If you think that was bad, should have heard her back in 2007/2008 in Mississippi & Alabama 2banon May 2015 #26

Yes, pathetic. BeanMusical May 2015 #37

cringe-worthy. magical thyme May 2015 #39

Oy. That is preposterous hifiguy May 2015 #57

Yawn trumad May 2015 #69

It isn't outrage. hifiguy May 2015 #76

It's 2008 all over again BrotherIvan May 2015 #88

bzzzt. more like embarrassment at her pandering ways cali May 2015 #90

That was painful to watch. bvar22 May 2015 #15

I felt the same way. LuvNewcastle May 2015 #24

God damn, that faux accent Joe the Revelator May 2015 #104

Talkin' the talk salimbag Jun 2015 #123

Put together with the Draft Warren effort & Chuy Garcia's run against Emmanuel HereSince1628 May 2015 #18

It's not just the Dems that should be worried, the Republicans need to worry too. A Simple Game May 2015 #59

yes, it surely suggests options to establishment candidates HereSince1628 May 2015 #80

voters are looking for new leadership bigtree May 2015 #11

k&r AtomicKitten May 2015 #13

Pent up demand for honesty from Washington carolinayellowdog May 2015 #17

We are sick of the lies. Even the well promoted, carefully crafted lies. Enthusiast May 2015 #93

It says Woo Hoo! libodem May 2015 #19

Maybe we're the new silent majority. Gregorian May 2015 #20

It indicates they're hungry for the truth which validates their own knowledge of what is wrong Jefferson23 May 2015 #22

"Don't underestimate me". azmom May 2015 #23

Bingo! peacebird May 2015 #27

I could just dance- ruffburr May 2015 #28

Yes. CentralMass May 2015 #65

A Libertarian friend told me "Bernie's policies are too radical" for the electorate. immoderate May 2015 #29

I am surprised because I see Libertarians all over reddit coming out for Bernie BrotherIvan May 2015 #75

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They may, but he won't. immoderate May 2015 #86

That honesty is what WON elections for Wellstone. bvar22 Jun 2015 #174

+1! Enthusiast May 2015 #94

That crowd (based on pics people have posted) Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #31

. . . that the MSM looks idiotic to ignore a popular American leader Jack Rabbit May 2015 #32

Bingo. SmittynMo May 2015 #34

+1 Well said. BeanMusical May 2015 #36

I think the era of the New Democrat is over. raindaddy May 2015 #33

I pray you are right. Enthusiast May 2015 #95

Thanks Cali! Kick and R. BeanMusical May 2015 #35

Joe Scarborough tomorrow: that's just Minnesota... CTyankee May 2015 #40

Then go on a rant about emails. ZX86 May 2015 #99

I think it's a very good sign. MerryBlooms May 2015 #41

When Hillary annunced, I donated. I'm donating to Bernie, too because Gloria May 2015 #42

I wouldn't wager too much on the machine.... daleanime Jun 2015 #158

Minnesota is a state that is very liberal like Vermont yeoman6987 May 2015 #43

Minnesota is not as liberal as Vermont. Fearless May 2015 #50

I thought it was cause Vermont voted for Reagan yeoman6987 May 2015 #63

That was then. This is now. And anyone who thinks that Vermont could conceivably cali May 2015 #70

Then how come Vermont has RoccoR5955 May 2015 #87

it doesn't cali May 2015 #89

That was a really weird side thread. :/ Mind boggling. C Moon May 2015 #107

Okay, my bad. RoccoR5955 Jun 2015 #148

It was. Vermont used to have republicans in the Jim Jeffords vein cali Jun 2015 #157

The state responsible for barfing up Michele Bachmann is as liberal as Vermont? HughBeaumont Jun 2015 #163

Minnesota didn't elect Michele Bachmann, just one Congressional District here. NT Eric J in MN Jun 2015 #164

Oh God. You're right. yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #170

The 6th CD is a strange place. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #182

i think it's a good thing people have interest JI7 May 2015 #44

IMO a lot of it is that the unpartizan population desperately wants an alternative to Hillary. L0oniX May 2015 #45

The media was shocked that Obama's crowds were bigger than Hillary's.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #52

Possibly not so much as we might think frazzled May 2015 #53

I don't think basic facts or perspective is going to move this crowd ConservativeDemocrat May 2015 #81

I am getting a buzz from this like the one RFK got in 1968. hifiguy May 2015 #54

Wow I was a kid when Bobby was running. workinclasszero May 2015 #67

I was 11 or 12 hifiguy May 2015 #72

Yes he was a great man workinclasszero May 2015 #73

Bobbie had quite the rep as a ball-buster from his days working with KingCharlemagne May 2015 #100

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LOL I was just going to post about that. ladyVet May 2015 #64

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Did you see this article in the NYT? It won't let me copy and paste for some reason. octoberlib May 2015 #60

No, I hadn't. thanks. that was really interesting. cali May 2015 #61

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2015 #83

I say thanks, Cali guillaumeb May 2015 #84

I'd say maybe there's a HOPE for a "Tipping Point" in American Politics for 2016? KoKo May 2015 #85

What does it say? We know Minneapolis is a commie city in a commie state. Enthusiast May 2015 #91

MN and WI are already similar. Eric J in MN Jun 2015 #165

It says that Hillary is NOT inevitable Joe the Revelator May 2015 #103

But if you vote for Bernie, Romney, Palin, Uncle Gunnysack. R. Daneel Olivaw May 2015 #106

People are tired of Bushes and Clintons and even Obamas They are looking for ... spin May 2015 #108

What does it say, cali? Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2015 #116

Howard Dean circa 2004. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #131

It means that people are tired of Wall Street strangling our economy. Sanders is the People's rhett o rick Jun 2015 #171

It says that he can win the Presidency. mahina Jun 2015 #134

In the end... not a damn thing NotHardly Jun 2015 #139

huh? well that was inane cali Jun 2015 #144

It says "Woo-Hoo Bernie!" :-) Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #140

Its only going to get bigger folks 4dsc Jun 2015 #145

What it says is we're sick and tired of the usual suspects and candidates foisted on us ..... marble falls Jun 2015 #151

MSP has a proud leftist history IronLionZion Jun 2015 #152

Hopefully that a large % of the primary electorate are as sick to DEATH of the ... Smarmie Doofus Jun 2015 #153

Here is an article in the Strib about it... bluegopher Jun 2015 #155

It says loyalsister Jun 2015 #156

Ron Paul also drew thousands to his rallys in the 2008 campaign OnlinePoker Jun 2015 #159

It's good news for the Sanders campaign, for sure. MineralMan Jun 2015 #160

It says that his message resonates across party & generational lines. CrispyQ Jun 2015 #161

I think that the Sanders' fadedrose Jun 2015 #166

Almost nothing - this happens every time taught_me_patience Jun 2015 #169

May The Force Be With You Senator Sanders!!!! CountAllVotes Jun 2015 #172

When Bernie Sanders talks about the issues that affects everyone INdemo Jun 2015 #173

It shows there is a constituency for what he is saying. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #181