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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm starting to feel bad for Hillary Supporters [View all]
Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2015, 01:45 PM - Edit history (1)
That video (not my headline) was Bernie's message to the Wisconsin Democratic Party's convention. The subsequent straw poll came out putting Bernie 8 points off Hillary, and she didn't crack 50% support.
I've never been one to support a frontrunner, so I've never directly experienced an evaporating lead, but I bet it's frustrating as hell. You have my sympathies, I think it could be quite harrowing.
All y'all are welcome to join us on the right side of history anytime. Sorry, that's just like my opinion there. I actually do believe that Bernie is on the right side of history. Here's why.
Bernie is talking about building an actual Grass Roots Progressive National Coalition. Think about that for a minute. Who was the last person to effectively do such a thing? What was the result? To my memory, it was Dr. King. Do I really need to talk about the second question? I will say I don't much like the end game there.
Before that? FDR had a pretty good one.
History has treated them both fairly well.
Together, we finally have someone who can give a focal point such that we are enabled to set things right, even if only for a while. For a generation. I'll take that result. FDR's revolution lasted about a generation and there are still pieces there to be built upon. I'll take that. I want to be a part of making that happen. I don't want my kids worrying about health care anymore. I don't want my kids having to raise outrageous sums just to be educated. I don't want my grandchildren living underground because the surface is too dangerous because of heat or storms.
Bernie understands that the coalition needs to be engaged continuously, not just during elections. If we can't get him a proper congress in this election, he will have it for the mid-term election.
I'll take that We The People actually means People for a while and I finally see an opportunity to make that happen. I finally think it might actually be possible.
So, come to the dark side, we have beer and travel money owed.
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Is DU becoming an echo chamber? It seems out of touch with the reality of the situation.
olegramps
Jun 2015
#243
Voting for Anderson got us Reagan, and Jimmy Carter at worst was no corporate shill....
marble falls
Jun 2015
#224
All those votes that don't matter added up together do matter. The individual vote may not matter...
marble falls
Jun 2015
#228
If however a Republican did win the election, it would destroy the party. It would be bad for
LiberalArkie
Jun 2015
#58
I thought like that, too. Since Ford. Living in Texas has shown me that some people have no ....
marble falls
Jun 2015
#223
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Jun 2015
#87
No More Corporate Controlled Candidates For This One - The Write-In Ballot Works Just Fine - Thank You
cantbeserious
Jun 2015
#125
Exactly right. We may not like it, but the alternative is nightmarish: Cruz .... Jeb ....Trump ....
marble falls
Jun 2015
#222
After Sanders cleans her clock in Iowa and shellacks her in New Hampshire, Hillary and
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#83
Why thank you. I would go so far as to say Sanders will enjoy something of a 'favorite son'
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#100
the cool thing is, not only do you get to vote in a meaningful way.....
virtualobserver
Jun 2015
#127
The Hillary supporters would be fools not to support him if he was the nominee...
Agschmid
Jun 2015
#8
Half of HRC's putative supporters here probably plan to defect to the Republican in
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#84
You are aware, I trust, that no less a Dem personage than Hubert Humphrey is on tape laughing
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#93
You may be assuming a little much here, there are many and would say are very dedicated Democrats
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#92
Name one! You have the courage to make accusations then have the courage to back it up.
hrmjustin
Jun 2015
#96
Not an accusation, a prediction. See the history of 1972 for the last time a real progressive
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#101
I made a prediction, based on 1972 (the last time a progressive was the Dem nominee). Is
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#109
I am a Bernie supporter but I don't think that half would abandon the Democratic Party if
totodeinhere
Jun 2015
#141
No I think that when all is said and done most Sanders supporters would vote for
totodeinhere
Jun 2015
#188
If you meant putative *financial* supporters for Hillary vs. Bernie, then you're probably right.
BlueEye
Jun 2015
#218
Senator Sanders would most certainly decry this goad/bait approach to "touting" his candidacy.
MADem
Jun 2015
#20
IIRC, that poster won't be/can't vote for either candidate in the GE. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#232
Brillaint, DSB! Bernie's fine.. it's those who are campaigning for him through mean spiritness that
Cha
Jun 2015
#198
I think most of his supporters are a decent slice of progressive humanity.
Voice for Peace
Jun 2015
#67
Except no one has said, or even implied, that ... "luminaries", or otherwise. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#233
Here are the numbers....and interesting to see Sander's support at the WDP Convention
KoKo
Jun 2015
#51
I'm asserting that 2/3 of the attendees treated this as what it was.....meaningless.
brooklynite
Jun 2015
#121
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win”
AgingAmerican
Jun 2015
#258
We often find those polls meaningless which do not validate our own biases...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#263
Amen. The snark is getting disgusting. And, although it is obvious by my sig line
1monster
Jun 2015
#64
Thats because these supporters are so sure about Clinton's inevitably
Jumpin Jack Flash
Jun 2015
#122
I don't know if these ultra negative people have never done any real life campaigning or
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#52
Real world politicking requires working w/ some people you might not like all that much
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#65
In between shaking my head and closing the thread. I assumed that would be understood.
Metric System
Jun 2015
#39
I think it was 90+ (don't remember exactly) times that Hilary and Bernie voted the same. nt
lunamagica
Jun 2015
#189
Actually I like the fact that he is an Independent. He makes no jokes about how he feels toward our
Rex
Jun 2015
#46
Well you know how people get when we compare our quality of life to places like Sweden
Rex
Jun 2015
#50
Well, the hate coming at FDR Democrats these days is full throated and blood boiling.
Octafish
Jun 2015
#54
I hear that, but then again the vitriol aimed at FDR by some here made me look at their other
Rex
Jun 2015
#56
Good point. We don't want to sink to the level of political canibalism of the GOP primary 2012.
marble falls
Jun 2015
#221
Really? Bernie's message is that he feels sorry for Hillary's supporters? Umm... no.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2015
#55
You do understand that Bernie is having fun campaigning without being attacked....
Sancho
Jun 2015
#59
The more middle and lower income whites we can take away from the R's, the better.
okasha
Jun 2015
#165
Except that post you linked to says nothing like what you are claiming. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2015
#255
I don't support Hillary, but you can safely bet the farm that I WILL vote for her if she getsthe nod
marble falls
Jun 2015
#254
Great to hear Bernie's message is getting out. Does Hillary have a message yet?
jalan48
Jun 2015
#66
You are my hero... Your Native American woman riff was the funniest thing I ever read ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#147
It didn't deserve a hide...Blame it on the vagaries of the jury system./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#156
I love Bernie Sanders, but some of his supporters are becoming as insufferable as the Paulbearers.
ashtonelijah
Jun 2015
#75
Don't disagree that some Sanders supporters are condescending, but you have to be..
Dawgs
Jun 2015
#229
The Hillary supporters are doing very well, we are very confident in Hillary and her
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#126
"why anyone on a liberal board would support the more conservative candidate?"
PowerToThePeople
Jun 2015
#172
How about, we're the supporting the more liberal candidate who can get elected?
brooklynite
Jun 2015
#181
Way to casually dismiss the achievements of the first black president.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#274
We'll see who actually wins, and there was no bigger supporter for Obama on DU than me.
Dawgs
Jun 2015
#279
You're supporting a candidate that has been campaigning since 1994, 100% name recognition
Jumpin Jack Flash
Jun 2015
#256
I'm sorry, but I'm not prepared to accept a loss for the sake of "principle"
brooklynite
Jun 2015
#205
I donated this weekend. I want to see his candadicy get every advantage it can!
newthinking
Jun 2015
#212
We have also had Margaret Thatcher. Ruthless, austerity-loving hawk Margaret Thatcher.
djean111
Jun 2015
#238
No doubt, Clinton's supporters will allow you all the consideration your obvious degree of sincerity
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#262
It's really sad to see multiple Bernie supporters in this thread say they won't vote for Hillary
taught_me_patience
Jun 2015
#269