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Hortensis

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8. We are not talking about the base, though.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:16 AM
Mar 2016

Anyway, after all those sites BSers mine for hillhate material got to work on Sanders, the base would be frothing at the mouth with every mention of his name. Bernie Sanders = Saul Alinsky = radical Jewish menace is only one theme readied to blanket America.

That Bernie Sanders is a secret die-hard communist plotting to take over the United States is already the belief of at least 30 million Americans of Tea arty/John Birch mentality. It is just being ignored by the media so far, and by the right wing operators who are hoping he will take Hillary out for them.

And then there's the overlapping Religious Right. Interestingly, although her womanhood is a major reason the base/RR loathes her, they've never actually claimed that she is Satan or one of his major minions. I think it's safe to say that Sanders does not enjoy that natural protection.

And he is bare ass naked when it comes to examination of the first 30 years of his adulthood. Conservatives really don't like hippie left-wing radical agitators who can't hold jobs and have children out of wedlock, and that's a clean version from someone actually thinks he had a perfect right to live his life that way and becomea U.S. Senator later. But they will not see Sanders as an embodiment of the American dream but rather as more of a symptom of societal illness where feckless no-gooders can get into Congress.

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No, every state count in the primaries. leftofcool Mar 2016 #1
The calculation is rogerashton Mar 2016 #2
It doesn't mean those states will flip BainsBane Mar 2016 #3
Mostly what Bains says, except there is something to Hortensis Mar 2016 #6
Except for the RW Hillary bashing of the last 20 years... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #7
We are not talking about the base, though. Hortensis Mar 2016 #8
Most media discussions implicitly assume independents are in-between Dem and Repug lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #9
Reality matters. Most indies reliably vote for the Hortensis Mar 2016 #10
Nice theory, completely refuted by the polls. lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #12
The GE will be entirely different. Bernie could be Hortensis Mar 2016 #16
Hillary will be the next Spiro Agnew or John Edwards lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #17
No, now you're just wishful-thinking. Lago, Hortensis Mar 2016 #20
No, Hillary is lying about what Bernie can achieve lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #21
IMO, your post is very disconnected from reality. Hortensis Mar 2016 #22
Absolutely, it will be nice to feel good and hopeful. lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #23
Hope is good, as long as it is built on possibilities Hortensis Mar 2016 #24
If HRC ends up being our nominee, obviously I will do what I have to... lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #25
IMO, Donald Trump might just be the best Hortensis Mar 2016 #29
In the general, the concern is the "purple" states that are must wins cally Mar 2016 #4
i read about that sanders does much better with independent voters redruddyred Mar 2016 #5
Sanders pointed this out; CNN's latest poll confirms it: Sanders is far superior in the GE lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #11
Those southern states are not going to flip oberliner Mar 2016 #13
Siphoning voters in red states doesn't do her any good if she doesn't WIN the state. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #14
Playing Pug-Lite is as supid now as it has always been lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #18
Agreed. A big chunk of the party seems to be rejecting the current center-left positioning. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #19
GDP is two blocks to the left bigwillq Mar 2016 #15
This is within the universe of Democratic primary voters. RandySF Mar 2016 #26
Questions about the Democratic primaries from all nationalities go in GD-Primaries KamaAina Mar 2016 #27
Anyone who think Clinton is going to siphon support from republicans in red states onecaliberal Mar 2016 #28
Keep in mind the electoral college Ruby the Liberal Mar 2016 #30
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