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dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
25. It will be interesting, for sure
Mon May 2, 2016, 02:40 AM
May 2016

I'd be surprised if he doesn't issue some public support for Hillary (assuming she wins the nomination), he's pretty much obligated to, unless he runs third party. Many of his supporters, after this bitter primary, are 100% disgusted with the party and want to him run on the Green Party ticket, but I would be surprised if he does so.

<edit to add>: this is an interesting development, and I'm not advocating for it here, I know the rules and ideally we'd take back the Democratic Party, but it is worth knowing about and is relevant to this conversation:
http://www.socialistalternative.org/2016/04/27/kshama-sawant-appeals-bernie-run-independent-16000-signed-on/
KSHAMA SAWANT PETITIONS BERNIE TO RUN INDEPENDENT, LAUNCH NEW PARTY – 16,000 HAVE SIGNED ON!
</end edit>

He's always been a team player, despite what some people here say. I recently read an article where apparently Nader has tried to contact him a number of times over the years and Bernie won't return his calls. The article implied it had to do with Bernie being a team player for Democrats, since Bernie had in the past made some positive statements about Nader, but who knows why, anyway it wouldn't surprise me if it had to do with Nader's ridiculous presidential campaigns (I like Nader, but don't think he would make a good president, and never felt like he made the kind of real campaign the way Bernie has, more of a vanity candidate).

But yeah, at the moment is no consensus plan for Bernie supporters. It may stay that way. But there is an amazing amount of activity right now trying to establish it as a movement, not a moment, and I think that part will succeed. I have to say, not much of that energy supports sustaining the movement within the Democratic Party, it is seen as part of the problem. So I wouldn't expect any energy at all from most Bernie supporters to get Hillary elected, it's just too far from what we believe in. Some will hold their nose and vote for her, some will not. I'm in California, a safe blue state, so unless Trump is polling better here than expected, I'll use my safe blue-state privilege and vote my conscience.

Fuckin' A! longship May 2016 #1
Thanks, I am ready for the GE, what a year of the clown car. Thinkingabout May 2016 #2
The only thing any of Trump's wives felt charming awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #19
Would not be worth waking up just one day with him Thinkingabout May 2016 #21
No doubt. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #23
YES!! Preach. I plan to go hard for my DEM slate - very very hard underthematrix May 2016 #3
+1000 for hard-core Social Conservatives, and Hortensis May 2016 #4
I strongly disagree with this OP dreamnightwind May 2016 #5
Welcome to the Two-Party system, my friend, time to pick a side. MrScorpio May 2016 #7
Wow, where to start... dreamnightwind May 2016 #8
Yesiree Bob! tom_kelly May 2016 #12
Agree dreamnightwind May 2016 #15
And your solution during an election cycle for this problem is doing what? MrScorpio May 2016 #14
The "you have nowhere else to go" argument is not enough dreamnightwind May 2016 #16
Yep, except that our options here in November won't be between a corp D and a non-corp D MrScorpio May 2016 #22
It will be interesting, for sure dreamnightwind May 2016 #25
I fall in the same area of the graph... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #20
Anarchist Syndicate? Kalidurga May 2016 #27
+1 Paka May 2016 #13
You're quite welcome dreamnightwind May 2016 #17
When there are limited choices, you fight for what is most right Democat May 2016 #28
Awesome rant! wryter2000 May 2016 #6
11 Governors, 13 Senators, 69 Reps, 913 state seats, and left with 26% of the electorate MisterP May 2016 #9
Get Out the Vote. Two to four Supreme Court Justice choices depend on it. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #10
I am SOOOOO ready to focus on those assholes, especially one whose name starts with t. MoonRiver May 2016 #11
I'll drink to that awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #18
Works for me, Mr Scorpio. I'll drink Republican Tears like a fine dry wine. Hekate May 2016 #24
Right with you gwheezie May 2016 #26
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