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In reply to the discussion: Stunning polls show Sanders soaring while 'TrumpCare' crashes [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)Bernie and his campaign were different before they brought on a new campaign manager, and then things changed.
The divisiveness and the attacks on the Democratic Party seem to be about weakening it, and this is an external force. Whatever Bernie's feelings toward the party (and his quotes are on record, even if some refuse to accept that), he wasn't actively sowing dissension before Devine got on board.
This was the actual Russian game plan, to divide the Dems, attack Hillary constantly. That's how terrified he was of her. The entire propaganda network was about attacking Hillary. They didn't actually expect anyone to be stupid enough to vote for Trump, nor did they know about the GOP's well oiled vote suppression machine. They were hoping to have Hillary fighting both the right and the left, and Bernie being the figurehead of the disaffected people who believed every lie they pushed about Hillary, and they had quite a few to choose from, since that's a favorite hobby of the CONS.
They succeeded beyond their wildest imagination, they got Trump, who's dismantling the country for them, and they have created a small group of people who are busy attacking the Dems, while they're literally the only check on their creation, Trump.
The problem is that the Dems are not that stupid. There are a few who fell victim to the fake news, and clicked on and still believe every ridiculous lie that Albanians and Macedonians fed them, but you don't seem much of them IRL, just online where they cling to sites that keep that echo chamber going.
Independents and Dems actually do their homework, and we are not caught up in the cult of personality or the cult like behavior of the Right. It's why we're out in the streets, and so effective. We don't need Dem leaders to do our fighting for us, we're mobilized on our own, and we're working with the elected officials. It leaves people like Schiff, Franken and Swalwell to do their jobs on the House and Senate floors.
Our party isn't weak, we're effective, and we're strong enough to withstand the attempts at division by external forces, and deal with those who lack the education to stand up to the lies they've been fed about the system and how it works. We have a lot of work to do, but the majority stand firm against this nonsense, and we're active, we're energized and we don't need people making speeches at us to realize that we actually do have the power.
We are the Resistance, and we are Indivisible, despite the best attempts of the divisive forces deployed against us.