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In reply to the discussion: Hey it's green party celebration day! They got their wish [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)48. Nope, Bernie would not have won and it's easy to lay out why nt
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They campaigned on some sort of pro trotsky anti vax platform that appealed to disaffected
The_Casual_Observer
Jun 2017
#7
Amazingly, she still has her vehement defenders that pop-in here. It's disgusting.
NurseJackie
Jun 2017
#12
At first, I thought the same thing. But I'm now noticing some high-count/long-term members...
NurseJackie
Jun 2017
#14
Yes, it's very easy to show a counterfactual hypothetical that no one can disprove
Jim Lane
Jun 2017
#88
Nope, it's easy to see just how each did in the primary vs states in which Trump is or is not strong
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#91
Nope, all of those supposed advantages you think he would get are cancelled out by other factors
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#95
Your guy didn't even win the primary. Hillary won the popular vote by over three million.
shenmue
Jun 2017
#77
Super delegates we're overrated. we had a primary and Democrats made a choice.
hrmjustin
Jun 2017
#86
Anyone who can't understand a "binary choice" should accept the hell they've help to cause.
louis c
Jun 2017
#20
I can't wait until Jill tweets "Hillary would have done the same thing!"
RhodeIslandOne
Jun 2017
#16
Nope, not if simple Democratic principles of majority vote winning matters to you. nt
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#30
Rammed down whose throat?! My whole voting age family (mom, dad, two adult children)
deurbano
Jun 2017
#25
For the BOB/JPR type of Sanders supporter, losing by 3-4 million votes equals being robbed.
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#31
Hillary was Democratically nominated with millions of more votes than Sanders
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#26
The American people didn't elect Donald Trump, the electoral college did. And Sanders would have...
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2017
#69
The Green Party completely knew & understood tRump's position on climate change & promises. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#21
We should definitely be condescending douchebags. That's the key to victory.
DefenseLawyer
Jun 2017
#41
If they enabled Trump, the narrative pretty much writes itself. Don't blame us. nt
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#47
Your question is better asked of the folks who refused to vote for Hillary. nt
stevenleser
Jun 2017
#87
so you gave us Trump because Hillary had "way too much baggage"? Welcome to du
uppityperson
Jun 2017
#52
yeah, he totally would have, just like heath mello, quist, teachout
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#60
I wonder if other candidates also received money from Putin. We'll eventually learn more...
NurseJackie
Jun 2017
#99