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In reply to the discussion: Bye bye, Bernie: He's not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can't stop chasing the great... [View all]emulatorloo
(45,728 posts)45. Yeah, it was kind of a dumb thing to say.
Politicians aren't infallible. They are humans, and humans make mistakes.
I think it was based on the idea that Trump got elected because of "economic anxiety". That turned out not to be correct, as voters who were most concerned about the economy voted Democratic.
Dems don't really do the marching lockstep thing. Dems tend to be independent thinkers.
Generally though we do come together on Election Day.
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Bye bye, Bernie: He's not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can't stop chasing the great... [View all]
DonViejo
Apr 2017
OP
When a "friend" is "perpetuating the dangerous myth that the Democrats have ignored them"...
SunSeeker
Apr 2017
#59
No, he said that last November. But he still thinks class is more important than anything else. n/t
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#38
"75 percent of working-class voters of color voted for Clinton, not Trump, last year."
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2017
#14
He already had his re-election committee set up (as an Independent) before last year's convention.
George II
Apr 2017
#19
Sorry Sanders and HRC voted the same 93% of the time. Not much daylight between their records
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#41
The resistance has been majority women- every protest, 85% of calls to congress,
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#108