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MADem

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24. No reason to kick Obama in that essay, but you went there. You should try doing his job.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 12:19 AM
Mar 2016

It's easy to gripe when you're not the one on the line.

What sort of BLM "message" should Obama send? Here, here's a nominee you'll never endorse? Let's pre-ordain failure? Let's give the Senate an excuse? Let them off the hook?

smh.

Obama's nomination hoisted the entire US Senate on its own petard. It was a brilliant choice. Republicans turning their back on Obama's nominee are on video praising the guy to the skies.


And then you broad brushed with "rigged" charges and insults directed at the front runner and likely nominee, that you really can't take back. Never mind the trash talking about voters who just don't agree with YOU when they go to the polls--no reason to name call like that, but you went there.

Perhaps you can introspect and see why many interest groups of Democrats and other left of center agencies, just haven't Felt That Bern. It's remarks like yours, mocking "ignorant voters" and flinging invective in a frantic way, that just don't foster any kind of unity. You clearly don't see how this kind of stuff comes off:

JDPriestly
21. And most of the mainstream media is a long paean to Trump and Hillary.
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I'm with Bernie for the long haul.

He is starting a movement, and I will be part of it.

I am very disappointed that Obama did not use his nomination to the Supreme Court to send Democrats a message about Black Lives Matter.

You can't pander to racist conservatives in Congress
if you want Democrats to get excited about voting.

I will campaign for Bernie in California. We should not be disenfranchised by the relatively conservative, ignorant voters in the South and Midwest.

Not one Pacific rim state has voted yet.

This primary system is rigged (as are most politics and economics in America), and I will vote for all the California Democrats on my ballot, but I will never, ever vote for Hillary.

She is a wolf in sheep's clothing if I ever saw one. She is far too conservative for me. She is far too weak for me.


You can and will do what you want, and that's fine and dandy...but don't expect me to really care about your opinions when you spout that kind of invective. That primary system wasn't rigged when Sanders won Michigan, was it? When he won NH and ME?

I've always said that if Sanders made it to the finish line, I'd vote for him, because I care more about electing a Democrat than enduring four years of a GOP lunatic. The fact that you're throwing down the NEVER EVER VOTE card tells me you are more invested in personalities than the well being of the nation.

HRC and BS are more alike than they are different. They've been friends for 25 years. When this is all over, they'll still be friends, and if she doesn't find him a job in her cabinet, she'll likely help raise money for his re-election campaign in two years.

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I ain't giving up as long as he's still in the race. MynameisBlarney Mar 2016 #1
tinfoil hat theory NoMoreRepugs Mar 2016 #2
Those guys perform the same role for Sanders as Brock does for Clinton. nt MADem Mar 2016 #3
If you watched the show rather than the short clips posted here, you'd know that's not true Bubzer Mar 2016 #6
That clip was hardly abbreviated. It was a long paean to Bernie, with a few kicks delivered to HRC. MADem Mar 2016 #8
No one is trying to "paint it as dispassionate". Most of TYT certainly preferes Bernie. Bubzer Mar 2016 #10
I've yet to see them giving any "props" -- never mind praise -- to Clinton. MADem Mar 2016 #13
Glad you admit Brock has nothing but partisan bias. As for the rest, I'll agree to disagree. Bubzer Mar 2016 #16
Anyone who expects anything BUT partisan bias from a Super Pac supporting a candidate is MADem Mar 2016 #38
LOL... took you long enough to reply. No, Sorry... not taking your bait. So long. Bubzer Mar 2016 #39
Now you're timing my responses? LOL! MADem Mar 2016 #40
And most of the mainstream media is a long paean to Trump and Hillary. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #21
No reason to kick Obama in that essay, but you went there. You should try doing his job. MADem Mar 2016 #24
Yes. The democratic primaries have been rigged from the beginning. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #30
I am sorry--I have counted him out. I do not believe he can overcome his deficit. MADem Mar 2016 #32
They were victories... The dems aren't Winnder-take-all and he came from behind in many of FighttheFuture Mar 2016 #4
The victories are not what wins in the long run. How many jwirr Mar 2016 #5
No victories in the end? Winning states is not what matters at this stage. Winning enough delegates magical thyme Mar 2016 #7
He has been underperforming, badly. MADem Mar 2016 #9
You don't really understand the Bernie Sanders campaign, do you? Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #11
I understand the American political process. And here's the bottom line: MADem Mar 2016 #14
How well do you know California? JDPriestly Mar 2016 #22
She's been holding steady well ahead of him in the polls at 538. MADem Mar 2016 #25
Even if he doesn't he has started a movement that will be impossible to stop. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #27
That's nice, but his likelihood of becoming the nominee is in single digits-very low ones. nt MADem Mar 2016 #29
Bernie has only been running for 10-11 months. Hillary has been running since at least 2008. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #33
And he's been on TV constantly--every Sunday morning, on every talk show. MADem Mar 2016 #36
She has stated her views in the debates and town halls, and I disagree with her and find that JDPriestly Mar 2016 #37
Hoping for Clinton scandal? Plainsman1 Mar 2016 #12
TYT got four million bucks in start up money from a right wing, anti-choice conservative. MADem Mar 2016 #15
What liberal is willing to put up four million for even an online news source? JDPriestly Mar 2016 #28
No, TYT. A virulent, anti-choice asshole funds that site. MADem Mar 2016 #31
Works for me if he is a Republican who wants campaign finance reform. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #34
He's an anti-choice lunatic--does that "work for you?" smh! nt MADem Mar 2016 #35
They don't have to wish for a scandal, she is under investigation. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #26
How Bernie wins Wibly Mar 2016 #17
If Bernie started talking about running as an independent then he would go against his own words. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #18
He won't run as an independent, but we who support him may vote for whomever we wish. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #23
SURRENDER DOROTHY! Baobab Mar 2016 #20
I don't see any alternative candidates Baobab Mar 2016 #19
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