Hillary Clinton

LisaM

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44. Bernie has really poisoned the water.

Fri May 13, 2016, 03:06 PM

May 2016

I suppose he was always like that and we just never noticed it before. What I don't get is the total fanaticism of his supporters, who ignore that many good progressives have been fighting for the same ideas for decades. They seem absolutely frantic about the election as being a last hope.

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Every idea ever noted by man was Bernie's idea. No one has ever had ideas other than Bernie Sanders. [View all] TwilightZone May 2016 OP

I think he stole most of his ideas from Karl Marx! Walk away May 2016 #1

LOL workinclasszero May 2016 #10

burnie's not real.. he's a figment. Cha May 2016 #2

Bernies a day late and a dollar short....again workinclasszero May 2016 #7

Count Every Vote Act of 2005.....Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] (Introduced 02/17/2005) workinclasszero May 2016 #3

This + 10,000! LisaM May 2016 #5

You know I did! workinclasszero May 2016 #8

Yay! LisaM May 2016 #12

Nice. Conyers also had a bill the same year, as someone noted in the thread. TwilightZone May 2016 #6

IKR? workinclasszero May 2016 #9

Snort! LisaM May 2016 #4

That apartheid thread reminded me of the old (old, old) DU. TwilightZone May 2016 #15

That would mean mocking 90% of the main forums! Walk away May 2016 #18

The "paid operative" stuff is just about the laziest excuse for avoiding discussion I've ever seen. TwilightZone May 2016 #21

You mean, you haven't been drawing nonsense-mocking overtime all this time? jmowreader May 2016 #54

Me too! (I've been here since 2001) LisaM May 2016 #20

"No, I may not consume thy comestibles nor thy potables! BEGONE!"" TwilightZone May 2016 #26

I don't drink with YOU!!! LisaM May 2016 #28

One of the most hilarious DU threads ever. sufrommich May 2016 #39

Lol! Quayblue May 2016 #40

That thread is a classic! mcar May 2016 #47

Pyramids, yes, they were his idea. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #11

And don't get me started about Stonehenge and Clintonian druids. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #13

Bernie was the first one to paint his face Blue!!!! Walk away May 2016 #19

LOL Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #31

I think this thread needs some photoshopping! livetohike May 2016 #14

Among others: George II May 2016 #16

"It was a Russian inwention." okasha May 2016 #51

Like the post office banking. Starry Messenger May 2016 #17

Gad, he's a piece of work LisaM May 2016 #22

He just came out against Prop 13 in CA, which made me laugh myself sick. Starry Messenger May 2016 #25

Wow workinclasszero May 2016 #60

LOL savalez May 2016 #23

LOL Exactly what I thought when I saw that pathetic post! SunSeeker May 2016 #24

Following Sanders lead, savalez May 2016 #27

Worship the Sanders shenmue May 2016 #29

Don't @ your own peril Cha May 2016 #57

Woe to you unbelievers! workinclasszero May 2016 #62

Didn't you hear, he was given Sainthood when he saw the Pope in the papal urinal liberal N proud May 2016 #30

Ah yes... Bernie Sanders, the patron saint of those the pope says need a psychiatrist. Koinos May 2016 #33

I think mr & mrs BS were trying to push that but by then everybody had just about had Cha May 2016 #58

Does he own the really dumb ideas too? Koinos May 2016 #32

Or the ones that clearly contradict the "message", like supporting the F35 and regime change in Iraq TwilightZone May 2016 #34

If you put on your Bernie-colored glasses, those ideas just disappear. Koinos May 2016 #37

Oh brother! mcar May 2016 #35

That may be one of the dumbest things I've seen in LBN. sufrommich May 2016 #36

"Common Dreams" should be renamed "Bernie Daydreams." Koinos May 2016 #38

Yes, they were always a little fantasyland, but I liked the site LisaM May 2016 #41

There are a lot of websites I liked a lot more before this election season.... TwilightZone May 2016 #42

I'm disappointed that a number of progressive sites I like have chosen to drink the Bernie kool-aid. Koinos May 2016 #43

Bernie has really poisoned the water. LisaM May 2016 #44

A lot of them are political neophytes. TwilightZone May 2016 #45

Bernie is their perfect candidate, details? Don't worry just be angry! nt BootinUp May 2016 #49

Have a look at the Bernie at Pine Ridge thread okasha May 2016 #46

Or what life has been like there in the four decades since. TwilightZone May 2016 #50

I swear to Coyote, okasha May 2016 #52

And he coined the phrase "Love Trumps Hate�" NurseJackie May 2016 #48

Hillarycare Whimsey May 2016 #53

I'm never going to forgive Sanders fleabiscuit May 2016 #55

lol Cha May 2016 #56

There was no Big Bang.......it was the Burnie Bang! charlyvi May 2016 #59

Just the independent ones. TwilightZone May 2016 #61

The wheel? savalez May 2016 #63

savalez...After reading the link and all the BSers comments, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. skylucy May 2016 #65

That's my job here. :) savalez May 2016 #66

LOL, so like them. wisteria May 2016 #64