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113. JDPriestly

This entire response is just one more reason that I am glad that you post here

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You are amazing, my friend!

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From what I've seen on this site some Hillary supporters, seem [View all]	JRLeft	Jan 2016	OP
I am realistic and I don't see Sanders as presidential.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#1
And if enough people buy into that what do we get?	daleanime	Jan 2016	#2
Then how does Sanders get the things he want?	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#9
People power, nothing is easy. You have to try.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#10
The gop won't bend to people power.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#11
Yes they will. They are very susceptible to public opinion. Its just doesn't get to them. FOX &CO.	The Wielding Truth	Jan 2016	#126
Both Cruz and Trump are already bending to populist Republican pressure on H-1B Visas...	cascadiance	Jan 2016	#156
You are completely misinterpreting our steady confidence	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#43
yes	enid602	Jan 2016	#45
The image of Judge Judy sucking up to	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#46
Don't forget, his sister is a Federal judge and he's gone on record as saying she would be.....	George II	Jan 2016	#50
Trump's sister if a fairly liberal judge	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#100
".. rackety, intolerant, too-extreme candidate.."	pangaia	Jan 2016	#67
Rackety was the wrong word. He's made some	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#121
May I suggest you do some research into Bernie Sander's life.	pangaia	Jan 2016	#128
Look, the GOP is PRAYING Bernie takes Hillary out.	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#134
. Look, the GOP is PRAYING Bernie takes Hillary out.	pangaia	Jan 2016	#136
What do you mean by "rackety"?	JDPriestly	Jan 2016	#106
JDPriestly	Aerows	Jan 2016	#113
So, basically I gather you feel the nation's in the toilet	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#123
THANK YOU!!	pangaia	Jan 2016	#130
Really? 5,166 posts, including this one... :)	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#135
Really.	pangaia	Jan 2016	#137
:)	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#162
In my case it is probably mostly laziness.	pangaia	Jan 2016	#163
Since Democrats want a candidate who shares their ideology	Kall	Jan 2016	#112
We elect Bernie and put more Democrats in congress....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#12
Then why did Sanders fail to raise money for the party?	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#13
Money over voters?	daleanime	Jan 2016	#14
This is where you guys lose me.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#15
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2016	#19
Follow your own advice.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#20
You didn't read or comprehend a thing I typed	madokie	Jan 2016	#22
Yes I did and responded.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#24
Let me fix that for you:	99Forever	Jan 2016	#25
Don't get your hopes up.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	99Forever	Jan 2016	#29
"Don't get your hopes up"	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2016	#88
We used to donate to the Party. We stopped because we are not happy with the way the	JDPriestly	Jan 2016	#111
Excuse me, where in anything that I've written...	daleanime	Jan 2016	#28
+1	stonecutter357	Jan 2016	#51
You have a habit of saying goodbye	Cartoonist	Jan 2016	#74
Good bye!	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#75
Unfortunately often a sign....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#116
We go back awhile	Cartoonist	Jan 2016	#120
The down ballot races are very important	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#101
Having more democratic voters turn out....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#114
Sanders is very very vulnerable to negative ads	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#124
Who would never have voted for a Democrat anyways.....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#139
Wrong. Socialism is viewed highly negatively by independents as Gallups polls on the	stevenleser	Jan 2016	#149
Relax, if you're right....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#153
No, that's not what that means.	stevenleser	Jan 2016	#157
You know we never see the republican party doing this....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#161
Here is why we can not risk 2016 on a candidate who can not win in general	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#150
If she was as good of a candidate as you think she wouldn't be a candidate....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#154
Sanders is no Barack Obama	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#158
Did I say he was?	daleanime	Jan 2016	#159
Sanders will not be the nominee unless he is able to broaden his appeal beyond a very narrow group	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#164
Let the party raise its own money.	JDPriestly	Jan 2016	#108
I'd like to hope so. It might work the opposite.	Hortensis	Jan 2016	#47
You think your views are mainstream? Mine are.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#56
A President who has had zero ties to the Democratic Party until a few months ago....	George II	Jan 2016	#52
Who is helped....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#55
Zero ties?	SheilaT	Jan 2016	#69
You should review some of his votes as a Representative and a Senator. And "ties" go deeper....	George II	Jan 2016	#76
Have you reviewed some of Hillary's votes?	SheilaT	Jan 2016	#90
And if those candidates don't meet your exacting specifications?	brooklynite	Jan 2016	#53
Isn't the question....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#60
Actually I'd be happy to elect Sanders...if I thought he could get elected.	brooklynite	Jan 2016	#84
And will refuse to...	daleanime	Jan 2016	#97
I'm right there with you.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#99
"The games"...	brooklynite	Jan 2016	#110
Sorry, the only time I watch those games....	daleanime	Jan 2016	#115
translation: Hillary will be more effective than Obama, because Rs will work with her	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Jan 2016	#31
How did FDR get it? He investigated what was going on on Wall Street and prosecuted and	JDPriestly	Jan 2016	#57
You had me at hello!	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#63
^ This.	AzDar	Jan 2016	#64
Brilliant!	rynestonecowboy	Jan 2016	#79
Sanders has already gotten a major thing he wants	DFW	Jan 2016	#119
By getting folks to help him by electing a Senate and House who can	Jarqui	Jan 2016	#127
Then why did Sanders fail to raise money for the party?	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#131
I really don't think one has a lot to do with the other at this particular moment in time.	Jarqui	Jan 2016	#141
I do and he has no excuse for it.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#142
Why should Bernie give to an organization that is controlled by the Clinton campaign	Jarqui	Jan 2016	#144
This is why i don't trust him.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#145
In other words, you want Sanders to be dumb as a rock by raising money for a politically corrupt	Jarqui	Jan 2016	#146
And my point still stands.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#147
There's nothing left of your point	Jarqui	Jan 2016	#148
All you said is we can't so why try.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#3
No, he said Sanders can't.	Metric System	Jan 2016	#4
Hillary is promising more of the same but some how things are supposed to improve?	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#6
Exaclty.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#8
If Sanders can't then we can't.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#68
"Presidential"	earthside	Jan 2016	#17
Conservative? No. It is someone who leads and gets things done.	tinrobot	Jan 2016	#72
gets things done	questionseverything	Jan 2016	#96
You nailed it there n/t	Populist_Prole	Jan 2016	#81
Why not?	pangaia	Jan 2016	#58
That i can see a person in the oval office.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#61
That's still the rap I hear on Pres. Obama ...	earthside	Jan 2016	#82
Well i never said that about him and I do say this about Sanders.	hrmjustin	Jan 2016	#83
I am realistic and I don't see Clinton as electable.	JackRiddler	Jan 2016	#71
Fortunately you are part of a growing minority. What those in power diid rather than being satisfied	sabrina 1	Jan 2016	#98
I agree. Bernie is not presidential. But more importantly	underthematrix	Jan 2016	#129
It's a strange kind of defeatism to give up on the Democratic party...	randome	Jan 2016	#5
The only way to she's moves to the left is to stop taking corporate cash.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#7
I'm with you JR	madokie	Jan 2016	#21
Thank you, I cannot see how one can take corporate cash without being corrupted. It just	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#62
....	handmade34	Jan 2016	#36
Very fearful, too imo. nt	artislife	Jan 2016	#16
Yup, fear of 3 more Scalia-types on the Supreme Court.	oasis	Jan 2016	#35
I don't think Bernie would suggest 3 Scalia types for the Supreme Court. Next. nt	artislife	Jan 2016	#38
You know what I'm talking about.	oasis	Jan 2016	#42
Moderate = Defeatist	AgingAmerican	Jan 2016	#18
"These are good people and I respect their opinion"	PowerToThePeople	Jan 2016	#23
+1000000	SwampG8r	Jan 2016	#39
Yes.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#59
It's not defeatism. It's just Sanders.	Bleacher Creature	Jan 2016	#26
We know it won't happen overnight, the status quo is regression not progress.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#33
Wow - a thoughtful post about the process	Empowerer	Jan 2016	#48
Thanks for the dose of reality	redstateblues	Jan 2016	#133
Considering only 10% of people here as Clinton supporters going by DU polls...	Blue_Adept	Jan 2016	#30
And then...	DUbeornot2be	Jan 2016	#94
Rejecting a candidate who has notions of pie in the sky, is not "defeatism".	oasis	Jan 2016	#32
You support a candidate who bows down to Wall Street and other corporate powers.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#34
True, Hill's no sworn enemy of Wall Street. That's a plus.	oasis	Jan 2016	#40
What did they do when she told them to	azmom	Jan 2016	#73
(1) Senator (2) President. Pick the one with the most influence.	oasis	Jan 2016	#87
I'm sure she will	Kall	Jan 2016	#78
I'm sure Bernie would have their ear.	oasis	Jan 2016	#89
He'll have them by the scruff of their necks.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#91
He doesn't want their ear	Kall	Jan 2016	#102
I'm sure they're breathing easier now.	oasis	Jan 2016	#105
They will be	Kall	Jan 2016	#109
The American people will "elect Hillary"	oasis	Jan 2016	#117
You're deflecting. Of course the country, not just you personally, might elect her	Kall	Jan 2016	#118
Deflect backward to post#87. If you please.	oasis	Jan 2016	#132
That's nice, dear.	Squinch	Jan 2016	#37
"I believe you have to fight, nothing is easy..."	handmade34	Jan 2016	#41
People will vote for someone else or stay home if she's the nominee.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#104
Or, I just think Hillary would make the better President nt	firebrand80	Jan 2016	#44
She won't be corrupted by the corporate cash?	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#70
Things aren't so black and white nt	firebrand80	Jan 2016	#86
She's bought and paid for, and that is as transparent as	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#140
Uh no. I think Hillary will make a better president.	leftofcool	Jan 2016	#49
If they were defeatist they would not support Clinton the way they do	JI7	Jan 2016	#54
Nope, I just prefer Hillary, and think she will make an excellent president nt	kjones	Jan 2016	#65
What some think, and what some argue, might not be the same	Babel_17	Jan 2016	#66
Some Bernie supporters seem to think they are mindreders.	JoePhilly	Jan 2016	#77
What? Is this some subtle McCarthyist crap?	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#92
Good post but I don't agree with the last paragraph	Populist_Prole	Jan 2016	#80
I think you are spot on.	Ed Suspicious	Jan 2016	#93
Nail on the head	Android3.14	Jan 2016	#85
i think bernie has a good chance if his supporters would not	certainot	Jan 2016	#95
I like living in the real world	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#103
You're saying vote for the corporate candidate who's not as bad as the	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#107
I am not willing to let the GOP control the direction of the SCOTUS with a candidate who cannot win	Gothmog	Jan 2016	#125
Understanding how gerrymandered congress's works does not mean people are defeatist just factual	uponit7771	Jan 2016	#122
They realize that in the ge between Bernie and a republican, the republican will be much closer in	Doctor_J	Jan 2016	#138
For once you won't have to choose between the better of 2 evils.	JRLeft	Jan 2016	#143
I support Bernie because I feel the same way you do.	PatrickforO	Jan 2016	#151
No no no no no no no no	tazkcmo	Jan 2016	#152
The alternative is to claim it's either her or Republicans win.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jan 2016	#155
I do not find Tea Party legislation to "audit the fed" to be a "good idea." Neither does Krugman.	NCTraveler	Jan 2016	#160

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