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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why do Bernie/his supporters get to decide what a Democrat stands for? [View all]Fearless
(18,421 posts)86. You would be wrong. On a great many things for that matter.
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Why do Bernie/his supporters get to decide what a Democrat stands for? [View all]
hill2016
Jan 2016
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Because the repubs have already claimed most of NoHope Hillary's policies.
last1standing
Jan 2016
#1
Who said the No True Scotsman fallacy applies only to supporters? There have been many threads and
merrily
Jan 2016
#70
You mentioned "not real ("true") Democrats." My links were indeed relevant to that.
merrily
Jan 2016
#105
You're not being honest, and you keep playing this game in thread after thread.
arcane1
Jan 2016
#76
Supplementary insurance will no doubt continue to exist (at a price), under Medicare for All, as it
merrily
Jan 2016
#59
Mainstream democratic platform is to not raise any taxes on uber-upper-upper
Voice for Peace
Jan 2016
#25
So, when does supporting H-1B quotas make her representing "mainstream Democratic Party platform"?
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#49
Yes of course, national baseline funding for 1 - 12 free room and board for college
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#28
Those directly effected by Jim Crow, War on drugs, native American genocide and stupid
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#53
Wait, isn't that EXACTLY what Sanders is doing?! Defining what revolution for everyone
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#84
Reparations does have a funding mechanism, that's false.. and like I've said about Sanders he
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#96
You listed a bunch of things you wanted, yet your candidate does not support any of it.
Qutzupalotl
Jan 2016
#99
She's not the revolution candidate Sanders is, she's not sticking herself with that title
uponit7771
Jan 2016
#57
"no new taxes" is something democrats stand for? Like a foundational principle?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#23
You forget we're not supposed to go against who the establishment picks out for us, remember?
VulgarPoet
Jan 2016
#90
Are you afraid you're going to lose your nanny, housekeeper and private school?
neverforget
Jan 2016
#37
Because Some Of Us Have Been Democrats For Decades... And Haven't Forgotten What A Real One Is...
WillyT
Jan 2016
#51
Because they are so frightfully ideologically pure compared to the rest of us.
DavidDvorkin
Jan 2016
#72
Are you saying blue dogs aka DINOs should be the ones to decide what a Democrat stands for?
Autumn
Jan 2016
#100
Strange in this large thread the real answer got only a passing, dismissive "answer"
whatthehey
Jan 2016
#103