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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is attempting a nothing less than a hostile takeover of Democratic Party [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)66. ^^^ THIS.
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Sanders is attempting a nothing less than a hostile takeover of Democratic Party [View all]
kennetha
Feb 2016
OP
It's pretty hard to tell the difference between the Hillarians and ditto heads.
HooptieWagon
Feb 2016
#8
you sound like a BS promoter.....lol! did you notice the magazine the article is from The Atlantic
Bill USA
Feb 2016
#99
Actually, he's trying to return the Democratic Party back to FDR and Truman era economics, but
Fawke Em
Feb 2016
#35
SOme of my neighbors has a 56 mustang convertible ... light blue and white and perfect.
hedda_foil
Feb 2016
#202
Only misogynistic bernierbos oppose corporate-friendly chicanery in poor third world countries.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#205
Uh huh. Now you're just Red Baitin'. Didn't think I'd notice the color?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2016
#71
or, my fave version of that expression - "don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya"
kath
Feb 2016
#191
Sanders political values are those of mainstreet America in the early 1900's.
Gregorian
Feb 2016
#29
I guess you would have preferred a third party run which would have guaranteed a Democratic loss.
Vinca
Feb 2016
#78
Jackson also ran as a Democrat because the Democratic Party is the more progressive
guillaumeb
Feb 2016
#70
That's a naive or ingenuous wondering...they liked it when he voted with them, and caucused with
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#91
Yep, the minority the DLC represented in its HOSTILE takeover of OUR party...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#69
But the target isn't "the Democratic Party", but the hostile leadership in charge of it now...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#74
Students in Iowa City, where about half of them are from out of state, where overwhelmingly Sanders
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#89
Kennetha, did you get lost in your migration between Red State and Freep? You poor, lost birdie.
leveymg
Feb 2016
#64
Somehow, the screaming eagle on Colbert's old show comes to mind. More Farce than fierce. ;-)
leveymg
Feb 2016
#111
If "the democratic party has no fixed nature" how can your OP be remotely tenable?
Matariki
Feb 2016
#118
It was more then when FDR spoke publicly AGAINST the economic royalists heavily...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#96
Wrong Wrong Wrong First off Bernie Sanders says he is a Democratic Socialist...
fourcents
Feb 2016
#107
Hardly - The Hostility Is That Shown By The Establishment - DNC, DLC, Third-Way - And Their Cronies
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#126
Man the gates. The Militant Socialists are trying to Destroy the Democratic Party
Armstead
Feb 2016
#153
He's a democratic socialist of European style.. not a communist or a stalinist.
kennetha
Feb 2016
#165
There is plenty of fodder for intelligent discussion about the nuances but....
Armstead
Feb 2016
#167
Unlike Nader, Sanders is running against the Left's other major candidate
Bad Thoughts
Feb 2016
#148
No, I think he represents a strand of Democratic politics that has existed since the 60s
Bad Thoughts
Feb 2016
#156
Run 3rd party, get chastised as a spoiler. Run in the Dem primary, get called an intruder.
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#149
Bernie is the best! The 'party' has shown itself for all to see this time around.
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#151
Yes, but by the same token that I don't think that Trump will be the Republican nominee,
Beacool
Feb 2016
#212
I'm not hostile to his efforts. It's way overdue to make the party leftist rather than
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2016
#177
Bernie is coming in from the outside to rescue the Democratic Party from the Wall St. Devils.
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#186
The thing about the Democratic Party is that , if it has a future, it rests with those
wilsonbooks
Feb 2016
#201