Bernie and Elizabeth are the leaders of this movement. They are for honesty and integrity in (Reply #95)

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Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:15 PM

Cal33 (7,018 posts)

95. Bernie and Elizabeth are the leaders of this movement. They are for honesty and integrity in

Government, a Government that is for the entire American people, not just for the
few super-rich. Bernie and Elizabeth stand for reform -- removing the bribery and
corruption of the Corporate Power people -- and replacing them with people of
MORAL principles.

They are the exact opposites of the Tea-Party. The Koch brothers, I understand,
are doing a good deal of the financing of the Tea Party. They are known for their
bribery and corruption.

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170 replies	Author	Time	Post
For those who don't yet get it, r.e. Bernie Supporters. [View all]	rateyes	Apr 2016	OP
And like the Tea Party, adherence to 'purity' will doom it from the start.	CrowCityDem	Apr 2016	#1
The tea party is pretty damn strong.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#4
And it has a net negative impact on their party.	Codeine	Apr 2016	#11
Equating the role with the actual goals is deflection	Armstead	Apr 2016	#33
Bernie Sanders actually is MAINSTREAM and its the Clinton folks who are	Baobab	Apr 2016	#132
The impact will only be negative if	artislife	Apr 2016	#54
OMFG Codeine	Maru Kitteh	Apr 2016	#63
Bernie and Elizabeth are the leaders of this movement. They are for honesty and integrity in	Cal33	Apr 2016	#95
There's no comparison	katsy	Apr 2016	#97
Claiming that progressives...	Bohemianwriter	Apr 2016	#153
The Tea party is evil, pure evil.	pangaia	Apr 2016	#51
Psst: the so called "tea party" was fake from the beginning, a creation of a paid PR sock puppet	Baobab	Apr 2016	#129
That's okay with the Tea Party isn't it?	KPN	Apr 2016	#10
The tea party that took control of both the House and Senate?	Mnpaul	Apr 2016	#21
The Tea Party 'controls' nothing. They're loud, but a minority, even of R's.	CrowCityDem	Apr 2016	#22
Try again. The Tea Party only shaped and drove republican politics for the last seven years. lol	leeroysphitz	Apr 2016	#28
All they've done is obstruct. They've yet to DO anything, because they lack the votes.	CrowCityDem	Apr 2016	#34
I wish our side had obstructed Bush's war, the banker bailouts, tax cuts for the wealthiest ...	Scuba	Apr 2016	#138
The Tea Party has directly and indirectly determined the GOP's two most likely Pres candidates	Armstead	Apr 2016	#36
Yep. And that benefits the Democratic Party. Do we need to have the same on our side in order to	BlueCaliDem	Apr 2016	#128
Or not. I mean if avoiding purity tests means cowtowing to the politicians who helped	leeroysphitz	Apr 2016	#23
So, just out of curiosity, why do you say this?	PatrickforO	Apr 2016	#56
I'm against the idea of 'purity'. I'm against thinking there's only one solution.	CrowCityDem	Apr 2016	#58
Well, let's think root cause for a moment.	PatrickforO	Apr 2016	#62
You do understand the paradox of attacking someone because oftheir "purity".	bvar22	Apr 2016	#90
I thought (like another party I know) they were co-opted by oligarchs	That Guy 888	Apr 2016	#59
"Purity", my ass!	alan2102	Apr 2016	#61
Here's what I mean:	CrowCityDem	Apr 2016	#64
Bingo! Identifying the problem is one thing.	stopbush	Apr 2016	#75
Don't tell me you think Debt-Free is good enough because it's not.	PyaarRevolution	Apr 2016	#98
Don't think it needs to be THAT pure.	Funtatlaguy	Apr 2016	#80
Clinton supporters have been calling for Democratic purity for a year now	AgingAmerican	Apr 2016	#104
Purity, as in who is a Real Democrat?	frylock	Apr 2016	#119
Right. The Tea Party was so doomed that they knocked off Eric Cantor n/t	eridani	Apr 2016	#136
fuck purity	Fred Drum	Apr 2016	#137
I thought it was started by Occupy or something...	snooper2	Apr 2016	#2
"A Progressive Tea Party" Oh, hell yeah! We get that part.	Buzz Clik	Apr 2016	#3
A poor analogy...But there is also truth in terms of a rebellion against the status quo	Armstead	Apr 2016	#37
You realize the Tea Party has destroyed the Republican	Codeine	Apr 2016	#5
+ 1	JoePhilly	Apr 2016	#12
I don't know, given that they've gotten a lock on congress and most statehouses for the foreesable	nemo137	Apr 2016	#13
That's not the teafucks	Codeine	Apr 2016	#16
That's a fair point, but also seems to me to contradict the R's being "destroyed" by said teafucks.	nemo137	Apr 2016	#18
A slow incremental slide into impoverishment for the masses is	KPN	Apr 2016	#19
Last time I checked the GOP is CRUSHING the Dems in state legislatures and governorships.	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#35
Yes, and where has the "Revolution" been in local and state wide elections?	Fla Dem	Apr 2016	#100
I have a close friend running for Congress in Kansas.	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#112
This is not a zero-sum game to "win"	Rebkeh	Apr 2016	#38
And, you nail it again, Codeine.	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#76
Yup. They don't get it.	KPN	Apr 2016	#6
Exactly.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#9
Yep! Given its current trend, the D party will eventually totally fracture like the R party.	RKP5637	Apr 2016	#42
It's a race between state legislative irrelevancy and progressive abandonment. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#60
It really is, like a race to the bottom. There was a time when we worked together in the US to try	RKP5637	Apr 2016	#91
Third way will run its course.	HassleCat	Apr 2016	#7
A "progressive tea party" with similar demographics as the tea party will fail and is failing. nt	LexVegas	Apr 2016	#8
"similar demographics"?!	alan2102	Apr 2016	#67
The anti-war, anti-corruption movement was just forming in 2008 and embraced Obama over HRC	aikoaiko	Apr 2016	#14
And exactly what	jcgoldie	Apr 2016	#15
I heard that same argument in 2008.	Firebrand Gary	Apr 2016	#17
So did many other Democrat voters	Armstead	Apr 2016	#41
It's "Democratic voters." Please don't use the Rush Limbaugh terminology. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#105
I used that term deliberately, because so many here sound like Rush these days	Armstead	Apr 2016	#106
Your disagreement with some Dems is no reason to perpetuate that ugly terminology. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#109
Ugly terminology-- you mean like "Bernie Bros?" n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#116
Someone calling you a name you dislike does not justify resorting to Limbaugh terminology. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#130
Many experience the language of either tribe as "nasty."	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#131
"Democrat voters" isn't just "language" of another "tribe." It is a Right Wing put down.	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#133
Agreed. It is RW.	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#134
There is never a season when it is OK to insult the entire Democratic Party on DU. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#143
Many believe the Party has insulted them. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#144
I see. So you admit you were insulting the Democratic Party using RW terminology. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#145
I don't believe I used the term "Democrat voters?" n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#148
Yes, you did.	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#149
crickets chirping	still_one	Apr 2016	#151
Now we should get reality-based crickets. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#155
Disavow the words yet spends a subthread defending their use. nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#165
Wow, we can't even agree on reality. I did not find any post where I used that term. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#152
Really, you aren't aware what you posted:	still_one	Apr 2016	#150
Sweet Jesus, that's not me! What are you doing?? n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#154
No it wasn't you. Sorry, I meant this link for what it was worth	still_one	Apr 2016	#157
No problemo. I've done similar things. Thanks for having the moxie to be honest. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#160
Thanks	still_one	Apr 2016	#162
+1 n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#163
Then why were you defending it? nt	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#164
Oh well that's all right then!	NastyRiffraff	Apr 2016	#170
You ever hear of the New Democrat Coalition?	Armstead	Apr 2016	#166
You used the term "Democrat voters" to refer to Democratic voters.	SunSeeker	Apr 2016	#169
Right.	Cary	Apr 2016	#146
This....Pfeh	Armstead	Apr 2016	#167
Hmmmm, thank you for that McCarthyism (JOSEPH, not Eugene!) - "Democrat voters". Ooops.	George II	Apr 2016	#161
This	Armstead	Apr 2016	#168
A Tea Party is a brainless, astroturfed thing promoting fake issues to the detriment of all.	Orsino	Apr 2016	#20
+1	Gidney N Cloyd	Apr 2016	#27
Yep, the comparison to the Tea Party by the OP was not a good one IMO. n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2016	#45
The comparison is only regarding the way they took over the	jwirr	Apr 2016	#114
Good point!!! n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2016	#118
you know, it IS possible to compare aspects of two things	demwing	Apr 2016	#50
Very much so.	Orsino	Apr 2016	#55
Reading the comments above, the Tea Party just got a ride ON the bus. It's being praised roundly	Maru Kitteh	Apr 2016	#71
Brings to mind that old saw about "politics" and "bedfellows"...some people apparently aren't	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#82
And both generally leave the encounter diseased.	Maru Kitteh	Apr 2016	#87
Yup, that's the risk with promiscuous behavior...LOLOL!	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#89
Obtuse now exceeds	Mike__M	Apr 2016	#110
The biggest non-ideological difference is that the TP has huge institutional adavantages.	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#147
I will no longer vote for Third-Way Democrats. Period.	NorthCarolina	Apr 2016	#24
I agree with you, except for the Tea Party part.	Punkingal	Apr 2016	#25
Well said ...	Trajan	Apr 2016	#26
+1 n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#39
Thess people are pissed- until November 4, 2016	COLGATE4	Apr 2016	#29
You think the Tea Party is in control? Wow.	IamMab	Apr 2016	#30
Kucinich, Occupy, MoveOn, DFA, BLM, 99%, MM	Dem2	Apr 2016	#31
There's a revolution	Sparkly	Apr 2016	#32
I disagree.	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#44
Every revolution thinks it's new.	Sparkly	Apr 2016	#46
Welcome to "full ignore." n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Apr 2016	#47
I'm sure I'm in good company.	Sparkly	Apr 2016	#49
+1000	stonecutter357	Apr 2016	#53
Simply the best!	Surya Gayatri	Apr 2016	#92
test!	stonecutter357	Apr 2016	#52
I'm with the Admiral's sea change	Mike__M	Apr 2016	#108
Getting more people to be committed to participating in the political process is a good thing	Fresh_Start	Apr 2016	#40
yes! A lot of work ahead of us.	oldandhappy	Apr 2016	#43
That quote is from Theodore Parker, not MLK	oberliner	Apr 2016	#48
My sentiments exactly. eom	Betty Karlson	Apr 2016	#57
I'm getting tired of seeing "oldsters" promoting "young people" as if it brings them absolution.	randome	Apr 2016	#65
Too Funny. One of the Hillary Posters	KPN	Apr 2016	#66
Good they need something to keep them busy.	jwirr	Apr 2016	#115
First, they laugh at you...	rateyes	Apr 2016	#120
These "pissed people" will need more than one new candidate in FL.	JoePhilly	Apr 2016	#68
The Green Tea Party	Stuckinthebush	Apr 2016	#69
Green tea from the Green Mountains in Vt	liberal N proud	Apr 2016	#72
Uh they got people elected	pinebox	Apr 2016	#102
Uh, the short term gain	Stuckinthebush	Apr 2016	#121
Teabaggers?	johnp3907	Apr 2016	#70
"It may take several years."	stopbush	Apr 2016	#73
I am not fine with it at all	Go Vols	Apr 2016	#93
Ideological extremism is bad, regardless if it left or right	Tarc	Apr 2016	#74
The #occupy and #BLM revolutions are rolling their eyes at this.	apnu	Apr 2016	#77
well, are y'all gonna let us join the elite club or not?	Hiraeth	Apr 2016	#78
Those doors been wide open from the beginning. Why not step through them?	apnu	Apr 2016	#79
and who am I supposed to be voting for again?	Hiraeth	Apr 2016	#81
That's up to you.	apnu	Apr 2016	#83
well then, I am already there. Thanks.	Hiraeth	Apr 2016	#84
Okee-dokee. Glad we cleared that up.	apnu	Apr 2016	#85
lol	Hiraeth	Apr 2016	#94
Thats true in our area	marlakay	Apr 2016	#86
Bernie didn't invent anything new, most recently the occupy movement made a pitch for all that and	The_Casual_Observer	Apr 2016	#88
Yes, and ever since the Tea Party was born, the United States government	NuclearDem	Apr 2016	#96
I disagree strongly with your first sentence.	bvar22	Apr 2016	#99
One thing Bernie has done	Mike__M	Apr 2016	#111
Yes.	bvar22	Apr 2016	#117
And then it will be a new establishment.	apcalc	Apr 2016	#101
being thwarted only makes us angrier, makes us more and more aware of the constant rigging	MisterP	Apr 2016	#103
The DNC had better fucking NEVER shove a corrupt Third Way Republican Lite candidate	Arugula Latte	Apr 2016	#107
"A Progressive Tea Party"	nolawarlock	Apr 2016	#113
Silly ol' me	NastyRiffraff	Apr 2016	#122
First they laugh at you.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#123
And then they continue laughing	NastyRiffraff	Apr 2016	#124
And then you get the last laugh when you win.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#125
Exactly!	NastyRiffraff	Apr 2016	#139
Don't think she will be in that contest.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#140
Ha! We'll have to see, won't we?	NastyRiffraff	Apr 2016	#141
Yep.	rateyes	Apr 2016	#142
Progressive economic populism is overdue.	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2016	#126
Hear, Hear!	pat_k	Apr 2016	#127
BLM supports Bernie.	Major Hogwash	Apr 2016	#135
Amen. nt	silvershadow	Apr 2016	#156
The straight white people are pissed (apparently).	Metric System	Apr 2016	#158
The majority of African American, Latino and LGBT voters have rejected your candidate.	Metric System	Apr 2016	#159

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