Big difference between 2008 and now, there are many younger voters who have signed up (Reply #19)

In the discussion thread: Why Bernie can't drop out? Because he is being deceived. Repeatedly. [View all]

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 03:17 AM

19. Big difference between 2008 and now, there are many younger voters who have signed up

to vote based on issues and they are not all party loyalists, some will be convinced and some will not.

Sanders cannot wave a magic wand and have them comply, they are much more independent, yet he wants to keep them engaged in the political process. We are moving towards a younger generation who will soon become a dominant force, and they come in all races, religions and genders, but the establishment Dems are too blind and have chosen to ignore their concerns.

Strange that it took a man in his 70's to breathe hope into this younger generation and the future of our party.

Even with all their money, power, and maybe a little too much hubris, they fail to recognize a future unfolding before their eyes.

But a large part of Sanders support comes from people who have watched and listened to what he said and Did 20, 30, 40 years ago, his message has been consistent, that is not something that can be bottled up into a nice little package for voters.

His core beliefs have remained constant and not dependent on the prevailing political winds of the moment.

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Why Bernie can't drop out? Because he is being deceived. Repeatedly. [View all]	catnhatnh	Jun 2016	OP
totally agree Cat	larkrake	Jun 2016	#1
He shouldn't listen to Obama at all. He has a promise to keep. That promise is to take it to	atomingai	Jun 2016	#2
Bernie asked for the meeting. If Bernie thinks he's going there to dictate terms he should rethink.	LuvLoogie	Jun 2016	#11
Um....He's not going there to dictate anything. He's just stating his case and keeping his word.	atomingai	Jun 2016	#43
Um	annavictorious	Jun 2016	#52
Sanders does not do things for himself. That crappy talk has gotten stale. Sanders is a grown man.	atomingai	Jun 2016	#53
What a load. Hillary has run two slimy presidential campaigns now. She race-baited in 2008	cui bono	Jun 2016	#62
What are you talking about?	samson212	Jun 2016	#87
Looks like POTUS has moved on, Obi Wan.	LuvLoogie	Jun 2016	#65
It was my understanding....	WiffenPoof	Jun 2016	#45
Really	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#30
He's going to the convention to state his case and keeping his word to the people.	atomingai	Jun 2016	#44
His case for what ...what you don't want to admit he wants to steal the primary from actual voters?	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#46
If by the convention he has not conceded	GulfCoast66	Jun 2016	#58
Sanders has already made it clear that he will go the convention and make his case. You Hillary...	atomingai	Jun 2016	#60
I agree with you	GulfCoast66	Jun 2016	#61
Couldn't disagree more	Dem2	Jun 2016	#3
Or maybe it's like he's been saying, that he wants to bring pressure	QC	Jun 2016	#4
Pure projection. Take what's bad about your candidate,	glowing	Jun 2016	#27
Funny that you say that because from where I sit, Berie's giant ego is the issue here.	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#31
Address the issues how exactly?	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#37
Super condescending for no reason	samson212	Jun 2016	#89
Those are going to be Clinton votes.	ucrdem	Jun 2016	#5
Wanna bet?	catnhatnh	Jun 2016	#8
many of those ballots will be republican. the rest split between hillary and bernie in some	msongs	Jun 2016	#9
Older people	MFM008	Jun 2016	#10
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2016	#13
Seriously? You are sticking with that one?	seabeyond	Jun 2016	#16
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#12
Update Wed. 4:56 pm says ~500,000 left, 1.4+ million counted:	ucrdem	Jun 2016	#17
They also said it would not change the outcome.	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#32
"Based on other mailed in ballots, her lead may widen." I think that judging by how large her lead	Number23	Jun 2016	#73
More accurately, he's been doing the deceiving.	Lord Magus	Jun 2016	#6
Bernie is victorious. He won a long time ago. You just don't understand what this is about.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#66
Well said	marions ghost	Jun 2016	#79
3,000,000 votes?	RobertEarl	Jun 2016	#7
I'd be interested to see the documentation...	Orrex	Jun 2016	#35
She won, he lost. He knows this.	geek tragedy	Jun 2016	#14
If they want him to drop out, they need to stop jerking him around.	Ken Burch	Jun 2016	#15
"If they want him to drop out, they need to stop jerking him around."	Orrex	Jun 2016	#36
I have to wonder about some of you	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#38
If Bernie hadn't been allergic to telling his supporters to register as Democrats from the start	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#18
My party right or wrong? He concentrated on the issues that should matter to people ...	slipslidingaway	Jun 2016	#20
He missed a chance to win and take over. You missed the point. You were not pushed away	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#21
WTF are you talking about, you are now trying to supposedly blame the demise of the progressives	slipslidingaway	Jun 2016	#22
Bernie isn't and has never been the be all and end all of the progressive movement	baldguy	Jun 2016	#23
I never said the progressive movement was dead. It's alive in this party with or without Bernie and	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#47
It is not alive in the Democratic Party.	djean111	Jun 2016	#55
The progressive movement is not alive in this party. It's alive IN SPITE of it.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#67
Get your holier than thou attitudes out of your sytems now. You won't be whining here much longer	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#69
I'm not whining and I don't have a holier than thou attitude. I'm simply stating a fact.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#81
You are not stating fact you are offering opinion. nt	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#82
An opinion that is supported by facts. It's documented. You can look up everything I said.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#83
Sanders had a choice to run as an independent and be true	MyNameGoesHere	Jun 2016	#34
Because even he didn't think the Democratic leadership would condone cheating and election fraud.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#63
Not true	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#40
Big difference between 2008 and now, there are many younger voters who have signed up	slipslidingaway	Jun 2016	#19
Then forget about Sanders if he won't help, he gets nothing. nt	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#41
If Sanders gets nothing, his supporters will sit on their hands, or worse. Its a problem for Hillary	reformist2	Jun 2016	#64
Where did the poster say Sanders won't help???	cui bono	Jun 2016	#86
No magic wand required, just inspirational leadership. Like Obama's in 2008, his new followers	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#48
um , a shitload of young people registered in 2008. Obama brought them out too	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#70
It doesn't matter	Florencenj2point0	Jun 2016	#24
That is a good analysis. They can't be trusted to follow through with anything that they say.	w4rma	Jun 2016	#25
A life lived in conspiricy theories must be hard to navigate.	upaloopa	Jun 2016	#26
Anybody not on board to fight Trump at this late hour, ...	Tortmaster	Jun 2016	#28
Good point.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jun 2016	#33
Oh please.	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#29
Isn't Sanders talking directly to President Obama?	apnu	Jun 2016	#39
Last time Sen. Feinstein helped bring peace	Demsrule86	Jun 2016	#42
Because he suffers from persecution complex	lanlady	Jun 2016	#49
You may do whatever you like, but in a week, this will no longer be the website to do it in	Tarc	Jun 2016	#50
I thought this morning we'd see a decline in new screeds...	brooklynite	Jun 2016	#54
From some of your other posts, it doesn't seem like you are over the primaries yet	democrattotheend	Jun 2016	#59
That's not what it is at all, I'm afraid	Tarc	Jun 2016	#71
No one cares about that.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#68
Elections have winners and losers	Tarc	Jun 2016	#72
He is supporting the 99% as we speak.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#80
Get over it! Or don't. No one cares how you vote.	leftofcool	Jun 2016	#51
Maybe it's time for him to admit that no one wanted him in the first place.	eastwestdem	Jun 2016	#56
In my opinion	Time for change	Jun 2016	#57
TO THE CONVENTION!!!! F. THE NAYSAYERS!	jack_krass	Jun 2016	#74
Amen.	kadaholo	Jun 2016	#75
Well said….	midnight	Jun 2016	#76
7 more days....	chillfactor	Jun 2016	#77
On to the convention Bernie!	GoneFishin	Jun 2016	#78
We don't care	jzodda	Jun 2016	#84
You know, you're implying that Sanders is a gullible fool, right? I don't think that's true, fwiw.	randome	Jun 2016	#85
I don't believe he's gullible.	catnhatnh	Jun 2016	#88

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