2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

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20. Two primary reasons; short term and long term.

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 02:18 PM

Jun 2016

They're worried about the ongoing FBI criminal investigation which could derail her nomination, election and possible tenure.

As for the long term they see the writing on the wall in regards to the new generation's continuous progressive pull on the Democratic Party and away from corporate supremacy.

DLC/Third Way or whatever you want to call it, days are numbered.

The nation is changing and many if not most people's natural tendencies are to resist change, it pulls you out of your comfort zone, on the other hand it's the only way to grow either as a person or a people.

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Bernie said he will be in it till the convention. That is what his supporters want. [View all] vintx Jun 2016 OP

let him stay in. he is becoming more irrelevant every day. Mr 1/74th of his life a democrat can msongs Jun 2016 #1

You are aware, I hope, that he votes with dems more often than most dems. You know that, right? vintx Jun 2016 #6

50% of dems vote with dems less often than most dems. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #21

Heh! Codeine Jun 2016 #37

The NEW ones, especially. Octafish Jun 2016 #39

Don't bother their beautiful minds with uncomfortable truths vintx Jun 2016 #43

Of course when he campaigns for Hillary TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #7

yes so very irrelevant we have how many threads in this forum demonizing him and/or his supporters? azurnoir Jun 2016 #18

He is in what? He lost the primary. There is nothing left to be in. He is about as delusional as upaloopa Jun 2016 #2

bernie is doing himself no favors... chillfactor Jun 2016 #3

The hearts of Democrats are avaricious. Bernie is a democrat. immoderate Jun 2016 #10

Just because you don't get that this isn't about HIM, it's about what WE want 2banon Jun 2016 #22

that's fine. But if he does nothing to help, he gets nothing in return. He just becomes irrelevant geek tragedy Jun 2016 #4

Hillary supporters are under a lot of stress, be easy on them. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #5

Why though? They've been convinced she had the Oval Office in the bag since day 1! vintx Jun 2016 #8

She won the primaries as we said--and said it over and over and over ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #11

Perhaps you missed the OP vintx Jun 2016 #12

It ok. There. ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #14

Nice. vintx Jun 2016 #15

Ok sorry ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #24

Good luck in the fall. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #23

Are you planning on voting for Clinton? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #26

Actually, you've done quite a lot. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #28

Ok. ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #30

Two primary reasons; short term and long term. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #20

But for so long on this site we were all but unanimous in our derision vintx Jun 2016 #44

Awww ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #9

Bernie is practicing real democracy RobertEarl Jun 2016 #13

Right? vintx Jun 2016 #16

Lets put Senator Warren on as VP and then we can ignore Sanders Gothmog Jun 2016 #33

What's a mystery to me is why you think it's "early" after every single ballot has been cast. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #48

So is the basic concept of winning and losing, apparently. CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #29

Wait, are you defining real democracy as going against the expressed will of the voters? mythology Jun 2016 #45

He is about to become one of the lefts loony fringe MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #17

Are you new? People have been calling him that for decades. vintx Jun 2016 #19

Yes I am new everyday and I am #berndout. Eom MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #27

Personally, I want him to say in, as it further turns his 'revolution' into a laughing stock...but eastwestdem Jun 2016 #25

We can give him a special ribbon for his dash from the finish line to the podium anigbrowl Jun 2016 #31

If Sanders does not concede early enough, then no convention speech Gothmog Jun 2016 #32

Then he can speak at one of the gatherings outside the convention; there LWolf Jun 2016 #35

I am running to be a Clinton delegate and love this Gothmog Jun 2016 #49

My full ignore list seems to belch every once in a while, and I see noxious stuff that djean111 Jun 2016 #34

Amusing is one word for it vintx Jun 2016 #46

Oh, yes, I can think of several other more adequately descriptive words. djean111 Jun 2016 #47

It's obviously all they got felix_numinous Jun 2016 #36

Not all of us democrattotheend Jun 2016 #38

This is what he is currently doing, along with fighting for the party platform. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #40

He is well aware SheenaR Jun 2016 #41

We get that. The question is why. YouDig Jun 2016 #42