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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Bernie Sanders Proved. And Why I still Believe His Message Remains Critical [View all]arcane1
(38,613 posts)55. We were endlessly told that only Super-PAC money could save us. It was a lie then, and now.
And we are going to learn it the hard way
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What Bernie Sanders Proved. And Why I still Believe His Message Remains Critical [View all]
cali
Jun 2016
OP
Let's be honest here. We have a long way to go before we regain our democracy.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#7
Change has started. The Powers That Be and their minions are running scared.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#44
The thing is, will the D powers that be, properly see that the best (exact polar opposite) of Mitt
laserhaas
Jun 2016
#46
Did you see my other 2 threads that Romney's gal & guy are now RNC Rules Committee Co-Chairs
laserhaas
Jun 2016
#47
If you have a point, go ahead and make it. I am not going to argue over semantics.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#43
I thought the tight budget he ran with hurt him and he would never make it to the GE.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#8
Bernie supporters did massive GOTV activities, phone banking, tableing, canvassing, etc.
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#22
I get a kick out of the argument that he didn't run a good campaign because he
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#48
I totally agree, but had read that when he underspent it was because he was unwilling to get into
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#13
If you define "good campaign" as the one run by Hillary and the Billionaires
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#25
But so many people here made that assumption. Due to their own biases I assume...
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#31
He'd only be competitive because he'd take the money he disproved of- so it's unicorn magic
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#38
Bernie represented all the ideas I was hoping for in a candidate, but also showed how hard......
dmosh42
Jun 2016
#16