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2016 Postmortem

L0oniX

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42. Bernie leans left and attracts republicans. Hillary leans right, looses the left and...

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 11:31 PM

Aug 2015

gains nothing. Shocking!

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Well blow me down! GOP friend posts Pro-Bernie FB meme. [View all] Atman Aug 2015 OP

It already is. Agschmid Aug 2015 #1

I've had the same experience... smiley Aug 2015 #2

what can they do about it? NJCher Aug 2015 #16

Plenty hootinholler Aug 2015 #23

So the DNC killed RFK? emulatorloo Aug 2015 #27

There's a leap hootinholler Aug 2015 #30

So not an oblique reference to the Califoria kitchen at the Ambassador Hotel in '68? emulatorloo Aug 2015 #31

You got the reference correct hootinholler Aug 2015 #33

I don't understand NJCher Aug 2015 #32

plenty... smiley Aug 2015 #35

Plenty of ways to help Clinton and hurt Sanders jeff47 Aug 2015 #36

Some of us have been saying for quite a while that Bernie attracts a subset of conservatives. Sancho Aug 2015 #3

There is truth to this ram2008 Aug 2015 #28

Why not? After 40 years people are going artislife Aug 2015 #37

Bernie connects with working class types SteveG Aug 2015 #41

I think Bernie is going to pull people in from left, right and center NCcoast Aug 2015 #4

Bernie is the *sane* candidate for people who want real change Fast Walker 52 Aug 2015 #5

Certainly makes him a populist, doesn't it! marble falls Aug 2015 #12

That Will Be The Key To His Revolution.... global1 Aug 2015 #17

Organizing the down-ballot candidates is essential BUT Stevepol Aug 2015 #18

Agreed NCcoast Aug 2015 #22

I'm getting the same experience here. canoeist52 Aug 2015 #6

The truth matters when it gets by all the media filters. mmonk Aug 2015 #7

Maybe Android3.14 Aug 2015 #8

The difference between Trump and Sanders... tazkcmo Aug 2015 #19

Let's ask the conservatives who are expressing support for Sanders... Android3.14 Aug 2015 #20

blow me down, indeed! can I share this? n/t secondwind Aug 2015 #9

you can blow me down Cryptoad Aug 2015 #10

Yep, and with many states with OPEN or semi-open primaries...anything can happen aikoaiko Aug 2015 #11

Sanders might be appealing to people's resentment of the system Babel_17 Aug 2015 #13

Any chance you could post a link? He sounds like a bunch of guys I know shaking off their "Tea" buzz marble falls Aug 2015 #14

I don't want to link to a friend's FB page. Atman Aug 2015 #24

good answer! artislife Aug 2015 #38

This is evidence of the false divide promoted by our media... I hate liars Aug 2015 #15

Put a Sanders bumper sticker on my car safeinOhio Aug 2015 #21

I hope he's registered as a Dem!! xynthee Aug 2015 #25

many repubs are fiscally conservative questionseverything Aug 2015 #26

The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State kenn3d Aug 2015 #29

The Democratic Party Elite are afraid of this very thing. Republicans switching rhett o rick Aug 2015 #34

my right wing boss says... SoLeftIAmRight Aug 2015 #39

This is why we need to send him to the general election. cui bono Aug 2015 #40

Bernie leans left and attracts republicans. Hillary leans right, looses the left and... L0oniX Aug 2015 #42