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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Amended:Bernie supporters, to make this primary season easier [View all]rpannier
(24,329 posts)48. Both Burlington and Montpelier are nice cities
Sanders did a great job as mayor
It's part of the reason I am voting for him
He can at least show some experience as an executive
I agree with the OP that there are a lot of desperate memes being thrown out by his detractors
I found the Burlington-Montpelier thing funny so I went with it
I do honestly believe it is irrelevant which of the 5 running (Chafee, Clinton, O' Malley, Sanders, Webb) that gets the nomination, the teahadists will not work with any of them. If they gave the reich wing 100% of what they wanted, they'd still claim the president wasn't bipartisan enough and the media would likely agree
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Talking points have to be repeated. They cost a lot of that Dark Money we are going to put an
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#39
That's all I'm seeing, the recycled talking points that have all been debunked, but then if your
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#40
Great list. As I read it I was remembering how I am voting from a place of extreme privilege to
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2015
#19
Once Bernie is elected and the money pouring in to our elections becomes illegal there will be no
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#41
Thanks, but as predicted, now that that talking point has been shattered, the goal posts were
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#42
Nobody is waiting on Debbie to do anything but screw the pooch and endorse Republicans
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#31