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I think Bernie's tone is more about everyone being included in policy. Not a 'party'. As he states ViseGrip Dec 2015 #1
Then let me put it this way Empowerer Dec 2015 #4
I don't want "those people" in our party. tecelote Dec 2015 #38
"Those people" = BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #39
Hating back and excluding people is not the answer. tecelote Dec 2015 #40
I was not arguing that they BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #41
Bernie is not going after Trump supporters and ignoring his base. tecelote Dec 2015 #47
You are MUCH more optimistic BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #50
There's always a risk. tecelote Dec 2015 #64
Not every Republican is a 'die hard racist and sexist bigot' AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #101
Bernie is wooing Trump supporters Sheepshank Dec 2015 #118
by appealing to them from the LEFT AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #136
Maybe some glitter and paper snowflake cut outs will aid all that leftward appealing? Nt Sheepshank Dec 2015 #138
Well, that was profound! AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #142
True. But I was BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #120
Tea-partiers are almost entirely strong social conservatives. Hortensis Dec 2015 #79
He is appealing to a certain subset of Republicans FROM THE LEFT AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #99
Who was talking about "every" Republican? Not me. Hortensis Dec 2015 #112
Social conservatives are morons AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #137
I believe Hillary supporters are jealous of Sanders ability to appeal to a wider audience AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #95
"Something Hillary will never be able to do." tecelote Dec 2015 #107
I think you have found yourself a purpose to get you out from behind your keyboard Sheepshank Dec 2015 #119
Reacting against offensive behavior is not offensive behavior - it's rational behavior. baldguy Dec 2015 #63
No doubt, there are a lot of assholes that are Trump supporters. tecelote Dec 2015 #67
I don't blame you--Trump supporters are unafraid to beat up black and brown people. MADem Dec 2015 #55
THANK you! Empowerer Dec 2015 #85
When did Bernie "invite bigots" into our party? Qutzupalotl Dec 2015 #128
Is that not the premise of this thread? MADem Dec 2015 #135
Did you miss this from your link? Qutzupalotl Dec 2015 #166
Obama ran using anti gay hate preachers at his rallies. People who called us vampires and child Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #69
It's never been about party building for Sanders Sheepshank Dec 2015 #5
+1 Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #7
It ain't about the party, it's about the direction we're going as a country ... ThePhilosopher04 Dec 2015 #10
I see you feel the Republicans don't need a unified front to keep them in check Sheepshank Dec 2015 #17
bernie party of one cares not about down ticket democrats or their welfare nt msongs Dec 2015 #34
Bingo. nt MADem Dec 2015 #56
Clinton supporters ejbr Dec 2015 #58
You got that right! He never had a kind thing to say about the democratic party FloridaBlues Dec 2015 #59
DWS has been destroying the Democratic Party for years, not Bernie AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #113
Ironically, it is the same argument used by some circles that the so-called "3rd way Democrats" are still_one Dec 2015 #108
Well said. Sheepshank Dec 2015 #2
I believe some could be deprogrammed PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #3
I know many Sanders supporters think he walks on water and has magical powers that no one else has Empowerer Dec 2015 #9
I do not think it can be done with the actions of a single person PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #11
Below I linked to your OP crafted excuses for the use of Rick 'gays are pedophiles' Warren by Obama Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #74
Bravo! Pursuant to your point, the OP's 'concern' for civil rights strangely KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #102
I would love for you to do a full tour of my previous posts - you might actually learn something Empowerer Dec 2015 #109
A quote from that link, in which you find a way to praise the use of an anti gay activist" Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #154
So JackInGreen Dec 2015 #6
Let them correct their shit first, THEN we can talk Empowerer Dec 2015 #14
I'm sorry what you're sounding like is only interested in dominance JackInGreen Dec 2015 #24
That sounds like the GOP on foreign relations. You don't reach people by not talking to them. cui bono Dec 2015 #29
They give Bernie their vote..and suddenly they are 100% in for Socialist leadership? Sheepshank Dec 2015 #15
This! Absolutely this! -none Dec 2015 #127
Yes, I know.... daleanime Dec 2015 #8
Do you count yourself BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #42
They're misguided and their anger is misguided Matariki Dec 2015 #12
+1 ejbr Dec 2015 #57
+Infinity! - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #98
+1 Martin Eden Dec 2015 #134
I suspect some of the people who are supporting Trump right now The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #13
You may not think they're racists and white supremacists and teabaggers . . . Empowerer Dec 2015 #18
Thankfully, Bernie is not as predjudiced as you are. Maedhros Dec 2015 #26
^^^This. artislife Dec 2015 #45
+10,000 nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #89
I'm not buying in to hate Empowerer Dec 2015 #93
Just out of curiosity, did you exhibit the same degree of concern for the 1,000,000 innocent KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #103
You are making assumptions about people you have never met and know almost nothing about. Maedhros Dec 2015 #140
Interesting-I look forward to seeing Sanders supporters step away from that Bernie v. Hillary feud, Empowerer Dec 2015 #143
I support Sanders reaching out to Clinton supporters. [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2015 #144
I hear what Empowerer is saying and I understand it. Skidmore Dec 2015 #147
well said grasswire Dec 2015 #22
+1 Martin Eden Dec 2015 #131
It is shocking to me how many haven't a clue how a 2 way pipoman Dec 2015 #16
And it's shocking to me how many people don't have a clue that a 2-way race does not require Empowerer Dec 2015 #20
Wrong pipoman Dec 2015 #23
So then why did Obama 'reach out' to anti gay conservatives like Rick Warren? Why did Hillary do Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #81
To get to the two-way race, BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #44
There are a lot here who are quick to pretend to know who is supporting Trump pipoman Dec 2015 #87
Don't worry, it will fail. Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #19
let's use my cousin as an example of a Trump supporter grasswire Dec 2015 #21
+1000 nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #90
I really wish you would consider fashioning this into an OP and KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #105
Excellent post Martin Eden Dec 2015 #133
Earning their votes is not equivalent to bringing them into the Party. Maedhros Dec 2015 #25
He is triangulating. Skidmore Dec 2015 #129
What common ground do they share? ucrdem Dec 2015 #27
Yeah, there is that.. solid common ground on the ODS.. will that be enough to leave the charismatic Cha Dec 2015 #155
I see what you mean, Nyan Dec 2015 #28
Exactly. Racists should be ostracized, not legitimized as coveted supporters. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #30
Sounds desperate.. what a turn off. Cha Dec 2015 #156
Please see post #162 for an excellent refutation. JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #164
I don't associate with racists and bigots. Tortmaster Dec 2015 #31
right--only yuppies and neolib cultists need to be allowed in! MisterP Dec 2015 #32
Well we have to keep out those undesirable hateful types JackInGreen Dec 2015 #33
These voters TSIAS Dec 2015 #35
Heh. artislife Dec 2015 #48
Hmmmm.... let's see.... exactly who was it who said: BigBearJohn Dec 2015 #36
Exactly - he called them 'Obamacans'! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #43
That is a 2014 quote from President Barack Obama BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #49
Here you'll need these: beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #51
Actually, it's a quote from, Barack Obama, candidate for U.S. Senate as he delivered the keynote BigBearJohn Dec 2015 #141
Thanks for the correction about it being said earlier, BBJ! BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #152
I feel so besmirched! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #37
Those folks have been voting against their own interests for years greymattermom Dec 2015 #46
Your assumption about all Trump supporters being of a single mind is flawed. Scuba Dec 2015 #52
^ This. bvf Dec 2015 #61
Imagine Deny and Shred Dec 2015 #84
The cognitive dissonance is strong in Camp Weathervane. Scuba Dec 2015 #86
I'm a little suprised... MrWendel Dec 2015 #53
I think Clintons idea of a big tent is... NCTraveler Dec 2015 #54
Clinton's tent is a two-man; only has room for Lloyd and Jamie. Scuba Dec 2015 #62
Ok. If that is what the know facts are telling you. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #66
Rick Fucking Warren. I was told I needed to be okay with Rick Fucking Warren. So - I don't buy the djean111 Dec 2015 #60
The OP praised the use of Warren as brilliant juxtapositioning... Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #72
Again, they must honestly believe the rest of us have amnesia and don't know how to search djean111 Dec 2015 #73
No what they believe is that we are inferior and that denigrating us does not count. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #76
No, I didn't - and shame on you for blatantly misrepresenting my previous comments Empowerer Dec 2015 #88
Everyone can see that you cast the 'symbolism' in a shiny, favorable golden light. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #157
+1000 nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #91
'besmirch" Enrique Dec 2015 #65
. stonecutter357 Dec 2015 #82
And I don't want Jamie dimon. So? Doctor_J Dec 2015 #68
Hey OP if you did not loudly denounce Rick Warren and Kirbyjon Caldwell and Donnie McClurkin Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #70
It's like they don't think we have our memories and Teh Googler, isn't it? :-) n/t djean111 Dec 2015 #71
I think it reflects their grossly prejudiced views of LGBT and their own supremacist ideas about Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #77
I most certainly did in real time and I have the same problem the OP does with going after Trump dsc Dec 2015 #106
We have differing views of Obama's first years. He very much felt that the process he engaged in Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #159
again I was loudly and longly complaining about Obama's conduct in this dsc Dec 2015 #160
It doesn't make sense to totally dismiss such a large chunk of the population. Vinca Dec 2015 #75
You burned that bridge down for Rick Warren, pal. You need to step up and discuss this bullshit. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #78
You're lying. Empowerer Dec 2015 #96
The links are right here in this thread and others can judge your lack of consistency and also I Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #158
Hillary's sermon at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church was a peach. All about how great Rick is Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #80
Comparing this cycle to 08 really spotlights the homophobes on DU. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #83
Sen. Clinton: I don't want this person in our party: KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #92
You just do not get it AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #94
Hard core bigots will not be moved--others whose motives are primarily economic--maybe so. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #97
The fact that so many of you are attacking an OP that objects to aligning with bigots Empowerer Dec 2015 #100
You can't stop them from voting My Good Babushka Dec 2015 #104
When you start with flawed assumptions... 99Forever Dec 2015 #110
Yes you do... MellowDem Dec 2015 #111
The 30% or so of Republicans that are backing Trump redstateblues Dec 2015 #114
Your point is an interesting one Empowerer Dec 2015 #116
Too bad your party is getting smaller and smaller all the time. Autumn Dec 2015 #115
Up to this point in the thread, there's been a thrashing. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #117
Have you been okay, LWolf Dec 2015 #121
No, I haven't been ok with it - and have actively fought against it Empowerer Dec 2015 #122
While I fully LWolf Dec 2015 #125
Well put LWolf. I am not as concerned with the voters as I am those in power. They are the ones to liberal_at_heart Dec 2015 #123
+10,000 I couldn't agree more. Great post. nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #145
Bernie is not going to jepordize his base for Trumps racists Ferd Berfel Dec 2015 #124
People can change. But they have to be reached first Tom Rinaldo Dec 2015 #126
I find it instructive... Koinos Dec 2015 #130
Elections are won with cross-over votes. It does not mean that they joined the party. Hiraeth Dec 2015 #132
I doubt anybody thinks that Bernie or anyone else can win over all or Douglas Carpenter Dec 2015 #139
+1000 You are so right. I have talked quite a few 'Trump supporters' in to voting for Bernie. Live and Learn Dec 2015 #146
Bernie is trying to grow the party. Hillary is trying to shrink the party. jfern Dec 2015 #148
"These people" are part of our electorate and our country. Live and Learn Dec 2015 #149
There are millions of decent, non-racist people - including many people of color - who don't hate, Empowerer Dec 2015 #151
Better to try to bring people to the left RedCappedBandit Dec 2015 #150
Obama 08 did concerts and rallies with anti gay preachers such as Donnie 'war on gays' McClurkin Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #153
Hillary Clinton's opening remarks to Rick Warren's Church. Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #161
Uh... yeah.... kenfrequed Dec 2015 #162
Nicely said. Thank you riversedge Dec 2015 #163
Hillary Supporters are trying to bring corporatists and Republicans-Light into our party. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #165
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