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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
17. Of course I don't speak for "all Bernie Sanders supporters."
Sun Jan 3, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jan 2016

That would be foolish indeed. I, though, as a Sanders supporter, have had plenty of opportunity to observe what you claim, and I haven't.

You threw out an accusation without evidence. Which makes that accusation, at best, an effort to lob shit to see if it would stick, and at worst, dishonest.

"Listen?" How ironic. If you'd listened at all to Bernie Sanders, you'd know that he says it over and over and over and over, every time he speaks to people. He can't do it alone; no one can, and if he wins, the fight is just beginning. That's what he's saying, that's what his supporters hear and know, and trying to suggest otherwise suggests, to say it kindly, ignorance.

You are not under "seize" at DU. Nobody is seizing you. I think you might be trying to suggest that you are under "siege."

You are posting in GDP. I don't know if you have a candidate of choice. This is the first of your posts I've ever read. If you are supporting MOM or HRC, that's fine. BUT...if you are going to jump into the GDP arena, you have to be able to handle opposition. That's not a "siege." If you don't want a response, don't attack.

What, exactly, doesn't "serve" me? Calling bullshit when I see it? I'm not the one who started a bullshit OP without evidence. I'm not speaking for anyone but myself.

I don't see rebutting someone's bullshit accusation as a "mistake." And I'd love to see what other "mistakes" you are accusing me of making.

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You're right, the idea that it would go away is ludicrous... daleanime Jan 2016 #1
If Bernie wins gwheezie Jan 2016 #2
Sure it'll be brutal, and there will doubtless be losses too Kentonio Jan 2016 #34
You have a photo of Shirley Chisholm in your signature. Eric J in MN Jan 2016 #64
I wouldn't compare the 2 gwheezie Jan 2016 #68
I hope Bernie learns from Obama's early miscalculations . . . brush Jan 2016 #128
He's not my 1st choice but gwheezie Jan 2016 #131
Likewise, I will gladly vote for Hillary if she wins the nomination brush Jan 2016 #132
Yes you are right. Better to vote for more of the same no change and accept our lot in life. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #3
Nice strawman. TM99 Jan 2016 #4
I'm left wondering hootinholler Jan 2016 #18
I know, right. TM99 Jan 2016 #19
Exactly. bvf Jan 2016 #20
Actually the horse urine soaked straw is useful hootinholler Jan 2016 #23
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What's he going to fight them with? Oh right, his magic wand. Screw the Democratic Party KittyWampus Jan 2016 #29
So you are telling me that if Sanders TM99 Jan 2016 #50
Yes. Exactly. murielm99 Jan 2016 #87
Won't happen with Sanders. TM99 Jan 2016 #89
He is an outsider. murielm99 Jan 2016 #92
You are confusing his political philosophy TM99 Jan 2016 #95
And why not? hootinholler Jan 2016 #69
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Without an effort by Sanders to raise funds in the fourth quarter in order to elect supporting Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #5
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Jumping on the bandwagon of the day again, eh? Armstead Jan 2016 #72
No Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #73
I'm sorry you had that idea. LWolf Jan 2016 #6
"Those of us..." Cary Jan 2016 #7
-1. The Poster speaks well for me and every Sanders supporter I know. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #10
Your ideas have to withstand scrutiny Cary Jan 2016 #21
And many ideas are supported by the majority of Americans. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #22
You don't listen Cary Jan 2016 #24
Sure, whatever you say. The same words you say apply to 'mainstream Democrats'. JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #26
I don't know about progressives Cary Jan 2016 #32
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Us all? TM99 Jan 2016 #75
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"Mainstream" Democrats? kristopher Jan 2016 #39
Mainstream, as in In will vote for the nominee Cary Jan 2016 #49
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I also agree with everything in that post. Clinton is running to the right of Nixon on domestic Attorney in Texas Jan 2016 #13
You live in Texas and you're not ready? Cary Jan 2016 #27
Of course I don't speak for "all Bernie Sanders supporters." LWolf Jan 2016 #17
And yet you felt perfectly free... ljm2002 Jan 2016 #65
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Of course that isn't my point Cary Jan 2016 #60
Way to re-stuff that stupid straw man, Cary. bvf Jan 2016 #15
I'm so sick of that "both sides do it" crap Cary Jan 2016 #85
OTOH, there are those bvf Jan 2016 #94
The President is not a dictator. Cary Jan 2016 #96
"The President is not a dictator." bvf Jan 2016 #97
"Thanks, Professor" Cary Jan 2016 #98
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Is that right? Cary Jan 2016 #118
"Under seize." Cary Jan 2016 #119
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