2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I find the phrase "Feel the Bern" off-putting. It feels like a taunt, not an invitation . . . [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)Since you're so concerned about anti-PoC votes, how do you feel about private prisons? Welfare reform? It would be pretty bad if someone had any ties to that in their political history.
But you know that Bernie is an advocate of civil rights and has been since he was a young lad, you just choose to smearmonger with an old and tired talking point. Had I noticed that lying smear of yours I would have known better than to respond, but I had already posted the response below so I'll leave it.
Now that I know you'll say anything, no matter how big a lie it is, to try to bring down Sanders, whom you obviously feel is a huge threat to your candidate, I will keep in mind how futile any exchange with you will be. It's like the lost souls who will vote for Trump, you know there's no bringing them over because they are in a bubble of hate and they simply cannot be reached.
ORIG REPLY BELOW (before I knew you were a "he's a racist" talking point user:
Yes, you said, and I quote, "But Republicans LOVE "the Bern" slogan."
Then you linked to an article. When people provide a link it is usually to back up an assertion they just made. Yours however, did not back up your assertion in the least. You absolutely said that Republicans "LOVE 'the Bern' slogan", you even said it again at the bottom of this post of yours. How can you deny it?
If you are denying that the article supported your claim, then why did you link to it? Did you just want us to read about how after all the GOP attempts to bring down Hillary it is Bernie that is being successful in showing voters she's not the right candidate?
And as I said, I LOVE the slogan because it is positive, it is uplifting and it is inspiring. Just as when it is used in its original form and context for fitness/working out. You have to feel the burn if you want to know you are accomplishing something.
As to your last paragraph, you are simply wrong. First of all, that article is 6 months old. Now that Bernie is on fire people can see he is able to take this all the way to the White House and he is a huge threat to Hillary. No one thought this would be possible at the time this article was written. The GOP just thought they could use him to put some chinks in Hillary, they didn't know he would rise to become their biggest threat. Kind of like how they built up the Tea Party and then it got out of their control.
Hillary is the one who stands to lose in the general. She will motivate Republicans to come out and vote against her. Bernie has crossover appeal that she most certainly does NOT have, and he will get some Republican votes as well as a boatload of independent votes that Hillary can never get. He also will get so many more Dems to the polls because they will feel they have someone to vote for, and enthusiastically, they won't be dragging themselves there just to cast a vote against the GOP while holding their nose because they are afraid of SCOTUS nominees.
FEEL THE BERN!!!
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