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Bernie Sanders

merrily

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8. I hope with all my heart you're correct and that enough people get to know the difference between

Reply to TBF (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 01:14 PM

Jul 2015

him and her. We have so many disaffected voters who stopped paying attention years ago, if they ever did pay attention. The differences between two Democrats are more subtle than the differences between Republicans and Democrats--or so the story goes.

Getting people who are too disaffected to vote in the general excited enough to come out for a primary is a challenge. And, a lot will be up to us because the msm and the $$ and the DNC are all behind Hillary. It's on us, maybe as it never has been.

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More about Bernie, MTP and guns [View all] merrily Jul 2015 OP

I'll make a couple of quick points here Mbrow Jul 2015 #1

I get it. I live in Boston. Small, densely populated. Gang violence. merrily Jul 2015 #2

Even in Idaho Mbrow Jul 2015 #6

I agree that reasonable restrictions are needed everywhere. merrily Jul 2015 #7

"The state of Vermont has no gun control at all" TBF Jul 2015 #3

The NRA no doubt rated Vermont state legislators a lot higher than it rated Bernie. merrily Jul 2015 #4

True, these things are state laws - TBF Jul 2015 #5

I hope with all my heart you're correct and that enough people get to know the difference between merrily Jul 2015 #8