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Bernie Sanders

Le Taz Hot

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20. Well, in 2004,

Reply to djean111 (Reply #19)

Sat Aug 29, 2015, 09:18 AM

Aug 2015

I was an Executive Board member of the California Democratic Party and was on the INSIDE when I saw what they did to Dean. It was monumentally ugly. His Also Ran second prize was the DNC party chair which they let him hold for a couple of years to be replaced by a corporate lackey, followed by another corporate lackey. We were told how to vote and that's how it was done and is still done.

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I have to laugh . . . [View all] Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 OP

The Entrenched are feeling a bit uncomfortable... SoapBox Aug 2015 #1

It's a control thing and it's a Hillary thing. Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #2

There are plenty of Bernie supporters who believe he can win. Flying Squirrel Aug 2015 #8

I am too. Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #10

People who say, I love Bernie but I am voting Hillary in the primary are not merrily Aug 2015 #13

Even the so-called Bernie supporters don't really believe he can win the nomination. left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #11

Wow. That's the first time I fully understood that phrase. C Moon Aug 2015 #7

It is insane. nt malokvale77 Aug 2015 #3

the insanity is their desire to win that makes them loose olddots Aug 2015 #4

I wonder how many have been offered a nice six figure income. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #6

Sounds pretty par for the course with the DWS "we suck less" party jfern Aug 2015 #5

I'm sorry about that. Cleita Aug 2015 #9

Somehow this doesn't surprise me in the least. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #12

Attempts to deceive have marked this primary from the start. merrily Aug 2015 #14

Keep doing your thing - TBF Aug 2015 #15

As I have posted elsewhere, it seems to me that the ONLY reason that Bernie was accepted by the DNC djean111 Aug 2015 #16

^^^This^^^ SoapBox Aug 2015 #17

The second they named DWS as DNC Chair Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #18

It has been pointed out elsewhere that we are just stoopids for saying DWS was appointed, because djean111 Aug 2015 #19

Well, in 2004, Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #20

Thanks! That is exactly how I thought things got done. n/t djean111 Aug 2015 #21