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George II

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18. Even worse - these are the ONLY Vermonters that were at the Gathering...
Fri May 31, 2019, 08:18 PM
May 2019

Each and every one as white as the driven snow, at least three of which (maybe four or five) are 1%ers:

A schedule of speakers revealed that, amid such celebrities as Danny Glover and Susan Sarandon, only a half-dozen Green Mountain State residents would take the stage: Sanders and his wife, ice cream icon Ben Cohen, Burlington Associates partner John Davis, environmental writer Bill McKibben and Champlain Housing Trust CEO Brenda Torpy.




If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders Tries to Reclaim the Insurgency [View all] left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP
"This week was a return to the life Sanders had lived until 2015" SouthernProgressive May 2019 #1
:) Yes, nice thought that! Hortensis May 2019 #10
At his "Gathering" back in the winter, there were no Vermont activist POC invited..... George II May 2019 #15
W Hortensis May 2019 #16
Even worse - these are the ONLY Vermonters that were at the Gathering... George II May 2019 #18
Well, I just read Sanders' reason, which makes sense. Hortensis Jun 2019 #19
If only............ George II May 2019 #12
The low turnouts were "all part of the plan." ehrnst May 2019 #2
"Poor turnout is part of our plan to win..." MineralMan May 2019 #3
That is some serious 'splaining mcar May 2019 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #4
Lack of news coverage of his campaign? Where do you go for your news? George II May 2019 #5
Post removed Post removed May 2019 #7
1,000,000+ Volunteers Not Yet In Gear corbettkroehler May 2019 #6
A million volunteers to get 12-15 million votes? Seems a bit of an exaggeration. George II May 2019 #8
Actually, A Million Volunteers To Get 200 Million Votes corbettkroehler May 2019 #9
Last time he got 13.1 million votes. Again, that 1 million is a huge exaggeration.... George II May 2019 #11
Understanding the difference between reality and what one would like to believe ehrnst Jun 2019 #24
Do you have the statistics on # of volunteers for the various campaigns? ehrnst Jun 2019 #20
Public Statements From Sanders HQ Shared With The Press And General Public corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #22
So you don't have statistics or data on the other candidates' # of volunteers. ehrnst Jun 2019 #23
My Bottom Line Is That Bernie Is The Most Honest Politician I Know corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #27
That doesn't mean that anything that you want to believe about him is true. ehrnst Jun 2019 #29
Seems like a bit of an exaggeration. There are only 620,000 registered Democrats in Iowa.... George II Jun 2019 #25
You May Not Trust His Numbers But I Do corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #28
When did he say that he had the largest number of volunteers of any candidate? ehrnst Jun 2019 #30
I Never Said That He Claimed To Have The Most, Just 1,000,000+ corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author ehrnst Jun 2019 #34
I was the one that pointed out that YOU stated Sanders has the most volunteers, not Sanders. ehrnst Jun 2019 #35
A Little Flustered By Baseless Attacks corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #38
Let's try this again. ehrnst Jun 2019 #39
KR Cha May 2019 #13
I think the millionaire thing is going to hurt him. ucrdem May 2019 #17
A ginormous advance? Of what? $800k? That's 90 minutes of "work" in some circles. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2019 #21
How much time did he spend on "writing" the book? George II Jun 2019 #26
Whataboutery when one has no real answer... ehrnst Jun 2019 #31
It's more than Hillary earned for all of her GS speeches. nt ucrdem Jun 2019 #32
Wow. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2019 #36
Uh oh. Quid pro quo. betsuni Jun 2019 #37
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