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26. Bernie and Trump both use elitist terminology

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:53 AM

Feb 2020

we have noticed that they use it whenever they are talking about someone who actually has knowledge or education or whatever that is inconvenient to their argument

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

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Martin O'Malley unloads on Sanders... [View all] brooklynite Feb 2020 OP

Suspect some are starting to step up, from fear of what BS is capable of empedocles Feb 2020 #1

Yep...losing a general is what will happen if he is the nominee...and more Trump judges, Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #38

I absolutely agree. Alliepoo Feb 2020 #77

Yes it seems Bev54 Feb 2020 #64

Its ok just prepare fo mo Baseless Bernie Bashing Backlash to propel Bernie's continued surge InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #65

Mayor Pete doing the surging empedocles Feb 2020 #74

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #2

Umm... O'Malley ran against Clinton in 2016, remember Recursion Feb 2020 #6

You start. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #13

Excellent! Cha Feb 2020 #83

Well...he dropped out February 1st... TCJ70 Feb 2020 #3

The convention was at the end of July. betsuni Feb 2020 #7

I'm aware...O'Malley ended his campaign Feb 1st. N/t TCJ70 Feb 2020 #71

The elitists are getting a little paranoid about Bernie. brutus smith Feb 2020 #4

"elitists" betsuni Feb 2020 #5

who are the elitists? I didnt think our side used that word... samnsara Feb 2020 #8

No, our side doesn't. betsuni Feb 2020 #9

we don't? bunny planet Feb 2020 #51

BOOOOOOOOMMM!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #67

Who is an elitist...people who disagree with you or think Sanders loses a General? Could it Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #40

Martin Joseph O'Malley - Most Irish name ever. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #62

Well. Can you elaborate on just MontanaMama Feb 2020 #10

Thank you, Corgigal Feb 2020 #43

Good idea. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #48

O'Malley said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. brutus smith Feb 2020 #47

His comments were better. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #49

*snort* Scurrilous Feb 2020 #72

Thanks for making my point about elitists. brutus smith Feb 2020 #76

And what was that point? HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #78

Martin O'Malley can't even remotely be considered an elitist. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #12

Absolutely THIS!!! eom BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #30

Sanders is a millionaire and has been a Senator octoberlib Feb 2020 #23

Sanders doesn't call the shots. For instance letting Bloomberg into the debate. brutus smith Feb 2020 #46

He Absolutely Demanded THe Rules Changes Which Helped Create The Iowa Chaos Me. Feb 2020 #54

He can demand all he wants. He still doesn't call the shots. brutus smith Feb 2020 #59

He Did This Time Me. Feb 2020 #60

So it was all Bernie's fault? Oh, ok. brutus smith Feb 2020 #81

I Didn't Say All Me. Feb 2020 #85

Or... a contributor who set the ball rolling. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #89

It Was The Sour Grapes Circuit Me. Feb 2020 #96

Similar to the totally false "media blackout" accusations... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #99

AM Joy Did A Pretty Good Summary Me. Feb 2020 #118

The Iowa rule change... ahoysrcsm Feb 2020 #108

Oh? Why thank you! brutus smith Feb 2020 #112

Letting Bloomberg into what debate? N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #101

Oh come on! "Sanders is a millionaire" is the lamest attack Bucky Feb 2020 #97

Bernie and Trump both use elitist terminology Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #26

Bernie Is Me. Feb 2020 #86

So you're calling all DEMOCRATS who don't agree with Bernie "Elilists"? Fla Dem Feb 2020 #31

I thought the term 'elitist' was reserved for millionaires... ehrnst Feb 2020 #32

In the minds of some they are. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #107

So I hear. But I never get a straight answer on who or what it means. ehrnst Feb 2020 #110

Yep! LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #119

Aren't we all elitists? treestar Feb 2020 #36

Anyone who has intelligence is elitist in RW world Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #111

Or an education treestar Feb 2020 #113

Your English is quite good! Dream Girl Feb 2020 #52

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2020 #100

Очень хороший английский treestar Feb 2020 #114

Who's The Elitist? Me. Feb 2020 #57

Sells promises to kids as he plunders their allowance to flit about in fancy jet airplanes. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #73

And Don't Forget We're On The Hook For His Lovely Pension Me. Feb 2020 #79

Not yet. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #80

And there might be a maximum age treestar Feb 2020 #115

62 Is When You Can Start Me. Feb 2020 #117

Cue the Black Sabbath... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #66

"elitist"? lol Cha Feb 2020 #90

I'm thinking you are jesting. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #106

If he were a DU member his post would justifiably be hidden Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #11

I doubt many of them even know who Martin O'Malley is. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #14

I probably am more sensitive to this comment for a simple reason Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #15

Lol. Nah, that logic doesn't extend. Small is KPN Feb 2020 #19

"perhaps politics isn't for them" redqueen Feb 2020 #44

ya know if you were correct hc would be pres questionseverything Feb 2020 #103

THIS. KPN Feb 2020 #16

Yet nary a word of complaint when the entire Democratic Party is smeared and denigrated with LIES... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #18

+1000! mcar Feb 2020 #25

+ 1000 nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #27

I could tell you why Martin O'Malley has his view of the Sanders campaign.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #34

Thank You Me. Feb 2020 #56

... Scurrilous Feb 2020 #75

Brilliant POINT! THANK YOU!!! Cha Feb 2020 #84

Bazinga! George II Feb 2020 #87

Right on! treestar Feb 2020 #116

Reminding us once again that DU is not the real world. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #21

Yes! Thank you! My thoughts exactly! We need to work together! (eom) Malmsy Feb 2020 #24

People post stuff here all the time quoting others who state facts or at least spooky3 Feb 2020 #29

So why not encourage the young voters? treestar Feb 2020 #35

Because it is not the norm...denigrating the entire Democratic Party is not the norm...no one Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #41

Thanks for stating the obvious and the practical. nt PufPuf23 Feb 2020 #39

Sometimes the truth hurts. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #50

Yes, the divisiveness must stop or it'll cost us the election!! Our party needs all the young voters InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #68

Why would a critique of one candidate's character drive voters away from the Democratic Party? N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #93

That's interesting, admittedly. Thanks for the post. n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #17

K&R MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #20

It's a little much when Bernie who's not a Democrat octoberlib Feb 2020 #22

+1000 nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #28

+1000000000 treestar Feb 2020 #37

So will he support Bernie if/when he wins the primaries? Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #33

Maybe he won't...who knows...But Sanders would I think understand that since he hired people to work Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #42

Yeah that's weird. What did Bernie ever do to him? DanTex Feb 2020 #45

LOL! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #70

And him "coming out" with this does what? brutus smith Feb 2020 #91

You'll have to figure it out on your own. I don't have time to spoon-feed the explanation to you. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #92

Someone with integrity wouldn't trash someone running for the Dem Presidential nomination. brutus smith Feb 2020 #94

He's the type of man who values the party more than the ego of an individual or... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #95

i guess he's just blowing off steam. bc surely he doesn't think anything he says Kurt V. Feb 2020 #53

It's about time Democrats step up to save the Democratic Party!! aeromanKC Feb 2020 #55

Maybe O'Malley is looking for a spot in someone's administration. zackymilly Feb 2020 #58

MOM will be on the outside lookin in on President Sander's administration, that's fo sho!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #69

'...my bloggers paid by Russian television to attack her...' Scurrilous Feb 2020 #61

Unhelpful. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #63

Calling out divisiveness is helpful. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #82

Agreed. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #88

lol. This what 4 years of sour grapes looks like. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #98

What country did you think O'Malley went to? lapucelle Feb 2020 #102

Maryland??? elleng Feb 2020 #109

K&R Scurrilous Feb 2020 #104

Ouch! LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #105