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Ron Green

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19. I think Bernie's brusque "authoritarian" manner has nothing to do with

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 12:45 AM

Feb 2020

what sort of administration he might bring. And of course there’s no way he could have, from within the Senate, accomplished what he’s been talking about for decades; that will take the will of lots of people through their representatives. However, many have been made aware of some cures and correctives for end-stage capitalism through his words there.

Sorry I couldn’t get past the Times’ paywall to read your link. Seems my $300 a year for their Sunday copies doesn’t get me in. But I know they’re pretty worried, too.

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

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It's Easy to See Why Bernie is So Widely Attacked. [View all] Ron Green Feb 2020 OP

I see Bernie as the solid candidate who can beat trump. If everyone stopped attacking him . . . Love-All Feb 2020 #1

The attacks are just making him stronger. Especially coming from the right people. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #3

Its bad when his own party is trying to defeat him jr1118x Feb 2020 #7

His own party? NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #9

+1000 UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #10

I think you're talking about Bloomberg. DanTex Feb 2020 #17

No. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #36

BOOM! ehrnst Feb 2020 #85

No, Senator Sanders is not a Democrat - he's Independent. He only runs on the ticket. ehrnst Feb 2020 #84

His own words jr1118x Feb 2020 #20

In his own words ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #35

Money and Media...Money and Media. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #37

+1. And it goes way back dalton99a Feb 2020 #39

And there's plenty more ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #40

I think his ambivalence and frustration show through these quotes. Ron Green Feb 2020 #43

Yep. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #44

"because it goes way way back" awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #81

+1 billion treestar Feb 2020 #51

He always caucuses with Dems in Congress. OliverQ Feb 2020 #66

The panic among moderates is telling. BlueWI Feb 2020 #32

"They know Bernie is not for sale and PatSeg Feb 2020 #33

Political Pundits (all the news all day long) talking about people who came in third or fourth! NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #38

Is Joe Biden, for example, supposed to HELP Bernie win the nomination? Laelth Feb 2020 #75

It's only his party when he runs for president. xmas74 Feb 2020 #78

ALL Horizens Feb 2020 #27

Republicans won't stop attacking him if he's the nominee. Qutzupalotl Feb 2020 #45

The fact that Bloomberg is being treated as a legitimate candidate Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #2

It really is the most disgusting and saddest thing I've seen in my DU history. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #4

I share in your disgust Devil Child Feb 2020 #30

"Appalling" is the word that comes to mind for me (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #8

Lapsing into ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #42

?? Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #61

What I mean ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #87

I'm more disgusted than horrified....and how so many are so easily fooled. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #90

It horrifies me. I am thinking of some dystopian movie. How easily we give our ideals up when fear emmaverybo Feb 2020 #46

Sanders has no hope of winning the electoral college Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #5

Sanders has a completely different approach than Clinton did. JudyM Feb 2020 #18

Let's say Sanders does win MI. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #62

+1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #63

He's polling above Trump in both WI and PA. OliverQ Feb 2020 #71

Sanders is polling ahead of Trump in the rust belt. OliverQ Feb 2020 #67

Sanders is the one candidate who could insure Trump makes history Zolorp Feb 2020 #70

Not based on polls. JudyM Feb 2020 #76

Nope, based upon his baggage that the vast majority of the electorate are currently clueless about. Zolorp Feb 2020 #82

Ah yes, the mysterious phantom baggage. Right. JudyM Feb 2020 #86

Bernsplainin' frazzled Feb 2020 #6

+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Feb 2020 #14

I think Bernie's brusque "authoritarian" manner has nothing to do with Ron Green Feb 2020 #19

That's odd. frazzled Feb 2020 #24

But his campaign does give a hint dansolo Feb 2020 #49

+1000000 betsuni Feb 2020 #23

Good response Dem2 Feb 2020 #28

Yes! gollygee Feb 2020 #57

"Who can turn us away from authoritarianism?" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11

maybe people just KNOW Bernie is NOT THE BEST CANDIDATE Skittles Feb 2020 #12

And what are they basing that on? OliverQ Feb 2020 #69

Fear of a loss to Trump and the knowledge that none of his semi plans have a chance of being passed. krissey Feb 2020 #13

Commitment to a plan for a better world that will fail is commitment to a worse world. gulliver Feb 2020 #15

Yet Warren gets attacked even as her decades of work are the foundation blm Feb 2020 #16

She is great in that regard jr1118x Feb 2020 #21

Back then it wasn't unusual for a Republican to be progressive. blm Feb 2020 #26

After voters realize that the money they have in their retirement funds are at risk, TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #22

What do you think would happen that isn't going to happen in those KPN Feb 2020 #60

Bernie is a populist Dem2 Feb 2020 #25

Sanders is attacked because he scares the filthy rich and those easily manipulated Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #29

You said it. BlueWI Feb 2020 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Feb 2020 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #41

Change IS difficult... but change, like a freight train, when it's speeding down the tracks InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #47

It's called Wisdom of the Crowd Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #48

BS is about Dem, progressive primary bait, - not about November empedocles Feb 2020 #53

You mean other than his whistler162 Feb 2020 #50

It is because he is running for President treestar Feb 2020 #52

Um... no. That's not it. Squinch Feb 2020 #54

Wall Street, media, misunderstanding DU, bankers, CEOs, golden rice bowls, billionaire betsuni Feb 2020 #55

Wrong. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #56

+1 betsuni Feb 2020 #58

Some people think this: madaboutharry Feb 2020 #59

The idea of a populist "revolution" is something that should scare anyone in a democracy LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #64

No Centrist has won the General Election in the 21st Century. OliverQ Feb 2020 #72

There's no centrist running for the Democratic nomination, so your point is moot LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #73

Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Bloomberg, Steyer OliverQ Feb 2020 #88

No, those are all progressive liberals; not being a socialist doesn't LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #89

It's pretty funny. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #74

"Perhaps the idea of a "revolution" is something that scares comfortable people." brooklynite Feb 2020 #65

You ask "but what about everybody else?" Mike 03 Feb 2020 #68

If complaining about how much the news media attacks him is indicative of what Politicub Feb 2020 #77

OK, I understand Bernie's strong supporters. So convince me the MAJORITY of older voters, napi21 Feb 2020 #79

You can bet that if Bernie is our candidate the fossil fuel, insurance, and pharma corps walkingman Feb 2020 #80

The martyrdom routine gets old fast LanternWaste Feb 2020 #83