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DanTex

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5. Or we could just drop the whole "Bernie's not a Democratic" talking point entirely.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 04:15 PM

Feb 2020

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

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Thank you Bloomberg for killing this talking point... [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

Bloomberg isn't a Republican. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1

Umm, Bernie's not complaining about that. It's anti-Bernie people that complain. DanTex Feb 2020 #2

If you want to play semantic games, Mike self-identifies and is registered as a Democrat. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #4

Or we could just drop the whole "Bernie's not a Democratic" talking point entirely. DanTex Feb 2020 #5

Or we could acknowledge that he is what he says he is. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #7

And he says he's a Democrat... DanTex Feb 2020 #8

He's already registered for his next Senate race as an Independent. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #10

That's in 2024. Right now, he's a Democrat. DanTex Feb 2020 #15

And in 2018 he ran in the VT Democratic senatorial primary then refused the nomination catbyte Feb 2020 #60

Bernie is registered as an Independent for his next Senate run. Kaleva Feb 2020 #16

That's in 2024. By then he will probably be a Democrat running for re-election as president. DanTex Feb 2020 #19

Bloomberg has been a Democrat for most of his life Kaleva Feb 2020 #22

Umm, OK. So what? DanTex Feb 2020 #24

What you posted in your OP is misleading Kaleva Feb 2020 #35

We can't because True Blue American Feb 2020 #44

but he's not a Democrat PupCamo Feb 2020 #57

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But then wouldn't it also be true that: AleksS Feb 2020 #49

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That's false. There is no party registration for VOTERS, there is party registration for CANDIDATES. George II Feb 2020 #56

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Leahy isn't an independent, he's run as a Democrat since the 1970s. George II Feb 2020 #62

Not THAT same old tired argument again!!... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #52

Not a "tired old argument", more like FACT. George II Feb 2020 #63

ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #39

But he has been supporting republicans and their policies forever. tiredtoo Feb 2020 #6

Party identification is self-determined. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #9

yep for sure tiredtoo Feb 2020 #13

Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms. His Goal: Flip the House for the Democrats Kaleva Feb 2020 #12

Not much of a goal since the house is flipped already. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #20

The article is from 2018 Kaleva Feb 2020 #30

Oh sorry. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #31

Lol! Kaleva Feb 2020 #47

For Bloomberg tiredtoo Feb 2020 #21

Bernie and others need to remind voters of this everytime they speak jimfields33 Feb 2020 #23

"Your actions define you"... now THERE'S a concept!! Unless, of course, your name is Bernie... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #43

Are you sure? If Bernie donated to a Republican Governor, that puts him in a different light for me Stuart G Feb 2020 #59

Hate to assume anything but i assume you are confused tiredtoo Feb 2020 #65

Mike has certainly supported more Republican positions than Bernie has, thesquanderer Feb 2020 #27

Blommberg was a Democrat for much of his life. Kaleva Feb 2020 #3

Is Bernie Sanders registered as a Democrat? Pachamama Feb 2020 #11

Vermont doesn't have party registration. Bernie has declared himself a Dem, though. DanTex Feb 2020 #17

Then why was Howard Dean a registered Democrat in Vermont? Pachamama Feb 2020 #25

You're going to have to ask Dean that. DanTex Feb 2020 #29

Leahy is a fegistered Democrat so no...not true. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #64

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Is age or perception of age important? Pachamama Feb 2020 #26

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So Bernie Sanders "seems" younger to you than others? Pachamama Feb 2020 #32

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How does Pete Buttigieg sound then if age perception is importantly? Pachamama Feb 2020 #40

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Huh? Pachamama Feb 2020 #42

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Apparently, only if the candidate's first name is Bernie!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #37

This primary is making Dems look like the petty party. redqueen Feb 2020 #18

THIS!!! Peeps need to think about the political consequences of their actions. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #34

You are 100% correct. ALL people "need to think about the political consequences of their actions". George II Feb 2020 #46

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #33

Bloomberg has been a Democrat for more than 40 years in his life. The other one? A few months.... George II Feb 2020 #45

Thank you for setting the record straight onetexan Feb 2020 #48

Isn't Bernie already planning on running as an Independent in his dem4decades Feb 2020 #53

Yep. There it is. underthematrix Feb 2020 #55

when did Bernie register as a Democrat PupCamo Feb 2020 #54

That I'd like to know. dem4decades Feb 2020 #58