Democratic Primaries

CalFione

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117. Bernie fatigue is a real thing

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 09:58 PM

Feb 2020

Every town hall, every debate, he recites his same stump speech. He identifies a problem, vaguely says he's going to throw money at it, but never says how he'll get congress to agree or how the math adds up.

He offers every constituency their entire wish list, and how it will all be paid for, and that everyone will live in a utopia. And the younger the voter, the more they naively believe him. It's a cynical ploy by him, but it works just enough that he can get 3 out of 10 Democrats to believe him - which is enough when the other 7 are being split 5 ways.

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

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More than anything else I am just so tired of Bernie [View all] Jersey Devil Feb 2020 OP

I too have Bernie Fatigue.... FarPoint Feb 2020 #1

I'm sure you mean well and you're not really trying to sound like an agent of Putin or Bloomberg DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #75

No, I'm definately neither of the identified agents you describe. FarPoint Feb 2020 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author hangaleft Feb 2020 #133

I love Bernie (and the other dems)... Blue_playwright Feb 2020 #85

+1 joost5 Feb 2020 #141

You're so sick of Bernie you decided to post about it? tecelote Feb 2020 #123

Please work on your reading comprehension skills.. FarPoint Feb 2020 #131

Nice insult! tecelote Feb 2020 #140

Quit worrying about Bernie and worry about Trump - he is a huge threat to our Democracy. walkingman Feb 2020 #2

the reason I worry about Bernie handmade34 Feb 2020 #8

I understand what you are saying but Bernie would be far better than Trump - no question. That is walkingman Feb 2020 #13

Any Democrat would be "far better than Trump." jmowreader Feb 2020 #45

Bernie has the young bdamomma Feb 2020 #81

But young people do not vote Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #91

Socialism bdamomma Feb 2020 #96

I agree, but Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #104

Educate is the key bdamomma Feb 2020 #115

A toaster would be better. Nt Blue_playwright Feb 2020 #89

If Bernie is the nominee pink Feb 2020 #43

yes handmade34 Feb 2020 #48

Well I'm impressed tobefree Feb 2020 #58

What are you basing your assumption on that he won't get ex-trumpers? JudyM Feb 2020 #146

Me too. Every bit of drama within the party always has the same guy at the center of it. Squinch Feb 2020 #3

+1 Historic NY Feb 2020 #66

Hopefully it won't last much longer. democratisphere Feb 2020 #4

hes not a Democrat but evertonfc Feb 2020 #5

Not on my coast in North Carolina Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #16

PA will go to Trump as well... berksdem Feb 2020 #145

He is not entitled to the nomination even if HE thinks he is zeusdogmom Feb 2020 #39

It's exhausting. This morning his voice came on CNN and I just couldn't listen Mike 03 Feb 2020 #6

That's where I am too gollygee Feb 2020 #10

I think I am there too yuiyoshida Feb 2020 #95

I agree NYFlip Feb 2020 #107

I'm worried that you're worried about how "annoying" he is. What changed? Wasn't Bernie. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #40

In my case, that's the exact problem relayerbob Feb 2020 #50

The issues are the same. What would you like him to do? Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #56

Quit attacking the "Democratic establishment" relayerbob Feb 2020 #60

This!!! PatSeg Feb 2020 #67

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #111

Mahalo, relayerbob!!! Cha Feb 2020 #121

The issues are completely different. This is like no other Squinch Feb 2020 #93

Just accelerated. Health care (lack thereof; biggest cause of bankruptcy), stagant wages (decades), Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #109

How do people not see what is going on in front of their faces? Squinch Feb 2020 #110

Panic much? When did Dems become such wimps? Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #112

Same Ingersollman Feb 2020 #136

I felt the same about Elizabeth Warren's voice Anaxamander Feb 2020 #143

I have wondered how a Independent is always using the... BlueJac Feb 2020 #7

I've wondered the same thing. Talitha Feb 2020 #17

Because wryter2000 Feb 2020 #26

Makes sense, thanks! Talitha Feb 2020 #46

Yup wryter2000 Feb 2020 #83

I'm wondering how a republican choie Feb 2020 #106

Well, there's an original criticism. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #9

Tell me when Bernie stopped running for the 2016 nomination Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #12

How long has Joe been running for president? NT tiredtoo Feb 2020 #11

I am so sick and tired of the Bernie bashing. milestogo Feb 2020 #14

karma Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #15

Major projection alert. milestogo Feb 2020 #18

I suppose it is only relevant if the shoe is on the other foot, huh? Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #20

What is screwing up Party Unity is posts like yours. Rilgin Feb 2020 #23

Agreed 100000 percent! n/t AverageJoe Feb 2020 #90

Exactly karma Cha Feb 2020 #125

I just saw a Bernie ad on my FB feed where he was bashing the Democratic establishment. pnwmom Feb 2020 #37

Exactly! relayerbob Feb 2020 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #53

Like his non-transparent Our Revolution isn't shady. pnwmom Feb 2020 #57

no, he amplifies the message of Rush, etc Tumbulu Feb 2020 #73

That is so well put. LisaM Feb 2020 #78

Yes. To Bernie, EW's part of the establishment -- though he's been a Senator longer than she has pnwmom Feb 2020 #101

Well, she wasn't so much before she got into the race. LisaM Feb 2020 #102

Hatred is.bad for the soul. CentralMass Feb 2020 #19

No hate, just fatigue Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #21

Try using a keyword block to ease yiur fatigue. CentralMass Feb 2020 #22

Yes, a lot of it is Bernie fatigue PatSeg Feb 2020 #74

Tell Me About It. Cha Feb 2020 #24

Ditto sobenji Feb 2020 #25

I can't see the advantage in starting and participating in a thread with a topic you are sick of. nt Gore1FL Feb 2020 #27

Agree! Catch2.2 Feb 2020 #64

The antics of the BernieBros in 2016 turned me against him. Paladin Feb 2020 #28

Same here, with a twist of lemon Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #32

Agree Horizens Feb 2020 #38

Yep, playing the victim PatSeg Feb 2020 #84

Nicely put. (nt) Paladin Feb 2020 #108

Wow.. Cha Feb 2020 #124

If this were someone else, he, and his supporters, would demand that he not be paid question everything Feb 2020 #29

I'm not here to bash Bernie, but I do worry about his choice of VP. Lonestarblue Feb 2020 #30

Yeah I'm over him Ellen Forradalom Feb 2020 #31

I wish Amy would catch fire Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #35

It's early yet Ellen Forradalom Feb 2020 #42

no one is forcing you to be here NJCher Feb 2020 #33

Chuck Toad was just on making it sound like Bernie was our nominee no matter what. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #34

So sad you're burned out on the debate over the future of our country. I'm unimpressed. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #36

Bernie sounds like my Mom's Woody Woodpecker record Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #44

Bernie is hardly Woody Woodpecker, the Warner Brothers animated cartoon. Nice try. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #59

Then Roadrunner maybe? Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #65

You keep saying the issues haven't changed. Where have you been living? Squinch Feb 2020 #97

Same here, I was just thinking that relayerbob Feb 2020 #41

Very old indeed PatSeg Feb 2020 #76

But you're not tired of the guy on his THIRD run for prez?! lol polichick Feb 2020 #47

Sure, but Joe got out when he lost Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #52

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #49

Biden popped in and out 3 times, short stories Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #54

I'll bite. Your unimpressed. Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #55

So tell me how Bernie is gonna win North Carolina Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #61

Why would I tell you something you have already decided? You are unimpressed. I have no idea if Nanjeanne Feb 2020 #68

Bernie fatigue... and fatigue of the nonstop smears, attacks and lies against the Democratic party. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #62

Threads like these... Catch2.2 Feb 2020 #63

So we should all be nice and quiet? Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #69

Why don't you Catch2.2 Feb 2020 #116

Don't bother mikeysnot Feb 2020 #70

Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #88

Bernie's disparagement of the Democratic establishment could cause us to lose pnwmom Feb 2020 #105

Threads like these won't be seen by 99.999999% of voters. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #130

I'll vote for Bernie if he's the nominee Bob Loblaw Feb 2020 #71

Incredible that he had the biggest head start and his grantcart Feb 2020 #72

Honestly, I am tired of the 'only Biden can win' people... brachism Feb 2020 #77

It is a crowded field and no other candidate has done better, percntage wise, Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #79

but my issue with him is that he reminds me of all those guys wanting you to take "mercy on them" Tumbulu Feb 2020 #80

But man do people talk about him. OneCrazyDiamond Feb 2020 #82

That's still better than the previous front runner could do. n/t totodeinhere Feb 2020 #86

'More than anything else,' REALLY??? elleng Feb 2020 #87

OK. He's not my choice Bettie Feb 2020 #92

Sorry your unimpressed LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #94

ouch Cha Feb 2020 #147

I sort of have old white guy fatigue, and I am an old white guy. TryLogic Feb 2020 #98

Biden has had his share of running for president and well, its never worked out so unimpressed. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #99

Bernie is the monomaniacal Captain Ahab of presidential candidates njhoneybadger Feb 2020 #100

I am leaning more towards Hemingway Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #113

That is exactly the way that I feel about Biden. potone Feb 2020 #114

Bernie fatigue is a real thing CalFione Feb 2020 #117

Yep, that was the point of my OP Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #119

I have to admit...I actually voted for Bernie in the primaries in 2016. Vivienne235729 Feb 2020 #118

C'mon, Bernie isn't tiring as Progressive dog Feb 2020 #120

Tired of Bernie BlueWI Feb 2020 #122

me too and i can never figure out what the heck he has done in Congress... samnsara Feb 2020 #126

Ego. MFM008 Feb 2020 #127

As long as you fall in line and vote for him if he's the nominee shawn703 Feb 2020 #128

Narcissism mylightningtoo Feb 2020 #129

I understand. eilen Feb 2020 #132

I share your pain. n/t Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #134

Where from? Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #135

Yeah, it seems like we got the Blue Wave Cha Feb 2020 #138

Near Greensboro, it's called the Piedmont Triad. My fear is that we will be completely taken over.. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #149

I'm tired of not having healthcare for all Apollo Zeus Feb 2020 #137

Bloomberg fatigue Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #139

This Bernie Bashing is really disgusting IMHO Stainless Feb 2020 #142

Definition of Bernie Bros Jersey Devil Feb 2020 #144

This is a really bizarre criticism from a Biden supporter. RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #148