Democratic Primaries

W_HAMILTON

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45. Yep.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:27 PM

Feb 2020

Given that it's almost guaranteed that Sanders won't win a majority of the popular vote this nomination, he will be the epitome of a "hold your nose" candidate for the majority of Democrats that DIDN'T want him to be our nominee. And while it is against the rules to not support the Democratic nominee around here -- I will vote for whoever wins the nomination -- you can rest assured that there will be plenty outside this message board that will not vote for him in the general, much like BrieBrie didn't vote for Hillary. And there will be a HELLUVA lot bigger pool of those not voting for Sanders in the general given his pace to win only ~25-35% of the popular vote.

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

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Sanders spokeswoman: We saw the consequences of a 'hold your nose candidate' in 2016 [View all] RandySF Feb 2020 OP

Oh Flock off Gray. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #1

Yeah, that might work PatSeg Feb 2020 #4

Thank you. You've cleaned up what I wanted to say. jrthin Feb 2020 #51

Says the woman who voted for Jill Stein. We may see a repeat of 2016 with Sanders at the top. nt Tarheel_Dem Feb 2020 #2

Briahna Gray!! RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #3

Lol. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #7

Sanders is the definitive "hold your nose candidate." Beakybird Feb 2020 #5

omg.. first thing I thought of as the 3rd party stein voter Cha Feb 2020 #15

Bernie would be my "hold your nose" candidate even more than Bloomberg. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #6

You wrote exactly what I was going to post DonaldsRump Feb 2020 #9

Yeah, does the stein voter even hear herself? Cha Feb 2020 #16

Me too, that is exactly how I feel katmondoo Feb 2020 #20

Me too. Zoonart Feb 2020 #28

+1000 Green Line Feb 2020 #29

Yep. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #45

Yep - she nailed it. Also alluded to why settle when you can support jmg257 Feb 2020 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #19

ANYONE is better than Trump TDale313 Feb 2020 #22

And better than Bernie. ChiTownDenny Feb 2020 #49

Bernie's not my first or even second choice TDale313 Feb 2020 #59

Um, you said: ChiTownDenny Feb 2020 #61

I don't find the infighting and tearing each other down helpful. TDale313 Feb 2020 #64

So I assume you are ok with Hillary being called a Hold your nose candidate? William769 Feb 2020 #69

Don't find that helpful, either. No. TDale313 Feb 2020 #70

you seem to find nothing helpful unless it's for Bernie or Warren. William769 Feb 2020 #72

Well, fwiw, my first post in this thread TDale313 Feb 2020 #74

No.. bjg didn't "nail" anything. Cha Feb 2020 #42

Sanders is a hold your nose kind of candidate. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #10

I think we may be approaching "nose amputation candidate" territory. justhanginon Feb 2020 #52

Hillary was only a "hold your nose" candidate to the bros. Squinch Feb 2020 #11

I don't like use of this term for either Hillary or Bernie, but it is political shorthand Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #30

I'll believe his support when it materializes into votes Moderateguy Feb 2020 #66

Actually, she entered the race with good poll numbers, after having been StevieM Feb 2020 #76

I felt a great disturbance in the Force... Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #12

Will Bernie supporters "hold their nose" (which some did in 2016) . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #13

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #24

Stein voter says what? mcar Feb 2020 #14

Not the same and she Must know that. Cha Feb 2020 #17

At least Pres O produced a certified copy of his . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #26

Bingo. dalton99a Feb 2020 #39

There it is, "totally useless attack on Hillary"...So stupid that person needs to be fired now. Stuart G Feb 2020 #18

So sad that Sanders hired this person.nt l delisen Feb 2020 #21

I was not happy in 2016 Kerrycrat Feb 2020 #23

To be honest, none of these candidates can hold a candle to Hillary. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #47

I'm sure she would have been fine Kerrycrat Feb 2020 #60

Sanders is the definitive "hold your nose" candidate for me. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #25

That is a horrible thing to say. !!! riversedge Feb 2020 #27

I proudly worked for, Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #31

I didn't have to hold my nose to vote for Hillary gollygee Feb 2020 #32

Joy in my heart romana Feb 2020 #33

Because she believed the fictional propaganda version of Hillary Clinton. betsuni Feb 2020 #34

Helped create it? Cha Feb 2020 #79

Bullshit, Briahna. MineralMan Feb 2020 #35

Not showing very good judgement on the part of the campaign or the candidate who hired her. ehrnst Feb 2020 #36

Wow, slam of Hillary, the first female nominee of a major party, radius777 Feb 2020 #37

Sec'y Clinton won far more votes than either Sanders dawg day Feb 2020 #38

His people are horrible. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #40

What we don't need is a campaign staffer for the candidate who lost the last primary being divisive highplainsdem Feb 2020 #41

She voted for Jill Stein. Hillary won by 3 million in spite of it robbedvoter Feb 2020 #43

Gary Johnson took more votes from Clinton than from Trump. StevieM Feb 2020 #77

She has it backwards SoCalNative Feb 2020 #44

This is funny, because Sanders is the ULTIMATE "hold your nose" candidate CalFione Feb 2020 #46

There's a reason these two colloquialisms -- KPN Feb 2020 #48

Did she mention any time during that interview that she voted for Jill Stein? George II Feb 2020 #50

I have NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT JILL STEIN SUPPORTER Briahna Joy Gray. still_one Feb 2020 #53

Yep. 3,000,000 more voters than Trump got. Some consequences! nt COLGATE4 Feb 2020 #54

I've had several Bernie voters Raftergirl Feb 2020 #55

Only 53% of Sanders supporters say they would vote for a Democrat. Tell me krissey Feb 2020 #58

Nope. Raftergirl Feb 2020 #62

+1! Cha Feb 2020 #65

thats basically what i will do if bs is the nom.. so they are telling me i shouldnt do it?..and NOT samnsara Feb 2020 #56

That was ugly, again. krissey Feb 2020 #57

I didn't hold my nose Mz Pip Feb 2020 #63

My are they selective. I will have to hold my nose while supporting Sanders. nt Blue_true Feb 2020 #67

Does this profession (?] Corgigal Feb 2020 #68

Briahna Gray helped elect Trump in 2016 Zolorp Feb 2020 #71

Thanks for that, Zolorp.. bjg/stein voter.. Cha Feb 2020 #75

The "unity" what? Cha Feb 2020 #73

That candidate had been the most popular politician in America for a few years not too long ago. StevieM Feb 2020 #78