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helpisontheway

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35. I'll give him my vote (and get my immediate family members to vote for him) but I will not lift a
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 01:42 PM
Feb 2020

finger to help his campaign. He will lose in a landslide. I will not waste my valuable time on an ungrateful man like Sanders.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
If Bernie is the nominee, this is what I'll do. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 OP
That describes what I'll have to do if Bloomberg is the nominee, so I can relate Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #1
Bloomberg won't be the nominee. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #2
I hope you're right. I couldn't Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #7
I hope not. He did an advertising blitz on cable today Warpy Feb 2020 #150
Me too. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #59
Exactly Lunabell Feb 2020 #77
Warren is my top choice, but clearly she's not getting the nomination. OliverQ Feb 2020 #105
That judgement is way, way premature. We have had only 4 tiny contests, including 2 caucuses. pnwmom Feb 2020 #144
sounds like you think the superdelegates are your firewall NJCher Feb 2020 #160
That and all the PLEDGED delegates who will be released from their pledges pnwmom Feb 2020 #162
I can't say what I think NJCher Feb 2020 #163
And I will do the same if cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #109
Yes. Me too in everything you said. n/t ginnyinWI Feb 2020 #3
THIS Zoonart Feb 2020 #4
I applaud your honesty, my dear Velveteen Ocelot! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #5
you have expressed my sentiments exactly handmade34 Feb 2020 #6
Just curious, what is your opinion of Bernie as a Vermont resident? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #28
he is an ok Senator handmade34 Feb 2020 #65
Is Sanders still campaigning on disndat Feb 2020 #71
If I voted based on the chances soldierant Feb 2020 #131
Thank you for your thoughtful post. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #73
"Nose holding" occurs quite a bit. David__77 Feb 2020 #8
This... Moderateguy Feb 2020 #9
I say Rebl2 Feb 2020 #12
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #17
are you assuming he would beat Trump? Skittles Feb 2020 #137
Actually, until we can get some polling data on how Bloomberg would affect down ticket races if he totodeinhere Feb 2020 #16
Bloomberg will help us in TX, Bernie will not Moderateguy Feb 2020 #19
I'm glad that at least you are so sure about that. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #24
I live in a suburb of Dallas Moderateguy Feb 2020 #25
Question- The Mouth Feb 2020 #26
It's problematic Moderateguy Feb 2020 #36
Thanks The Mouth Feb 2020 #81
I am in rural Nevada and I have been involved in local precinct level politics for some time. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #27
Thanks, It is hard to get that point across lynintenn Feb 2020 #63
Sanders seems to be, in the words of the tv talking heads, "running away with the Latino vote." JudyM Feb 2020 #90
Asked on 10% of the results in Nevada Moderateguy Feb 2020 #91
We'll see. He seems to be connecting with them in a way that matters. JudyM Feb 2020 #95
I disagree Catch2.2 Feb 2020 #120
Sanders has no historical swing state appeal outside of MOE, Biden has the most uponit7771 Feb 2020 #151
Same here although when I vote in Presidential years it's only symbolic OKNancy Feb 2020 #10
I like how you think VO ... I'll try to the do the same, but I'm sure not as well ;) (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #11
I live in California nini Feb 2020 #13
Sorry but that's ridiculous. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #18
I don't care what you think nini Feb 2020 #29
I didn't say I would alert. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #34
Ok but like I said nini Feb 2020 #40
Really silly lo! nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #72
What??? What does the popular vote do for us if we don't SDANation Feb 2020 #30
Of course we need the EC Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #37
That's why I'd vote for Bloomberg Sympthsical Feb 2020 #57
Exactly my point nini Feb 2020 #39
Just curious but why do we need to win the popular vote as well? Polybius Feb 2020 #64
Statistical ammunition to take aim at the corrupt electoral college. lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #93
Why is that different than Bernie folks marlakay Feb 2020 #41
It only matters if Sanders supporters do it. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #42
I'd still write in a Dem.. nini Feb 2020 #133
what I hate about the electoral college handmade34 Feb 2020 #74
I'm in Michigan and whoever the Dem candidate is will need Michigan gollygee Feb 2020 #132
Great. Everybody needs to pledge support for our eventual nominee no matter who she or he turns out totodeinhere Feb 2020 #14
Exactly. I was on enough debate teams arguing sides I didn't agree with that I can eventually highplainsdem Feb 2020 #15
I hope, if he wins, Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #21
Hate bernie Attitude, rudeness, very stubborn, mshasta Feb 2020 #108
Not that I like her much outside her anti war views, but Tulsi as vp would peel away Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #47
UGH pamdb Feb 2020 #50
yep.... dhill926 Feb 2020 #20
I'll happily vote for whoever the nominee is. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #22
your better than me Deero Feb 2020 #23
*you're RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #31
You have expressed my attitude toward him exactly. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #32
The defense rests. Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #33
I'll give him my vote (and get my immediate family members to vote for him) but I will not lift a helpisontheway Feb 2020 #35
A lot of us have had to do the same thing in the past. Its not about feelings. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #38
Exactly NOVADAVE Feb 2020 #61
Bernie VP will be key aeromanKC Feb 2020 #43
No worries bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #44
A fair stance. ancianita Feb 2020 #45
Take heart! You can still happily support down-ballot candidates! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #46
My feelings ecactly. dflprincess Feb 2020 #48
What I will do is everything I can to save the House. RandySF Feb 2020 #49
20% evertonfc Feb 2020 #51
Fellow rabid wolverine willing to stuff it, and do my best for the ultimate nominee Mersky Feb 2020 #52
I've always liked Sanders and still do! ananda Feb 2020 #53
I'm with you, VO..... Sogo Feb 2020 #54
Agreed. I really hope he doesn't choose Tulsi as VP ecstatic Feb 2020 #55
Oof. Mersky Feb 2020 #62
I like all the candidates. I would even vote for Bloomberg to thwart Trump corruption. The Wielding Truth Feb 2020 #56
Not only will I bookmark this, but I may print it out and hang it on the wall. :) Sloumeau Feb 2020 #58
Fair Enough Progressive2020 Feb 2020 #60
+1000 Heartstrings Feb 2020 #66
Here is what the Bernie Bangers will never understand... world wide wally Feb 2020 #67
Which may mean. Rilgin Feb 2020 #116
I can only wish you the best of luck... world wide wally Feb 2020 #130
Ok, putin & tRump have really stirred things up on DU the last few days, their cyber war seems to be yaesu Feb 2020 #68
I will support the nominee of the party Gothmog Feb 2020 #69
If Anyone Including A Ham Sandwich Is The Nominee Running Against Trump This Is What I Would Do DanieRains Feb 2020 #70
If Bernie is the nominee I plan on following Bernie's actions and . . . grantcart Feb 2020 #75
Before doing my taxes I looked at the tax rate for those European countries Bernie wants to emulate. Old Terp Feb 2020 #110
Denmark's top marginal rate is 60%, not counting the VAT. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #112
And Denmark's taxes also do not cover all health care costs, according to what I read on Wikipedia. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #113
I understand how you feel. I believe Sanders will be a disaster for the Democratic Party, and that highplainsdem Feb 2020 #114
As a student of history, you know we are becoming what we fought. yardwork Feb 2020 #158
Thank you for saying what I have been thinking. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #76
Excellent post. I lasted 25 years. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #78
I like Bernie and the others enough to fall firmly in line ... jimlup Feb 2020 #79
I guess I'd vote just like many Repub congressmen did... El Supremo Feb 2020 #80
UGH!!!! Prue Feb 2020 #82
I agree with your original statement Skittles Feb 2020 #139
We all have to be politicians sometime in our lives (grin) Prue Feb 2020 #156
Well said indeed. I feel the same way. CaptainTruth Feb 2020 #83
What's tragic is that Bernie cultists won't do the same New Breed Leader Feb 2020 #84
That's the dilemma. If someone like Biden or Buttigieg is nominated The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #87
My Concern is War and More War McKim Feb 2020 #134
Smearing Sanders voters is probably not a good look. Boulevardier Feb 2020 #149
Neither is smearing Democrats. New Breed Leader Feb 2020 #166
Someone in this thread says they won't vote for Sanders if the nominee. David__77 Feb 2020 #165
Well stated. mzmolly Feb 2020 #85
You realize many of the 2016 Bernie supporters did exactly that for Hillary Arazi Feb 2020 #86
True. But many did not, and voted for Jill Stein instead. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #88
More PUMAs did that to Obama than Sanders' supporters did with Hillary nt Arazi Feb 2020 #89
12 percent of people who voted for Sanders in the 2016 primaries voted for Trump in the GE. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #96
Thank you. Sparkly Feb 2020 #118
I'll vote for him and then vociferously call for him to be primaried if he runs octoberlib Feb 2020 #92
I will work to save the House and pray that we manage to do so...we are going to lose the general... Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #94
It took you four paragraphs to say: I'll vote for Bernie although I hate him. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #97
I wanted to explain why. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #98
Knock yourself out then. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #100
Well, this is an Internet message board for politics and we're allowed to do that. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #101
Like I said: knock yourself out. I also have a right to read what you wrote. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #103
I'm not stopping you. Suit yourself. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #104
ROFL greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #107
Just do vote blue no matter. lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #99
He won't see dime one from me greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #102
I like Bernie .... Shoonra Feb 2020 #106
+1 TVO. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #111
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #115
Do you give lessons? ewagner Feb 2020 #117
I am in a very safe state. Sparkly Feb 2020 #119
Is any state really safe anymore? AirmensMom Feb 2020 #143
Thank you. warmfeet Feb 2020 #121
Ah, good krny9 Feb 2020 #122
You mean like 12% of Bernie's supporters did in 2016? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #123
Well said. Not my first choice... paleotn Feb 2020 #124
VO, you must have been reading my mind. badhair77 Feb 2020 #125
This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #126
You must have found it interesting enough to bother to comment, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #127
This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #128
Yet you found it interesting enough to comment. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #129
I don't dislike him at all Kali Feb 2020 #135
I intend to support whatever choice we make for a Democratic nominee fully as well because cstanleytech Feb 2020 #136
Maybe we should get rabid wolverine t-shirts! Blue, no matter who. IndyOp Feb 2020 #138
Blue no matter who. AllyCat Feb 2020 #140
Well said dlk Feb 2020 #141
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #142
I like Bernie. The way you feel about Bernie is how I feel about Bloomberg. redqueen Feb 2020 #145
Bernie has said all along that no one person can accomplish all that he proposes.... Doitnow Feb 2020 #146
Whatever. notinkansas Feb 2020 #147
Didn't I just say I'd work my butt off to get him elected if he's the nominee? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #148
If forced to vote for one less objectionable fool over a massively objectionable fool... NNadir Feb 2020 #152
If you dislike Sanders the middle will hate him IE his lack of swing state appeal outside of MOE uponit7771 Feb 2020 #153
I will just say this,, mdbl Feb 2020 #154
You just NAILED it. MarianJack Feb 2020 #155
Well said. This is pretty much exactly how I feel. yardwork Feb 2020 #157
What if Bernie picks Tulsi Gabbard as his VP? Loki Feb 2020 #159
you represent yourself as a professional in argumentation NJCher Feb 2020 #161
I was making a point using a bit of hyperbole, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #164
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