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30. He's running a bunch of Obama suckup ads in Florida...

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:08 AM

Mar 2020

my niece just called me while we were talking there were at least three I heard on the tv in the background.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/bernie-sanders-on-obama-im-not-going-to-say-he-and-i-are-best-friends/]

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/symone-sanders-new-sen-sanders-ad-is-an-attempt-to-wrap-himself-in-the-cloak-of-obama-80028229568]

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/04/sanders-obama-ad-super-tuesday-results-lead-vpx.cnn]

fact check
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/04/politics/fact-check-sanders-ad-obama/index.html]

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

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Rachel: Is Obama part of the Democratic establishment? Bernie: No [View all] AGeddy Mar 2020 OP

This! Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #1

would I use him and his good name in my ad if he was? hmmm nt msongs Mar 2020 #2

Pete is part of the establishment, but Obama isn't? TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

LOL relayerbob Mar 2020 #33

wow, then Biden is not either AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #4

Well, BS has been in Congress for decades.... dawg day Mar 2020 #35

So by that logic.. Neither is Biden.. you Cha Mar 2020 #5

I guess Bernie gets to define "the Democratic Establishment" The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #6

He should be asked for a list of examples every time he says it. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #8

This Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #15

Sounds good relayerbob Mar 2020 #32

Well said. It's his typical sweeping statements, and NO ONE challenges him on it. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #45

Lol...it's a very fluid establishment! DrToast Mar 2020 #9

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2020 #20

Ding, ding, ding...correct. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #21

The "establishment" is a figment of someone's imagination. George II Mar 2020 #7

Did he think Obama was establishment when he wanted him primaried mcar Mar 2020 #10

Ok, that's funny. yardwork Mar 2020 #11

+1 William769 Mar 2020 #14

And his supporters wanted THIS talktalker instead of a DOer. blm Mar 2020 #12

Bernie and Barack - like Thelma and Louise, just two outsiders taking on "the Man" AGeddy Mar 2020 #13

Obama is not the establishment but his VP is? showblue22 Mar 2020 #16

Bernie is about 2 days away from blaming everything on George Soros AGeddy Mar 2020 #17

Hahahahahahah relayerbob Mar 2020 #31

I think the Super Tuesday results rattled him. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #18

Well, that's what you have to say when you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Vivienne235729 Mar 2020 #19

i dont know about others, but i have had enough of alternate realities. mopinko Mar 2020 #22

How does he maintain 13% on this site saying such things? docgee Mar 2020 #23

The problem is that Bernie is running against the Democratic Establishment... patphil Mar 2020 #24

He's running inside the Democratic establishment structure frazzled Mar 2020 #29

Yes, he's running within the Democratic establishment structure as a non-Democrat. patphil Mar 2020 #50

"Establishment" Mme. Defarge Mar 2020 #25

I was about to post the same thing wnylib Mar 2020 #40

He doesn't seem to have outgrown them. Mme. Defarge Mar 2020 #46

Yes, like he's still living his college wnylib Mar 2020 #49

Hasn't Bernie been in a government job for like 50 years? Oh I forgot doc03 Mar 2020 #26

He has no shame. nt LexVegas Mar 2020 #27

NFW!!! relayerbob Mar 2020 #28

He's running a bunch of Obama suckup ads in Florida... Historic NY Mar 2020 #30

ok, that's freaking me out a little relayerbob Mar 2020 #38

Is Sanders trying to appeal to more wnylib Mar 2020 #43

I would bet dollars to donuts his supporters would answer that yes.. honest.abe Mar 2020 #34

Ouch. C Moon Mar 2020 #36

Obama's so out of the loop relayerbob Mar 2020 #37

This is the same kind of cognitive dissonance BootinUp Mar 2020 #39

Tactically this is both smart and not so smart HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #41

You just expressed my thoughts wnylib Mar 2020 #44

So I go to the bottom of responses and say that Bernie has more to do with FDR than most. rusty quoin Mar 2020 #42

Sanders doesn't get to define who any establishment is so the last sentence makes no sense. uponit7771 Mar 2020 #47

Making up one's own definition is not "fact", it's creative, it's imaginative, it's hip... LanternWaste Mar 2020 #48