Democratic Primaries

Gore1FL

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35. It is against him. Biden will win.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #34)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:48 PM

Apr 2020

So why be afraid of the process? Why not let it play out? Why harm the chances at unity?

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

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The benefit of the Democrats denouncing Sanders's selfishness [View all] Gothmog Apr 2020 OP

Many of us have been saying this for weeks. OnDoutside Apr 2020 #1

The Irregulars Point The Way For The Heavy Horse, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #2

yep.. it's over. Cha Apr 2020 #3

This one's for you, Bernie. zackymilly Apr 2020 #12

Beautiful song. Perfect for the occasion. Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed. And with all due emmaverybo Apr 2020 #230

About damn time! mcar Apr 2020 #4

It's about time... comradebillyboy Apr 2020 #5

K&R brer cat Apr 2020 #6

My own brother in 2016 Ellen Forradalom Apr 2020 #7

Bernie himself could do a lot towards getting his followers to vote for our nominee Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #8

He Has Form, Sir, He Will Do What He Can... The Magistrate Apr 2020 #9

Great post. OnDoutside Apr 2020 #10

I really was speaking more about those that support sanders, but not the cultish group Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #13

Those Who Are Not Devotees, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #14

"Those that might be on the fence" that is all I refer to. Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #17

I Do Hope We Have Not Mis-Read One Another, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #19

No ...haven't mis read, but there are many polls that show up to 50+% of sanders voters say they Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #44

People Talk A Lot Of Smack, Sir, Before Actually Stepping Up The Magistrate Apr 2020 #49

sanders did indeed lie about supporting Hillary Cinton earlier Gothmog Apr 2020 #27

The Convention Performance Was Disgraceful, Sir, And Infuriating The Magistrate Apr 2020 #29

I was at the Texas delegation breakfast where there was a mini riot Gothmog Apr 2020 #31

Damn! Thanks for sharing that. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #45

The Texas state Convention will be virtual Gothmog Apr 2020 #50

That's good. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #53

This! dhol82 Apr 2020 #226

The 12% for Trump may very well have been what put him over the top. nt oldsoftie Apr 2020 #11

Hard to say without knowing which states they were in. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #18

must be a slow news day or people are extremely bored. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #15

Bored with Bernie fantasies that are still bleeding us while Dems have real work to do, that's all. Hekate Apr 2020 #219

Right? thegoose Apr 2020 #16

You missed the point. James48 Apr 2020 #20

That Is Nonesense, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #24

At least some of the vote for sanders in early states were GOP Operation Chaos vote Gothmog Apr 2020 #26

I Expect So, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #28

The reality, warmfeet Apr 2020 #21

I'm a Sanders supporter and I hate people who don't vote democrat. Rizen Apr 2020 #22

I Applaud Your Sentiments, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #30

Why short circuit the process? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #23

Excellent Post McKim Apr 2020 #25

How is sanders going to get this plan adopted in the real world?? Gothmog Apr 2020 #36

I hate to break it to you the process is over Gothmog Apr 2020 #34

It is against him. Biden will win. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #35

No One Is Afraid Of The Process, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #37

If you are afraid of Bernie, then you have no confidence in Biden. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #39

The Technical Term For That, Sir, Is Bullshit The Magistrate Apr 2020 #42

If you want a divided left, then let's do it your way. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #46

What Divides The Left, Sir, Is Sanders' Jihad Against The 'Democratic Establishment' The Magistrate Apr 2020 #55

What divides the left is when you shut them out. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #58

They Shut Themselves Out, sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #64

+1 honest.abe Apr 2020 #128

Read post 31 Gothmog Apr 2020 #99

I'm not asking Sanders to be appeased. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #100

In the real world candidates drop out when they have been eliminated Gothmog Apr 2020 #103

Except for ones I mentioned earlier. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #105

"Defeating Trump" is the only reason you need to vote for Biden hack89 Apr 2020 #108

I think we should be able to find positive reason in Biden. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #114

Defeat And Removal Of a Dangerous Enemy, Sir, Is Something To Be For The Magistrate Apr 2020 #115

Your posts remind me of the teachers who used to say "ignore the bullies and they'll go away" kcr Apr 2020 #127

I submit the targeting isn't limited to the few. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #129

Why can't the bullying victims just say nice things about their mom? kcr Apr 2020 #130

As someone who doesn't list Biden as their choice, how have I bullied you? Please be specific. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #132

From Nate Gothmog Apr 2020 #38

Exactly, so why sweat the process when all it can end in is victory? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #40

You Give A Very Poor Imitation Of A Fool, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #43

I can post unrelated quotes too, but I am not sure the benefit. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #48

You May Certainly Post Unrelated Quotes, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #54

Maybe those are your tagline. You repeat them a lot. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #56

They Will Call the Process Unfair, Sir, However It Plays Out The Magistrate Apr 2020 #61

So you want to give it credibility, why? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #63

Being False To Fact, Sir, It Can Have No Credibilty The Magistrate Apr 2020 #67

You want to end this process before it is mathematically over. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #69

Always Nice To Wake Up To A Good Laugh With My Coffee, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #70

Please be civil to fellow Duers. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #83

Nothing In My Comments Lacks Civility, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #84

You are literally defending being incivil. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #86

I Am, Sir, But A Helpless Slave To 'That Cheerful And Roguish Vice, Politeness' The Magistrate Apr 2020 #88

I did not. I said it was an option, "but for now, bye." Gore1FL Apr 2020 #89

I Will Try And Bear Up Under It, Sir... The Magistrate Apr 2020 #90

7% of Sanders supporters say they'd vote for Trump against Biden Gothmog Apr 2020 #223

Great post DenverJared Apr 2020 #32

+1. Better to lay the beatdown on the alt-left/BoB's. radius777 Apr 2020 #33

That wasn't the left. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #41

25% of sanders supporters are republicans?? Gothmog Apr 2020 #47

Maybe we should reach out to them if we want their votes. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #51

They Wedge Themselves Off, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #57

No. They have been told to take a back seat since 1988. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #59

When Was This Golden Era, Sir, When The Left Dominated The Democratic Party? The Magistrate Apr 2020 #71

Pre 1984 Gore1FL Apr 2020 #72

Oh, Really? Suspected You Might Say Something Like That The Magistrate Apr 2020 #73

You can call being anti-Reaganomics whatever you want. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #74

In Other Words, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #75

No, in other words, I don't wish to discuss what you are discussing. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #76

All You Need Do, Sir, Is Cease Replying The Magistrate Apr 2020 #77

Or I could just add you to the short hide list I've compiled in almost two decades here. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #78

Wear It In Good Health, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #79

You can't quit being condescending, can you? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #80

So You Have Not Used The Ignore Button, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #81

No, I did not. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #82

Denial is not just a river in Africa Gothmog Apr 2020 #85

You just have to scroll up and re-read it. nt Gore1FL Apr 2020 #87

I read the post and the difference is that I actually understood the material Gothmog Apr 2020 #91

Another uniter. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #92

How does pushing bogus rape accusations and booing Hillary Clinton and John Lewis unite the party? Gothmog Apr 2020 #94

I Expect To Put Up Mr. Thomas' Remarks In Full Soon, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #93

If they want a front seat for their viewpoint Aquaria Apr 2020 #179

I like the way things were before Reagan, myself. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #183

Joe is getting a lot of never Trumpers and ... BlueLucy Apr 2020 #60

Great. He can appeal to the left too. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #62

I know he can and will. BlueLucy Apr 2020 #65

Read the OP Gothmog Apr 2020 #98

You keep coming to the word appease. This is a word I never used. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #102

The only thing that will make the sanders supporters happy is if the party bend a knee to sanders Gothmog Apr 2020 #116

Do you have data on this, or is this just conjecture based on random tweets? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #149

Denial is not just a river in Africa Gothmog Apr 2020 #153

Obviously it is pointless talking to you. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #158

Why are you afraid of facts? Gothmog Apr 2020 #164

I'm not. I am afraid of people who keep changing the subject. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #166

The facts are what are important Gothmog Apr 2020 #167

It's still off-topic. nt Gore1FL Apr 2020 #171

I am the author of the OP and this is indeed on topic Gothmog Apr 2020 #173

It's not the topic I was discussing. I was discussing the political benefits of respect. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #176

Read the OP-it is a waste of time to try to appease sanders supporters who want to vote for trump Gothmog Apr 2020 #186

You keep using the word appease when I use the word respect. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #188

How do you win the vote of racist white sanders supporters who hate President Obama? Gothmog Apr 2020 #190

Not all of them are racist or white Gore1FL Apr 2020 #194

Denial is not just a river in Africa Gothmog Apr 2020 #203

What part of "leave me alone" don't you get? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #204

Why will you not answer this simple question? Gothmog Apr 2020 #207

If you can't be nice, please leave me alone. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #206

Corrected The Gentleman, Have You? The Magistrate Apr 2020 #199

I am simply curious as to how one win the vote of the sanders supporters Gothmog Apr 2020 #209

As Our Interlocutor Here Makes Evident, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #213

Oh no, Biden lost Joe Rogan Gothmog Apr 2020 #168

What does Joe Rogan have to do with this? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #169

Rogan is one of the racist white voters who sanders was appealing to Gothmog Apr 2020 #174

Because of the Joe Rogan fellow you are unable to be nice to people? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #175

Read the study and posting set forth in this thread Gothmog Apr 2020 #154

This may be factual, but it is off-topic. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #170

Again I am the author of the OP and this is clearly on topic Gothmog Apr 2020 #187

It is not the topic I am discussing. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #189

Who cares? Gothmog Apr 2020 #191

You'll care in November if we lose. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #195

If Sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states and Kevin McCarthy will be speaker Gothmog Apr 2020 #196

Sanders won't be the nominee. It will be Biden. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #197

How do you appease or win the vote of racist white sanders supporters who hate President Obama Gothmog Apr 2020 #202

Leave me alone Gore1FL Apr 2020 #205

You are the one who thinks that we win the vote of sanders supporters Gothmog Apr 2020 #208

I am the one advocating being civil. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #211

So Discuss It Among Yourself, Fella The Magistrate Apr 2020 #193

Yes it is amusing Gothmog Apr 2020 #210

He can't appeal to a "left" Aquaria Apr 2020 #180

And calling people unrealistic will get their votes, how exactly? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #182

NEW: @ProjectLincoln has a new ad out. Gothmog Apr 2020 #224

'Never Trump' Republicans Will Support Biden, Not Sanders Gothmog Apr 2020 #215

Donald Trump is the only real winner if Bernie Sanders remains in the Democratic primary Gothmog Apr 2020 #95

It's weird it didn't hurt other times. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #96

That is because Hillary Clinton actually worked hard to elect President Obama Gothmog Apr 2020 #97

I remember Sanders delivering the VT delegate votes for her at the convention Gore1FL Apr 2020 #101

I was there Gothmog Apr 2020 #104

You can hold grudges or you can win elections. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #106

Read post 117-Trying to appease the sanders voters who voted for trump is a waste of time Gothmog Apr 2020 #120

Not appease. Please stop putting words in my mouth. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #126

It is a waste of time trying to appease these voters in the real world Gothmog Apr 2020 #131

There are 14% at DU. You call them not real? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #135

If any member of DU voted for trump in 2016 or voted for Stein, then they need to find another home Gothmog Apr 2020 #142

So you wish to win 2016 by reducing our chances of getting votes. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #145

"If any member of DU voted for trump in 2016 or voted for Stein.... George II Apr 2020 #147

You seem proud of that rather than ashamed. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #150

Biden won the nomination by winning the support of African American voters Gothmog Apr 2020 #156

Are you saying the 14% of DU that are Sanders supporters are racist? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #159

I Suspect, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #160

Only the ones who want to vote for trump or who voted for trump in 2016 Gothmog Apr 2020 #163

I am not going to argue with you on being civil anymore Gore1FL Apr 2020 #165

There Is A Purge After Every Primary, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #143

Tell that to Bernie. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2020 #125

You first, cupcake Aquaria Apr 2020 #181

I was at the convention and sanders conduct at the convention was really sad Gothmog Apr 2020 #218

If they are willing to vote for Trump they are not reachable hack89 Apr 2020 #109

Probably One Cannot, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #110

Who says they are willing to vote for Trump Gore1FL Apr 2020 #111

Sanders is throwing feces at me with reckless abandon hack89 Apr 2020 #112

So you are suggesting we all live by that standard or should we set a better more inclusive one? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #113

So you are saying Dems need to be better than Sanders and his supporters? hack89 Apr 2020 #133

We can say that if it makes us more civil. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #136

But democracy requires compromise hack89 Apr 2020 #138

Why is Bernie part of the equation of us being good actors? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #139

Bernie is not civil. Neither are his bro's hack89 Apr 2020 #140

So you want to become more like those you dislike? Why let them set the bar? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #146

Are they incapable of being like me? hack89 Apr 2020 #151

"Why should I care about them?" Gore1FL Apr 2020 #152

I assume they are too hack89 Apr 2020 #161

Well Said, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #162

Maybe you could get them to share your definition of "winning." Gore1FL Apr 2020 #172

If you are satisfied with Trump then there is nothing I can do, now is there? hack89 Apr 2020 #178

To win we need voters Gore1FL Apr 2020 #184

But we can't give them what they want. hack89 Apr 2020 #192

Facts matter in the real world Gothmog Apr 2020 #117

Do we make inroads on that 25% or should we try to lose the other 75%? Gore1FL Apr 2020 #124

The only way to appease the 25% is to bend the knee and anoint sanders as nominee Gothmog Apr 2020 #134

So you say. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #137

People who vote for trump or stein are not Democrats Gothmog Apr 2020 #141

Then don't bitch if they don't come out for Biden. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #144

I am still waiting for an explanation of how one wins the vote of racists who hate President Obama Gothmog Apr 2020 #217

You should check out Sanders supporters on Twitter. George II Apr 2020 #122

Sanders isn't getting the nomination. Gore1FL Apr 2020 #123

Who even knows if they're really Sanders supporters or, for that matter, would vote for Sanders.... George II Apr 2020 #121

Russia and Putin have been busy supporting sanders and trump supporters want to run against sanders Gothmog Apr 2020 #214

It's all in Mueller's report. George II Apr 2020 #216

Why did Bernie Sanders drop out? The progressive majority he needed doesn't exist Gothmog Apr 2020 #225

A large number of real Democrats have very good memories Gothmog Apr 2020 #52

No, Sir, We Do Not The Magistrate Apr 2020 #107

I am a proud member of the Democratic Party Gothmog Apr 2020 #118

I gave up on that 15% the day after the election in 2016. They don't Kahuna Apr 2020 #66

The sooner the better. 👍 Tarheel_Dem Apr 2020 #68

spot on - "Vanity Project" onetexan Apr 2020 #119

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #148

You've a Good Deal More Patience Than I Have Ever Had, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #155

I am a lawyer and ex-college debater Gothmog Apr 2020 #157

I was originally a Bernie fan but when Hillary got the nomination i changed my support to her. kimbutgar Apr 2020 #177

:) Yes! But Sanders' 25% would never have voted Democrat Hortensis Apr 2020 #198

Some top Sanders advisers urge him to consider withdrawing Gothmog Apr 2020 #185

The 25% or so of Sanders' supporters GeorgiaPeanut Apr 2020 #200

It would be a waste of time to pursue and to try to appease these voters Gothmog Apr 2020 #201

It is okay to ignore sanders Gothmog Apr 2020 #212

Biden needs to focus on moderate voters Gothmog Apr 2020 #220

True, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #221

Biden gets the official support of the NeverTrumpwe GOP group that runs all those devastating ads Gothmog Apr 2020 #222

Wish I Could R This A Million Times Me. Apr 2020 #227

In looking for a silver lining in all this "stuff" I am seeing that the 2024 pres election will in2herbs Apr 2020 #228

True this! redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #229