When you say Bernie isnt a democrat you are saying I'm not one either

[SwampG8r]

And considering the fact i have been a registered voting dem since 1974 i hope you understand how i might find it offputting and offensive.

[onecaliberal]

1. Me too.

[seattleite]

2. Don't think that matters to Team Hillary. Slash and burn, baby.

[noretreatnosurrender]

3. And Me

Very insulting. I'm 59 and have been a registered Dem my entire adult life.

[Chasstev365]

4. The Clintons took us away from the traditional values of the Democratic Party

Bernie us the last of a dying breed: A NEW DEAL DEMOCRAT!

[Peace Patriot]

5. 50+ years as a loyal Democratic voter and activist here. I agree.

Bernie Sanders is my kind of Democrat. Hillary Clinton isn't. And it's definitely aggravating to me to have the Goldman Sachs candidate lecture me on what a Democrat is supposed to be.

[northernsouthern]

8. Great...

I can see how this attack on not being a Dem will end...

#HillaryUnmadeMeDemocrat
or
#HRCMadeMeIndependent
or
#LongFormVoterRegistration

Or party is becoming elitist, and we are the party of the people, so where does that leave the people?

[scscholar]

11. But he wasn't until he needed our cash

That's the problem here.

[Hydra]

12. Are you giving him cash?

Do you think he would not be getting said cash if he ran as an independent? He joined our party as a favor to us, not because he needed to. Not his fault that his platform is more traditional Dem than his opponent.

[The Midway Rebel]

6. It also seems to say politics is just a version of team sports for some folks.

Rah! Rah!

[bvf]

7. Goes for me as well.

I guess the party doesn't need us.

I may oblige.

[ReasonableToo]

9. If he's not a democrat, why is she mimicking most of his positions?

He's stuck with democratic platform while new democrats shifted to right.

I have not shifted to right. I'll be happy to vote for him.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. they don't want us. we don't conform to their specifications.

[Hydra]

13. Our party leadership is playing a dangerous game

They are thrusting multiple wedges through the party while demanding votes without offering policies to support.

I think they really started to believe their own BS- the bubble buddies think most of America is RW conservative but don't want to admit it. If that's true, we're screwed...but I believe that reality has a liberal bias.

[LiberalFighter]

14. He didn't run in any elections as a Democrat prior to President.

Electoral history of Bernie Sanders

[bigwillq]

15. It really doesn't matter what anyone says.

And I care little about what folks---especially those folks on a message board--think I am because of the people I choose to vote for. Bernie has the values, views and vision that I look for in a candidate. That's why he will get my vote.