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2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sun Apr 24, 2016, 04:08 PM Apr 2016

Bernie can be a powerful voice against Trump

Because of his background he has unique standing to speak out against the incipient fascism Trump's campaign represents.

When I was a kid we lived in Far Rockway and Rego Park. My parents had friends in Long Beach who survived the death camps and as a kid i saw the numbers tattooed on their arms.

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Bernie can be a powerful voice against Trump (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 OP

And that's exactly why the party should nominate him, right? tularetom Apr 2016 #1

They should nominate the person with the most popular votes and pledged delegates. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #2

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

1. And that's exactly why the party should nominate him, right?

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 04:22 PM

Apr 2016

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. They should nominate the person with the most popular votes and pledged delegates.

Reply to tularetom (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 04:26 PM

Apr 2016

If they don't matter why have elections at all?

That's one of the reasons my maternal grandparents left Czarist Russia, well that and the pogroms.

We can all settle for a benevolent despot.

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