And now I know my name

[peoli]

'I’m an existential threat to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party,'

-BERNIE SANDERS

[NYMinute]

1. BS

There is no "corporate wing of the Democratic party"

It is made-up nonsense.

[William769]

6. Who do you think made it up?

Rhetorical question.

[NYMinute]

9. lol - it is right there in the OP

[peoli]

10. Lol

[blue-wave]

14. Another attempt to divide the Democratic Party

And this guy actually wants real Democrats to vote for him?

[peoli]

19. Citizens United

[NYMinute]

21. All Democrats opposed citizens united

[NYMinute]

2. lol - you recommended your own post

[peoli]

7. Yeah because it's amazing

[Eko]

3. And Im a threat to people

who use fear mongering to gain power.
Eko.

[Hoyt]

4. Sanders and Warren need corporate America to pay for their programs.

That’s the main reason I have issues with both candidates. Taxing the heck out of them, is OK, though.

[TexasTowelie]

30. Until they decide that enough is enough,

pack up the shop, and take the jobs out of the country. Remember that the primary mission of a corporation is to build shareholder value--if the tax rate is substantially higher than elsewhere then it removes any incentive to remain in the country or remain open at all.

Sander has created a boogeyman out of corporations. The small businesses that Sanders prefers pay lower wages, are far more likelier to layoff employees during downturns, provide less training for their employees, are less likely to have retirement plans (such as pensions and 401ks), and may not be able to afford the technical advances that larger corporations can which means that they have to pass along higher costs to consumers.

I don't see anything progressive about putting people out of work by taxing corporations at extremely high rates. Reverse the tax breaks that Trump pushed through, reduce the loopholes, and make certain that all profitable corporations pay taxes while providing modest incentives for corporations to repatriate money from tax havens.

[Hoyt]

35. Exactly. Buts, it's too much fun, and populist, to bash them.

[stonecutter357]

5. You change my mind about Bernie ..................LOL JK ! let's go Joe !

[peoli]

8. Lol

[LexVegas]

11. ...

[SiliconValley_Dem]

12. My personal opinion is that Sanders should not speak that way about Democrats

Because that will do lasting harm to our chances to unseat Donald Trump. Out of the entire field of Democrats there is 1 that Trump most wants to face in November and 1 he least wants to face. Both are at the top in delegate count right now.

[Tumbulu]

13. I agree and welcome to DU

[SiliconValley_Dem]

15. Thank you!

Have read DU for awhile. Glad to join and discuss this exciting primary.

[Tumbulu]

18. It is really something, isn't it?

Just hoping that we can stay united against such an unprecedented nightmare.

[peoli]

16. A Progressive is an Evangelicals nightmare

[NYMinute]

23. Every Democrat is an evangelical's nightmare

[peoli]

26. I strongly disagree

[C_U_L8R]

17. Clearly someone doesn't like working people.

Wouldn't it be a better strategy to cheer for everyone's success in business and...well, everything?

[peoli]

20. Not at the expense of the worker

[C_U_L8R]

22. I'm a worker

And when you attack business, you attack my livelihood and my future dreams. They aren't two unlinked things.

[NYMinute]

24. +1,000,000 nt

[peoli]

25. When we attack business, we shape what we want it to be so that they work for us

[littlemissmartypants]

32. So does that mean you support beating people into submission? (J/K)

And by people, I mean businesses you want to "shape" to do what you want them to so they "work for us?"

Does the definition of a business even fit that narrative? I'm going to suggest that you may be happier working for yourself than for some business that you have to shape.

Once you attack/shape something to "what we want it to be" doesn't that fundamentally change it? Is it really a business anymore? Doesn't it become your ideas that you are working for and not someone else's business?

And why attack? Does it have to be so confrontational? What about having a good old fashioned FTF chat?

[Dem2]

27. that's arrogant

It implies that those who care for another candidate are somehow pro-corporation, which is pure bullshit.

[peoli]

28. It's not arrogant at all, it's self realization

It's what he is

[Dem2]

34. Is that supposed to be funny?

Or, you know, kind of jerk-like?

[peoli]

38. I am saying that Bernies quote is self realization

[LanternWaste]

36. Pretending your unsupported allegation is self-realization may work for you

But a rational mind will see an unsupported allegation for what it is-- just another fortune cookie.

True story.

(The fortune you seek is in another cookie.)

[Pachamama]

29. I corrected it for you:

"I'm an existential threat to Democracy and the Democratic Party"

- BERNIE SANDERS

[peoli]

31. You twisted it to fit your own reality actually

[LanternWaste]

37. Much as your OP did. Six of one, half a dozen other the other

(space provided free of charge below to insert distinction lacking relevant difference)

[peoli]

39. My OP is the real quote. I didn't change anything

[wyldwolf]

33. "corporate wing." How 2004 of you Bernie, LOL.