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In reply to the discussion: Are Progressives Ready for 'Political Revolution' with Bernie? [View all]polichick
(37,152 posts)217. The reality is that both Sanders and Warren stand up for the principles...
still listed in the Democratic Party platform.
Accepting the bullshit that the party currently dishes out isn't being reality based; it's being complicit.
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If he runs as an independent, he's dead to me. That will just split the vote. NT
Adrahil
Mar 2014
#4
NO!! the democrats are dead because it would split the party in a Presidential ellection handing it
bigdarryl
Mar 2014
#60
So if Mitt Romney declares himself a Democrat, you'll support him? How about Icky Ricky?
Scuba
Mar 2014
#154
I sure the dead and wounded from the Iraq War appreciate you protecting them from Lieberman...
Adrahil
Mar 2014
#201
I voted for Gore. My concern vis a vis Lieberman is not that people didn't vote Gore because ....
Scuba
Mar 2014
#205
And hundreds of thousands of Florida citizens didn't bother to vote. Don't you think ....
Scuba
Mar 2014
#208
Gee, I thought we were talking about the vote-generating capacity of progressives. My bad.
Scuba
Mar 2014
#213
i don't need ideologically oerfect. I'll settle for ideologically in the ball park
Scootaloo
Mar 2014
#221
Yay! Lesser of two lessers! Don't change the system, just creep right within it.
Cheese4TheRat
Mar 2014
#26
I probably misread your post, but it seemed as I running as a D was a requirement for your vote.
Cheese4TheRat
Mar 2014
#43
Substitute "Bernie Sanders" with "Ron Paul" and "Progressives" with "Libertarians"
brooklynite
Mar 2014
#6
Very true. An Independent Bernie campaign paves the way for Rand Paul in the White House
groundloop
Mar 2014
#13
Good post and I agree, there is way too much focus on the WH race, taking the energy away from
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#16
I dont think I have ever disagreed with you, and I dont totally disagree now. But....
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#141
You're right, and not really disagreeing with me. I was thinking, and probably should have written
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#178
One of our biggest challenges is to get information to the public. If Sen Sanders runs
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#187
He'll get our vote for sure. A vote for REAL change, not just lip service. nt
NorthCarolina
Mar 2014
#20
Pretty much everybody here wants Bernie to join the Democratic Party first.
Cheese4TheRat
Mar 2014
#28
Pretty sad when it could be difficult for a Democratic nominee to earn liberal votes
Autumn
Mar 2014
#44
The fact that you are willfully ignoring and naysaying voting strategy is telling.
Sheepshank
Mar 2014
#40
Yes. Put the US more in line with the rest of the world and stop this nonsense. nt
Bonobo
Mar 2014
#51
I have a feeling there are a lot of us (older than millennials) who are over...
polichick
Mar 2014
#95
I think there are enough people hungry enough for a change, and a good progressive
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#125
I think the numbers are there, but are they beaten down so much that they won't leave their chairs?
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#130
Only if he runs as a Democrat in the primaries, otherwise it will end like all third parties
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#61
Republicans have already won since establishment "Dems" have adopted their policies.
polichick
Mar 2014
#75
Maybe so, but to state that there is no difference between the parties is ridiculous and not true.
Beacool
Mar 2014
#104
Bea, don't worry about this at all. This is actually a really good thing for Hillary.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#85
No, its something much more fundamental these days. Money. He wont get any substantial amounts.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#102
Gosh. A progressive against yet another 3rd Way Centrist.. lemme see..how should a leftist vote..?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#70
+1000. Good find Jackpine. Similar thoughts on moving the goal posts back to the center.
adirondacker
Mar 2014
#108
Bernie will win because his policy positions are supported by a wide majority.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#86
I think you're mistaking it for the subset that said Hillary would beat Obama in 2008:-)
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#192
If that were true, Dennis Kucinich would have finished his second term in 2012. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#103
And the US would be world leaders in all the best human categories once again. nt
Zorra
Mar 2014
#109
I think that the problem with the Left, and Right too, is that they think that the majority of people
Beacool
Mar 2014
#110
It's possible to interpret a lot of polls to say people support either extreme.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#111
Except it isn't really a matter of left and right now - it's corporations vs people.
polichick
Mar 2014
#113
the most valuable functions his race might be able to achieve is that he might be able to
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#115
those pushing the Wall Street Democrat line on this thread prove the need for Sanders to run as
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#117
What a sad state of affairs when that ticket is seen as a fantasy on a Dem site.
polichick
Mar 2014
#215