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Democratic Presidential Primaries & Caucuses |March OT| Last Tuesday was 1000 years ago, old news no one cares about (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
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You kids act like young peoples mindsets stay the same as you age.
I'll do it for Slayven: People really, really, really, really, really hated Hillary.
do you actually want him to 'go away' and stay silent in the general or should he drop out and support biden
I really am shocked at the numbrs, it's wonder that hate didn't take physical form
Sanders never had leverage in that sense. An endorsement can buy a cabinet post, but Sanders isn't fighting for a cushy post for himself — he wants Medicare for All, an end to supporting human rights abuses by the likes of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and a Green New Deal. The only way that happens is by continuing to campaign and debate on a leftist platform, raising awareness and spreading the message among the American people so that they demand social justice from President Biden and other elected officials. It's a movement, not a person.
Yes, the people who are disappointed that we have to live with yet another 4 years of a status quo president are just so awful. But hey, a little corporate welfare never hurt anyone right?
It's not that they'll change persay as the 10-14% that vote in primaries aren't representative of the other 86-90%.
Nah they
Really really really really really really really hated her.
Most people here have got your back, don't be put off by a very vocal minority
Yeah but Obama was fucking awesome and probably the best orator of our lifetime.
Sad, but expected. I hope Bernie has at least given some progressive youth some hope to get involved. Maybe we can figure out a good way to get the youth out to vote in the future.
After two major economic downturns in about 10 years I doubt Democratic ones anyway will ever end up like the way Boomers are now.
Do you believe Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are interchangeable? How about Kasich? (Assume Pelosi still has control of the House in these scenarios.)
Would we still have the MAGA heads committing hate crimes in record numbers? Detention camps on the border? A Muslim ban? The move of the US embassy to Jerusalem and a sham peace plan that calls for annihilation of Palestinians? The abandonment of allies across the world? A trash fire response to Hurricane Maria and now to COVID-19? Absolute failures of government agencies from Commerce to Education to HUD?
Bernie's not going to be the Democratic nominee. That doesn't mean he should give up on progressive ideals while there's still a stage to broadcast them from.
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Biden might only do one term.
And even if he didn't, I wouldn't put it past Bernie.
This. The party's got some healing and war planning to do.
Assuming his health hold's up, he'll be a fossil. He's made his point and it's mobilized a lot of young people. At some point it needs to be about the movement and not the person leading it.
It's not going to make the moderates all that comfortable with taking a hard left. I don't think he'll de-legitimize the entire movement, but having voters resoundly reject him ain't helping.
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His endorsement will be as sincere as the one for Hillary.
He's already stated what he thinks of Biden. "Bernie Bros" will still believe the DNC stole the election from him again and either not vote or vote for Trump.
Once the primary is over, candidates always switch to being more moderate for the general. It's no surprise.
Not surprising. A shame, but not surprising.
Biden is a piece of shit, but he'll still be better than Trump.
Biden is a piece of shit, but he'll still be better than Trump.
People are being laid off, have no paid leave and loosing their employers insurance and kicked out of their home in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
This country truly is a joke, fear mongering basic necessities.
Empty promises election after election and the public eat it up.
This country truly is a joke, fear mongering basic necessities.
Empty promises election after election and the public eat it up.
I'm 52. I don't think every Presidential candidate remaining should be over 70.
Agreed.
Then again, Tulsi's still there. In the corner. With her two delegates.
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People telling Bernie Sanders to fuck off over the sex offending compulsive liar who can't even compose a full sentence are rich.
I voted Bernie, but it would have been so much better to get out after last Tuesday's demolishing. Losing major states by 20+% again to Joe Biden is overall going to do real damage to the Progressive wing of the party. It's just showing that his wins were a mirage and it's alarming the demographics that do not vote for him. He's going to exit this race with a whimper. It sucks. Every day he's losing political capital to hopefully move the party more progressive.
He should have gotten out after the first Super Tuesday. He had no shot.
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