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Bernie Blew It

Jun 28, 2016 18:17

Elizabeth Warren is the surrogate he was supposed to be. His supporters have become Clinton’s. How Sanders overplayed his hand.On Monday, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren campaigned together in Cincinnati. Their message was clear: Donald Trump is a “thin-skinned bully who is driven by greed and hate,” as Warren put it, and the Democratic Party ( Read more... )

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blackjedii June 29 2016, 00:09:31 UTC

Honest question here but..

Given that the DNC won't give him the time of day unless he promised access to his email list (which I guarantee most of his followers would HATE like srsly I am never signing another change.org petition again)

Given that the moderates and the neolibs in the DNC flat out refuse to hear about his policies

Given that everyone is ready to move to the general and CLINTON VERSUS THE DONALD NEWS AT 11

Given that superdelegates are still a thing

how exactly was Sanders supposed to leverage his platform? Ask nicely?

ericadawn16 June 29 2016, 01:32:58 UTC

I have always been a proud Democrat but if it weren't for Florida's Closed Primaries, I'd be done with them after this.

No, we can't trust the DNC. We have to either make something new or join the Green Party.

But I guess everyone is giving them one more chance in July to prove they care about us at all.

shanrina June 29 2016, 01:36:14 UTC

Same. I'm in a closed primary state too, so I'd lose what little say I have if I left the Democratic Party. My state is heavily controlled by the Dems, so the Dem primary is where a lot of races are won. But I'm so sick of them and how they've been acting. Ugh.

ericadawn16 June 29 2016, 02:47:33 UTC

Florida's the opposite. Everything's controlled by the Republicans so if you're not a Republican, you might not get a say in who gets elected to the office anyway. I've had that happen before.

blackjedii June 29 2016, 01:38:26 UTC

And tbf - if it's a matter of passing and getting something done I'd almost understand. (tbf to Clinton everything I've read is that she's a policy wonk ad that's one reason that she's such a horrible candidate and this is also something I've heard of Jeb; I just don't necessarily support the bulk of their ideas bc I think they're bad ideas!) but...

Socialist and super-Progressive policies, no matter how mild, are an anathema to the Neoliberal "free market will fix everything just as long as we give it a chance!!" which BOTH the Democratic elite and Republicans embrace wholeheartedly.

ericadawn16 June 29 2016, 02:48:27 UTC

exactly

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