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Jacksonville for Bernie Sanders

Started by UNFurbanist, July 18, 2015, 02:04:41 PM

Adam White

Quote from: coredumped on June 18, 2016, 04:11:32 PM
Looks like Bernie sold out, but I think everyone knew he would. The Democrats are as screwed as the Republicans.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/743604646057500673

I've not been following the campaigns that closely - but did Sanders claim he wouldn't work with Clinton? They seemed quite cordial when I saw excerpts from one of the early debates. I know the rancour had increased as the campaign went on, of course.
"If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly."

coredumped

Hilary really represents everything Bernie is against. Big money, corruption, etc. I'm not sure he said outright he wouldn't work with her, but when things started to get nasty, Bernie was told to tone it down and he fell right in line.
After all, it "her turn."

Both the major parties are losing members and falling apart, and that's good for America.
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spuwho

Bernie is hanging out hoping the FBI finds the cloth Hillary wiped her hard drive with.

spuwho

Quote from: tufsu1 on June 18, 2016, 04:17:03 PM
^ sorry, but I don't consider compromise and collaboration as "selling out"

Because to some politics and religion are the same.

A bunch of people walking around telling everybody else how to live.

Adam White

Quote from: coredumped on June 18, 2016, 06:27:09 PM
Hilary really represents everything Bernie is against. Big money, corruption, etc. I'm not sure he said outright he wouldn't work with her, but when things started to get nasty, Bernie was told to tone it down and he fell right in line.
After all, it "her turn."

Both the major parties are losing members and falling apart, and that's good for America.

If I'm honest, I think it's a sign of his ethics. Bernie Sanders isn't (or rather, wasn't) a Democrat. I felt he joined the party (however one does that) in order to run for the nomination. At least this way he's not cynically using the Democratic Party solely for his own purposes - he's doing the appropriate thing in standing behind the nominee and pledging to work with her.

Of course, he might be doing/saying this because he wants to unite people against Trump.
"If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly."

The_Choose_1

Quote from: coredumped on June 18, 2016, 06:27:09 PM
Hilary really represents everything Bernie is against. Big money, corruption, etc. I'm not sure he said outright he wouldn't work with her, but when things started to get nasty, Bernie was told to tone it down and he fell right in line.
After all, it "her turn."

Both the major parties are losing members and falling apart, and that's good for America.
Sounds like its time for another Civil War between the Sneetches with Stars on their bellies and the ones without Stars.  :-\
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Quote from: Adam White on June 19, 2016, 04:03:02 AM
Quote from: coredumped on June 18, 2016, 06:27:09 PM
Hilary really represents everything Bernie is against. Big money, corruption, etc. I'm not sure he said outright he wouldn't work with her, but when things started to get nasty, Bernie was told to tone it down and he fell right in line.
After all, it "her turn."

Both the major parties are losing members and falling apart, and that's good for America.

If I'm honest, I think it's a sign of his ethics. Bernie Sanders isn't (or rather, wasn't) a Democrat. I felt he joined the party (however one does that) in order to run for the nomination. At least this way he's not cynically using the Democratic Party solely for his own purposes - he's doing the appropriate thing in standing behind the nominee and pledging to work with her.

Of course, he might be doing/saying this because he wants to unite people against Trump.

I feel somewhat the same about why he joined the DNC, and that's one things that makes perfect sense to me, but others in my peer group seem to have a hard time understanding.

There's been so much talk of him dropping out, pledging for HRC, and many other things they would like him to do, "to unite the party'.  And every time that I read that he's going his separate way, it reminds me of the snake and woman proverb, "Look lady, you knew I was a snake...." 

And I take that to mean that he did what he had to do to be relevant in the primaries.  His message resonated.  And now he's using what little bit of leverage that he has left to try and push more of his platform.  He's not a party democrat, so I don't expect him to just 'fall in line', but he is vehemently against what Trump and the RNC stand for right now and will push what amounts to a "Anyone but Trump" message.
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