“Why should we work within the Democratic Party … ?”

[onehandle]

He said at the gathering he was running for Congress that year again as an independent because it would be “hypocritical” of him to run as a Democrat considering the kinds of things he had said about the party.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/bernie-sanders-2016-democrats-121181

[pat_k]

1. Because, until we have instant runoff/ranked choice voting...

...the cards are too stacked against 3rd party runs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1859679

[AgingAmerican]

2. Because the things he said about the party were TRUE

[Chan790]

3. This may come as a shock to you...

but I personally don't give a fuck because he wasn't wrong when he said it and he's not wrong now for having said it.

Sanders has never had an untruthful criticism of the Democratic party, no matter how hurtful those criticisms may have been.