Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBERNIE SANDERS appreciation thread: Why I love BERNIE!
...c'mon BERNIE supporters everywhere...
...in a sea of Bernie-Bashing, let's hear why you love BERNIE, think he'll make a great President and be our next President...
...I'm so excited, I can hardly wait to get to the polls to vote for BERNIE...
...it's absolutely clear, BERNIE's the strongest, smartest and the most formidable candidate we have to beat trump...I see BERNIE on the debate stage with that nasty trump hammering the piss out him with facts, figures, honesty and truth...
...President BERNIE SANDERS...
...I love it...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,722 posts)The great Louis Armstrong with a blue bird on his shoulder.
Love him. Grew up with his music.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nolabear
(41,959 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 21, 2020, 01:04 PM - Edit history (1)
eta: the IC after Democrat because I made a mistake when typing fast.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 20, 2020, 10:15 PM - Edit history (1)
Including Single Payer, which was proposed by Ted Kennedy back in 1971.
Democrats, however have always championed progressive groups like Planned Parenthood, HRC and the Black Congressional Caucus.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lanlady
(7,133 posts)He joins the party temporarily, when it suits his purposes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)The party has been shrinking. Making someone's status as an official Democrat a big negative isn't going to help anything. Would you rather the 2nd place candidate stay an independent permanently and run 3rd party when independents are around 41% of the electorate? Being too exclusionary to left wing independents is a recipe for disaster.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
W_HAMILTON
(7,853 posts)And we already know what to champion, thank you.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)...for helping the Democratic party do better.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
myohmy2
(3,155 posts)...excellent reason to appreciate Bernie...
...I think if some people, (not referring to you), would look a little closer at Bernie without bias, they would find a lot to appreciate...
...open up heart, open up your mind...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(47,370 posts)and until recently I actually DID appreciate him. If anything, my bias would be more for Bernie, not against him, but what I'm seeing now is changing my long held favorable opinion of him.
I didn't support Bernie for president in 2016, because I didn't see him suited for that role, but I still held a high regard for him. Any changes in my opinion is because of the way he and his staff are running his campaign. I am beyond disappointed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,489 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
...Bernie lovers...
...do you expect them to hate Bernie?...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)...denial isn't just a river in Egypt...
...but still gotta answer lest someone think that they rattled you with some facts...
....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,367 posts)and Im not saying no one has supported these things. From Jesse Jackson to Barbara Lee, lots of Democrats have had great proposed policies and agendas.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
PatSeg
(47,370 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)Yes, its Democratic.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Guess I just get a little sensitive about that sort of thing! I make lots of typing mistakes.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
I tried to think of something but there was just nothing there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,615 posts)...considering other options if your candidate doesn't win?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Why do you jetski, surf, and catamaran around here around here daily if that's the case?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
myohmy2
(3,155 posts)...because...
...the last time I checked, this was not the Joe Biden Underground or Elizabeth Warren Underground,
...but the DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)...Why do you jetski, surf, and catamaran around here around on DU daily?...
Cheer up!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,615 posts)( cuz we have seen this movie before)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bernie's not a Democrat. Period.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
...what you're saying is, you COULD appreciate Bernie but not right now...
...okay, I can see that...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)has deeply touched me.
That is like a record one post office every 15 years and it has changed my life for the better.
I hope he returns to Vermont and names at least two more before he retired. Go Bernie!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,615 posts)..sitting in a senate chair for 30 some odd years aint experience.. ..i wanna see some experience...like in actually doing stuff.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(47,370 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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myohmy2
(3,155 posts)...sounds elitist to me...
...I can't appreciate that...
...now, Bernie hammering the piss out trump, that I can appreciate...
...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)....surprised one would say that about the rhetoric that one uses...
...do go on....
...it appears a nerve was struck...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
.... isn't it wonderful though...
....... elitist said by BS about others is just revolutionary ....
.........but god forbid if anyone calls anything in Benieland elitist ...
......it just can't be so ....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
they ought to charge admission....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,615 posts)...here it goes again..
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,367 posts)I dont agree with Sanders on everything in the foreign policy realm- still, hes my choice at this time.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)are ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, RIEN
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)to stop it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
samnsara
(17,615 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Maintaining a strong position on Medicare for all and not parroting medical insurance talking points.
He is also the only candidate who has a more urgent goal than 0 emissions by 2020 and believes climate change should be solved in the next 10 years, not the next 30.
GO BERNIE!!!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Buzz cook
(2,471 posts)The haters gotta haye though.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)ty Bernie for having the nerve to say you would legalize mj
ty for being against endless wars
ty for fighting the bankruptcy bill that I don't agree with
ty for getting the money in the aca bill for community clinics for the poorest among us
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
samnsara
(17,615 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Federal trumps state, in case you did not know. So yes, you are still committing a crime when you light up.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)one set of rules for those who r poor another set for the well to do
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and the response is an "appreciation thread"?
Given what's at stake, these particular lies are especially pernicious and potentially evil in their impact. The lie that our leading candidate serves business instead of the people and the blatant, outrageous lie that a lifelong protector of Social Security has often voted to hurt recipients and Social Security could cause some to not vote on election day.
WHAT are you doing? Tell Sanders to STOP or you'll take your support elsewhere.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)need to take a clear-eyed look at The Real Bernie Sanders and decide if trying to give great power to a person like this, especially given the unstable, uncertain state of our republic after Trump, is a sensible thing to do.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nini
(16,672 posts)He's gotten away with so much for so long that it's about damn time he's being exposed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)But if you're finding truth after truth after truth unpalatable and increasingly distressing and insupportable, what ARE you doing?
REAL behaviors should not not be so bad that they'd be smears if not true. Can we agree on that?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BannonsLiver
(16,352 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TheFarseer
(9,319 posts)He is trying to push policies that will help working people from health care to stopping wars and everything in between. He has shined a light on income inequality like no else.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,722 posts)Warren did long before she was a Senator. You don't just shine a light on something, you DO something about it. Talking and lights shining is not the same as actions.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287325662
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TheFarseer
(9,319 posts)If shes closer to winning than Bernie when the NE primary rolls around, Ill gladly vote for her but the fact that he voted against the Iraq War counts for a lot with me.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Democrats_win
(6,539 posts)Calling for a government that works for the people rather than for the corporation.
We would all be lucky if he were to win.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Peregrine Took
(7,412 posts)A lifetime of following his values and principles even if they aren't always popular.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BannonsLiver
(16,352 posts)Those post offices didn't name themselves.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)Ramses, I mean Bernie Is number one. His arms Are number one. His legs Are number one. His eyes Are number one. Bernie Is number one!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Aaron Pereira
(383 posts)That takes a degree of character to be attacked by powerful figures in the political class, opinion makers, monied interests and somehow get stronger along the way.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BannonsLiver
(16,352 posts)And then sends Nena and the like out to do the dirty work.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)I love Bernie for obvious reasons. I worried initially about his health and electability and briefly supported another candidate, but now I simply don't care. Bernie's the only candidate I feel passionately about and I don't care what anyone thinks.
If the election of Dotard has proven anything it's that this country is in a state of crisis. People are angry and desperate. The level of economic and social injustice that exists in our society is something we should all be alarmed over. Radical change is needed and Bernie is the best candidate by far IMO to facilitate that change.
I'll leave it at that because, as you astutely noted, this isn't exactly the most welcoming place for Bernie and his supporters.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
"We are all in this together."
...mandatory viewing for every Patriot!
...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Anaxamander
(570 posts)Compared to candidates Biden and Warren, Bernie is consistent and honest. Much like Dennis Kucinich, even right-wingers will admit that Bernie has integrity.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)what those who DO take corporate bribes think of him. That is why "nobody(meaning CEO's , wealthy donors, and DC elite) likes him". He makes them look bad by example. I will support somebody who doesn't accept corporate donations over somebody who does any day of the week.
and plus I am a poor man I can't afford obamacare, I need medicare 4 all!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NCjack
(10,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kelly1mm
(4,732 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided