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In reply to the discussion: Richard Painter tweets about Bernie, Clinton, and Putin... [View all]LisaM
(27,813 posts)The person who disagreed with me (I'm getting a little ganged up on here, so can't remember who it was and I'm not going to go back and look) disagreed, citing as evidence that he once met Bernie Sanders for several hours and finds him to be progressive and a man of principles.
We all agree that Bernie refuses to join the Democratic party, a party that I consider progressive and principled.
So, in my opinion, a high profile person like Bernie who refuses to join the Democratic party either 1) thinks that the party is not progressive and/or lacks principle or 2) is choosing to splinter it. I don't think you can have it both ways. Either he's with us or against us I think he's poisoning the Democrats at this point. I have nothing else to add to this discussion. I am very proud to be a Democratic. I'm not going to be ashamed of my party any longer.