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Cha

(297,137 posts)
8. BS called the Democratic Party "elite" when
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 11:41 PM
Sep 2018

he was on tv November 16, 2016. When so many people were hurting from the stolen election(not knowing at the time).

Bernie Sanders 'deeply humiliated' Democrats lost white working-class voters


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Washington (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed his disappointment Monday with Hillary Clinton's failure to secure the support of white working-class voters in last week's presidential election.

Donald Trump "very effectively" tapped into "the anger and angst and pain that many working class people are feeling," the Vermont independent senator who challenged Clinton in the Democratic primary said on "CBS This Morning."

"I think that there needs to be a profound change in the way the Democratic Party does business," Sanders said. "It is not good enough to have a liberal elite. I come from the white working class, and I am deeply humiliated that the Democratic Party cannot talk to where I came from."


https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/bernie-sanders-humiliated-democrats-loss-working-class-voters/index.html

Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210532271

White working-class economic anxiety is a zombie idea that needs to die

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10028434018

The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/hillary-clinton-working-class/509477/

Good article, betsuni.. Thank You !

BS didn't know he was really calling us ".. the choice part or flower (of society or any body of persons)." Instead of the "plastic elite."
I guess it didn't help when I got a latte and walked with it past tr&@p tower... Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #1
Was it Starbucks? betsuni Sep 2018 #2
It was Starbucks actually... Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #3
They assumed your latte was made with soy milk. betsuni Sep 2018 #4
LOL you're right. I forgot that is a thing with those people! Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #5
I think they first made fun of Obama being elite was when he mentioned he preferred arugula. Frustratedlady Sep 2018 #6
Oh, that's right, I forgot about the arugula. betsuni Sep 2018 #7
Don't forget the Grey Poupon! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #17
A nice arugula salad with a Grey Poupon mustard vinaigrette. Elitist. betsuni Sep 2018 #19
BS called the Democratic Party "elite" when Cha Sep 2018 #8
Yes, he does all the time. The Democratic Party doesn't have a working class problem. betsuni Sep 2018 #9
Good point. Turns out "Identity Politics" is Cha Sep 2018 #10
"That nobody said ever." betsuni Sep 2018 #16
Democrats can and DO talk to the White working class and the rest of the working people. Caliman73 Sep 2018 #13
Oh, I have soooo noticed that. Mahalo, Cha Sep 2018 #14
Yes, Republicans block legislation and it always ends up Democrats' fault one way or another. betsuni Sep 2018 #15
There's a certain irony in political usage of the "elite" insult unblock Sep 2018 #11
Promote themselves as the elites, it is ironic. betsuni Sep 2018 #12
The insult I always liked was calling someone, "Einstein," to imply they're dumb TlalocW Sep 2018 #18
If you're worth hundreds of millions, and use a golden toilet seat Crunchy Frog Sep 2018 #20
older book. its called doublespeak. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #21
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