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In reply to the discussion: On Twitter, Bernie Sanders’s supporters are becoming one of his biggest problems [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,211 posts)7. BS has been as hateful to PBO as many in the GOP, which is why I can/will NEVER support him.
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Bernie Sanders: Lets primary Obama
posted at 12:00 pm on July 24, 2011 by Jazz Shaw
President Obama is under attack these days from all manner of nasty conservatives who dont care for his liberal, big spending ways. They seem to have found an unlikely ally, though, in the person of the only officially declared socialist in Congress Bernie Sanders. (Emphasis in original.)
SANDERS: Brian, believe me, I wish I had the answer to your question. Let me just suggest this. I think there are millions of Americans who are deeply disappointed in the president; who believe that, with regard to Social Security and a number of other issues, he said one thing as a candidate and is doing something very much else as a president; who cannot believe how weak he has been, for whatever reason, in negotiating with Republicans and theres deep disappointment. So my suggestion is, I think one of the reasons the president has been able to move so far to the right is that there is no primary opposition to him and I think it would do this country a good deal of service if people started thinking about candidates out there to begin contrasting what is a progressive agenda as opposed to what Obama is doing. So I would say to Ryan discouragement is not an option. I think it would be a good idea if President Obama faced some primary opposition.
Its hard to say how much impact this will have, because traditionally Sanders hasnt enjoyed a tremendous amount of influence outside his own state. But it is a sign of growing discontent with the political arm of his party. For better or worse, Obama is offering up some spending cuts which will effectively take the legs out from under most of the advertisements congressional Democrats are planning on running next year.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/07/24/bernie-sanders-lets-primary-obama/
While we were working our collective asses off to re-elect our first black "Democratic" POTUS, he was being undermined by the likes of BS. I will never forgive him for it, and I won't ever fail to let anyone I meet, know the reason why.
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On Twitter, Bernie Sanders’s supporters are becoming one of his biggest problems [View all]
leftofcool
Sep 2015
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if you really wanna stay awake nights, the rightwing attack here at DU And elsewhere
randys1
Sep 2015
#2
They hate me too but when they pass me in the grocery store they cant tell I am a liberal.
onpatrol98
Sep 2015
#97
BS has been as hateful to PBO as many in the GOP, which is why I can/will NEVER support him.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2015
#7
eh...but is primary-ing a sitting President who chooses to run for re-election
Chitown Kev
Sep 2015
#13
The only time the primary challenger was successful, the challenger won the general election
jfern
Sep 2015
#50
Yes it is, it's political suicide and the wrong thing for Sanders to say. My issue with Sanders is..
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#70
And the hilarious efforts to whistle past the graveyard continue. And continue. And continue
Number23
Sep 2015
#20
Yet it always seems to be they who accuse others of being in an "echo chamber." nt
betsuni
Sep 2015
#62
Yep. That appears to be the latest meme. The same crowd that posted love letters to Ann Coulter
Number23
Sep 2015
#135
Well, then Bernie and his supporters shouldn't get their panties in a knot....
Walk away
Sep 2015
#32
I have alluded to this before. This is not the first time black posters here have had to watch our
Number23
Sep 2015
#31
I know. It's #BLM's fault for making black folks think that we actually fucking MATTER
Number23
Sep 2015
#23
The whole point is that nameless, faceless and mostly uneducated people on the Internet are
Number23
Sep 2015
#45
Heh. Actually I should have said "black people don't owe Sanders or any other candidate anything
Number23
Sep 2015
#47
And accusing him of only caring about "rich" black people. They couldn't high five the poster
Number23
Sep 2015
#131
"But at a time when he’s trying to build a relationship with black voters, his supporters can have
Cha
Sep 2015
#91