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dana_b

(11,546 posts)
21. thankfully!
Thu May 26, 2016, 04:15 PM
May 2016

Obviously many in the older generations (not all! There are some very progressive older folks here too!) have gotten it all wrong, including my own genration (x). Look what has happened in 2007/2008. Then we voted in someone who we thought would be a bit more progressive than he turned out to be. And because of his true stances and the fact that the Repubs have had it out for him since day 1, not a lot has changed apart from the ACA. And the older, established Dems seem to like it like that. Yes, economically things are a bit better but so many are still struggling big time. The rest of us are not happy with this. Things MUST change or else our economy, our health and our planet will disintegrate.

Now is the time to have TRUE change! Getting rid of DWS will not be the only positive effect of Bernie's campaign. People's eyes are opening and the younger folks are realizing that they DO have power, if they use it and others don't CHEAT them out of that power.

And the investigations are a VERY grave matter. Even the MSM gets this. Hillary will not be the next President. If people didn't trust her before, now it will be 10 times worse. She MAY be the nominee, but she will be limping to the finish line. And I don't believe that all of the Supers will stick with her.

#BernieMath - Using SDs to calculate the amount needed to clinch but not counting SDs in their total SFnomad May 2016 #1
Do you really think that super delegates will risk an unvetted candidate like Sanders? Gothmog May 2016 #2
Did you catch any news today? Your question about risk is ironic. DisgustipatedinCA May 2016 #13
That report will have no effect on the votes of super delegates Gothmog May 2016 #30
You realize your pony can learn more than one trick at a time, right? Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #26
The Super Delegstes are voting for Clinton, she has the popular vote and a majority I'd delegates. wisteria May 2016 #3
They have time to think it over RobertEarl May 2016 #4
If you really think supers are going to hand the nomination to Sanders Txbluedog May 2016 #5
We must cast away from the same old RobertEarl May 2016 #7
You realize that the Sanders can't win without the Democratic Establishment onenote May 2016 #8
The establishment will support Bernie RobertEarl May 2016 #9
Young voters as a voting block no one takes seriously Txbluedog May 2016 #10
No one has spoken for them before like Bernie has RobertEarl May 2016 #11
Hillary is preferred by minorities, women and older people Corporate666 May 2016 #12
Only because they don't know Baobab May 2016 #14
So.... you're saying Corporate666 May 2016 #15
Did you read this? fun n serious May 2016 #6
thankfully! dana_b May 2016 #21
Here is a tip lancer78 May 2016 #22
and here is something for you dana_b May 2016 #25
Well it certainly took him long enough... scscholar May 2016 #28
Hmmmmm. barrow-wight May 2016 #16
Yep... that's the Hillary campaign RobertEarl May 2016 #20
Actually, barrow-wight May 2016 #23
The weakness of the argument is that the party rarely looks much beyond the next election. HereSince1628 May 2016 #17
delusional till the end jcgoldie May 2016 #18
Wow RobertEarl May 2016 #19
I have plenty of respect for myself jcgoldie May 2016 #36
Absent a scandal that makes a candidate unelectable, I think the superdelegates should follow votes democrattotheend May 2016 #24
Super delegates will destroy our party if they nominate the second place finisher. hrmjustin May 2016 #27
Yet that's what they are there for. To nominate the strongest candidate. Don't give up silvershadow May 2016 #31
I can't wait till skinner calls it. hrmjustin May 2016 #33
nomination of a person who can win and an angry old socialist won't beat trump beachbum bob May 2016 #29
....Also,which candidate can win a general election. brooklynite May 2016 #32
Bernie must be our nominee in order to beat Trump amborin May 2016 #34
Don't lose mad. Just lose. LexVegas May 2016 #35
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