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This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Dec 2016 #1
I am not trashing him. boston bean Dec 2016 #2
What do you call it? Renew Deal Dec 2016 #3
Defending the democratic party. boston bean Dec 2016 #5
He's in the Democratic Party leadership. Renew Deal Dec 2016 #6
Get over what? boston bean Dec 2016 #8
So is Joe Manchin who want to work with the Dumpster leftofcool Dec 2016 #9
Bernie's support for single-payer was never an ATTACK on the Democratic Party. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #40
Exactly liberalmike27 Dec 2016 #47
I disagree. It was an attack on the Democratic Party. DanTex Dec 2016 #57
If I remember right, padfun Dec 2016 #65
No, it was Bernie. It was also Bernie who refused to concede for a month after he was eliminated. DanTex Dec 2016 #74
Actually, Bill trashed it to. He had a chance to pass it Exilednight Dec 2016 #77
I guess we were in a parrallel universe WhiteTara Dec 2016 #63
I know. This is just sad by this point... dionysus Dec 2016 #70
Oh no; not trashing him at all. Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #54
This stopbush Dec 2016 #4
A single payer system would be far superior to the system we have now. PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #7
Maybe. It might be far worse. Look at Medicare Part D Recursion Dec 2016 #53
What??? OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #85
Exactly... why do you think... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #109
Yep. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #110
Bernie would have no more luck getting single payor than Obama did. Lil Missy Dec 2016 #134
Sanders also stated that he is willing to work with Trump for a $10 an hour minimum wage. lapucelle Dec 2016 #10
I don't know why this is such a hard concept to grasp. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #12
It is what will pass. What can be passed. boston bean Dec 2016 #13
Well the plan was to have The Presidency and The Senate. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #17
Republican opposition and citizen opposition to single payer still boston bean Dec 2016 #23
You mean like gay marriage and legal recreational pot were just "pipe dreams"? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #58
Yep. And it sure doesn't help with Brock and the conservadems calling it freebies and pipe dreams. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #61
And like Medicare when it was first proposed. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #66
Federally Pot is Legal??? wow, didn't know that? boston bean Dec 2016 #69
Those would not have happened without the attention LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #97
Well, right now, single payer is not an option. Bernie realizes that. Hillary realized that but boston bean Dec 2016 #100
WHOOSH! LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #101
don't think so. boston bean Dec 2016 #102
I heard a whoosh of a point going over someone's head kcr Dec 2016 #103
this!!!! Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #131
Why not try fighting before you surrender? lapucelle Dec 2016 #15
There is no double standard... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #26
Making one out to be a corrupt politiciam for apeaking the truth v pie in the sky boston bean Dec 2016 #27
Wrong, wrong, wrong kcr Dec 2016 #29
I could not agree more. trc Dec 2016 #37
Wanting to do liberalmike27 Dec 2016 #49
Between someone who says: TCJ70 Dec 2016 #87
That's fine kcr Dec 2016 #90
Not at all... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #94
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #96
You are the best! JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #138
As they said years ago, "half a loaf is better than none"! George II Jan 2017 #144
No, you actually fucking try and if you are stopped you relentlessly, stridently, and clearly who TheKentuckian Dec 2016 #104
Read what I'm actually saying. It's not the trying I disagree with. It's the dishonest attacks. kcr Dec 2016 #105
Are you specifically talking about healthcare? PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #28
The discussion was his categorization of her. To be beholden to health insurance companies. boston bean Dec 2016 #30
I don't think people thought she was corrupted for wanting to fix Obamacare PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #34
So, Bernie didn't want to tear down such a corrupt system, like many are saying????.. but boston bean Dec 2016 #84
When did Bernie say her winning was rigged? PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #89
No. I was talking about Sanders willingness to accept a $10 an hour minimum wage. lapucelle Dec 2016 #32
And yet when Hillary proposed a $12 minimum wage, some people on this board went ballistic mcar Dec 2016 #20
Show me where anybody said 15 or nothing or single payer or nothing. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #39
"Kill the bill!" kcr Dec 2016 #98
You tell the truth, kcr.. Cha Dec 2016 #135
I damn sure remember it very well. You do too, you were a host of GD, so if you forgot bravenak Dec 2016 #114
So you are saying during the campaign people said 15 or no minimum wage at all? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #116
Fuck yeah bravenak Dec 2016 #118
Neither Bernie or anyone in his campaign or anyone here said 15 or "nothing" Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #124
It was fifteen or no change at all bravenak Dec 2016 #125
I wouldn't say ballistic liberalmike27 Dec 2016 #51
Well, 15 dollars sure as shit isn't, either kcr Dec 2016 #99
Neither is ten but he seems fine with ten now bravenak Dec 2016 #127
Exactly LiberalLovinLug Dec 2016 #62
Good question. Here's my amateur analysis. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #68
Oh my! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #11
Wow Bernie thanks again for all your help. Good thing you Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #14
Yeah......I agree with you. LisaM Dec 2016 #31
complete nonsense bowens43 Dec 2016 #55
terrible candidate bullshit she was the most qualified Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #56
I agree bravenak Dec 2016 #119
we could have been shaping the judiciary to suit our needs Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #143
I'm going to rec this thread for exposure. See if you can spot the logical fallacy... PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #16
There is no logical fallacy, but I do discern a note of pomposity... lapucelle Dec 2016 #18
Don't be so hard on yourself I wouldn't call your reply pompous. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #19
The very cogent "I know you are, but what am I?" response from a master logician! lapucelle Dec 2016 #21
Thanks for the notice. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #22
His whole career!!!! NCTraveler Dec 2016 #25
He is a career politician acting like a career politician. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #24
Is he working for the banks like Barney Frank? Is he working for big health care like Howard Dean? aikoaiko Dec 2016 #52
Thenprojection is astounding... and sad... dionysus Dec 2016 #76
Word. SMDH nt riderinthestorm Dec 2016 #122
Who is surprised by this shift in positions? Gothmog Dec 2016 #33
You have so much ENERGY for criticizing Bernie! lostnfound Dec 2016 #35
Can't agree more!!! HenryWallace Dec 2016 #60
Great point. I think this is what they call selling out. R B Garr Dec 2016 #36
Look, Bernie never wanted the ACA simply repealed, for God's sakes. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #38
lol, this is just one small example of the divisive dishonesty that was allowed R B Garr Dec 2016 #41
It's obvious that Bernie didn't want to weaken Hillary in the fall, and that he and his supporters Ken Burch Dec 2016 #43
Before the Fall, Bernie's main goal was to defeat Clinton, and his tactics R B Garr Dec 2016 #48
You mean divisive and dishonest like when Chelsea claimed Bernie wants to take away your Medicare? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #64
omg, this kind of divisiveness is what Bernie enabled with his dishonest R B Garr Dec 2016 #71
Hillary's fight for health care was one of the main reasons I supported her since the 90s... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #88
Aw, this is more of the divisiveness that Bernie fostered. Defending herself against R B Garr Dec 2016 #91
You know perfectly well it was a lie to say Bernie wanted to just get rid of the ACA Ken Burch Dec 2016 #111
Bernie is the one who needs to apologize for making false claims not only R B Garr Dec 2016 #113
Bernie is in Congress, not the VT legislature and had no role to play w healthcare there Arazi Dec 2016 #140
He was asked about this in a debate, so it's more than legitimate to expect R B Garr Dec 2016 #142
Compare his tactics with Clinton 2008 Jim Lane Dec 2016 #67
2008, Clinton won the popular vote by most calculations. Bernie never ever had a shot R B Garr Dec 2016 #72
Your characterization of Bernie's campaign is simply false. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #75
Seriously? He couldn't even provide proof of Wall Street execs he would prosecute. R B Garr Dec 2016 #78
and he had no idea how he would break up big banks, it was in Dodd Frank he said.. another boston bean Dec 2016 #81
Oh, yeah! Forgot that one, I'll have to dredge them up now considering this R B Garr Dec 2016 #83
I started to reply to your foolishness but I realized my post would be removed. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #86
She ONLY won the popular vote because she actively campaigned in Florida and Michigan Ken Burch Dec 2016 #112
Fact: she was far closer than Bernie ever was. And she won California. R B Garr Dec 2016 #115
It couldn't have served any greater good for Bernie to withdraw earlier. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #117
This persistence on maligning her is a bit laughable considering in the real world R B Garr Dec 2016 #120
I'm NOT maligning her. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #121
You do keep maligning her, and saying you know what her natural instincts are is R B Garr Dec 2016 #123
He wanted to fight for medicare for all as President. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #42
+1 n/t CousinIT Dec 2016 #46
So True. Sanders has Become Clinton. Schumer co-opted by giving him a role in the Party. delisen Dec 2016 #44
Of course he does. Given the alternative right now that makes sense. CousinIT Dec 2016 #45
HRC accused him of wanting to zentrum Dec 2016 #50
That's because it is. Thank you for posting the truth. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #59
Umm, then what was the difference between his and her proposals? boston bean Dec 2016 #73
Let's not rewrite history. zentrum Dec 2016 #79
So you cannot answer. Got it. boston bean Dec 2016 #80
Excuse me? zentrum Dec 2016 #92
very very principled. forget about single payer, because republicans... but those same ones would boston bean Dec 2016 #93
So Bean, can we look forward to another Bernie "hit piece" tomorrow? Raster Dec 2016 #106
Exactly. zentrum Dec 2016 #130
It's only a losing zentrum Dec 2016 #108
He lost WAY before she lost. And would again in a New York minute. No contest. bravenak Dec 2016 #126
Let's not rewrite history. Because you're doing a fine job of it yourself, right here. kcr Dec 2016 #95
Sometimes Uponthegears Dec 2016 #82
SANDERS!!!!!!! Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #107
Did he vote for the ACA? andym Dec 2016 #128
He knows if Republicans repeal it we will have nothing. Liberty Belle Dec 2016 #129
I see the same people who went on and on about how bad incremental change betsuni Dec 2016 #132
This OP is just more of the same--so much waisted energy. Entering the stalker phase of relationship TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #133
You are implying something else here. Sienna86 Dec 2016 #136
"Don't blame Bernie for Hilary losing the election" TCJ70 Dec 2016 #139
It's just another chance to smear Bernie. SSDD Arazi Dec 2016 #141
Sanders wanted to get rid of the ACA & replace it with Medicare For All. baldguy Dec 2016 #137
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