Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sanders: "I don't consider myself a Democrat" From 2017.. [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)Okay...the whole OP
Sanders said "no I'm an independent" presumably after being asked if he was a Democrat. (no actual quote found of him stating "I don't consider myself a Democrat". Your link doesn't work for me. Here I'll help you out and after googling I found the same story in The Hill:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329418-sanders-i-do-not-consider-myself-a-democrat
Nowhere does he actually use those words. But whatever. I'll give it to you as it is also in The Hill's heading. And basically that is correct.
But its still old old news. And he's not saying anything untrue
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"If the Democratic Party is going to succeed - and I want to see it succeed - it's gonna have to open its door to Independents"
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"There are probably more Independents in this country than Democrats or Republicans. It's got to open its doors to working people and to young people, create a grassroots party. That's what we need."
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Sanders had been dogged by questions about his party affiliation throughout the presidential primary
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"he wants the Democratic Party to focus on key issues for progressives, such as the decline of the middle class, the "need" to take on wealthy interests and unite around "Medicare for all."
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When asked whether the party supports the idea of "Medicare for all," Perez argued that the party believes "healthcare is a right, not a privilege."
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On to your contributions:
"BTW.. We are "OPEN to Independents".
Great! (And Sanders is the best candidate to garner those Independent votes, so you helped to confirm my choice)
Then a kind of sudden out of the blue, no pun intended, last attempt at a kind of jab at Sanders for being overly cautious in declaring a Blue Wave before it happens. Helping to make sure folks still come out and vote. I recall a lot of folks in here celebrating Hillary's win early too.
So good on Bernie for that!
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So I still would like to know exactly how you come to a conclusion that "BS is wrong" About what exactly? Unless by BS you mean BullShit, in general, is wrong, I agree with that.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided