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Cha

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2. Thank You! Jeeze!
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:17 PM
Mar 2020
To which I can only say: If this is what it looks like to win the argument, I struggle to imagine what it would look like to lose. In any way that counts, Sanders’s vision for the party has been soundly and consistently rejected...

Whoa... I like this..!

But hard as this may be for some millennials to accept, there’s only one winner here. Sanders doesn’t get a participation trophy.
The only thing he’s owed is a chance to exit with grace.

Mahalo, Goth
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Sanders is like a gnat in the sweltering hot weather in Florida. NT William769 Mar 2020 #1
Thank You! Jeeze! Cha Mar 2020 #2
Hey Cha Gothmog Mar 2020 #61
He needs to concede mcar Mar 2020 #3
He's having a hard time dealing with this. ucrdem Mar 2020 #4
He's beginning to look like a 21st Century Harold Stassen. George II Mar 2020 #6
That's giving him more credit than perhaps he deserves. ucrdem Mar 2020 #7
Bernie returned True Blue American Apr 2020 #102
So I had to look up Harold Stassen.. I knew Cha Mar 2020 #8
There are flies that orbit a charging bull's head NCProgressive Mar 2020 #5
Sanders won the issues, and with voters under 45. Biden won on electability. DanTex Mar 2020 #9
No he didn't! What are these "issues" that Sander won? The majority of Democrats AND.... George II Mar 2020 #10
so going forward.... Locrian Mar 2020 #13
The kind that we can pass quickly...millions of people's lives depend on it...can't have some huge Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #15
We have the infrastructure of the ACA in place, along with REAL Medicare (not some faux "for all") George II Mar 2020 #16
Medicare 4 All is not the panacea you think it is Aquaria Mar 2020 #39
Sanders's secret is out: He has no movement - Gothmog Mar 2020 #11
No, it obviously isn't. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #12
Of course it is! He won overwhelmingly among young voters. DanTex Mar 2020 #19
That's what Sanders' supporters claimed in 2016 Orrex Mar 2020 #31
And they were right. Young voters again went to Bernie by huge numbers. DanTex Mar 2020 #32
If they'd gone in huge numbers, he'd have won. Orrex Mar 2020 #34
But they didn't turn out in huge numbers Aquaria Mar 2020 #41
And if BS's "ideas" had any traction, Aquaria Mar 2020 #42
Again, ignoring the data. DanTex Mar 2020 #48
Think Joe Biden Has a Young Voter Problem? Think Again. Gothmog Mar 2020 #64
sanders young voters never showed up Gothmog Apr 2020 #100
Biden does not have an issue with young voters in the real world Gothmog Mar 2020 #45
Why do you think that he coudn't inspire them to register and get to a polling place on a Tuesday? ehrnst Mar 2020 #72
Memes and online polls do not vote Gothmog Apr 2020 #104
I still suspect Aquaria Mar 2020 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Mar 2020 #56
Biden won and that is that...and M4A will never pass Congress. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #17
He won by cleaning up with older voters. Bernie and progressives are the future. DanTex Mar 2020 #20
Time is not on Bernie's side. nt William769 Mar 2020 #22
If Sander got younger voters, he could have won...they didn't show up Dan...his base Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #23
He did get younger voters by huge margins. Turnout was the problem. DanTex Mar 2020 #27
Woulda coulda shoulda Aquaria Mar 2020 #43
The Gauzy Myth of the Sanders Campaign Gothmog Mar 2020 #52
The young folks today will not get older and still be in his "movement." showblue22 Mar 2020 #26
Of course they will. It's a generational shift. DanTex Mar 2020 #30
If they didn't vote for him, you can't say that he won them. It's really that simple. Orrex Mar 2020 #35
They did vote for him. Just look at the exit polls. DanTex Mar 2020 #36
Joe Biden supported $15 minimum wage in 2015. betsuni Mar 2020 #44
LOL. For fast food workers in New York. DanTex Mar 2020 #46
Fight for Fifteen started in 2012 and has raised minimum wages around the country. betsuni Mar 2020 #50
LOL. Bernie has been driving the fight for $15. It has everything to do with Bernie. DanTex Mar 2020 #55
Reality Aquaria Mar 2020 #59
All this seems to be an excuse to repeat the word "centrist." betsuni Mar 2020 #60
"Pro-corporate centrists", please. Codeine Mar 2020 #66
The problem with this straw you clutch so desperately Aquaria Mar 2020 #51
Again, you ignore the exit poll data, which is understandable because it totally contradicts DanTex Mar 2020 #57
According to the exit data hard left lost to moderate in a landslide redstateblues Mar 2020 #58
But their "huge numbers" weren't enough to do shit for him Orrex Mar 2020 #62
Incidentally, I love how you tag dissenters as "centrist" Orrex Mar 2020 #63
Think Joe Biden Has a Young Voter Problem? Think Again. Gothmog Mar 2020 #47
LOL. Yeah, against Trump, of course Biden does better with younger voters. DanTex Mar 2020 #49
LOL the real world is a nice place Gothmog Mar 2020 #53
Message From Hillary Gothmog Mar 2020 #75
Folks are going to believe what they want, regardless of the reality jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 #18
It would take years to put every person in the country on Medicare...and the cost would be Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #24
new deal style policies would ease the pain of the millions who jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 #70
Reality says otherwise Aquaria Mar 2020 #38
You have no idea what young voters want Codeine Mar 2020 #65
A majority of Democrats just don't like Bernie. It's not that complicated Walleye Apr 2020 #101
I am so glad you posted this...K&R Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #14
You are welcomed Gothmog Mar 2020 #37
They offered similar bullshit rationalizations when he LOST in 2016 Orrex Mar 2020 #21
+10000 Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #25
Sen. Sander's will never admit or realize showblue22 Mar 2020 #29
Yeah, he's a big fan of the "fake news" accusation Orrex Mar 2020 #33
He was arguing with himself. betsuni Mar 2020 #28
Give Bernie his participation trophy and be done with it. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #54
"The only thing he's owed is a chance to exit with grace." Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #67
"Sanders's vision for the party has been soundly and consistently rejected..." NurseJackie Mar 2020 #68
"Sanders's vision for the party has been soundly and consistently rejected." Hortensis Mar 2020 #69
+1000 oasis Mar 2020 #71
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Mar 2020 #73
Ouch! OnDoutside Mar 2020 #76
Why Can't Bernie Accept That Democratic Voters Didn't Want Him? Gothmog Mar 2020 #74
For me, the M4A litmus test excluded me from the revolution. bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #77
+1 betsuni Mar 2020 #81
He DID win the larger argument. Laelth Mar 2020 #78
Nope. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #79
Honestly, I don't care who deserves the credit. Laelth Mar 2020 #80
What ideas were considered "crazy" four years ago? betsuni Mar 2020 #82
M4A, UBI, Green New Deal (just to name three). Laelth Mar 2020 #83
Every four years the party platform becomes more progressive. That's how time works. betsuni Mar 2020 #84
Perhaps he takes more credit than he is due. Laelth Mar 2020 #89
Not Really, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #90
I see the red ink. I am not fond of it, either. Laelth Mar 2020 #91
Unfortunately, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #92
Not in the real world Gothmog Mar 2020 #85
No. The arguments haven't turned into reality yet. Laelth Mar 2020 #87
You do not take into account that the messenger has poisoned the message Gothmog Mar 2020 #93
sanders's secret is out: He has no movement - The Washington Post Gothmog Mar 2020 #86
Sanders can't win the nomination. Laelth Mar 2020 #88
sanders is not popular in the party Gothmog Mar 2020 #94
Why did Bernie Sanders drop out? The progressive majority he needed doesn't exist Gothmog Apr 2020 #106
Kick Cha Mar 2020 #95
Hey Cha Gothmog Mar 2020 #96
Thank you for that, Tweet, Goth! Please check out my OP Cha Mar 2020 #97
... Scurrilous Mar 2020 #98
How 'Never Bernie' Voters Threw In With Biden and Changed the Primary Gothmog Apr 2020 #99
Bernie Sanders is out. And the insincere praise begins. Gothmog Apr 2020 #103
Bernie Sanders Didn't Win the Ideas Primary, Either Gothmog Apr 2020 #105
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