Democratic Primaries

Galraedia

(5,022 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:10 PM Mar 2020

Bernie Sanders is finally number 1! [View all]

Sen. Sanders has missed 61.3% of votes in the 116th Congress (2019-20). This makes him the 1st most absent member of the Senate.

Source: https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/S000033/votes-missed/116

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders is finally number 1! [View all] Galraedia Mar 2020 OP

You and others must be pretty scared shitless of Bernie to keep posting smack about him! zonkers Mar 2020 #1

Why have you chosen Biden as your preferred candidate? George II Mar 2020 #2

I think he can unite this country. It doesn't stop me from being in Bernie's corner. zonkers Mar 2020 #8

Would that be the corner Bernie has painted himself into ? Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #23

+1 sheshe2 Mar 2020 #25

self deleted (responded to wrong post) zonkers Mar 2020 #44

Pretty sure you responded to the wrong poster. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #45

Ohhhh, andto think I missed out on this opportunity to be lectured to . . . . Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #73

Hey Haggis. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #74

Hey, sheshe2 Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #75

Yep. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #76

Thank you! Cha Mar 2020 #48

Irrelevant of your "gotcha" moment or whether or not that may or maynot be true, and I don't think zonkers Mar 2020 #49

hmmm sheshe2 Mar 2020 #50

Hey, pal. No one is saying Joe is not the presumptive nomineee! Why the dis- zonkers Mar 2020 #58

Com'on :) Complaining that Biden choosing not to raise a bunch of Hortensis Mar 2020 #62

Frame it any way you want after the fact. Joe did not know he was going to soar. He gambled. It zonkers Mar 2020 #63

I actually don't understand your point. qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #66

Oh, let's talk about BEFORE the fact then. Joe was 50 points ahead Hortensis Mar 2020 #67

Do I ever agree with you that we need to be in a strong position. And agree with zonkers Mar 2020 #70

So agree that polls of people who say they'd vote for Hortensis Mar 2020 #72

As I read your post, I am hunkered down in a tiny, furnished Manhattan sublet zonkers Mar 2020 #77

Such a shame to have to hunker inside in Manhattan, Hortensis Mar 2020 #78

... mcar Mar 2020 #3

Please change Rebl2 Mar 2020 #4

Edit.. sorry! Cha Mar 2020 #5

Please mind your own business. or not. Why does it bother you so much? zonkers Mar 2020 #9

Wolf in sheep's clothing. BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #15

I see, its your pre requisite for liking Joe is to hate Bernie. Rilgin Mar 2020 #31

Your mind reading act needs work. BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #34

Not mind reading. Just read your conclusion that he is a wolf in sheep clothing. Rilgin Mar 2020 #35

Sorry.. I thought you were posting to the OP. Cha Mar 2020 #47

I blocked him like the other Bernie Bros. More peaceful here now. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #56

How is it talking smack to point out a voting record? yardwork Mar 2020 #27

100%!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2020 #39

BS Missing 61.3% of the Votes is talking "smack"? BS LOST Cha Mar 2020 #46

Scared shitless of what? treestar Mar 2020 #60

Bernie Sanders is finally number 1 Rollin Mar 2020 #6

I suggest you do that again. George II Mar 2020 #11

So you agree BS shouldn't have missed so many votes? Cha Mar 2020 #12

. George II Mar 2020 #14

I may be wrong, but DUers here likely feel he isn't qualified for CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #16

Welcome to DU, Rollin. calimary Mar 2020 #19

Apropos of nothing, but Rollin appears to have been on DU for 10 years... trc Mar 2020 #32

Yes, 10 years and less than one post per year. Interesting. George II Mar 2020 #33

I only go by post count. In this case it was nine posts. calimary Mar 2020 #68

Happy to see introspection about feelings towards others Rilgin Mar 2020 #37

The Problem, Sir, Is The Attacks On Mrs. Clinton Were Trumped Up Lies The Magistrate Mar 2020 #65

. calimary Mar 2020 #69

I'd go over the TOS again friend. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #28

Seriously... imagine this had been said about any other Democratic nominee!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2020 #40

I see you still don't know the difference between a "nominee" and a "candidate". That's just... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #41

+1000 ehrnst Apr 2020 #82

no llashram Mar 2020 #59

Nominee? That doesn't happen until one gets the delegates needed.... ehrnst Apr 2020 #81

Are you aware of the negative ads, FB and twitter posts bernie keeps posting about Biden? Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #42

Are you suggesting the data is incorrect? Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #71

To be specific, here are the statistics: George II Mar 2020 #7

Bernie Sanders is finally number 1 Rollin Mar 2020 #10

He didn't vote on all those "issues" because he wasn't in Washington at the time.... George II Mar 2020 #13

❌ False! Wrong! ❎ NurseJackie Mar 2020 #17

Interesting how little some know about the workings of the Senate. George II Mar 2020 #18

Civics should be taught in American schools again. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #21

Or their candidate. nt sheshe2 Mar 2020 #51

Nope. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #26

Politics is hard. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #29

THIS sheshe2 Mar 2020 #52

A Man With Principles, Sir, Would Vote 'No' If He was Opposed The Magistrate Mar 2020 #36

When one wants to make a statement, one doesn't skip voting, one votes "present." ehrnst Apr 2020 #80

pffft yaesu Mar 2020 #20

Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #22

What's your point? George II Mar 2020 #30

No, but he did vote for appropriations for that war. Got anything else? Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #43

He voted against the Brady Bill x 2. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #53

x5 actually... ehrnst Mar 2020 #64

Bernie pushed Sierra Blanca, made $$ off it, and voted for Iraq military intervention twice... ehrnst Mar 2020 #61

Priorities... dlk Mar 2020 #24

I can't think of a single job i've ever held thucythucy Mar 2020 #38

Biden wasn't my first choice but I don't get Sanders at all amuse bouche Mar 2020 #54

Well... Mike Nelson Mar 2020 #55

... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #57

... Scurrilous Mar 2020 #79