Definitely a way to make friends and influence people.

And they were not able to sell more tickets after he was announced to make up for it.

People are paying over 300 dollars and that doesn't include costs of travel and hotel.

and the Democratic party, over and over again. I don't know if many of them were ever Democrats or progressives to begin with, but even if that's the case, you only get to be "done" once. Once they decided to support Trump rather than Hillary, they became Trump supporters, which is what they are now. And when a Trump supporter decides they still support Trump, it's not really news.

I guess they want to think they have some kind of leverage over the Democratic Party. If the Dems don't do exactly what they want then they'll become super-duper Trump supporters! That'll show us! lol

I remember them saying so.

Unfortunately, they were so offended by condemnation here of their candidate's despicable lies about election theft that they just had no choice but to become Jill Stein supporters, or perhaps trumpsters. (I'm not sure they are always able to differentiate, and for sure I can't.)

These folks dont

I figured out what "unity" means: Dems doing exactly what these JPR types want or else, you'll be sorry, just wait, you'll see, you're going to regret this, I really mean it this time.

... the JPR types are typically non-voters. They are wholly dedicated to finding every candidate NOT pure enough, NOT good enough, NOT in keeping with their wants.

Had Bernie been the Dem nominee, I'd wager that most of his supporters on JPR would have started finding fault with him the second his candidacy was announced.

For people like JPR posters, the feigned outrage about anyone who runs for office is far more important than supporting any candidate. They see everyone as unworthy of their support - "support" which is usually restricted to posting on websites.

That's why they are often drawn to the "under dog" in any race - as Bernie was in 2016. It means they can claim that they he was "robbed" by the evil Democratic PTB, and further claim that they would have been behind him all the way. The truth is they wouldn't have been.

There are some people for whom politics is about catharsis. Loudly declaring that all politicians are crooks and that you don't vote, or voting for a crank third party candidate that you know won't win is a way for some people to vent their anger at the system. A lot of the people at JPR seem to fit into that category. I actually think they enjoy never finding candidates that are pure enough for them.

Besides, even if their favorite got into office they would eventually disappoint them by "selling out" due to the realities of working within the system. If Sanders somehow won in 2016 he would be called a sellout as soon as he had to bend to get something done or made a statement the hardcores didn't like or whatever. In fact, some people called him a sellout for supporting Clinton in the general election.

Sanders' populists would have been eager to follow their leader as long as they thought he'd tear down some amorphous "establishment" for them.

But in both cases, anyone who won the primary would then have to shift to a broader, and more sensible and achievable, agenda to pick up the diverse mainstream vote, and there we are in your scenario.

Rage!



Just wish those new to politics could see these people raging without restraint against Democrats on JPR in ways they're not to allowed here. The difference is huge between them and the 90% of Bernie's genuine primary supporters who were always Democrats/Democrat leaning foremost and moved smoothly to Hillary in the general to continue the battle against what the right is doing.

Would be shocked at Bernie’s take on their “opinions”. Maybe not, some were quick to throw Bernie under the bus when he endorsed Hillary.

Could they cave more? Sanders is presenting at a premier women's event less than year after being branded as a misogynist and these folks are acting like he's "lost," some contest? WTF?

Second, F them. This was about the women involved. I may have not liked the way the disagreement was voiced and i said so but at the end of the day the people who should decide, did decide.

Third, F them. They are a disgrace to Bernie and every thing he believes .

Fourth F them. I don't like rec-ing some folks and this pretty much forces me to.

We're not going to change their minds.

Folks like this always try to come back.

Some of them never left and post both places.

My point, albeit a snarky one, was that they are easy to spot. I choose to not engage with them.

They are here. Keep an eye out for low post count members who always seem to post the most controversial OPs often highlighting divisions in the party.

... that the folks at JPR are the same "I think for myself" crew that swallowed every Russian-generated hit piece about Hillary - stories that were too ludicrous on their face to be believed by anyone with a functioning brain.

At the same time, anything they perceive as a slam against Bernie becomes a full-fledged conspiracy theory - and, of course, Hillary is always behind it.

It's really rather pathetic - but these are pathetic people who seem to be totally unaware of how easily-manipulated they've been, and continue to be.

“She is really critically ill and they are hiding it!!!!11!1!1!1”

... so many to choose from:

Hillary is dying of (name disease of choice here).

Hillary has Alzheimer’s, dementia and/or epilepsy.

Hillary appears to be healthy at campaign events because she’s using a body-double to stand-in for her at public appearances.

Chelsea’s apartment building contains a “secret hospital” where Hillary was being treated for her various ailments unbeknownst to the public.

Hillary was so debilitated by her various diseases/impairments, she wore a full-body metal brace at all times in order to stand upright.

Hillary had a laptop hidden in her podium at her debates with Bernie, because she was too drug-addled to answer questions and had to be fed the answers from her staff off-stage.

Despite all of her fatal illnesses, Hillary was still running a child sex-slave ring out of a DC pizza place, and personally master-minded the murder of Seth Rich.

If I had to pick a favourite, it would be the posts about how Hillary was too ill to leave her bedroom, and some of her campaign appearances were actually taped in front of a green screen – the crowds were later “filled in” by technicians, using her staffers as the “audience” who were all sworn to secrecy about the deception.

ALL of the above were posted and discussed on JPR multiple times. And the gullible idiots fell for ALL of it.

Speaking of, I had one of my friends, liberal friend post about pizzagate. I was confused until I actually got in an argument with her and she unfriended me, that she truly believed Clinton was involved in pedophila.

What has happened to these people's brain.

... was a great source of entertainment last year. You really wouldn't believe some of the conspiracy theories they came up with.

Did you know that Hillary's "thugs" beat the crap out of Bernie backstage at the Dem Convention? Yeah, worked him over with brass knuckles as a warning of what would happen if he and his followers tried to take over the crowd and refuse to endorse Hillary. For good measure, they also threatened his grandchildren.

What has happened to these people's brains indeed.

her win. No, I had not heard that one. But not any more ridiculous than others CTs you posted.

As if he could've been punched in the face without any swelling or redness.

They posted a photo of Bernie from that night, and insisted that a red blemish on his cheek was caused by a punch.

Someone actually posted a pic of Bernie from a few months earlier, and the blemish was clearly visible - but that post was simply ignored, and the rest continued to discuss whether Bernie had been hit with brass knuckles or by someone wearing a heavy ring.

BTW - Last December, Bernie had the alleged "wound" removed - it was a small basal-cell carcinoma.

I am as much concerned about something happening to my computer as well as no time for the nonsense, but a good laugh. I stay away from these types of places.

According to JPR, Putin is our friend and the Russia stories are all fake news. Yes, the idiots on JPR are parroting Trump's fake news comments about Russia. The Steele Dossier was evidently written by Hillary Clinton and the FBI working together to fool the intelligence services. The fake Russian news over there is amazing

that it wasn't Hillary who really landed on the moon to give birth and that her alien child was the survivor of a UFO crash?

She's sharp, looks relaxed, and has been on her game. I would like the kind of brain injury that Hillary got.

These threads were posted well after this so-called scandal had been debunked. I was amused to see the mgt. of JPR eventually have to adopt a rule banning pizzagate threads.

I love the threads on JPR about how Hillary Clinton was near death. The amount of Russian fake news on that site was amazing.

... JPR IS the go-to site for keeping up with what Russian propaganda is being spewed on a daily basis - along with keeping abreast of exactly what kind of people are swallowing it.

You'll notice that after all the "Hillary is dying" posts, not a single poster there ever came out and said, "Hillary is obviously perfectly healthy - I guess we were wrong."

The JPR idiots are pushing the idiotic Uranium conspiracy theory today

Sounds like comments you'd see on a right wing site.

... it IS a RW site parading as a "progressive" site. It was always easy to know what the latest Russian-generated propaganda was, because it showed up on JPR.

...look who runs it! Fake bomb thrower just to shake things up when he was here, and now his fingerprints are all over the operation of a site.
That is quite the clue!

Yep.

I can't imagine the original Jackpine Radical, who seemed like a very decent guy, would approve of that cesspool. I don't doubt Bernie Sanders would be disgusted by that place. As someone who supported Sanders in the primary, that site embarrasses the hell out of me.

There are former posters from here that post there that I miss.
But the misogyny is too much for me. Vagina Voters? really?

That site just comes across as a place for people to espouse their misogynistic/bigoted views.

And truth be told, it looks like it's dying anyway.

Seems to be the same 6-7 posters in most of the threads.

the argument about "knowing one's enemies" isn't valid. We don't continually start threads about other R-W groups.)

I've been on the site for awhile but I took a break, which I don't even know why exactly. I came just before the general election just to see how things were going and it was open war. I have clicked the link over to JPR exactly one time and never again.

I was not here when the JPR folks decided to leave...

If anyone has seen Band of Brothers, I feel like Private Webster meeting up with Easy Company after Bastogne.

And they're soaking in it. Thanks Jackass Radicals!