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Seems like it should have been Bernie Supporters doing some outreach (Original Post) boston bean Apr 2016 OP
Hard to do outreach when the other side has its boot on your throat. Beowulf Apr 2016 #1
Huh? all american girl Apr 2016 #14
85% is hardly a majority Dem2 Apr 2016 #16
lol all american girl Apr 2016 #21
They never understood that they had to get Hillary supporters to switch. JoePhilly Apr 2016 #2
Bernie supporters adopted Tea Party tactics and it cost their candidate big-time. IamMab Apr 2016 #7
More irrelevant than ever?.....Um the likely GOP nominees are Trump and Cruz Armstead Apr 2016 #12
LOL! The GOP is freaking out! Trump and Cruz will be the final nail in the ecstatic Apr 2016 #26
The name calling has gone both ways Armstead Apr 2016 #17
Not really. LisaM Apr 2016 #28
For Bernie to win the nomination ... JoePhilly Apr 2016 #29
He did win over millions of people...enough to be a serious contender Armstead Apr 2016 #30
Blaming the "system" is a cop-out. JoePhilly Apr 2016 #31
That can be said of any political campaign Armstead Apr 2016 #32
Thanks for the Hump Day Laugh. And on 4/20 too! cherokeeprogressive Apr 2016 #3
Said the person who has no compassion for them anyways. JimDandy Apr 2016 #4
I saw some starts but they all ended up like yours opened. peace13 Apr 2016 #5
Hillary will surely need them if she's the nominee. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #6
And???????? boston bean Apr 2016 #8
Don't alienate them any more than you already have. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #9
LOL! That's rich! LOL boston bean Apr 2016 #10
You actually believe she won't need all the support TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #13
Bernie needed to expand support. Didn't happen though! boston bean Apr 2016 #18
I certainly will vote as I see fit.... TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #19
I wasn't giving you any permission. I was letting you know your vote is your vote. boston bean Apr 2016 #22
Do you have any idea how many ransom notes are posted here in a day? Dem2 Apr 2016 #20
Yep mcar Apr 2016 #11
He was too busy reaching out to the Pope, and snubbing the ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #15
Another goddamned "supporters" thread. n/t Orsino Apr 2016 #23
Makes you wonder. nt Bonobo Apr 2016 #24
Viva la revolución! Maybe Sarandon was right....any means to an end? jmg257 Apr 2016 #25
K&R! stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #27
Why? whatchamacallit Apr 2016 #33

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
2. They never understood that they had to get Hillary supporters to switch.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:02 AM
Apr 2016

And that calling Hillary and her supporters every name in the book in endless attacks wouldn't cause that switch to occur.

 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
7. Bernie supporters adopted Tea Party tactics and it cost their candidate big-time.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:05 AM
Apr 2016

No sympathy here. "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." I think the Left has tricked itself into believing that the Tea Party won somehow, when they're actually more irrelevant than ever these days.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
12. More irrelevant than ever?.....Um the likely GOP nominees are Trump and Cruz
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:09 AM
Apr 2016

The tea party mentality is reshaping the GOP.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
17. The name calling has gone both ways
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:13 AM
Apr 2016

The playbook (which has been used against every interloper including Obama) is to call the candidate an unrealistic would-be Messiah and their supporters as deluded bullies blinded by pixiedust.

I hesitate to think what they would have done had Warren chosen to run....Or what they would have done to Pail Wellstone if he were alive and had run against The Machine.



LisaM

(27,813 posts)
28. Not really.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:31 AM
Apr 2016

I thought it was hard wanting a woman Prez in 2008. Who thought it would get worse eight years look later?

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
29. For Bernie to win the nomination ...
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:42 AM
Apr 2016

... he was going to have to convert thousands of people who would have been perfectly happy to vote for Hillary.

It's a math problem that I've been explaining since October.

When the primaries started Hillary had huge support. Bernie was going to have to attract lots of those people away.

Period.

Calling those people names was never going to get those people to switch.

Bernie is going to lose because he and his supporters never figured this out.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
30. He did win over millions of people...enough to be a serious contender
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:51 AM
Apr 2016

The "math" and the rigged system will likely make Clinton the nominee....Even if it ends up something like 40 60, that is nothing to sneeze at or ignore....Nor are the national polls that show him within the margin of error.

But don't ignore the positive side of Bernies campaign, and the extent of what his campaign has accomplished...And outside of her hardcore partisan and personal supporters, many people have gone to her as the default candidate for "pragmatic" reasons, but prefer Bernie and/or his message.

Bernie's "supporters" is just a meme the Clinton campaign and MSM has used to marginalize his message, as it consistently has done to anyone slightly to the left of conservative.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
31. Blaming the "system" is a cop-out.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 10:24 AM
Apr 2016

And at what point did I "ignore" the positive side of Bernie?

There is a segment of support for Bernie that is over the top with their angry rhetoric.

That's just a fact.

Its loud, angry, aggressive, and it drowns out his more reasonable supporters, and his actual message.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
5. I saw some starts but they all ended up like yours opened.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:03 AM
Apr 2016

On that note I would like to say that I love the little video of Hillary brushing the American people off of her shoulder. I can feel it now! But seriously, I think we just have to wait this one out. Time will tell.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
13. You actually believe she won't need all the support
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:11 AM
Apr 2016

she can get, from wherever he can get it?

This will not be a cakewalk for her.



boston bean

(36,221 posts)
18. Bernie needed to expand support. Didn't happen though!
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:14 AM
Apr 2016

Listen, vote how you want.

I really have no control over that.

You got a choice. Hillary or one of the repugs... Do what you want.

boston bean

(36,221 posts)
22. I wasn't giving you any permission. I was letting you know your vote is your vote.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:16 AM
Apr 2016

I have no control over that.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
20. Do you have any idea how many ransom notes are posted here in a day?
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:15 AM
Apr 2016

People see what they want to see.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
15. He was too busy reaching out to the Pope, and snubbing the ...
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:12 AM
Apr 2016

... President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

How'd that work out for you, Bernie?

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