have you heard him describe himself as a Democrat yet? He doesn't have to to run in the Primary...you know that right?

I guess we would have to describe him as "Democrat Lite"!

Sanders runs for office as an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. He was the only independent member of the House during most of his service and is the longest-serving independent in U.S. Congressional history. Since January 2015, Sanders has been the Ranking Democratic Member on the Senate Budget Committee.[5]

Have you heard him call himself a Democrat yet? He doesn't have to be one to run in the Primary!

has he YET said..."I am a Democrat"? He runs for office in his home state as an Independent.....meanwhile Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont DOES run as a "member of the Democratic Party"....yet Bernie never has.

both the OP and my subsequent explanation. (Oh, and I really don't care how he runs as long as the strategy is to win.)

then he is not one...

He runs as an Independent ...THAT is a fact.

Come on. You litter this board with the broken-record tripe. It is intentionally obtuse and you know it doesn't make sense.

What has Sen. Sanders said or done that is inconsistent with the Democratic Party platform?

When he announces tomorrow that he is running as a Democrat, will you quit thread jacking or will you pivot to some other inanity?

simple as that...this is not horseshoes...close doesn't count!

ribit!!!

Before money polluted the party. If a moderate / right democrat means starting endless wars, kow towing to every Wall Street demand, and giving tax breaks to the ultra rich then there is not that much difference anymore with the republicans. May the Force be with Bernie.

like he's in. All we are waiting for is an announcement. Since DU now recognizes him with a group, I am free to post all pro-Bernie stuff. And, since I was thrown out of the HRC group for not much more than what you just posted, just fair warning. I am not militant, so I won't be alerting for such a silly thing, just making you aware that others probably will. I may not agree with it, but turnabout is fair play, as they say. I will eat my hat if I'm wrong about both subjects (Bernie announcing as a Democrat, and the militant alerters either to something you or someone else may innocently post).

He runs for office as an Independent in the state of Vermont...which is NOT a Democrat by definition...

Has he SAID he is a Democrat YET? Has he renounced his Independence? Will he ever say that he is now a "member of the Democratic party"?

This is bernie sanders group and you keep this up.

Your free to support Hillary all you want while we support Bernie for the nomination but this is already getting old.

Howard dean now supporting hillary once said bernie was basicly a liberal democrat.And he votes like one.

I can't wait till he announces and discusses the issues

and he is not one....unless he renounces the Independent ticket he has run on in his home state.

Sanders runs for office as an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. He was the only independent member of the House during most of his service and is the longest-serving independent in U.S. Congressional history. Since January 2015, Sanders has been the Ranking Democratic Member on the Senate Budget Committee.[5]

Can't you muster a modicum of cooth and be your obnoxious self elsewhere?

Or are you waiting to be banned as you are from other groups?

Here, allow me to show you the door ----------------------------->

political party - as in independent of any political party. He doesn't have to break with a political party because he wasn't a member of one. Now you've been asked nicely several times to stop trolling this group. It is a safe haven for supporters of Bernie Sanders.

Sanders runs for office as an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. He was the only independent member of the House during most of his service and is the longest-serving independent in U.S. Congressional history. Since January 2015, Sanders has been the Ranking Democratic Member on the Senate Budget Committee.[5]

means in this context. Now please stop trolling this group. How many times do you need to be told that this is a safe haven for supporters of Bernie Sanders.

Now...do you seriously think if he loses the Primary he will go back to Vermont and defend his seat as a Democrat now?

On Wed Apr 29, 2015, 08:27 PM you sent an alert on the following post:

NO...I know very well what it means....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=314

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

YOUR COMMENTS

Deliberately, continuously and perversely disrupting and provoking a protected group, taking advantage of the group waiting for approval of hosts.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Wed Apr 29, 2015, 08:38 PM, and voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Wth is about a DU, supposedly safe haven, group that attracts such trollishly ignorant behavior.

Give it a break.

Voting to hide this mess in the hopes the shitstirrer catches the hint and also goes away.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Agree with the alerter. Give it a FUCKING REST already. To hear the poster tell it, the ONLY Democrats are Hillary Clinton and those who would fling themselves in front of a moving train for her. She tells us WE'RE not Democrats. She tells us people running in the Democratic Primaries aren't Democrats. If I have to read that crap from now until Election Day, I'm going to wake up the Wednesday after with pencils sticking out of my eye sockets.

A little stuffy, but it's all an act.

voted to leave what is quite clearly harassment in a 'safe haven'. The last comment was pretty funny.

Why is this person still on DU?

simply registering as democrat doesn't make one "real" in my opinion...

n/t

what a lovely thought. Thank you.

to disrupt. I should have known better and not responded.

After that, God help the big banks, corporations and Wall Street because Bernie won't.

How long do you think this shit would last in any other safe haven?

He'll be blocked from this Group by the time he is off his vacation.

I can't believe how many offensive posts he's had in just this thread.

anyway. I'm an ornery old fart and I've had one hide since DU 3 started. That one is on vacation more then actively posting fer cripes sakes.

another and nothing gets done.

Is no longer able to post in this group.

Thanks for your patience.

What a relief.

Go Bernie...I'll take Bernie with a D or I or whatever! I'm more concerned about the person, their integrity and their policies.

(But I will toss in, after seeing all that VR rubbish, that there is a post in GD from a long term DUer that supports HRC, telling everyone that in a year she will be the candidate and...Get used to it. I was SO mad! )