Bernie Sanders at a book party last night in DC says "in many ways we did win the election."

[ehrnst]

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Bernie Sanders at a book party in DC says “in many ways we did win the election.”

Sanders points to Democratic embrace of Medicare for all as evidence for above statement.

I guess that depends on who "we" is.

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Bernie Sanders disparages political consultants at a Washington book party— but was quickly reminded that three of his political consultants were in the audience.

[MrsCoffee]

1. "We" as in Bernie, Tad and Russia?

Yeah... it's time for some answers mother fucker.

Oh, and STFU.

[R B Garr]

45. That whole Tad Devine connection...

I have so many questions.

[Wwcd]

51. Ya know that $10 million Manafort received? Weird theme going on but Tad got $10 mill TOO!

From Old Town Media, the obscure ad agency with only 2 mystery owners running the whole shebang.

Is that the price of a good electioneer nowadays?

hmm hmm hmm.
That's the unexplained amount the FEC questioned..and never got a real answèr on.
$10 cool million.

[Paladin]

2. Disappear, Bernie. (nt)

[comradebillyboy]

3. The book he is pushing is "How Bernie Won"

So what did Bernie win?

[ehrnst]

4. Guaranteed donations for his 2018 re-election bid, certainly. (nt)

[jrthin]

27. One thing comes to mind: Orange spy selected president. nt

[R B Garr]

46. Yeah, and who's the "we"? And what did they win?

And why does he think a year and a half of a sadistic wannabe dictator is winning anything? What about Tad Devine? I have so many questions.

[Cha]

5. Soledad O'Brien finishes his sentence for him..

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[ehrnst]

6. Sometimes Twitter restores my faith in humanity...

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[Cha]

12. lol.. I love the Twitterverse!

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[ehrnst]

16. Indeed.

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[Cha]

20. LOL! Oh yeah..

Jurassic Park!

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Thanks, ehrnst!

[R B Garr]

47. LOL, Twitter nailed it!

[Wwcd]

52. Haaaha..the sharpest wit is always ready on twitter

Titanic..my fav

[Gothmog]

9. There was no winning except in the imagination of some sad people

[Cha]

17. Right.. those who can only

pat themselves on the back.. not even thinking about the devastating havoc being wrecked on our Planet, country, people. They won nothing.. not compared to this shite they didn't.

[Gothmog]

19. I had to deal with sanders delegates at the National Convention

I know why trump was elected

[Cha]

22. I know..

It's a terrible tragic nightmare that we have to keep re-living.

I cannot wait until it's OVER.

[SidDithers]

7. In many ways La La Land did win the Best Picture Oscar...nt

Sid

[Cha]

15. LOLOMG!

Perfect!

[Wwcd]

53. Haahaaa

[NurseJackie]

61. Excellent! LOL! ROFL!

[Gothmog]

8. Losing Roe v. Wade is winning???

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[ehrnst]

11. Yes, the statment above was made hours after the announcement by Kennedy

It all comes down on who he means by "we" and what he means by "won."

[Wwcd]

54. Yes, "We Men." Figures

[NNadir]

10. Hopefully he was stinking drunk when he said that.

Otherwise he's even more clueless than I thought, or possibly Trumpian in his self absorption.

[ehrnst]

14. You can see when the wine ran out on the faces of those there....

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?

[Blue_true]

44. That woman and the guy in the blue jacket were like, whaaaa?

Then there was the bearded Bernie supplicant behind the woman, adoring his master as always.

[bigtree]

13. revealing

[ehrnst]

23. Especially the part where he was decrying political consultants... then was told his own were there.

That must have been awkward when that was pointed out to him.

[bigtree]

31. 30-plus year pol rails against the establishment

...unbelievable, on its face.

[Hav]

33. I suppose those consultants on stage were not his family members

which would be easier to forget. But yeah, they were on the payroll as consultants as well.

[ehrnst]

39. Very well paid.

He often portrayed his campaign as being above such unseemly transactions, but in 2005, Vermont Republicans accused Sanders of having steered campaign contracts to members of his family during his 2002 and 2004 House campaigns. According to a 2006 article in Roll Call, Bernie Sanders’ wife, Jane Sanders, and stepdaughter, Carina Driscoll, were paid $95,000 for ad-buy placement, database administration, and miscellaneous consulting services during those campaigns.

[Cha]

42. Thanks, ehrnst..

smh

[NurseJackie]

18. "In many ways, we really did miss the iceberg" Titanic Captain

[still_one]

21. Gee, I don't know how much more of this f**KING winning I can take!!!

[Hav]

24. The "gift" that keeps on giving

Families are torn apart, people will lose their healthcare, the composition of the SC deciding crucial topics will be changed for decades. All of this isn't negated by some political positions.

Again, he seems to only talk from his own privilege. In a way, it seems to have worked out better for him that Trump won the election. Maybe that was by design and the intended outcome. He surely keeps cashing in which is winning of some sort as well.

[NCTraveler]

25. Gotta fill those coffers.

A way that Trump and Sanders are tuned in: They know exactly what their base wants to hear and they don't give a damn how it sounds in reality. They know who the impassioned people are and direct their propaganda toward them.

Many members of our party can learn from this. We shouldn't go full Trump/Sanders style as that also mitigates support in other areas but turning the volume up a little when it comes to propaganda would be a good thing.

[NCTraveler]

37. Yep.

That is why I included the "volume" part. They, especially Sanders, negates the ability to form consistent and larger coalitions.

[Gothmog]

28. Agreed

This article shows that these policies are failing https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/06/09/berned-out

None of Mr Sanders’s other big ideas—including free college and massive public works—is getting much play. Nor have Sanders-endorsed candidates fared well in the primaries. Our Revolution, a group Mr Sanders formed to promote his acolytes, has been a failure. “It doesn’t do anything,” gripes a strategist for one of its candidates.

Rumpled, crumpled, Trumpled

The energy on the left is focused on opposing Mr Trump’s attack on liberal democracy, not on carrying forward Mr Sanders’s revolution. The success of moderate candidates in the Democratic primaries suggests this is making the party more pragmatic and mindful of party unity than Mr Sanders, an ideologue who is not a Democratic Party member, might like.

[bettyellen]

29. Wow- that's beyond tone deaf. I hope his wasn't after news of Kennedy retiring....

Because that’s really a huge screw up if he did. And three consultants. Wow. Do as he says, not as he does, once again.

[Mike Nelson]

32. I think I've got it, now...

… it's sad when the mind goes... Bernie had a fine career, though. I wish reporters would cut him some slack and not make "news" with every single silly thing he says.

PS Hillary did win, and it wasn't close. She wasn't elected, which is the problem - the Congressional races also gave Dems Congress, if you count the cotes and not the districting (more people voted for Democrats all over the country).

[Orsino]

34. Well, the usual Democratic complacency after a win certainly isn't a problem.

So there's that.

"During the fire alarm, we at least determined whose legs work."

[ucrdem]

35. In many ways, the Hindenburg landed on schedule

[smirkymonkey]

38. Yep!

Really, Bernie. Really? What is this strange little world that you live in?

[Wwcd]

55. Omg! 🤤 As goes the landing of the Hindenberg, so goes America..

Stop talking burnie. You've done enough

[Me.]

36. I Missed Moving Day...When They Entered The WH

and is that FBI investigation we keep referencing really all about Jane?

[sheshe2]

40. LOL

[JCanete]

41. negative quotes without context about Bernie....applause...why did you post this?

[MrsCoffee]

49. The book is titled How Bernie Won...

How much more context does one need?

[JCanete]

50. random quote about decrying consultants? How does that fit in?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

58. Don't bother. They've been hurt.

[Blue_true]

43. And a claim like that.

Is called having one's head so far up one's ass that the Sun would take 1 million years to find it.

[VOX]

48. "I found a zircon in this 10-ft.-high pile of steaming horseshit!"

Wish I could exist in my own dream world. I’d have it made there!

[betsuni]

56. No, Medicare for All is more accepted now because of the popularity of the ACA.

After being scared out of their wits about Obamacare, many people came to see that the ACA was a good thing. They got over the socialism scare and had a taste of what it's like not to be powerless against the insurance companies. Then along comes Trump who wants to take it away and go back to the bad old days. Of course Medicare for All has more support. Thanks, Obama and Pelosi!

[lapucelle]

60. John Conyers introduced HR 376, The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act

in almost Congress beginning in 2003 and ending in 2017. The legislation would establish a universal single-payer healthcare system in the United States. I'm not sure why people are unaware that Democrats have been fighting for universal coverage for decades.

The public advocacy organization MedicareForAll.org has been asking BS and his supporters to get on board for years.

http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Bernie_Sanders

http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/HR676

http://www.pnhp.org/hr676

Here's a link to the legislative history of John Conyers' Medicare for All bill. It's ridiculously long for a very good reason.

https://www.congress.gov/advanced-search/legislation?congresses%5B%5D=115&congresses%5B%5D=114&congresses%5B%5D=113&congresses%5B%5D=112&congresses%5B%5D=111&congresses%5B%5D=110&congresses%5B%5D=109&congresses%5B%5D=108&legislationNumbers=hr+676&restrictionType=field&restrictionFields%5B%5D=allBillTitles&restrictionFields%5B%5D=summary&summaryField=billSummary&enterTerms=&wordVariants=true&legislationTypes%5B%5D=hr&legislationTypes%5B%5D=hres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=hjres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=hconres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=hamdt&legislationTypes%5B%5D=s&legislationTypes%5B%5D=sres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=sjres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=sconres&legislationTypes%5B%5D=samdt&legislationTypes%5B%5D=suamdt&public=true&private=true&chamber=all&actionTerms=&legislativeActionWordVariants=true&dateOfActionOperator=equal&dateOfActionStartDate=&dateOfActionEndDate=&dateOfActionIsOptions=yesterday&legislativeAction=Any&sponsorState=One&member=&sponsorTypes%5B%5D=sponsor&sponsorTypes%5B%5D=sponsor&sponsorTypeBool=OR&committeeActivity%5B%5D=any&committeeActivity%5B%5D=referred+to&committeeActivity%5B%5D=hearings+by&committeeActivity%5B%5D=markup+by&committeeActivity%5B%5D=reported+by&committeeActivity%5B%5D=reported+original+measure&committeeActivity%5B%5D=discharged+from&satellite=%5B%5D&search=search&searchResultViewType=expanded

[NurseJackie]

62. "Medicare for All is more accepted now because of the popularity of the ACA."

After being scared out of their wits about Obamacare, many people came to see that the ACA was a good thing. They got over the socialism scare and had a taste of what it's like not to be powerless against the insurance companies. Then along comes Trump who wants to take it away and go back to the bad old days. Of course Medicare for All has more support. Thanks, Obama and Pelosi!

Yes, Thanks, Obama and Pelosi!

I fail to understand why some people think it's okay to take credit from others.

[Nonhlanhla]

57. I'm real tired of all this winning...

[LiberalFighter]

59. What the hell!