Republicans love Bernie Sanders!

[workinclasszero]

Republicans for Bernie Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/republicansforbernie/

r/RepublicansForSanders

https://www.reddit.com/r/RepublicansForSanders

Sickening....

[BlueCaliDem]

1. You're seeing that the glass is half empty! They see it as the glass being half full...

...in that those Republicans will definitely vote for Bernie in both the primaries, and should he by some miracle win those, in the G.E. as well. Because, you know, they've voted for socialists many times before.

[workinclasszero]

4. The reich wing just wants Bernie to win the primary and be a stalking horse

for president Trump or Cruz.

What a nightmare either one of those bastards would be as Prez!

[ReckedRalph]

2. RNC Chairman touts CNN outlier showing Sanders ahead of Clinton in NH by lots of points

https://mobile.twitter.com/Reince/status/689820682364985344

[Cha]

16. Booya! You must be so proud!

[fleabiscuit]

18. Points of lots by NH in Clinton of ahead Sanders showing outlier CNN touts Chairman RNC

eom

[enid602]

3. bernie

The sad thing is that Bernie mistakes their effort fotr true bi partisan support.

[workinclasszero]

5. Right becauce all those racist

poor hating, women hating, non-teahaddist hating, sick and old hating,money worshipping, lovers of Ayn Rand, gun humping republicans are suddenly going to turn into hard left liberals under the spell of Bernie almighty!

[Nictuku]

8. I think you are painting with a very broad brush

I don't think for a moment that ALL Republicans are as you describe. Those that fit that description will be voting for Trump, and nothing will change that.

I think that the Republicans that are supportive of Bernie are those who can not stomach what Trump represents. And I wouldn't want to discourage them. Perhaps this will open their eyes and help to permanently fracture the Republican party.

I was going to write up some other thoughts, then realized this is the Hillary Clinton group, so I stopped myself, figuring that this is not the correct forum.

Feel free to ban me from your forum, however, keep in mind that I did not say anything about your candidate, and was only responding to a post someone made about republicans.

[workinclasszero]

12. Please...do you know any republicans?

I work with lots of them and to a person they believe every hateful thing that fox "news" and Rush Limbaugh tells them!

Best case scenario is a working class republican (oxymoron I know but there's millions of them) might think hes getting a raw deal so he votes for Bernie but they sure as hell aren't going to drop their racist, misogynistic, white privilege views, I can guarantee that!

[Nictuku]

13. In fact, I do.

And this is where I formed my opinion. They are not all of the same mind. Just as Democrats are not all of the same mind. I suppose that is one redeeming human characteristic, that we can open our minds to other notions when presented with information. I think our biggest problem is much of the information that is presented is in fact propaganda.

[enid602]

9. reminds me of an old song

He's so vain, he probably thinks the election is about him.

[Gothmog]

6. Bernie would be easy to beat in the general election

[Tommy2Tone]

7. HIllary is the true pinata with the GOP

Bernie is the enemy of my enemy is my friend candidate.

I remember in 2008 the same bunch knew Obama was going to prevail and Rush was all over Republican primary in Texas telling them to cross over and vote for Hillary.

Bernie's fans think Bernie is Obama but in reality he is Clinton 2008 to the Republicans.

[enid602]

11. fresh meat

But Hill's proved Teflon. They just can't gain traction. Bernie,, on the other hand is fresh meat. And the only thing the GOP loves more than fresh meat is ftesh red meat.

[Tommy2Tone]

15. I see more of the same.

The fake love affair is all about their hatred and fear of HIllary.

I am not in the least demeaning our sitting president but Hillary knows the place better than Obama and will make stuff happen.

I feel bad saying that.

[enid602]

17. Hill

Obama was able to get ACA and Dodd-Frank passed. He's executive ordered the hell out of immigration issues. Hill will be able to leverage off these accomplishments.

[Kath1]

10. Yes, they do.

And I have no doubt their trolls are churning up a lot of this hate-Hillary BS here at DU.

[Dawson Leery]

14. Easier to defeat in the fall.

There are things in his past that have not come out yet.

[Gothmog]

19. Anti-Sanders attack ad isn’t quite what it seems to be

Another republican is running an ad designed to help Sanders in the primary process. This ad uses the same trick that Claire McCaskill used in 2012 to select Todd Akin as her opponent because Akin would be the weakest possible general election candidate http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/anti-sanders-attack-ad-isnt-quite-what-it-seems-be

Republicans have made no secret of the fact that they’d prefer to run against Bernie Sanders in the general election. Whether or not their assumptions are correct is a separate question, but GOP officials, convinced that the senator would be easy to defeat, have gone out of their way to help Sanders in the Democratic race.....

At first blush, the move may seem encouraging to Sanders supporters. After all, if Republicans have gone from defending Sanders to attacking him, maybe it means GOP insiders are getting scared of the Vermont independent?

It’s a nice idea, but that’s not what’s going on here. In fact, far from an attack ad, this commercial, backed by a prominent Republican mega-donor, is the latest evidence of the GOP trying to help Sanders, not hurt him.

Indeed, in this case, it’s hardly even subtle. This commercial touts Sanders’ support for tuition-free college, single-payer health care, and higher taxes on the “super-rich.” It concludes that the senator is “too liberal,” which isn’t much of an insult in an ad directed towards liberal voters in Iowa.

In other words, we’re talking about a Republican mega-donor investing in a faux attack ad to help Sanders win because he sees Sanders as easy to beat in November.

It’s the mirror image of the tactic Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) used in the 2012 U.S. Senate race in Missouri, when she invested in ads intended to boost then-Rep. Todd Akin (R) in his primary race, with commercials touting his far-right positions and calling him “too conservative.” The point was to make Akin look better in the eyes of Missouri Republicans so he’d win the primary, making it easier for the incumbent Democrat to defeat him on Election Day.

This ad is just another example of the GOP trying to help Sanders become the nominee because the GOP knows that Sanders is the weaker candidate.