Enough with the damned finger wag! This country

[rateyes]

is going down a shit hole, and we are talking about Bernie asking Hillary to quit being rude by lifting a finger in her direction? Good fucking grief! The Democratic Party better start thinking about the best candidate able to stick a finger in Trump's face and call him out as the asshole he is, and it ain't Hillary!

[Buzz Clik]

1. We've been thinking about the best candidate.

It isn't Bernie.

Shit happens.

[PatrickforO]

5. If Clinton is the nominee she will lose to Trump. And when she does, I'm gonna be in the crappy

position of saying, 'Gosh I told you so' while at the same time watching what little democracy is left in this country get flushed down the fascist toilet.

Sorry, but if you think Clinton, the quintessential 'establishment' candidate can win against Trump, who is seen as 'anti-establishment,' you've got another thing coming. This is a year when the bases of both parties are in open revolt against that very establishment. She might have won in 08 because...McCain/PALIN, but she's not gonna win against Trump. No way.

[Lizzie Poppet]

9. Same boat, here.

If Hillary wins the nomination, I fully expect her to get absolutely facerolled in the GE. Then I have to decide just how much of a raging bitch I'm going to be to the more toxic and condescending Hillary supporters. I'd not normally have the slightest problem with doing that (not a nice girl...), but there have been plenty of Hillary supporters who have behaved with grace and with whom I've had good, civil debates here. I worry about "collateral damage."

[politicaljunkie41910]

11. If Clinton loses in the GE, it will be because all the Bernie supporters here have said that

they will not vote for her in the GE. But if Bernie wins the Primary, they expect the Hillary supporters to vote for him. Talk about the hypocrisy.

[panader0]

14. Seriously? DU Bernie supporters will cost HRC the election?

There must be at least a few thousand of us. LOL

[RobertEarl]

17. That was Hillarious!!

A few on DU who will be the reason Hill loses!! Bwahahahaha

[dflprincess]

18. As a rule it is the left wing of the party that shows up to vote

even when we have to hold our noses while doing it. Most the time we're told we irrelevant and the party doesn't need us - but when a Third Way candidate loses, all of a sudden it's all our fault.

If Hillary loses it will be because she did nothing to win the support of independents.

If Hillary loses it will be her own damn fault, not the fault of those who supported Bernie.

[Karma13612]

16. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. eom

[PatrickforO]

2. Yeah, baby!!!!!!!!!! I'm with you on this one!

Clinton has shown time and again that she doesn't give a shit about us, our families or the issues that would make our lives better. She can't hold a candle to Sanders on issues, so she has to resort to bullshit like this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Think about this in this way

She did this the last time around, ok her pal and friend did. It is a dog whistle and she lost on policy. This is how I read this.

[CoffeeCat]

4. The Clinton camp only wants to talk about optics

They don't want to talk about how she will support the TPP. Or how her support of horrible trade deals, such as NAFTA have destroyed the country. They don't want to talk about how her personal income and her campaign--is fueled by Wall Street "donations" which are really bribes. They don't want to talk about her not releasing her Wall Street transcripts. They don't want to talk about the fact that she's under FBI investigation and that her IT guy was recently granted immunity. They don't want to talk about how she takes money from the private-prison industry.

So...they talk about finger wagging.

So...they talk about how Bernie stopped Hillary from interrupting him by saying, "Excuse me, I'm talking."

You would think that he told her to "fuck off" while they were chatting on the Senate floor.

No. They were at a debate. She interrupted. He said, "Excuse me. I'm talking."

What's really is sham (and a shame) is that here we are (Bernie supporters, including myself) talking about this bullshit. That's what they want. Aren't they so clever? We should pledge to just NOT talk about this. Let them have this ridiculous debate among themselves. We should not allow ourselves to get dragged into their non issue issues--that take the spotlight off of the issues.

And Bernie wins on the issues.

[angstlessk]

6. I think you should a stand alone post.

Maybe in the Bernie room, and in GDP...I think it is exactly correct, and every Bernie supporter should read it.

I was just reading the link about EGO depletion, and this goes hand in glove with your post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016146473

An excerpt from the Salon article:

Poverty-stricken day laborers in rural India might wear themselves out simply by deciding whether to purchase a bar of soap. Dogs might waste their willpower by holding back from eating chow. White people might lose mental strength when they tried to talk about racial politics with a black scientist. In 2010, a group of researchers led by Martin Hagger put out a meta-analysis of the field—a study of published studies—to find out whether this sort of research could be trusted. Using data from 83 studies and 198 separate experiments, Hagger’s team confirmed the main result. “Ego depletion” seemed to be a real and reliable phenomenon.

That is what happens to us when we debate these ludicrous discussions!

[CoffeeCat]

8. I think it is obvious to anyone

that the only reason they are here is to wear us down, frustrate us and ultimately--make people drop out of the political scene and not care.

It doesn't work though. Bernie is getting more donations than ever and continuing on in this race.

I think most Sanders supporters, including myself, love a good debate and discussion. It's a form of entertainment.

So, maybe the "ego depletion" they're seeking will have to be amassed another way. Skywriting? LOL!

[Gwhittey]

20. This is true

I have been posting on Sean Hannity forums for years. Now if I can handle here I think I can handle the Republican-Lite people that support HRC.

[rateyes]

10. Excellent point.

[ThePhilosopher04]

7. They have nothing else. When you have bankrupt ideas, you resort to race baiting and gender baiting

It's who they are and what they do.

[GreatGazoo]

12. talking about the finger wag instead of the truth of the auto bailout bill vs banker bailout

was part of their strategy. Heck that is why she interrupted him in the first place -- he was correcting the distortion.

She doesn't even know what she is going to say when she interrupts him. Watch, she just says loudly "You know...." so she is interrupting him while she gets her next sentence together. So she isn't just interjecting a quick correction -- she is essentially asking him to stop talking while she thinks of what to say:

[rateyes]

15. She was the one with the half truth trying to keep

Him from telling the whole story. She is a hypocrite extraordinaire!

[Bread and Circus]

13. But apparently women can't handle being interrupted when they are interrupting!!!

That is sarcasm by the way.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. berniebros and fingerwags and whosaidwhat and peopledidthisonfacebook and electability

and zomghesfromvermont and the mystery kibbutz and its her turn and PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING TO AVOID ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT ISSUES.

[H2O Man]

21. It is a tactic

of desperation, attempting to distract attention.

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