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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sun Aug 6, 2017, 11:09 PM Aug 2017

"Bernie isn't a Democrat"

You hear that refrain here. Heck I've been known to drift there also.
Here's a post for example:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9423063

What you do not hear is Bernie getting any credit for NOT running as an Independent and therefore, if he did, really tearing the Democratic Party apart.

So I guess since Bernie gets so much shit for being an Independent maybe these folks would have been happier if he'd run as an Independent?



Somehow we need to focus on the goal:
Getting Democrats in power and holding their feet to a progressive fire that demands justice and opportunity for the masses.

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"Bernie isn't a Democrat" (Original Post) SHRED Aug 2017 OP
No he isn't a Democrats but he stands and caucuses with Democrats. Smart people understand that, Autumn Aug 2017 #1

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
1. No he isn't a Democrats but he stands and caucuses with Democrats. Smart people understand that,
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 10:36 AM
Aug 2017

which is why Bernie is included in the TOS and jury rules AS a Democrat. Which is completely ignored. What he runs as doesn't matter, they would only be happy if he had nothing to do with the Democratic party.

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