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2016 Postmortem

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

6. It's an intervention. Bernie joining the party is rescuing it from corruption.

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:38 PM

Feb 2016

It's time to take the party back from the corrupt oligarchs like Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and Rahm Emanuel, and throw out the influence of their corporate backers.

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Outside the party, Sanders escaped battered Dem syndrome. Joining it is an intervention. [View all] pat_k Feb 2016 OP

Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2016 #1

Call it a hostage rescue. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #2

Yep. A form of "stockholm syndrome" (nt) pat_k Feb 2016 #13

Yes - Battered Democrat Syndrome (BDS) Is Regularly Displayed At DU - Some Should Look In A Mirror cantbeserious Feb 2016 #3

Love the addition of acronym! pat_k Feb 2016 #11

Battered Dem Syndrom <-- brilliantly said. Explains a lot in just a three words. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #4

I didn't coin it, but have been using for awhile pat_k Feb 2016 #8

Bernie is trying to bring the Democratic Party back to his roots, back to the people & jillan Feb 2016 #5

It is only a bad thing if you are a sellout sucking at the corporate teat Vincardog Feb 2016 #7

Yes. And win or lose, for the sake of the nation, it will have a lasting effect. (nt) pat_k Feb 2016 #12

It's an intervention. Bernie joining the party is rescuing it from corruption. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #6

Sanders brings Dem Party back to its core values. (nt) Ino Feb 2016 #9

Someone has to save us from the fuckin' pigs. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #10

. tk2kewl Feb 2016 #14