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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hey DNC, we are big enough to be a third party... [View all]Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)138. Why wait?
Oh you mean the DEMOCRATIC convention?
Thought we were still talking Third Party here.
Just more threats and ransom talk, etc...
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No Sanders is not that popular: He appeals to be people that want free college!
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#16
Yes, and the Clinton's did deliver on all helping people colleges: pell grants etc
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#271
You need to go the lib: and look up the Clinton budgets they helped the middle class:
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#282
And what kind of dickhead would deny them this simple wish? I mean, besides Republicans?
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2016
#287
Its not a simple wish at all: that is why Sanders is a fraud: He is an empty suit
lewebley3
Apr 2016
#292
You really have no idea what you are talking about. Nobody says free, because
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#302
Wolf Bitzer; Quoted Sanders at the Debate: he promised everyone free college
lewebley3
Apr 2016
#307
NO, tuition free which means it is paid for thru taxes like other civilized nations.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#308
Spelling actually does count in posts about higher education. I'm standing by that one.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2016
#288
The "free stuff" right wing meme lives on here at DU. Thanks for dumping on college students.
think
Mar 2016
#60
Free? You mean like the protection mega corporations get from the US military all around the world?
think
Mar 2016
#197
Yes. And over 8% of vets are currently homeless. We don't do enough for our vets. If we're willing
think
Mar 2016
#206
IT IS NOT FREE. WE VETS GAVE UP LIFE, LIMB AND OUR TIME TO SERVE. IT WAS NEVER FREE.
Katashi_itto
Mar 2016
#232
You made no points civilian. Your time for service in exchange of for college is in essence barter.
Katashi_itto
Mar 2016
#269
Would it burst your bubble if I said I have $0 college debt and yet want Sander's tuition-free
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#67
Yep. I actually never had college debt so as a millenial "bernie bro" I throw a real wrench
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#152
Me too. It's a Republican right wing philosophy to think that everything in life should be
GoneFishin
Mar 2016
#216
They always, and I mean fucking always have more money for weapons, but they make up
GoneFishin
Mar 2016
#217
Where do you live? I lived all my life in CA and our public colleges and Universities were free!
bkkyosemite
Mar 2016
#82
Oh, you mean free college like we had before and like many advanced nations have?
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#74
Yes, we understand how taxes work. We're saying free at the time of study.
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#153
Sanders has received more votes from voters under 30 than Clinton and Trump combined.
obamneycare
Mar 2016
#81
No, it is not a hallmark of Clinton's: Its only a hallmark to left wing tea baggers:
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#285
Obama worked for deal that was best for the counrty: Obama won somethings too!
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#264
No, likes debt: but Sanders making false promises that he cannot deliver of free college:
lewebley3
Apr 2016
#295
Doesn't matter, you spout off RW talking points. Maybe you "evolved" like Hillary.
pinebox
Mar 2016
#256
Got any more Freeper talking points for us? How much more WAR and CLIMATE CHANGE do you want
Lorien
Mar 2016
#166
The Democrats helped put him where he is today. They may as well own it out right.
TalkingDog
Mar 2016
#71
Keep in mind there are also a lot of people trying decide BETWEEN Bernie and Trump.
basselope
Mar 2016
#165
They obviously need new members...your membership would be welcome, I'm sure.
Surya Gayatri
Mar 2016
#50
Social Democrats, Democrats, Republicans, Conservative Republicans (Trump's camp?)
blueintelligentsia
Mar 2016
#176
Wrong: Dem party is getting strong: and more liberal things are going to get done
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#22
Also, I wasn't claiming to be looking for "political discourse" in that comment,
revbones
Mar 2016
#122
Yeah, learned my lesson about responding to posts that aren't worth more than that... nt
revbones
Mar 2016
#148
No, they have not shot themselves in the foot: Only Sanders people think that nonsense
lewebley3
Mar 2016
#284
Same to you and your party of aging, increasingly out of touch, zombies
whatchamacallit
Mar 2016
#20
Fortunately, for the DU splinter group, an alternate infrastructure is ALREADY in existence...
Surya Gayatri
Mar 2016
#91
I think we will see that, in my lifetime. Nature abhors a vacuum, a vacuum has been created
Autumn
Mar 2016
#18
Bernie poll-tested all his platforms, to make sure they were popular among Millennials.
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#73
Jill Stein is better than Bernie and she can't get any traction. Even Bernie knew he needed to run
seaglass
Mar 2016
#75
Hillary is losing up to 85% of all millenials, the dnc, thirdwayers etc, are all but fking dead.
litlbilly
Mar 2016
#188
And the fact that none of the Hill Shills can or wont see that is just amazing to me.
litlbilly
Mar 2016
#189
That is too bad. It appears they aren't voting in big numbers. That doesn't bode well
seaglass
Mar 2016
#200
really? look at all the caucus states. they are showing up in record numbers.
litlbilly
Mar 2016
#203
Now, if only you can figure out how to get to the polls, we might be afraid
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#78
It will be a coalition of the entire left, in solidarity with Greens and other progressive parties
Zorra
Mar 2016
#116
If they can't get that site off the ground ... I don't see much hope for their new party.
JoePhilly
Mar 2016
#104
Just send money! They can use Bernie's data bases to find their donors...! LOL!
Surya Gayatri
Mar 2016
#109
Well, if memory serves, JPR was meant to do that after the Sanders campaign.
VulgarPoet
Mar 2016
#237
I don't think JPR = the progressive movement inside the democratic party
HereSince1628
Mar 2016
#238
Do not do this if you live in a state that has closed primaries. Indies can't vote in primaries.
jillan
Mar 2016
#170
You can blame the DNC & party elites & the media for pushing a purchased corporate Dem on US. /nt
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#223
So, The Revolution (™) is going to run the entire Government with Bernie Sanders?
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#227
Ok this post yesterday got me thinking about something I remembered reading about the New Deal.
vintx
Mar 2016
#228
The Democratic Party stopped representing its former political base long ago
AZ Progressive
Mar 2016
#245
They don't care. They don't need liberal retards. They'll rely on 'sane' republicans to vote for her
haikugal
Mar 2016
#276
I support Bernie Sanders. If he loses the nomination and goes third party, I will turn my back on...
marble falls
Apr 2016
#299