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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders: Obama lost touch with grass-roots movement! [View all]giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)105. So is the I'm Jewish a way to try & connect
with us lowly minorities?
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Used it to get what? Higher profits for Wall Street? That's what he got. nm
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#207
So what do you think he should have done differently to prevent the losses of 2010 and 2014?
Bjorn Against
Aug 2015
#7
I watched in dismay as he avoided any mention of voting for the down-ballot candidates.
Stardust
Aug 2015
#206
Yes, that is indeed a master stroke of political genius and cunning - attack Obama from the left!??
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#15
If nothing else this might push Obama to break with tradition and endorse a primary candidate.
George II
Aug 2015
#36
Attack is a bit of a strong word for Sen. Sanders's comments, isn't it?
WIProgressive88
Aug 2015
#71
Brilliant strategy. I guess Bernie doesn't need Obama supporters to win either.
still_one
Aug 2015
#91
They are running out of attacks so the anti-semitic dog whistles are coming out.
Bjorn Against
Aug 2015
#28
Because, believe it or not, there are semitic Jews who have no "invisibility cloak" and are
Luminous Animal
Aug 2015
#130
Aryan Nation. Storm Front. KKK. Aryan White Resistance. American Nazi Party. Nation of Islam.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2015
#132
folks trying to point out the anti-semitism used kid gloves with the poster
nashville_brook
Aug 2015
#247
It wasn't exactly Bernie's ancestors (which implies generations ago) that "experienced WWII"
dflprincess
Aug 2015
#86
"My boyfriend is Paki" - Note that "Paki" is considered a racially offensive term. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2015
#135
You are actually praising Louis Farrakhan? The bigot who said "Hilter was a very great man"?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#153
Oh I don't know. Maybe because Jewish people have had a history of slavery and oppression.
Autumn
Aug 2015
#83
Bernie is 73 years old. He know what it is like being stalked, profiled, harassed and murdered.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2015
#125
given that there's a history of anti-semitism in some brands of nationalism
nashville_brook
Aug 2015
#239
i guess i'm just old school - i believe solidarity should extend in all directions
nashville_brook
Aug 2015
#243
Which political party was Sanders a member of when Obama "lost touch" with the party grassroots?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#12
Has Sanders previously ever called himself anything other than a "socialist", without added words?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#80
In the same dated article there is this, so he seems to use all kinds of terms:
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#161
No ... I am correctly reading the 2010 - the present polling of Democrats. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Aug 2015
#160
Bernie hasn't changed his message...if anything his message has Grown in Scope....
KoKo
Aug 2015
#19
Seems that the only people hung up on that distinction have no intention of voting for him anyway..
frylock
Aug 2015
#188
I think Sanders is more concerned with advancing the quality of people's lives..
frylock
Aug 2015
#198
Obama got rid of DADT ... changed how the federal governent treated same sex couples ...
JoePhilly
Aug 2015
#39
"No leadership" in my opinion pretty much sums up the Obama Administration.[n/t]
Maedhros
Aug 2015
#233
Let's see if whoever the Democrat is becomes President, exactly what they will accomplish if
still_one
Aug 2015
#88
Not everything is good, but not everything is bad either. I take the presidency as a whole, and
still_one
Aug 2015
#146
Use the groundswell of support he's building, rather than squander it like Obama did? [n/t]
Maedhros
Aug 2015
#186
But he noted that Republicans took control of the Senate in the last election by linking Democratic
Unknown Beatle
Aug 2015
#129
Not putting single payer on the table in 2009 was a part of this 'lost touch,'
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#150