I laugh at any one who thought for 1 milisec that sanders was an uniter, he has been anything but one his entire political life

support from that base

In his early writing he said he would be proud if he was the spoiler.

I'm not surprised, but I'm disappointed.

Is this another "it's all about me" moment?..WTH….

Democratic voters want to DUMP tRump..WTH Bernie????

Joe Mansion and even Susan Collins get more respect on the forum than a guy who votes with party consistently and fights for labor rights. Sorry, he disappointed you but we'll see you Sunday.

lecture people about respect

Please respond to my post if you need to replay to me.

at the debate. Biden brought out millions of new voters who don't want Bernie's platform. Biden should say that exactly to Bernie.

But I can empathize with non-Democrats who support fighting the party for the sake of a sacred cow that no longer gives milk.




I s'pose Sanders simply hasn't earned the collective respect you reference and bemoan with such alleged sincerity.

The left of the party (not far left) and it's center to right-wing parts DO not agree. Unity is not one side being made silent for the other. It is coming together to unite cause with need.

You Sanders supporters treat negotiations and compromise just like Republicans do. Moderate Democrats are more than willing to incorporate more liberal policies. I don't see any indications that you are willing to do the same.

I'm not an absolutist but you bargain from where you want to end and compromise to an agreed middle. If you want a $10 raise you dont start by saying "I'll take $5 boss"

She's a joke. No one buys what she pretends to be and everyone here hopes she gets voted out.

He’s been running against the Democratic Party for so long that it’s like he doesn’t know what else to say. It’s sad, really, because the Democratic Party is now sufficiently liberal (once again) to be open to Bernie’s policy proposals, but Bernie is still stuck in the 1990s, and he’s running against the party that actually wants to accomplish his policy goals.

Sad. Truly.

-Laelth

I'm asking honestly?

That’s why I voted for Bernie in the TX primary. I would have voted for Elizabeth, but her campaign was not viable at that time. Bernie’s was. They both promised to fight for THE WHOLE CHICKEN.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287643537

Now, no other Democratic candidate is promising to fight for THE WHOLE CHICKEN. That’s not what I said in my post, above. I argue that the Democratic Party is now, once again, liberal enough to be OPEN to the idea that the people deserve THE WHOLE CHICKEN. That’s all I said (other than the fact that I think Bernie’s shooting himself in the foot by running against the only party that is open to his agenda).

-Laelth

Fighting is the easy part. Getting the legislation passed is not. Bernie wants to be president because it gives him the perfect scapegoat opportunity. He can sit back and not worry about doing the difficult job of crafting legislation, and getting support in Congress to get it passed.

to get some form of national healthcare. The ACA provides a framework from which we move to the next level.

I believe that the Coronavirus is a major opportunity to reform healthcare delivery in this country to make it less expensive and all encompassing. We need a person that can take advantage of that opportunity, I believe that Joe Biden can.

This is kinda been the crux of my support for Sanders. Because Democrats allowed for sweeping compromise while holding all the levers of government at the the time the ACA was watered down into a mass insurance company discount deal as opposed to a ture universal healthcare plan. Was it helpful yes. Did it accomplish its goal no. We keep walking into negotiations with the wolf as sheep hoping we can convince them to have chicken tonight instead of lamb. Lol
Our progressive roots as the Modern Democratic party should be at the foremost of all policy. People, labor, and environmental concerns. We are losing our way because its becoming about power without a focus on what we need the power for. Compromise is a tool to establish framework from where to build. The ACA as a framework was flawed because it allowed for a mandate of coverage as opposed to a foundational understanding as healthcare as a right.
Sanders doesn't have a book full of plans or the support of all the party, or the charisma but he has the one thing that has been missing form the party since the election of Bill Clinton. A policy focused on labor over wallstreet. Raising the minimum wage, true universal healthcare, and college education as a fundamental has high school. If Biden was to win the nomination I need him to accept that many supporters from the left need those causes championed and not with half measures but with good foundations to build on.

I don't see that changing. It's happening organically. Sanders is in a much worse place now than he he was at this point in 2016. Why would you want to jeopardize this by going scorched earth on him. It's happening. Let it happen.

as bad as Trump. Now THAT'S how to unify a party!

Not intended to unify the party, even after Biden has apparently won.

And Bernie has lost. Vote blue in November. The end.

There's still a debate and convention to go.

I don't understand how anyone who calls themselves a progressive would not vote against Trump.

all those "young voters" he talks about... they either don't vote or didn't vote for Bernie this go round.

So how is it that when he can't even get them to turn out and vote for HIM, he feels entitled to direct the party platform because he, and only he, will get them to turn out and vote for someone they all despise almost as much as they dispise Trump?

Seriously... we should NOT count on the Bernie wing of the party this fall... if we do, we lose.

but Bernie sure seemed to unify the "capitalists" on CNBC today.

All day long they were screaming for the federal government to help save their stock portfolios.

CNBC: "We need some socialism...NOW!"

I sure wish there was a deadly virus that only killed world-class hypocrites.

I never considered sanders to be a serious candidate. sanders has zero major legislative accomplishments in part because none of his fellow Democrats really want to support his agenda. I do not understand sanders' political revolution and how this revolution would somehow force congress to adopt his agenda. The only thing that is clear is that sanders attacks on other Democrats and the Democratic Establishment have backfired

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