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Galraedia

(5,147 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 08:47 PM Apr 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Showing His True Colors

In spite of the fact that Bernie doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning the nomination, instead of coming to help support the effort to get rid of a man who is so corrupt and delusional that he approached a German firm trying to buy the EXCLUSIVE rights to a cure to a world pandemic, Bernie is stomping his feet and complaining that he’s the victim of voter suppression. How is that helping the people? That’s fanaticism and an overwhelming interest in self.

I previously supported Bernie, but during this national emergency (Trump), Bernie needs to take his ass home and pout in private – THAT’S what’s in the interest of the American people. If Bernie can’t see that, everything else he’s spewing is just political rhetoric designed to promote his own interests.

Our primary objective is to get Trump’s ass out of office, and Bernie staying in the race and promising “pie in the sky” and free unicorn rides is not going to accomplish that objective. If Bernie really cared about the American people and all of the rhetoric he’s spewing, he’d stop being so divisive and place the interest of the American people above his hurt feelings and wounded ego.

That’s why about a month ago I turned my back on decades of support for Bernie. I believe in following truth wherever it leads and regardless of who’s ox it gores. So after taking a fresh look at Bernie, I began to recognize that demagogues aren’t new in American politics, and we’ve got to learn to spot them, regardless to how painful it is to accept. After all, I owe my greatest loyalty to myself.

Read more: http://thyblackman.com/2020/04/01/sen-bernie-sanders-is-showing-his-true-colors

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Showing His True Colors (Original Post) Galraedia Apr 2020 OP
The voice of reason! Kudos!! UncleNoel Apr 2020 #1
Yes. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #2
A Good Piece, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2020 #3
Send them letters relayerbob Apr 2020 #4
He looks more and more like Ralph Nader ever day. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #5
he's larwdem Apr 2020 #11
or Jill Stein DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #15
Not exactly Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #17
Thank goodness for some things nader did well DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #18
And isn't that the saddest part ? Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #22
Demagogue is how Bernie has always struck me summer_in_TX Apr 2020 #6
I already knew his true colors radical noodle Apr 2020 #7
He has been showing his true colors for 4 years DenverJared Apr 2020 #8
Does he even get any press? I never see anything about him anymore. C Moon Apr 2020 #9
Bernie: "Get off my lawn!" Cyrano Apr 2020 #10
i agree with the author of this piece ...... Bernie needs to take his ass home and pout in private trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #12
BS said this about trump.. looks like they were just words.. Cha Apr 2020 #13
Bernie has become DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #16
I always appreciate it when former Cha Apr 2020 #19
Amen. calimary Apr 2020 #14
How refreshing to see the scales fall from someone's eyes, and the results of the primaries so far.. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2020 #20
sanders is staying in the race because he is hoping that Joe dies Gothmog Apr 2020 #21
 

UncleNoel

(864 posts)
1. The voice of reason! Kudos!!
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 09:05 PM
Apr 2020
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sheshe2

(87,309 posts)
2. Yes.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 09:29 PM
Apr 2020
If Bernie can’t see that, everything else he’s spewing is just political rhetoric designed to promote his own interests.

We are in the worst possible crisis. People are dying every day. Thousands including healthcare workers who are part of my family. Let the Revolution go Bernie we have far more important issues. We need to bury our dead and vote for a man that can help us today and then tomorrow. Dreams are great, this is not the time.

Let it Be. Bow out with the grace and honor you deserve. You are not in this time and place the man who has the answers. Dreams are not going to answer the horrific death toll we face.

Words of Wisdom...let it go. Go away.
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The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
3. A Good Piece, Ma'am
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 09:45 PM
Apr 2020

Thank you for sharing it. The gentleman makes a lot of sense.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

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relayerbob

(7,001 posts)
4. Send them letters
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 09:47 PM
Apr 2020

I use to support him, but moved to Warren this time. I have sent letters to his Senate office in box and to info@ to pleased with him to join the team and work together to solve these issues. They need to hear this. He hears way too much from way too few

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
5. He looks more and more like Ralph Nader ever day.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:04 PM
Apr 2020
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larwdem

(830 posts)
11. he's
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:00 PM
Apr 2020

worse then Ralph Nader he's A left wing Trump

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DENVERPOPS

(9,916 posts)
15. or Jill Stein
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:21 PM
Apr 2020

or an asset of Putin...............how perfect would that fit his increasing claims and bad behavior???????????

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
17. Not exactly
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:30 PM
Apr 2020

When Nader got word that he was not going to get the nomination, he could have released his delegates (and many did ask) to go vote for Gore. He refused to release them, full well knowing that his was a lost cause. EGO. Even his best friend, Bob Reich, told him to release the people that want to be released and Ralph said "no." Bob later said it was all about Nader's all-consuming ego. I don't see how BS is doing anything different. The thing for Nader was - after the election, he became persona non gratis in the party. And stayed that way.

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DENVERPOPS

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18. Thank goodness for some things nader did well
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:11 AM
Apr 2020

His work in the Auto industry was tremendous.......He forced major improvements in auto safety.

Then his ego, sadly, ran away from him.

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
22. And isn't that the saddest part ?
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 08:51 PM
Apr 2020

He was truly a force for good science to triumph over profit bottom lines. If only he had remained true to that. Instead, he started to believe his own press profile.

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summer_in_TX

(3,200 posts)
6. Demagogue is how Bernie has always struck me
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:35 PM
Apr 2020

While my dad (93) is a hard-core Berner, I have always been uneasy with what seemed to me to be a touch of fanaticism. That's one way in which he resembles the 'present occupant.'

His supporters' fanaticism and the tearing down of everyone but the object of their adulation is disturbingly similar to Trump's cult too.

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radical noodle

(8,492 posts)
7. I already knew his true colors
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:37 PM
Apr 2020

He's flown them for several years. I do agree that in this time of crisis it's become even more glaring. Good article.

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DenverJared

(457 posts)
8. He has been showing his true colors for 4 years
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:38 PM
Apr 2020

Some were not alert enough to fall for it

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C Moon

(12,545 posts)
9. Does he even get any press? I never see anything about him anymore.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:55 PM
Apr 2020
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Cyrano

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10. Bernie: "Get off my lawn!"
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 10:58 PM
Apr 2020
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trueblue2007

(18,072 posts)
12. i agree with the author of this piece ...... Bernie needs to take his ass home and pout in private
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:03 PM
Apr 2020
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Cha

(305,196 posts)
13. BS said this about trump.. looks like they were just words..
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:04 PM
Apr 2020
Donald Trump must be defeated,” Bernie Sanders insists, “and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.”

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175



Wow and from a former supporter.. he sees him so clearly now.
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DENVERPOPS

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16. Bernie has become
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:26 PM
Apr 2020

totally wrapped up in himself and is completely into self aggrandizing at this point. Sadly, the man has lost all self control and rational or reasonable thinking. My wife who is a long time Bernie Lover, told me after listening to Bernie a couple of weeks ago, she was voting for Biden. She also made an astonishing remark that Bernie was beginning to sound a lot like Trump........

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Cha

(305,196 posts)
19. I always appreciate it when former
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:03 AM
Apr 2020

Sanders supporters are catching on to what he's doing.

Thank you for that, Denver!

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Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
20. How refreshing to see the scales fall from someone's eyes, and the results of the primaries so far..
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 02:22 AM
Apr 2020

seem to back up the vision of this former BS supporter.

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Gothmog

(154,202 posts)
21. sanders is staying in the race because he is hoping that Joe dies
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 09:45 AM
Apr 2020
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