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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie shouldn't get pressured out of the race [View all]ancianita
(38,405 posts)49. Freedom of speech. He's going to do what he's going to do.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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That's exactly what Lawrence O'Donnell is explaining right this minute, in so many words.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#1
You're giving his ad buy too much credit. The DNC is going to be unified, you'll see.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#44
Post/cite some examples. I haven't seen any attacks and I get Bernie posts and news every day.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#60
Let me get this straight. You started off about "party unity" to pander to a group of unreliable
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#99
You get nothing straight. Don't interpret me back to myself, make it about me, and STOP piling on.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#118
Let me see here...am I using YOUR words to call you out or personally attacking you?
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#120
Oh no. Just play the "Let me get this straight," passive aggressive game of rephrasing.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#121
No. The only thing silly is your deflection, double standard, and name calling.
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#123
No, Hillary was destroyed...can't have a nominee attacked on the right and the left...same thing
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#80
IF. If he were going to "hurt Biden," he would have by now. Can't you see that yet?
ancianita
Mar 2020
#83
Yours may be the greatest movement of goalposts in the history of goalposts.
LanternWaste
Mar 2020
#129
Nope. Just willing to give Bernie the benefit of the doubt because it's a primary.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#130
Wrong! We voters are pressuring him out by voting against him overwhelmingly
SiliconValley_Dem
Mar 2020
#4
It is his ego. And why he really hasn't accomplished much in his 29 years plus
LiberalFighter
Mar 2020
#24
What evidence have you, other than opinion here, that Bernie & supporters will split the party?
ancianita
Mar 2020
#38
BS shouldn't have to be pressured-he should be smart enough & insightful enough to do it on his own.
Julian English
Mar 2020
#7
I haven't seen that at all. Maybe you're blowing his campaign rhetoric into something else.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#69
I'll calm down about him when he stops running attack ads against Biden; until then, it's on him
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2020
#77
Of course you don't see anything critical of Bernie and you DO defend Bernie. Even though....
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#122
He has LOST. He will not be the nominee. Dear goddesses can people accept this simple truth?
boston bean
Mar 2020
#9
It's a clean sweep for Biden once again, and the only thing forcing BS out is math.
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2020
#11
I agree. He should be grabbed by the scruff of the neck and THROWN out of it
jberryhill
Mar 2020
#12
He has always required the help of the Democratic Party to run for Senator in VT, and will again in
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#134
The only dividing currently being done is by Sanders and some of his supporters.
TwilightZone
Mar 2020
#22
Any campaign which is solely aspirational and positive could continue without ill effect,
RockRaven
Mar 2020
#25
As long as they have people such as Gray, Sirota, and Turner, it will be about attacking Biden
still_one
Mar 2020
#33
No reason for Bernie to drop out as long as he's mathematically still in the race...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2020
#128
Here's your research! Hillary Clinton was NEVER 300 delegates behind at any time...
George II
Mar 2020
#135
Actually, the voters matter quite a bit, which is why they should all have their say...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2020
#139
Give him some time, but he has to understand the primary is over. We need to turn our attention to
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#73
He should have stepped out after Super Tuesday. We were saying give him time after last week. Then
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#87
How is it so difficult to understand 'A BAD BIDEN FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS' is better than
JustFiveMoreMinutes
Mar 2020
#86
Where, please, is this mythic solid base? If he has a base he'd win a county here and there.
Squinch
Mar 2020
#107
At this point I just think Biden should be campaigning solely against Trump ...
nolawarlock
Mar 2020
#105
Oh bullshit. We're not "dividing the party?" BS is. And that couldn't be plainer unless
Squinch
Mar 2020
#106
When Bernie has a 99% chance of losing, he should bow out gracefully. but, for whatever reason
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#125
True & besides, if Joe does win the nomination, Bernie will have helped make him a better candidate
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2020
#127