(WTF?? Get us in 'line':) Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party

Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party

Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say.

But it’s not just the outside agitators that Democratic lawmakers, operatives, and activists are annoyed with: They’re tired of what they see as the senator’s hesitance to confront his own backers, either in public or through back channels.

Tensions boiled over recently when a handful of Sanders loyalists bashed freshman Sen. Kamala Harris — a rising star in the party and potential 2020 hopeful — as an establishment tool. Democrats were also rankled that other prominent Sanders allies said support for single-payer health care should be a litmus test for candidates.

In response, Democratic senators and outside groups have begun telling Sanders and friendly intermediaries that if he wants to be a leading figure for Democrats ahead of 2020’s presidential election, he needs to get his supporters in line — or at least publicly disavow their more incendiary statements.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/bernie-backers-attacks-infuriat...

I'm so angry right now that all I'll say is these money grubbing assholes better watch their fucking mouths. Unless they like being exiled in the political wilderness. These shits better get THEIR asses in line.

EDIT: put back in the article title that somehow disappeared the first time around.

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SnappleBC's picture

... "or else all us who are members of a dying political party and who are personally distrusted and disliked will fail to support the most liked politician in the US."

I have no idea why Bernie even bothers with them but I can't really imagine what they have to offer him. Nor can I really imagine how he's going to sell Kamala Harris. But hey, if he thinks he can, then he should go for it.

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A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard

@SnappleBC
1) They totally misunderstand the progressive insurgency. Bernie couldn't stop it if he wanted to. It speaks volumes that the Dem establishment doesn't even understand how grassroots works.

2) It appears that TPTB have been expecting the progressive insurgency to burn itself out, and are now publicly admitting their frustration.
Next comes fear.

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@gjohnsit
We are witnessing the next phase; anger.
Stomping on the floor, lambasting those who refuse to agree with them, threatening dire consequences, virulent verbal attacks, all hallmarks of behavior identical to children who know they have done wrong and realize a spanking is coming.
Pathetic immature, arrogant, bullies, who cannot decide to run from the schoolyard or hurl epitaphs in the hope they can scare us into submission.
The next phase; wildly flailing panic. Right about January 2nd.
Wait for it.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

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@gjohnsit

2) It appears that TPTB have been expecting the progressive insurgency to burn itself out, and are now publicly admitting their frustration.
Next comes fear.

According to the aphorism attributed to Mohandas K. Gandhi:

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"

we're mow in late-stage "laugh at you", the stage where our adversaries realize that we're not ridiculous and ridicule won't work to defeat us.

You are correct here: next comes fear, an attempt to gin up the loyal retainers for the fight against the progressive uprising. This, too, will fail.

And all their ill-gotten cash notwithstanding, the conservadems and Turd Wayers have nothing else. They have nothing of substance to offer us. So they simply try and dismiss us as insignificant, but they can't stand the fact that we're not -- and nothing they can do will change that.

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

@thanatokephaloides

And after they lose again, they go through the whole cycle again?

They do seem to recycle the same dirty tactics over and over again, certainly from the McCarthyist period, if not earlier...

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

@gjohnsit
Do they think tens of millions of people wouldn't have noticed they can't meet expenses, and as a result of corruption, if Bernie had never said anything? But authoritarian analysis can't comprehend anything that isn't a top-down view of life.
Their minds are clouded by their craving for money fixes; they're just going to keep swirling down the crapper.

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Orwell: Where's the omelette?

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@jim p Brilliantly succinct:

But authoritarian analysis can't comprehend anything that isn't a top-down view of life.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@SnappleBC She's like a mixed-race version of Hillary with better manners that the people don't already hate.

It would work if 1)the Democrats hadn't sunk their credibility to the lowest low it's been in decades, and 2)we would shut up about her backers and her shitty pro-Wall St, pro-prison industry behaviors.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

is it possible they are actually the same ...

nah.

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@irishking LOL!

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

If they think anyone is going to support a rerun of that liar, think again.

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@dkmich I think it's supposed to be different because she's a girl.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal
One of today's emails from my rep, Jayapal, has her strongly promoting Harris. So much for Jayapal's ethics.

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These shits better get THEIR asses in line.

I can always tell when these DNC tools lose their shit over something: the talking points show up in loyal Democrats' feeds all over social media. Saw the Kamala Harris thing and how "litmus tests" are divisive several times earlier.

My now-standard response: "LOL." It makes them crazy.

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@WaterLily Divisive? Good. I want to be divided from them. Actually, I am divided from them. No litmus test necessary.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@WaterLily

...Saw ... how "litmus tests" are divisive several times earlier.

My now-standard response: "LOL." It makes them crazy.

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is 'purity'?

Who knew!?!

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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@Bollox Ref

Politico said so.

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@dance you monster

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@Bollox Ref
How dare you believe in something!

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@Bollox Ref All of us who were on DKos when the arguments over the public option started in 2010.

of course health care for all is purist. like ending pointless wars fueled by mercenary greed.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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They were concerned that a group with the reach of Our Revolution’s could be doing significant damage to the party’s efforts to re-engage with Sanders voters.

Remind me again: what, exactly, has the party been doing to "re-engage" with me?

Yeah, I thought so.

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@WaterLily
from us in the first place. Do they not remember telling us we were not needed to win? How did that work out for them?
I'll tell you how. For the very first time in my 68 years I didn't vote for ANY Democrat. And I have been voting since I was legally able to, at age 21.

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

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@WaterLily Now I know why you were ROTFLYAO.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@WaterLily Anyway, isn't this like looking a gift horse in the mouth? What is OR doing, anyway, except trying to keep disgruntled left-wingers in the Democratic fold?

Or is this all kabuki to gin up support for OR? That's the only thing that would make any of this logical, but I'm not convinced the actors here ARE logical.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@WaterLily
I'm a little slow. Are you saying Bernie supporters are making it difficult for establishment, 3rd way Democrats to engage with Bernie supporters?

Maybe it would help if they actually did something we agreed with or let one of our people win a position where we elected the most delegates but not enough to overcome their unelected super-delegates. Nah. It would only encourage us. Much better to make an example of us by not giving us discounts to Hillary's $2,000 book signings. Makes you wonder what 2nd prize is.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

@gjohnsit
I read some other pretty funny articles, until my browser seized (remember - i before e, except always) trying to load all the ads.

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@gjohnsit
the roll out of Hillary's new book is being sabotaged by the Russians.

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@native Da, tovarisch!

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal on my salad for years!

Don't you tell me it was invented in New Hampshire! That's just Russian Propaganda!

Everybody knows that the only Russian meal is a piece of Black Bread between two pieces of White Bread, that you had to stand in three different lines to get the ingredients for.

/snark

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@detroitmechworks LMAO!

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@detroitmechworks

Everybody knows that the only Russian meal is a piece of Black Bread between two pieces of White Bread, that you had to stand in three different lines to get the ingredients for.

That's not a Russian meal!!

Where's the borscht? And the vodka, for Cat's sake!

Wink

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"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

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@thanatokephaloides

Thank you... that's all the proof the Clinton camp needs to definitively tie us to Russia!

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09wON6jwJ2o]

/snark

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@detroitmechworks One of my favorite actresses of that era. Also good in Pretty in Pink--actually one of the two or three high spots in Pretty in Pink (none of them were any of the three leads).

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal
those evil Russians deal with traffic violators!

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPxDHN7aLo4]

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@gjohnsit

Lol, sounds like billionaire media mogul Clinton supporter Haim Saban is still both somewhat pissed at the amount invested in Hillary and the DNC toward Israels global supremacy (as apparently promised by Hillary promising them the Earth and a hell of a lot more American taxpayer money in the form of the latest and best MIC-enriching weaponry than the billions-worth they're already getting,) and happy with his investment in the Onion...

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

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on people if they weren't actually part of your organization... Somebody needs to send the Dems another copy of that memo...

/snark

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4ackoZfdA]

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@detroitmechworks
sort through the Dims crazy. They're seriously insane. The system is supposed to be where THEY REPRESENT OUR wants and needs, not the other way around like it is now.

The Clinton Creature, Pelosi, Schumer, Perez, Brazile, and the rest of these money-grubbing cheating liars told us to go away the last time around. Then they got all pissy when we did, well, I'm never going back.

And if Sanders doesn't start standing up to these fucks then you'll have all the proof anyone will ever need to show that he's nothing but a sheep dog. It is SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT TIME FOR SENATOR SANDERS. (I don't trust him regardless.)

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@Amanda Matthews I prefer to think of it as sharing the same bus for a while, but I didn't want to get off at his stop.

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@detroitmechworks

either way, I love your snarky comments lately. Don't stop

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

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@snoopydawg

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@snoopydawg Now, well, dammit I should get up and smoke again.

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@Amanda Matthews long past time.

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Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.

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@Amanda Matthews Telling someone to get out and then getting pissy when they do...doesn't this sound like a breakup with passive-aggressive asshole?

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal
to figure out exactly what makes it so hard for them to understand that there are 'people'who don't like to be lied to and cheated.

That kind of crazy is above my pay grade.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Amanda Matthews Ages ago, I asked the question: why does the Clinton machine want us to leave?

https://caucus99percent.com/content/why-does-clinton-machine-want-us-leave

Now there's only two possibilities: 1)the Occam's razor explanation: they never expected this many of us to leave (wasn't it 14 million Democrats who have left?), and now they're flustered and pissed off, or 2)they don't care whether we leave or stay, not really, but Hillary needs somebody to offload blame onto, and all this BS she (and others) are writing is a desperate attempt to blame Bernie and his supporters, just like she's tried to blame Jim Comey, Russia, millennials, deplorables, the DNC (!), and basically everybody and everything other than herself.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal
level is hard to truly comprehend. Particularly since Clinton and her acolytes are so brazen about it and show NO SHAME WHATSOEVER every time they get nailed for lying or doing things like sneakily funnelling contributions to the Clinton Creature's Super PAC that were supposedly intended to support other downticket candidates. She/they screwed all Dim candidates with their donation laundering scheme, not just Sanders. And when they get caught,they simply ignore the outrage and the umbrage and move on to their next sleazy tactic.

I never shoplifted or stole anything, even as a kid, because the shame of being caught was never worth it. It still doesn't seem worth it. And I've taken my share of lumps for not trying to cover up something stupid that I've done with a lie because I'm sure I'd be caught. And it's NOT because I'm this paragon of truth, justice, and the American Way, it's because the thought of being caught lying always seemed too shameful to bear. Either stick to the truth or don't say anything when the shit hits the fan. At least you haven't disgraced yourself by getting caught lying.

Once upon a time dishonesty was enough to kill a political career. Now it seems to be just another feature.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal

That's actually a defining characteristic of borderline personality dsorder.

There's a classic book about BPD entitled "I Hate You - Don't Leave Me".

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@Centaurea That's what it looks like to me!

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

ggersh's picture

they just live to hate progresives the left and liberals
but without embarrassment use those labels to attract
such voters.

Again Fuck the D's and the D party just fuck em.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/08/hillary-hates-again/

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

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@ggersh [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4Czv1j3F8]

Because Honest feelings sound so much better when delivered with a Scottish accent and a Concertina.

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@detroitmechworks @detroitmechworks @detroitmechworks
are gutless weasels. They'd have to borrow a pair in order to hit them in their metaphorical 'balls'. Maybe the Clinton Creature could take Bill's out of her purse and pass 'em around.

EDIT: or/order and added a '
EDIT EDIT: the/them

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Amanda Matthews #notmyabuela

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@WaterLily
suggested #abuelamuerte?

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@Amanda Matthews @Amanda Matthews sorry if it's a bit gross, but it fit's what
the clinton's will/are, it's just the perfect fit.

EDIT: removed video

added video

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXpKiY2MXE]

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

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@ggersh
that Counterpunch article:

“Reprehensible. The worst kind of asshole kicks their own sheep dog when he/she left the pen door open. Madame Deplorable simply cannot face the fact that she alone is responsible for achieving the seemingly impossible i.e., allowing the crass, bloviating, two-legged toxic waste dump Trump from defeating himself. Her closest aides have confessed that she could not even name the reason that she desired to become president, other than, ‘It’s my turn. Gimme. Gimme.'”

One thing Trump got right: Hillary is “nasty.”

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

@Amanda Matthews That's Her in a nutshell. Could not have summed it up any better. lol

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@earthling1 @Amanda Matthews ... 'cause it's true.

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@Amanda Matthews

envious of that one.
ha.

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@ggersh Great article.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@ggersh
I read this a few days ago and thought that this was one of Street's best articles. His articles are usually must reads, but he outdid himself with this one.
The link to the article in the one about Hillary is broken, but I bookmarked it.

The Silence of the Good People

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@snoopydawg

The older I get, the more I am struck by the bloodless social and political indifference and lethargy of millions upon millions of my fellow Americans.

During the early days of our Republic people took politics very seriously. Sometime I think that people cared up until Reagan, and then voting for one's leaders became a popularity contest or just a weapon to use against people that you disagree with. Not necessarily because of right and wrong, but because it's simply a vote against the 'other' side. How many refuse to do their due diligence to research a candidate's history or record but instead vote on the basis of who pisses off the other side the most? Too many IMO.

It's destroying the country.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@ggersh

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Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say.

They say a lot of stupid shit. Her said a lot of stupid shit in Her retarded book.

Why do they think anyone cares what Bernie thinks or says about anything?

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@Meteor Man even a little bit...

I'll let Kevin Spacey Explain why.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxmrcfbklVg]

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@Meteor Man progressive cause is a bad thing. They seem to worship anything with a D after its name, without question or hesitation. Trump was a Dem for many years, would they line up behind him too?

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

@dervish It is all they care about and if that isn't pure enough for us, we can pound sand. Dirty Savages, all.

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Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur

@dervish
just wait.

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@dervish
And emotionally stunted that they can't understand being true to one's convictions and beliefs.

The only thing they're loyal to is themselves and their bank balance.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Meteor Man I think a lot of people do, sadly--but that doesn't mean that they'll follow him back to Hillary. Anybody who would do that has already been gotten "in line." It's likely that they've gotten all the persuadables they're gonna get for the Democratic Party, too.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

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@Meteor Man
Bernie supporters, progressives got 'em on the run.

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that's a Freudian slip, actually it's the donors and the leadership that's infuriated, and the author equates these with being "the party".

The party will never be us, to these assholes.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

@dervish That is what I thought too, Dervish.

I think someone(s) is/are threatening to pull their plug. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of incompetent goofballs. Which is what I think these dopes are, is teens who never grew up. The designation 'asshole' is too complimentary for the Dim leadership because it is a word which implies adulthood. The Dim motto might as well be Party Down, Keep those Good Times Rolling (so long as some sap can be found to pay the bills).

'Ideological purity' is it? Like, oh, "Russia did it! Russia did it! Putin bad!" "Assad is a tyrant! Assad is a tyrant!" who beheaded and enslaved His Own People! Oh wait, that was our very own client ISIS. Get ready to welcome the rehabilitated ISIS slave traders to a nice home in your neighborhood.

The Rethuglican leadership is evil because it likes evil. The Dumbocrat leadership does evil because "We were just having a good time and things sort of happened. We didn't meeaaan to and anyway we are still better than Them over there." The Dumbs remind me of frat boys and their girlfriends after the party where things went a bit to far saying "You mean we don't get to be popular anymore because we killed somebody?"

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@Nastarana

and it's not just the donors in this country. Many foreign governments, companies and everyone in between has given money to the super PACs that were funneling money into Her campaign and now that Herheinous lost, they know that they aren't only out of their money, but she won't be able to deliver on her promises.
The Clintons shut down the part of their foundation that received billions in donations during her tenure as Secretary of State. Both the foundation and Bill's pockets received buckoo bucks from everywhere.

Yep. The donors are pissed!

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

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@snoopydawg They might figure out soon that they don't need political parties or the leaderships of same. If they were really smart, they'd realize they don't need politicians, but I think the illusion of democracy--and the extra layer between them and the people they rule--is too useful to them.

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--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
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we could be on our way to a Third Party. These jackasses are going to continue with this attempt at strong arming people who supported Sanders supporters and they're going to cut their own throats.

I posted this damn article on JPR. Here was one of responses:

Ferd Berfel (4629 posts) September 8, 2017 at 10:10 am
4. Fuck em

NEW PARTY !

Why expend energy and time on these corporate whores?

These assholes will never change. Lets spend this energy on a NEW PARTY ! What is with the 99% rather than the 1%

…and you think you’re going to stop this simply by ‘pulling a lever’, in a booth, behind a curtain, every 2 years? - Know yourself. And if you need help with that, call the FBI. - There is only ONE solution to this mess: New Party !

https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/wtf-get-us-in-line-bernie-back...

Now is the time!

http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent?
Trend since 2004
Republicans Independents Democrats
28% 41%. 28%
2017 Aug 2-6

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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whoring? @Amanda Matthews

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Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.

@orlbucfan

I know he keeps saying no to Third Party, and I think he means it. He is tryly to reform from within to the degree he thinks he can. Soon, however, the gods may take his fate out of his hands. People have been pissed off at Congress and our government as far back as I can remember and nothing ever got any better. Trump and Obama may be the last dump these politicians get to take on the American voter no matter how hard Bernie tries to keep it together for an internal coup d'etat

While I'm not happy with Bernie's long game approach, I am willing to reserve judgment and wait and see.

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@dkmich
wait long, or wait for Bernie. The only way "we" are going to move Bernie off the pot and back out in the streets where he belongs is for "us" to be out there screaming about Third Party. And, not just screaming, "signing people up," getting them to join our parade. We "March on Washington" with one million of us, 1,000,000 of us, and Bernie will no longer be able to ignore the pull. The pull will be strong.

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@orlbucfan
supporting the candidates and the party that has become the antithesis of everything it should be does not have our best interests at heart. He is supporting a bunch of elitist crackpots who have now made it clear that we aren't entitled an honest say in determining who leads our party and our country.,These are the people HE told us were wrong for the country a while back when he was running for the Presidency. Now he wants us to get back in line and keep them in office. Which time was he telling the truth? He's has become the poster 'boy' doing the same stupid shit over and over again.

He has not said a word in defense of the people who supported him with their money and support and TRUST. He just did a complete 180 one fine day and everything he said before, well just ignore it. He was just fooling. No warning why "all the way to Philly" became "get out and vote for Hillary". It just was.

The most pathetic part about his entire situation is that he will NEVER be allowed to be more than a frontman for the chosen ones. He will propose legislation, and all the attention will be given to their golden girls or boys who signs up to co-sponsor. His Medicaid for All bill? For days it's been all about Kamala Harris, now it's Warren. Regardless, it will be the girl's support that won the day (if by a wild chance that could:would happen). If it bombs it'll be because the old socialist's bill was too unreasonable, not possible.

Sanders quit looking out for OUR best interests a year or so ago. Now he's the best thing the Dims have going for them. I guess he never caught on during that Perez/Ellison kerfluffle. He is not looking out for us, he is pandering for them.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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@Amanda Matthews
is THE most popular American politician. That alone holds serious power. Power he isn't aware of - not - or simply ignores. The "why" part is the unknown, but Bernie remains a Yuuuge player in the game despite his apparent unwillingness to play.

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@Wink
He wants it both ways. He will have to come to a decision eventually. Either the Dims\DNC or the people.

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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

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the game of politics, all about winning. There is nothing about what is really good for the people of the United States and the world. The concept that we might oppose many Democrats because their policies are bad is alien to the author of the article and apparently to the Democratic Party members that were interviewed.

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@Roy Blakeley
that matters to these fucks, yet they keep losing.
One of the big reasons Hillary lost was becuz she offered no reason to vote FOR her. That can be said for the entire party. They offer no reason to vote FOR them. None.

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Man, am I enjoying this.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

@Not Henry Kissinger think you could maybe post the rant over here? For our reading enjoyment?

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@Not Henry Kissinger
out there being paid to push the woman who is being paid by the 1% to screw us. It's been fascinating watching all the cretins and creeps of both sexes crawl out of the woodwork and try to talk, persuade, cajole, and threaten us into going against out own best interests. I respect republicans more than I do Dims. The Pubbies make no ones about what a bunch of assholes they are. The Dims try to make you believe that what they do they do for our benefit and the good of the 'country'. The problem the Dims have on their hands right now is that we're not that stupid.

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