Elizabeth Warren declared heretic by the Faith Militant

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2114816

No word on whether the High Sparrow will demand a Walk of Atonement.

[Her Sister]

1. Very important people having very important opinions

Unity is the new enemy!

[Cha]

3. lol!

[TwilightZone]

13. It's also the old enemy.

They never had any interest in unity. It's pretty difficult to unify the party when one candidate and many of his supporters are trying to kill it off.

Plus, anarchism tends to abhor unity.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. "Plus, anarchism tends to abhor unity."

A-friggin'-men!

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19. They need to feel morally superior to everyone around them.

So they prove their moral and intellectual greatness by promoting stories from Breitbart and pimping Judicial Watch.

[TwilightZone]

20. Agreed. The irony of it all is that they sold out their principles in the quest for that superiority

It takes a monumental amount of intentional ignorance to not see Judicial Watch for who they really are. Or Breitbart or FACT or National Review or the Blaze or Fox News or any of the others. "We" used to have a clear picture of their intent. Some of us still do.

Funny how some of them now see Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats and progressives as the sellouts, while they've sold out to Judicial Watch and Fox News.

[Cha]

21. "Funny how some of them now see Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats and progressives as the

sellouts, while they've sold out to Judicial Watch and Fox News."

Grand point. They.. have no business even bringing up.. "sellouts".

[brer cat]

22. I rec this post, Her Sister!

[mercuryblues]

48. I rec this post

and raise you a kick.

[Cha]

2. I can't understand their logic.. only that it seems twisted.

sanders has lost and Elizabeth is going after DT.. the scourge on America... what could be more logical?

geek

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5. Logic is rigged on in favor of people who do math nt

[yallerdawg]

4. I think it is clear Senator Warren rejected 'the holy cause.'

Like most of the leadership of the Democratic Party, she remained above the fray while the voters determined the outcome.

She is in a unique position to bring together a campaign that is hurting for a progressive populist fire!

Only Elizabeth Warren can catch that fire!

[bravenak]

6. I hope she asks for a Trial by Combat

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9. After she tore Trump apart who would fight her? nt

[bravenak]

11. Maybe Harry Reed can fight Mitch McConnell

Fisticuffs at high noon

[DemonGoddess]

7. I LOVE the GoT reference!

[TwilightZone]

8. The usual suspects

Some of them couldn't be any more obvious.

[geek tragedy]

10. They even went after Skinner. nt

[TwilightZone]

12. They've been going after Skinner about as long as this primary season has been in progress

They haven't quite figured out that they can't bully him off the site, because he *is* the site.

[geek tragedy]

14. They can't stack juries against him.

The meltdown on Tuesday will be epic.

[TwilightZone]

17. Some of them will be in denial even then. It'll be more of the "it's not over!!!" nonsense.

The real test will be when/if Sanders drops out and endorses Hillary, especially if it's soon after June 7th.

For some of them, it's never been about Sanders; it's been about their own egos. Those few will toss him under the bus with everyone else.

[geek tragedy]

18. Narcissists are drawn to political fanaticism and extremism

See, e.g., Ted Cruz.

[redstateblues]

26. I've been here 12 years and never had a hide til the last six months

This last stretch will be brutal no doubt as the truth comes crashing in on the remaining devotees

[displacedtexan]

29. They're acting like this is Runnymede and Skinner is King John.

Speaking truth to power is a good thing, but they're not speaking truth. And they're willing to give all of our power to the GOP.

Just plain wrong. On all counts.

[sarae]

15. How dare she try to unite her party!

It's outrageous! What is she trying to do – win in November?!

[Walk away]

23. If we Democrats can't get the votes from Bernie followers, then we will have to get them elsewhere.

Then Bernie can take his Socialism and percentage of voters who will never vote for Hillary, and go home.

It looks like we may not really need them.

[sarae]

24. I think half the butthurt babies will come around anyway.

The other half...like you said...who needs 'em?

[BootinUp]

25. The leftie dead enders are the same as they ever were. But they do not

represent the vast majority of Bernie supporters. The majority will be fine with Hillary as the nominee once the primary has passed.

[Walk away]

28. Of course they will. I think this week was a game changer.

Everyone now knows that Hillary is the one to beat Trump. Every Liberal, even Sanders' Followers, want to start fighting Trump and they can't while they are stuck propping up Bernie who has already lost.

[still_one]

27. So now if Elizabeth Warren is critical of Trump, that is a progressive betrayal

because she hasn't endorsed Sanders as the Democratic nominee.

This is a pattern of intolerance that has been demonstrated throughout the campaign. When Planned Parenthood, NARAL, Al Franken, John Lewis, Jerry Brown, and anyone or group came out and endorsed Hillary, they were thrown under that proverbial bus.

If they want to know why they are losing, all they need to do is look in the mirror

[Walk away]

30. Pretty soon they will be holed up in bunkers in the darkest corners of the internet...

[justiceischeap]

31. The irony of it all is that had Warren run

they all would be supporting her right now and throwing Sanders under the bus if he showed any kind of support towards the Democratic Party--a party that he obviously abhors but takes their support hand over fist.

[KitSileya]

32. No, they wouldn't.

Let's face it, if Elizabeth Warren had run, many of them wouldn't have been able to overcome their misogyny to support her, and especially not when she actually presented her strategies to achieve her plans. She wouldn't be pure enough for them, because those strategies would involve compromise. Only Bernie Sanders, who doesn't have any plans at all on how to achieve what he says he will is pure enough - precisely because he has no plans. They aren't interested in achieving anything - they are interested in being part of the selected elite.

[shadowandblossom]

49. Thank you

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[BlueMTexpat]

54. + a million or so! eom

[WhiteTara]

33. Just who is Faith Militant? Sounds like a made up name

to me. Why should I want to read her blog in paste magazine? It's an entertainment magazine. I guess she should stick to writing about music Here's what Wikipedia has to say

Paste is a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine published in the United States by Wolfgang's Vault. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and ...

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36. On Game of Thrones they're an aggressive group

of religious fanatics who impose a strict code of morality on everyone else.

[WhiteTara]

37. OMG They're taking talking points

from a made up group on a teevee show? That is rich and stupid. We have definitely gone into never never land.

[obamanut2012]

38. SHAME SHAME SHAME

[WhiteTara]

44. Sorry the quote is lost on me

I don't watch Game Of Thrones.

[Lucinda]

34. I find both the intolerance of other (mostly compatible) viewpoints, and the seeming lack

of understanding that we live in a society with a representative government, just stunning to see on a political message board. I've been here a long time now, yet it still shocks me.

[TwilightZone]

39. Agreed, though I have often wondered how much of it is real and how much is intentional.

Many of them are political neophytes, no doubt, but the continued insistence in denying even the most basic aspects of reality often seems to be an act.

[Lucinda]

42. Yes. I've thought the same. Some of the long time DU'ers though really seem to

have lost the plot, and they should really know better. Makes me sad.

[obamanut2012]

35. SHAME SHAME SHAME

[workinclasszero]

40. She failed to worship at the alter of the "revolution".

Off with her head! SMH

[realmirage]

41. You think this is a meltdown, wait til Sanders endorses Hillary

Jane and Bernie have repeatedly said they will, so the endorsement is coming.

[TwilightZone]

43. Agreed.

If everyone else who supports Hillary is a sell-out, it would be hypocritical not to include Sanders when he does the same.

We get to find out how big the bus is.

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47. I'm skeptical that will happen nt

[realmirage]

50. I think he knows it hurts him more if he doesn't

His goal, unless he's a moron, isn't to destroy the Democratic Party, but to change it. If he doesn't endorse Hillary people will say he was never a democrat, was just lying all along, and it makes him less relevant as he'll be seen once again as one of those people in a smaller party like Nader that can never win. I think his strategy now is to leave as much of a mark on the dem party as possible by pulling it further left (except on guns) and this will be his legacy. That's how I think he sees it, and people behind the scenes have been confirming this for the most part.

Now if he is dumb, he'll hit the nuke button by refusing to endorse, split the party and help Republicans win in the process. But considering he realized during Kerry's run the folly of voting for Nader and told people not to vote for Nader, I think he's not dumb and his strategy since NY hasn't been to win, but to impact the party in a lasting way by reminding it to continue moving the center further left. And THAT has been the Hillary argument all along - move further left but in a quieter, effective, but less drastic way (and with a well thought out plan that can actually pass through congress) as that's the only way possible in America. You don't dictate to the millions of righties and centrists. You work with them to get what you want over time. Hell it took 55 years after black people got the right to vote to give women the right. Like it or not, that's America.

[Cha]

55. I bet it doesn't.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Under the bus with her

[NastyRiffraff]

46. Better save room under that bus

for Bernie. Unless he's been lying all along, he will end up endorsing Hillary. Grudgingly, maybe but he will endorse and under the bus he goes!

[BootinUp]

51. Not familiar with the Faith Militant, but reminds me of the Tetragrammaton Clerics

in Equilibrium.

[bluestateguy]

52. She probably could have swung MA to Bernie had she endorsed months ago

But, she didn't.

She is more to the left than Hillary, but she also believes in getting things done.

[MirrorAshes]

53. I guess it was only a matter of time.

They are going to be very lonely in that pure pristine corner of irrelevancy they've made for themselves.