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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I just LOVE Bernie Sanders for saying this. It is so unsexist and so unmisogynistic! [View all]duffyduff
(3,251 posts)212. But he would have been elected, don't you know, because he appealed to the same white dudes
who voted for Trump, except of course he didn't. Only mostly the white college-age males with his Monty Hall act of free college and so forth.
Lest we forget why Sanders wouldn't have ever had a shot at the presidency:
Right in the middle of the Cold War is when he made that video.
I quit giving him a dime to his campaign after that video got played in one of the debates. He had to be arrogant in the extreme to think he ever had a shot at the nomination given all of his interviews and writings.
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I just LOVE Bernie Sanders for saying this. It is so unsexist and so unmisogynistic! [View all]
boston bean
Nov 2016
OP
Only when it comes to women according to you. You have a naive view of the world. n/t
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#213
Listen to Stiglitz blast TPP on the Ezra Klein podcast. He says that it isn't a trade bill
Akamai
Nov 2016
#330
Yup. Seems clear to me that Sanders was reaching out to us on issues,issues, issues!
Akamai
Nov 2016
#388
Civil rights are not inclusive? A big ugly part of the "status quo" is ignored to court angry
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#285
And no one did that. That she represented diversity offended the "former base" shows exactly why
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#290
I sure don't... Bernie is the truth, our voice, and shows us the way out of the quagmire we find ourselves.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#230
Why did Zypher Teachout lose by 10%. Why did Russ Feingold lose? If Bernie was so
still_one
Nov 2016
#339
I can't speak to other candidates' election losses as it pertains to Bernie, but I AGREE, those supporters who refused to vote for Hillary definitely have only THEMSELVES to blame...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#366
For WHITE working class liberals. All others pretty much are "identity politics" types
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#246
I seem to remember Hillary getting the votes of POC in way bigger numbers than Bernie.
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#324
From the time HRC was a college freshman, she has worked for the rights of women & children
Hekate
Nov 2016
#144
Votes are still being counted, and SHE is up by 1.5 million and heading for 2 million over Trump
Hekate
Nov 2016
#201
And so the right will beat up on any candidate...look at how they treated Obama
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#298
And that pisses off men. They get to decide which women deserve a share and which are left high
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#284
Well, now apparently is the time for 'pragmatism' for one's political survival...(nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#374
The vast majority of women who voted, voted for Hillary. 54% They just weren't all White. (nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#113
There were so many lies, we need a supercomputer just to keep track of them all. nt
BootinUp
Nov 2016
#182
Bernie will be President for people of all races, religions, and genders... we will finally come together and be a stronger nation for it.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#316
Well, he's certainly not indicating that by his actions now, and in the past. (nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#321
Not sure what you're referring to... Bernie is the great uniter...indeed, the ONLY one who can heal our party.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#336
Certainly not a uniter of people who aren't white and lefty like the pop. of VT (nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#343
You couldn't be more wrong about Bernie... the progressive issues he promoted benefits all races, all genders, all religions!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#346
Uniter? Do you worship Benie our support him? I there a church of Bernie that I have not
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#348
Bernie is not and will never be president...you have to win a primary first...and at
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#347
Bernie has the energy and stamina of someone half his age! Besides, like Hillary, Bernie is entitled to a second bite at the apple.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#318
Because he's not a Democrat, unless it serves his needs for establishment cred. (nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#344
Bernie's an Independent in name, but a Democrat at heart... the best of all possible worlds!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#345
Discord?... hardly! Had we given Bernie a fair shot, we wouldn't be in this position... and yet his party loyalty continues to shine through!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Nov 2016
#350
When Bernie lost the primary, did he say, "I need to work to change my message."?
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#370
I am going to have to take two aspirin and lay down if I read much more of this shit.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#259
You mean like you get a bunch of really reactionary hosts like on the radio
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#301
Yeah, because the last candidate we had told us to "vote for her because she's a woman"
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#10
They should have made that part bold as well. Really highlights his sexist remarks even more. nt.
NCTraveler
Nov 2016
#17
This is why I never supported Bernie and believe he would have lost even without
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#118
Right, the old, "it's not that she's a woman, it's that she wasn't the *right* woman"
Maven
Nov 2016
#29
Well I'm sure BOBers are glad they didn't make the mistake of electing the wrong woman this time.
Maven
Nov 2016
#64
" It is not good enough for somebody to say, 'I'm a woman, vote for me.' No, thats not good enough.
NCTraveler
Nov 2016
#21
So was he being racist when he said just being Latino wasn't good enough? Was that his intent
think
Nov 2016
#25
"I have to know whether that Latina is going to stand up with the working class of this country"
think
Nov 2016
#37
Where he ended is with commentary about the election amd division in the party.
boston bean
Nov 2016
#41
I think that it's rather insulting to state that's only/main reason people would vote for her. (nt)
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#58
"Beyond identity politics" is like electing Obama and calling the US "post racial"...,
Hekate
Nov 2016
#24
And his solution was to basically try and avoid those issues. Works in VT, not nationally.
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#375
I have advocated on this board as to the reasons we should respect and appreciate him.
NCTraveler
Nov 2016
#13
lovely, we can all spend a contentious next 4 years saying "fuck you" to each other.
JCanete
Nov 2016
#420
I don't deify Sanders. I respect him and admire him. I don't think he personally is the
JCanete
Nov 2016
#422
He's been saying this for YEARS - that the concerns of white men were not being heard.....
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#15
Right, because there's no women in the white working class who need reproductive care
Hekate
Nov 2016
#20
Hillary took 54% of the working class vote 50,000. But it wasn't "White working class"
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#23
Your post made t sound like a solved issue. Who is pushing to weaken unions?
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#224
My post just said that the social justice and economic justice causes aren't in conflict.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#225
I wish Sanders saw it that way. It's been obvious he was afraid to alienate the WWC voter....
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#288
He's in the news Ken. Stop trying to suppress discussion of current events....
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#292
Sanders is talking about leaving people behind.... and so he'll get a reaction here.
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#294
I can, and that poster has no idea how issues women and POC have to do with economics that were NOT
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#306
Listen these white working class males are republicans and have been because of social
boston bean
Nov 2016
#55
Exactly. And Trump did that. He said Hillary didn't have a "Presidential look."
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#121
The concerns of white men are NOT what lost this election either, unemployement is at 4.9%
uponit7771
Nov 2016
#110
Poor widdle white dude babies. Women and POC just have to put them front and center.
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#267
No one has given me a good explanation why Russ Feingold and Zypher Teachout lost
still_one
Nov 2016
#38
And Bernie paved the way with his "I serve the people, and she only serves corporate masters"
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#152
Thanks Ehrnst- and I'll remind everyone how the worst of it was started by those trolls at JPR - but
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#187
I said he "in part" caused Hillary to not get the electoral college. (She won the vote.) nt
ehrnst
Nov 2016
#237
He started flipping off the norms by hiding his taxes, not conceding graciously but trying to hold
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#387
Well, enjoy president Trump all of you who simply felt she was unaceptable.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#303
I voted for Hillary. And campaigned for her. And lost a couple of friends over her
hueymahl
Nov 2016
#334
I see you keep spamming this every time someone mentions that Bernie is cashing in
R B Garr
Nov 2016
#247
Same to you. You apparently want people to understand that if Bernie has a book
R B Garr
Nov 2016
#280
Nope Jane admitted that the book advance went towards their 600K house after it was discovered that
seaglass
Nov 2016
#307
I don't care, Steve. June 2014! Please post something recent and positive about any democrat
emulatorloo
Nov 2016
#358
This election was about the triumph of emotion -- fear, hate, hope, and vengeance --
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#69
It wasn't Trump, it was nonstop media fawning over him. Trump has no charisma.
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#189
Can't miss an opportunity to take a swipe at Hillary now that she's down, eh Bernie?
Maven
Nov 2016
#63
So, Trump won because he's going to stand up against Wall Street, Big Pharma, and Big Insurance?
Yavin4
Nov 2016
#70
1, yeap... don't really understand his logic here ... a billionaire asshole who bribes people isn't
uponit7771
Nov 2016
#114
No. It's the idea that her gender would automatically make her transformative in office.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#81
her female identity in the presidency would have INDEED been transformative
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#86
you packed a lot of ideas into your post, I was only responding to you saying
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
#97
She was looking like she would...and virtually every Bernie supporter was a Warren supporter first.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#96
My point is, if the Bernie supporters were potential Warren supporters first...
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#140
Certainly a Warren candidacy was a certain group's fantasy, and they insisted she was a liar...
Hekate
Nov 2016
#204
Many Bernie supporters attacked Warren in some ugly fucked up ways when she didn't endorse Sanders
JI7
Nov 2016
#210
Yes, shockingly I think Hillary is just a woman. As I think Bernie is just a man
LiberalLovinLug
Nov 2016
#103
A better candidate that couldn't beat hillary. Also got millions less votes than her.
boston bean
Nov 2016
#227
She did stand up for the working class. Who are the people feeling she didn't and why?
boston bean
Nov 2016
#228
Right...because Hillary's economic ideas were so anti-working class and all.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#264
Bullshit...you elected a president who's policy is the opposite of progressive...but
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#130
You are preaching to deaf ears, my friend, but you are precisely and quite simply right.
JudyM
Nov 2016
#207
Eichenwald is an investigative reporter. Your blogger is an opinion writer.
emulatorloo
Nov 2016
#407
Bernie is not going anywhere. Bernie and his philosophical successors are the future of the party,
jack_krass
Nov 2016
#326
Some of them think everyone to the left of John Podesta should be kicked out of the party.
Ken Burch
Nov 2016
#90
FYI maybe you should relay that to Bernie Fucking Sanders. As I recall, he LOST.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2016
#206
Again, how is giving an opinion, after doing everything he can to help us win,
Tiggeroshii
Nov 2016
#217
I am with you. My college age daughter (who voted for Hillary as she is not stupid)
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#311
Fuck him. He used the Dems, Hillary and the convention itself and bashed them all
bettyellen
Nov 2016
#146
Quite well, considering Hillary is on track to win by 2 million votes. She won't get the WH...
Hekate
Nov 2016
#205
But he would have been elected, don't you know, because he appealed to the same white dudes
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#212
You are promoting a false meme - that the only people who supported her was because she's a woman.
Lil Missy
Nov 2016
#281
examples please...your feeling that he's sexist because he ran against your candidate who
JCanete
Nov 2016
#341
If my claim that Hillary never said that is wrong, feel free to point out where and when she did
DFW
Nov 2016
#418
I don't think it gets any more identity based than calling oneself a Berniecrat.
lapucelle
Nov 2016
#340
Stick with what works! Trump wants you to dictate the terms of our next campaign too.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2016
#413