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Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:15 am
by BDKJMU
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Progressives Prepare to Serve Bernie Sanders Petition to Start New Party
Supporters believe party would be competitive and attract independents
Even though Sen. Bernie Sanders has embraced his role of outreach chair for the Democratic Party since the 2016 election, many of his supporters have joined a movement to draft him to lead a new political party. Led by Sanders’ former national political director, Nick Brana, who experienced how entrenched the Democratic Party is in corporate money and influence while lobbying superdelegates as part of Sanders’ campaign, developed an organization called Draft Bernie in February 2017. Since the organization’s founding, Brana has organized volunteers and staff across the country to gather signatures for a petition to give to Bernie Sanders that insists he starts a new party....."
http://observer.com/2017/08/draft-berni ... -petition/
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:18 am
by CAA Flagship
This division among the left would be wonderful.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:37 am
by 89Hen
Bernie would attract Liberals, not independents.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:47 am
by Chizzang
Meh...
When it comes time to vote (Unless you churn out another Hilary)
Everybody will get in line and vote RIGHT or LEFT
This is the way it will always be
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:01 am
by 89Hen
Chizzang wrote:Meh...
When it comes time to vote (Unless you churn out another Hilary)
Everybody will get in line and vote RIGHT or LEFT
This is the way it will always be
I posted that over a year ago.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:56 am
by AZGrizFan
Chizzang wrote:Meh...
When it comes time to vote (Unless you churn out another Hilary)
Everybody will get in line and vote RIGHT or LEFT
This is the way it will always be
Really? Did you vote right or left? I know what I did....
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:57 am
by AZGrizFan
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:22 pm
by 89Hen
AZGrizFan wrote:Chizzang wrote:Meh...
When it comes time to vote (Unless you churn out another Hilary)
Everybody will get in line and vote RIGHT or LEFT
This is the way it will always be
Really? Did you vote right or left? I know what I did....
< 5% voted for something other than left or right with EASILY the WORST two candidates we've seen in my lifetime.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:32 pm
by kalm
89Hen wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Really? Did you vote right or left? I know what I did....
< 5% voted for something other than left or right with EASILY the WORST two candidates we've seen in my lifetime.
Really? Jill Stein isn't left? Johnson isn't right? (Ok, well Johnson isn't economically right?)
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:38 pm
by Chizzang
AZGrizFan wrote:Chizzang wrote:Meh...
When it comes time to vote (Unless you churn out another Hilary)
Everybody will get in line and vote RIGHT or LEFT
This is the way it will always be
Really? Did you vote right or left? I know what I did....
Reading and understanding... See the part where it says: Unless you churn out another Hilary
also:
6 million FEWER Liberals voted in this election than the last
The Hilary effect
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:21 pm
by AZGrizFan
kalm wrote:89Hen wrote:
< 5% voted for something other than left or right with EASILY the WORST two candidates we've seen in my lifetime.
Really? Jill Stein isn't left? Johnson isn't right? (Ok, well Johnson isn't economically right?)
well given that logic, there's only two ways to EVER vote....
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:22 pm
by AZGrizFan
Chizzang wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Really? Did you vote right or left? I know what I did....
Reading and understanding... See the part where it says: Unless you churn out another Hilary
also:
6 million FEWER Liberals voted in this election than the last
The Hilary effect

Gotta admit, I didn't read that part.

Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:51 pm
by kalm
AZGrizFan wrote:kalm wrote:
Really? Jill Stein isn't left? Johnson isn't right? (Ok, well Johnson isn't economically right?)
well given that logic, there's only two ways to EVER vote....
Right. I'll sit and bitch about the two choices but still vote for one of those two anyway.

Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:01 pm
by 89Hen
kalm wrote:89Hen wrote:
< 5% voted for something other than left or right with EASILY the WORST two candidates we've seen in my lifetime.
Really? Jill Stein isn't left? Johnson isn't right? (Ok, well Johnson isn't economically right?)

I can't tell if you're trolling here.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:44 am
by Col Hogan
Talk about a lack of self-awareness....
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:48 am
by AZGrizFan
Col Hogan wrote:Talk about a lack of self-awareness....
Well, to be fair, he didn't have the DNC in his hip pocket like Hildabeast did...
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:04 pm
by kalm
AZGrizFan wrote:Col Hogan wrote:Talk about a lack of self-awareness....
Well, to be fair, he didn't have the DNC in his hip pocket like Hildabeast did...
Yeah...and his over-all record is still pretty solid. Or perhaps Col thinks the other 16 GOP primary losers should get the hell out as well.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:11 pm
by Chizzang
AZGrizFan wrote:Chizzang wrote:
Reading and understanding... See the part where it says: Unless you churn out another Hilary
also:
6 million FEWER Liberals voted in this election than the last
The Hilary effect

Gotta admit, I didn't read that part.


Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:21 pm
by Col Hogan
kalm wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Well, to be fair, he didn't have the DNC in his hip pocket like Hildabeast did...
Yeah...and his over-all record is still pretty solid. Or perhaps Col thinks the other 16 GOP primary losers should get the hell out as well.
To be honest, I think 99.8% of our current political class should "get the hell out..."
But what do I know...

Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:46 pm
by AZGrizFan
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:56 pm
by kalm
Col Hogan wrote:kalm wrote:
Yeah...and his over-all record is still pretty solid. Or perhaps Col thinks the other 16 GOP primary losers should get the hell out as well.
To be honest, I think 99.8% of our current political class should "get the hell out..."
But what do I know...

You're probably right Colonel.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:08 pm
by JohnStOnge
No reason for them to do that. Just bide their time. All the underlying trends are in their favor.
Re: Liberals draft Sanders to start new liberal party
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:46 am
by Ivytalk
JohnStOnge wrote:No reason for them to do that. Just bide their time. All the underlying trends are in their favor.
Yup, they breed like rabbits, those Donks.
Except the gays.
Communist draft Sanders to bolster party
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:01 am
by Gil Dobie
Why don't they just come out and call it it what it is, Vladimir Sanders. Has to tell supporters to stop the violence. Just too far left for me.
Re: Communist draft Sanders to bolster party
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:25 am
by kalm
So Sanders reminds you of Putin?
Putin is to the left?
Gil Dobie wrote:Why don't they just come out and call it it what it is, Vladimir Sanders. Has to tell supporters to stop the violence. Just too far left for me.