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Democratic Primaries

SidDithers

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17. Still kicking around..

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:30 AM

Mar 2020

not posting as much though.

Good to see you too

Sid

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Insiders recount how Sanders lost the black vote -- and the nomination slipped away [View all] comradebillyboy Mar 2020 OP

Bernie got much worse during this campaign. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #1

Yes, a big part of Sanders problem is his personality. honest.abe Mar 2020 #3

Yep. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #5

Bernie is way to old to be an angry young man. Walleye Mar 2020 #7

I think it was TheMagistrate who put it best KitSileya Mar 2020 #21

Yes to all of that. Walleye Mar 2020 #22

This is true. His demeanor just did not cut it with so many, particularly older black voters. zonkers Mar 2020 #37

He never even tried in SC mcar Mar 2020 #2

Bernie's campaign was entirely based upon privileged NCProgressive Mar 2020 #4

But, but, but, he marched with Dr. King! LongtimeAZDem Mar 2020 #6

Just like Mitch McConnell did... comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #10

After Which, Sir, He Booked Off To Vermont The Magistrate Mar 2020 #11

Bernie Sanders thinks he is "color blind." In some ways, he is. MineralMan Mar 2020 #8

This Is A Besetting Sin Of A Marxist Orientation, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #12

At least he hasn't called for the liquidation of the comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #14

He Is Not Really A Gun In Hand Type, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #16

Although Bernie is no Joseph Stalin he does embrace comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #18

We Are In Agreement There, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #19

Indeed, I myself have some of the same personal flaws comradebillyboy Mar 2020 #25

If you've been watching The Plot Against America, frazzled Mar 2020 #9

That is an excellent point. KitSileya Mar 2020 #23

C'mon. He had a SOUL FOOD lunch with Killer Mike 4 years ago... SidDithers Mar 2020 #13

I haven't seen you here in a while. murielm99 Mar 2020 #15

Still kicking around.. SidDithers Mar 2020 #17

But on March 1, 2020 he skipped going to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to Cha Mar 2020 #29

Excellent read...thanks. K&R...the Sanders campaign made little effort to win over AA voters Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #20

And then skipped the Selma commemoration.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #24

'finagle the nomination' - BS came close empedocles Mar 2020 #28

"BS came close". To what? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #31

BS came close to finagling the nomination, with the thinnest Dem support empedocles Mar 2020 #34

Oh, I see. n/t Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #35

'finesse' would be the more polite word than 'finagle' empedocles Mar 2020 #36

They did the very same story in 2016. RandySF Mar 2020 #26

Virus...more...important....than....this Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #27

We Can Multitask. Cha Mar 2020 #30

Glad to see BidenBacker Mar 2020 #32

Bernie didn't lose the black vote... SidDithers Mar 2020 #33

Thank you! Cha Mar 2020 #38