Democratic Primaries

KitSileya

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21. I think it was TheMagistrate who put it best

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 12:21 PM

Mar 2020

Paraphrasing here, but that Senator Sanders hasn't changed his mindset and outlook and politics in 60 years, since he was 18 years old. He is saying the same things as today's angry young men do because he hasn't changed anything about his beliefs since he was and angry young man. Only now he's sayign these things with white hair and a lined face, giving it the gravitas of an elder statesman and making his 30% think that their beliefs are well-considered.

I think that TheMagistrate was spot on, and what's more, anyone who isn't an angry young man knowsthat angry young men suck all the oxygen out of any movements. They relegate the women to making the coffee and people of color to the dirty menial tasks, and their activism is fueled from feeling they are being screwed over rather than more vulnerable groups being screwed over.

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

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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