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SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
3. I'm guess a lot of his supporters got their phones cut off...
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:13 AM
Jun 2016

when they explained that they spent their book money on Bernie Swag and hourly donations of 27 dollars. So many Third-way, Brock employed, Neoliberal democrats across America right now.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
4. His much ballyhooed revolution is petering out, predictably.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 12:55 AM
Jun 2016
This is the way the revolution ends
This is the way the revolution ends
This is the way the revolution ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

~with apologies to T.S. Eliot

Cha

(305,440 posts)
5. Thank Goodness.. that "tedious revolution" ended.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:05 AM
Jun 2016

Or whatever it was..

President started a real Revolution.. and all BS did was disingenuously diss it.. it wasn't fast enough for him.. wasn't pure enough.

Guess what.. President Obama's is going on and Hillary will continue.. & BS'? Refer to TS Eliot.

Mahalo, Surya~

Maru Kitteh

(29,098 posts)
6. Holy crap. I'm NO supporter and I had that stream going on 2 devices & accounts
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:33 AM
Jun 2016

If you factor in how many media and other curious Hillary supporters were watching . .

That's . . . .oh, I don't know . . . .


 

eastwestdem

(1,220 posts)
7. I wish I had known they were counting, because I watched...using log in insructions from someone on
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:36 AM
Jun 2016

Facebook. I don't want him to think I am a supporter!

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
10. This was not a rally
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:03 AM
Jun 2016

where the Berniacs could scream, wave signs and trash a venue. It was a speech...how boring! (In that, at least, they were right!)

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
11. movements are boring, involve work without an immediate emotional payoff, and require
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:06 AM
Jun 2016

a years-long commitment to get even modest changes.

There's a reason OFA never got any traction.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
12. Well, so much for that political revolution. His supporters have moved on to the next shiny thing.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 11:48 AM
Jun 2016

Those still with him are loud but not being taken seriously anymore.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
15. It was a screeching bore! What can he possibly promise to get anyone to tune in again!
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:15 PM
Jun 2016

He's cried "Wolf" a few times now. The media and half of those 218,000 will not be tricked into wasting their time again. I might believe he has 100,000 true believers who will always answer his call and find his message fascinating.

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