To Bernie people of good will: Well done.

[arely staircase]

Most progressive Democratic Platform ever and an energized base. Tremendous contribution to the party, America and the world.

[MFM008]

1. great to see

[still_one]

2. Kick and Rec!!!

[cilla4progress]

3. Not to throw shade, but...

do we think the platform is really going to mean anything going forward? What has its role been in the past in terms of really being pushed and followed after the election?

[annavictorious]

7. It shows that Democrats are no longer running away from liberal ideas.

The right wing succeeded in making the word "liberal" a pejorative invective. Democrats have been running from the word for 20 years.

I think a liberal platform that is openly acknowledged as liberal is step in the right direction. Let's take the word back and be who we are.

[cilla4progress]

9. Thanks, good points.

It definitely shows what we as Democrats stand for. In contrast to the Republicans who have now, I read, added building a wall to theirs!!

[annavictorious]

32. The platform does not endorse the TPP.

Last edited Tue Jul 12, 2016, 12:30 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't know why you're spreading misinformation. Your link does not support that outrageous claim.

[TwilightZone]

43. Not repudiating the TPP and endorsing the TPP in the platform are two different things.

This isn't complicated.

[arely staircase]

12. couldn't have said it better

The Democratic nominee just stood on stage with Democratic Socialist. The party is officially of the Left now. Does that mean HRC is going to please all progressives all the time. Doubtful. But Bernie has been a tipping point for the party's re-embrace of outright liberalism/progressivism. Obama helped get us there (more on social issues than anything.)

[calimary]

17. If only I could rec a post!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES "Let's take the word back and be who we are"!!!!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!

NO more shitting on the word "liberal."

NO more speaking the word with a curled lip (as ghwb did at one CONvention years ago - I believe in 1988 when he won his party's nomination).

NO more equating the word "liberal" with all things bad.

NO more pussyfooting around it - which many of us felt compelled to do because the bad guys had done such a thorough job shitting all over it.

I'm a LIBERAL, dammit. DEAL with it. And TOO DAMN BAD if anyone doesn't like it.

[Else You Are Mad]

27. Exactly!

You are 100% correct!

[Silver_Witch]

42. Excellent point.

I have been a liberal since I was 11. (Thank you Mom)

Always proud to be one!!

[Warren DeMontague]

64. Exactly.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. One poll shows 8 or 9% of Bernie supporters will vote for TRUMP!!

How can a person who supported Bernie now vote for Trump?

[annavictorious]

8. They never supported Bernie's ideas.

They supported what they saw as insurgency. Plus, Sanders was the one who was nose to nose with the Girl during the primaries. The 9% still have the same goal: don't help the Girl win.

[arely staircase]

15. So now we know what percentage of his support were just fucking with the Dems. It is like the tme I

voted for Pat Buchannan in the GOP primary - just to fuck with the GOP.

[w4rma]

52. They are the voters who are anti-establishment and believe that Sanders is better than Trump who is

in their minds better than Clinton. That's different from "just fucking with".

And they are probably the types of voters responsible for the Republican wave of 1996, who previously voted Democratic on economic issues.

[arely staircase]

55. There is no way that anyone who thinks Bernie is better than Hillary also thinks Trump is.

Bernie's real support came primarily from older white liberals and college students. There is no way in hell that Demographic supports a fascist. Period.

[w4rma]

58. And there lies your logical fallacy. (nt)

[arely staircase]

62. Logically fallacious but still true. nt

[w4rma]

63. fallacious = "not true or accurate"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacious

[arely staircase]

66. but in this case, both nt

[klook]

16. And 91-92% will vote for Hillary

I think that's a winning formula.

[calimary]

23. I suspect that number will increase as we get closer to November.

Those who insist they'll never vote for Hillary, who collected in the Bernie camp maybe just to stir shit up, were likely never going to vote even for Bernie in the first place.

Do NOT forget this (and the kind of mentality we're up against):

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420262/bernie-sanders-republicans-myra-adams

This one's from June 25th - of LAST YEAR. They've been scheming and ratfucking since the beginning. Hell, correction: Since FOREVER.

[Wounded Bear]

44. Not too worried about it...

There are a lot of folks out there claiming 40-60% of Bernie supporters will vote for Trump.

Yeah, Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Anybody who really supports Bernie will have nothing to do with that rich asshole. Many might go 3rd Party and that's their right, but I expect on the order of 70% + to back the Dems this fall. That will be enough.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. ONE poll. That's your first clue.

ONE poll alone is generally a strong indicator of nothing.

The very few miscreants (it will be less than 9%) who would do such a thing were never Democrats. They are the perennial cranks and malcontents who are irrational, unrealistic and unreliable.

AND, if they are voting for Trump they're fucking idiots too. Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say.

[bullwinkle428]

47. At this point in '08, there were more Hillary people stating they would

vote for McCain. Hopefully, the Palin pick drove most of them back in the proper corner.

[lostnfound]

53. I hate Trump and will definitely vote for Bernie..but

To answer your question, I think it would be people who, as their single most important issue, are sick of pay-to-play politics, and naively believe that voting for a "self funded" candidate is a way to thumb their nose at the establishment.

[Haveadream]

5. Bravo Bernie!!!

Knocking it out of the park!!

[Surya Gayatri]

6. Massive K & R.

[Funtatlaguy]

10. Very proud of both of them today

That's what real statesmen act like.
Great job, Bernie.
Go Hillary!
I am now firmly With Her!!

[flamingdem]

11. Bernie won in many ways

and will help Hillary and all of us to get rid of the Republican mutants

[Maru Kitteh]

22. We all won in many ways thanks to his accomplishments this season! Now down with the PUKES!

[BlueMTexpat]

13. K & R!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

14. This Bernie booster will follow his lead and will support Hillary!

[calimary]

24. Thank you, ChisolmTrailDem!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

59. You're welcome, calimary! :)

[DCBob]

18. I second that. Bernie and his people have done amazing things!

[Armstead]

26. Some of us are smarter than we look...as is Bernie

[DCBob]

28. No doubt.

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Welcome to Senator Sanders and his supporters

I know how hard it is to pivot after a hard-fought primary; I supported Hillary Clinton in 2008. But together we will win and the country will be better for it.

[retrowire]

25. lets hope the majority of the platform actually gets enacted

Step two of the political revolution is to replace the Republican controlled house and Senate!!!

[Hulk]

33. Amen to that!

I only donated once to Bernie, but was damn well going to do it if he was our nominee, or if he ran up debt that needed to be paid off. I did puchase a few tee- shirts.

I'm a man of very modest means. For me, $50 is $50 I don't have for groceries; but now I plan to donate that $50 to our Democratic candidate for the House who will hopefully EASILY unseat Jamie Herrera-Butler out, a spineless teabagger rubber stamp. Brian Baird put his tail between his legs and quit at the end of his term, and that worthless representative moved to Washington on our behalf for the last four years. Worthless.

One representatve at a time; one senator at a time! We need to win Congress back and take the leaderships and platforms away from the likes of chaffetz, gohmert, issa, and all the rest of these conspiracy chasing idiots.

Yes..."give me back my country's government" from these witch chasing obstructionist clowns.

[Demsrule86]

56. That would be a huuuuuuuuuuuge gift for the American people

There is really good stuff in there. We need to win by at least 8 points to put the house in play I hear...I think we have a better chance in the Senate...but Porter is ahead in Ohio at the moment...very close. I hope Strickland wins.

[Sunlei]

29. "Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here today"

Senator Sanders is a great benefit to the D Party. He made a very good speech today, covered everything.

[merrily]

30. I was going to say that all the credit belongs to Senator Sanders, but I can't believe

I've forgotten all my donations and fundraising efforts so quickly. Paypal sure didn't forget.

Okay, I accept some of the compliment and, either way, I thank you for it. However, that is not all that Sanders run did.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280109865

[Gothmog]

31. Sanders did a great job in this endorsement

[Squinch]

34. There will be many threads announcing the endorsement, but this is the one I want to rec.

Well done, indeed.

And together let's hold Hillary's feet to the fire to implement the agenda they have agreed to.

[Moostache]

35. Now, its time to beat that rug off the human Yam's head in November!!! (n/t)

[tallahasseedem]

36. K&R!

[lark]

37. Why thank you.

As a Bernie voter and long time supporter, I appreciate that.

[turbinetree]

38. UNITED WE STAND -----Divided We FALL-------------Thank you

Honk------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[nolabear]

39. We can DO this! Thanks to everyone who has been there in good faith.

[Warpy]

40. It's called bargaining power

and Hillary Clinton fans had better understand it because they're going to need it down the line, too.

It has worked out as I hoped from the beginning, Sanders gathering enough support (and the amount surprised even me) to be able to force a more progressive agenda onto party conservatives.

Did he get all we wanted? HELL NO, nobody ever does.

That's how politics works, though. She needed his support and his voters. He was working for us.

[skepticscott]

46. It's called compromise

Something some Sanders supporters don't think should ever have to be part of their political lives.

[Warpy]

48. Without bargaing power, there's no reason for a compromise

Walk into your boss's office and demand control over your working hours and how much he pays you.

See what I mean?

Now do it as the head of your union.

See what I mean?

Sanders held out until he'd gotten enough of his agenda passed to make a difference. He was able to do that because he'd beaten her in quite a few states and come very close in others.

[GreenPartyVoter]

67. Maybe our issue is that the Dems of recent history offer up weak policies to

appease the GOP, which of course never works and so the weak right-leaning policies become further right leaning policies. I know that I would prefer strongly progressive policies to be put out there, THEN work with the GOP to carve out a compromise. This is the entire point of drafting and crafting legislation.

[Silver_Witch]

41. Bernie won today and he won for US!

[Ilsa]

49. Thank you.

A bunch of us have hung here when it would have been easier to leave. I'm glad I stayed. I support Sec. Clinton fully, and I'm glad SBS is showing everyone that he is too.

[shenmue]

50. Let's work

[avaistheone1]

51. Kudos to Bernie!

[wss2001]

54. Completely Agree

I went to one of the sessions of the Platform committee in Orlando and was really happy to see the energy and unity of the Bernie and Hillary supporters. There was very vigorous debate and not everyone agreed on everything but a lot of common ground. I'm looking forward to a great convention. A big thanks to the Bernie supporters for coming together without compromising their principles.

[barbtries]

57. that's right

and I am still proud to be a Bernie supporter even as I vote for, support and hopefully GOTV for Hillary. for me, it would always be this way - but i had to know that it was mathematically impossible for him to win, because i did want him to win.

thank you for being gracious

[bigwillq]

60. I've never been a huge Hillary fan, but I support Bernie's endorsement

of her. I hope Hillary defeats Trump, despite my dislike of her.

[raven mad]

61. Original hippie semi-socialist Bernie fan here -

who is going to work her old butt of to be sure we get Hillary!

[BobbyDrake]

65. Progressives are the "grassroots," not the "base." The base went for Clinton. nt