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SocialDemocrat61

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:11 PM Nov 2024

Bernie Sanders statement on the election [View all]


It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.

While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.

And they’re right.
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Bernie Sanders statement on the election [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 OP
OUCH! FarPoint Nov 2024 #1
Yeah, that is really bad timing PatSeg Nov 2024 #5
I agree choie Nov 2024 #94
I'm really sensitive right now PatSeg Nov 2024 #98
And I'm trashing all the threads about what Harris did wrong. CrispyQ Nov 2024 #127
Good for you PatSeg Nov 2024 #143
This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Nov 2024 #2
He can bite me DemonGoddess Nov 2024 #3
Can't be the real Bernie, while I'm not a big fan he would not say this now Eliot Rosewater Nov 2024 #4
Check the link SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 #8
I would love for him to explain how our party abandoned working class Eliot Rosewater Nov 2024 #25
Teamsters boss Sean O'Brien says the same thing Polybius Nov 2024 #26
So? Cha Nov 2024 #30
Just pointing it out that a major labor figure said it Polybius Nov 2024 #78
Yes there was a big thread on Cha Nov 2024 #83
No, it was me Polybius Nov 2024 #84
Good old Sean was the keynote speaker at the RNC. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #104
Yeah, SO'B sold his soul to the Anti Christ.. Cha Nov 2024 #107
Okay, not great but okay. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #108
Yeah, we'll be okay.. just early days to Cha Nov 2024 #112
I am putting you on ignore. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #45
Why? Polybius Nov 2024 #77
In case it helps, Polybius said this: ColinC Nov 2024 #118
Sean O'Briend is a Trumper and always was...funny you mention this now...have a nice life. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #46
like I said earlier, my two sons work in union jobs mountain grammy Nov 2024 #96
This guy? sheshe2 Nov 2024 #102
It looks legit PatSeg Nov 2024 #9
Sounds exactly like Sanders. Color me not surprised. LizBeth Nov 2024 #11
He didn't even wait 24 hours to bash our FEMALE candidate, Kamala Harris... sheshe2 Nov 2024 #105
So unhelpful and neggy, as usual. Sigh. yardwork Nov 2024 #117
I am holding on, yardwork. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #124
What gets me is we are not allowed to counter his bashing Dems on a site no bashing dems.... LizBeth Nov 2024 #123
This is being reported by the press SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 #15
Are you saying the press wouldn't publish false information? tinymontgomery Nov 2024 #60
No SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 #68
Well, we watched them spit out a ton of lies tinymontgomery Nov 2024 #76
Then follow the link SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 #93
okay tinymontgomery Nov 2024 #95
You are saying that he did not say this? sheshe2 Nov 2024 #106
I'm part of the working class ClimateHawk Nov 2024 #6
My entire family is working class. Quiet Em Nov 2024 #13
The Democratic Party is the only thing that has saved us. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #28
gosh he's such a great ally of the Democratic Party! thebigidea Nov 2024 #7
What a POS statement LizBeth Nov 2024 #10
Does he think Trump will be better for the working class. BlueKota Nov 2024 #12
I Never did. Cha Nov 2024 #31
I don't like him now and I never did. He is dead to me now. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #44
I have NEVER liked him DemonGoddess Nov 2024 #55
I guess he does Rebl2 Nov 2024 #70
If one of us posted that as our comment, bet it would fail a jury, certainly today. He does make a point in that a year Silent Type Nov 2024 #14
yes all those trump humpers woulda voted for bernie I am sure nt msongs Nov 2024 #16
Right to hand off the govt moonscape Nov 2024 #17
Bullshit, Bernie. Fuck that noise. Ocelot II Nov 2024 #18
Best post ever. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #109
yeah, Conjuay Nov 2024 #19
Yeah, he let his real feelings slip out in 2016 when he referred to Planned Parenthood as "the Establishment". LisaM Nov 2024 #57
WTAF we can do it Nov 2024 #20
Really Bernie, BunkieBandit Nov 2024 #21
I'm disappointed in Bernie Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #22
Disappointed doesn't cover it. He has shown us who he is...believe him. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #42
he is a one trick pony Skittles Nov 2024 #65
This is a load of Ralph Nader shit. Klarkashton Nov 2024 #23
Boo hiss. I don't know why Sanders thinks this. ananda Nov 2024 #24
Sanders still thinks that he could have been Trump because of the crossover between MAGA and his Bernie Bros... W_HAMILTON Nov 2024 #27
I am with you. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #41
Both of my sons, in their 50's mountain grammy Nov 2024 #29
But Kamala Did Not "Abandon" Workers. My Son is A Worker and Cha Nov 2024 #32
I'm happy for your son mountain grammy Nov 2024 #40
Sanders is WRONG.. Pres Biden is All about the Working Class! Cha Nov 2024 #49
Look, I'm not saying he's right and I also think Biden and Harris have been good for the working class mountain grammy Nov 2024 #54
Because of propaganda -- not because Democrats have """abandoned the working class.""" W_HAMILTON Nov 2024 #103
Thank You! Cha Nov 2024 #129
You are right. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #111
Sanders said it and went after HRC, Sanders said it beginning and end going after Harris. LizBeth Nov 2024 #125
I remember All Too Well waht Happened Cha Nov 2024 #131
I got worried when the Mexican landscapers I know started trashing the VP. The Mouth Nov 2024 #145
Monday night my son and his girlfriend mountain grammy Nov 2024 #146
Bernie must be very pleased with this. Another woman bites the dust. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #33
I am sure he is. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #39
Exactly. THAT! LizBeth Nov 2024 #134
Such BS (no pun intended) BluRay76 Nov 2024 #34
OMFG!!! BERNIE!!!! MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #35
I must say Skittles Nov 2024 #110
Trust me, we always saw him for what he is. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #113
Yep LizBeth Nov 2024 #135
He should understand better than anyone what an obstructionist congress looks like. The Biden administration chia Nov 2024 #36
Yes MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #43
Yeah -very disappointing jfz9580m Nov 2024 #73
I will never forgive Sanders...never. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #37
Same here. I'm still waiting for his apology tour for Nixie Nov 2024 #89
And the SC doesnt matter, more important things crowd. LizBeth Nov 2024 #136
Lots of lectures today. 2 Meow Momma Nov 2024 #38
Is he kidding? It's just the opposite, in my opinion. ecstatic Nov 2024 #47
I love you Bernie but instead kacekwl Nov 2024 #48
You love Sanders? Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #52
He's not wrong white_wolf Nov 2024 #50
YES Sanders is WRONG. Cha Nov 2024 #66
Why didn't they campaign on that? white_wolf Nov 2024 #72
Didn't BS & AOC campaign for Cha Nov 2024 #80
The only way to win trump/republican voters kacekwl Nov 2024 #97
I never said that white_wolf Nov 2024 #99
I did not say you said that. kacekwl Nov 2024 #132
Apologies white_wolf Nov 2024 #133
Me too kacekwl Nov 2024 #142
ugh Skittles Nov 2024 #51
Post removed Post removed Nov 2024 #53
THANK YOU Skittles Nov 2024 #61
And workers aren't voting for us.. mountain grammy Nov 2024 #87
Good point. A lot of regular people are just disgusted with lack of action by government on a number of issues. Silent Type Nov 2024 #88
Stop it, Bernie. Just stop. It serves no good purpose* Oopsie Daisy Nov 2024 #56
How did the Democratic Party abandon the working class? LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #58
A lot of it is right wing media Joe Cool Nov 2024 #59
Less than helpful. ALBliberal Nov 2024 #62
What is he talking about? Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #63
Asshole. Says a girl that staged a photo op ALBliberal Nov 2024 #64
It started in the 80-90's. Remember? JanMichael Nov 2024 #67
Dammit Bernie berniesandersmittens Nov 2024 #69
No surprise...he's actually a very unfriendly person fairfaxvadem Nov 2024 #71
I can believe that. I remember Hillary commenting in her book * Oopsie Daisy Nov 2024 #75
Sorry, but he's right Deminpenn Nov 2024 #74
Sherrod had a similar message, always fairfaxvadem Nov 2024 #81
Sen Casey, too Deminpenn Nov 2024 #92
A lot of people don't want to hear it, but Luciferous Nov 2024 #79
Stephanie Rhule said the same damn thing last night! Greybnk48 Nov 2024 #82
Think that's a big part of it. More people didn't go to college than did. Think they are wrong, Silent Type Nov 2024 #90
So Sanders was opposed to this ? JI7 Nov 2024 #114
Not at all!! Loan forgiveness is and was extremely important and essential. Greybnk48 Nov 2024 #128
+1 dalton99a Nov 2024 #119
does the rule here on bashing democrats lapfog_1 Nov 2024 #85
Right! LizBeth Nov 2024 #137
Trump won the popular vote. I am still in deep shock. Passages Nov 2024 #86
... misogyny and racism. America is bubbling over with it. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2024 #116
+1. Serious changes are needed. dalton99a Nov 2024 #121
Post removed Post removed Nov 2024 #91
Because only white men make up the working class. JI7 Nov 2024 #100
Fuck off, Bernie RandySF Nov 2024 #101
It has been years now DFW Nov 2024 #115
At least we seem to finally be able to say it. LizBeth Nov 2024 #138
I'm seriously pissed off at Bernie Sanders. He was in a senior leadership position on the Democratic Vinca Nov 2024 #120
yeah, Conjuay Nov 2024 #122
I can't stant to even read the title of this OP...it enrages me. So trashed. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #126
What an asshole. Lots of opinions about the Democratic Party for someone who has NEVER been a Democrat. tritsofme Nov 2024 #130
Hmmmm... WarGamer Nov 2024 #139
What a hypocrite: "Biden has been the strongest, most progressive president in my lifetime" mathematic Nov 2024 #140
Woman, scares him. LizBeth Nov 2024 #141
He's an old fool. nt Mark.b2 Nov 2024 #144
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