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BootinUp

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33. Leave it to the Berners to take persecution complex to a new level of
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:34 AM
Jun 2016

absurdity. Bernie was given a stage to carry on his rant against our party, its leaders, for all this time. He stuck to his script, to a fault most would say. It was his desire to show no flexibility and that made him many die hard fans, but it also limited his appeal in the end because our country requires some flexibility in its leaders.

When stuff like the above is put out there, you will notice they can't really point to specific instances when he was marginalized by Clinton or the press. Because the truth is quite to the contrary. People have had a tremendous amount of patience with the Sanders campaign as he ignored facts about the race results and ignored questions about his policies so he could continually pound the same attacks on the D party.

As to the legacy of his campaign, it will be remembered as a very strong showing and affecting the party's positions this year, but there is a time for campaigning and a time to actually work together in the government to accomplish things. I will be surprised if he is able to adapt since he has never shown much ability to do the latter.

omg hmmm no. [View all] Cha Jun 2016 OP
Oh good LORD!! bravenak Jun 2016 #1
All of those pundits with their names on the knives had been nothing but easy Cha Jun 2016 #3
Exactly! peggysue2 Jun 2016 #52
Well said, peggysue! Over Reaction to criticism. And, here we have some more Cha Jun 2016 #59
^^^ THIS ^^^ Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #10
Hey Aloha, Tarheel~ Cha Jun 2016 #13
Hey Cha! Aloha! Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #21
Yeah, Rachel, who gave him so much time -even the whole show once- and also had Jane over often, lunamagica Jun 2016 #2
Well stated, lunamagica.. I went over a bit of that in my post to bravenak but Cha Jun 2016 #5
I burst into laughter at how over the top this was... SaschaHM Jun 2016 #4
It's some heavy major pretzel twisting, Sascha! Cha Jun 2016 #6
DRAMA. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #7
OH the Drama! The disingenuous hyperbole is off Cha Jun 2016 #11
... puffy socks Jun 2016 #23
Yea.. super woes.. Cha Jun 2016 #24
That is so funny. My first laugh of the morning 4now Jun 2016 #8
"The next few days are going to be fun. Cha Jun 2016 #16
At the beginning of this campaign,... MarianJack Jun 2016 #9
I never liked him.. and now Cha Jun 2016 #28
I met him years ago and he behaved like a raving egomaniac then.... Walk away Jun 2016 #34
Apparently sooooo! Cha Jun 2016 #37
When even Howard Dean and Harry Reid don't like you... displacedtexan Jun 2016 #35
When your top surrogates are Nina Turner, Susan Sarandon and Rosario Dawson... Walk away Jun 2016 #39
"Oh, the drama" is right! brer cat Jun 2016 #12
How melodramatic! Kath1 Jun 2016 #14
Exactly! Sanders has a lot in common with Trump in this regard. SunSeeker Jun 2016 #45
They handled him with gentle kindness shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #48
In Bernie's airforce one, everyone would've ridden one of these. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #49
LOL sarae Jun 2016 #56
LOL! Kath1 Jun 2016 #58
LOLOLOL sarae Jun 2016 #15
Rule 2 - How to fail at everything in life - Blame others liberal N proud Jun 2016 #17
Grazie! Cha Jun 2016 #19
Under the Bus.... Henhouse Jun 2016 #18
Pathetic SharonClark Jun 2016 #20
Revolutionaries puffy socks Jun 2016 #25
I know, huh! Rofl Cha Jun 2016 #30
Ya. Makes me think of Grunewald's Isenheim Alterpiece. betsuni Jun 2016 #22
Not my kind of pic. riversedge Jun 2016 #26
WTF??? DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #27
If only the media had treated BS with the same respect they reserve for Hillary... sarae Jun 2016 #29
bwahahahaha DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #31
LOL shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #51
They forgot to bow and end each question with, oh High and Pure One. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #50
Good Grief Charlie Brown... Blue Idaho Jun 2016 #32
Leave it to the Berners to take persecution complex to a new level of BootinUp Jun 2016 #33
I know, right? BS didn't get vetted.. he got a platform to tear down Hillary and the Democratic Cha Jun 2016 #36
The Bernie cult is just so ridiculous. Until her speech this week HRC has had little Fla Dem Jun 2016 #38
Hi Fla! I know.. you see something like that and you just go.. "Whoa... WTF?!" Cha Jun 2016 #40
thought police shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #53
On Tuesday and Wednesday they will have to alert every post in this group!!! Walk away Jun 2016 #63
REALITY did Sanders in, not MSNBC. nt SunSeeker Jun 2016 #41
Yep! It started seeping through.. Reality and sanders did him in. Cha Jun 2016 #43
yes. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #54
Every time I watched Morning Joe he was praising Sanders. Kingofalldems Jun 2016 #42
You know what's scary? ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #44
I know, ism.. they seemed determined in every way not to let that happen.. by running Cha Jun 2016 #46
That is scary. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #55
What a sick joke workinclasszero Jun 2016 #47
Playing the blame game much? nt anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #57
Every chance he/they get. Cha Jun 2016 #64
First... teamster633 Jun 2016 #60
Wow... Thank you for that history lesson, teamster. I had no idea Cha Jun 2016 #61
Bye Bye Birdie sheshe2 Jun 2016 #62
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