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Democratic Primaries

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)

10. In the midterms of 1938...

Reply to nolawarlock (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:15 PM

Mar 2020

...after "progressive" candidates lost their asses, FDR said “We have on the positive side eliminated Phil La Follette and the Farmer-Labor people in the Northwest as a standing Third Party Threat.”

This is kind of how I feel about the Bernie "revolution" right now. His actions will set back his and future movements like his.

Elizabeth Warren had it right. The Augean Stables get cleaned out from the inside, not from the outside.

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

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Politico: 'There's no playbook for this': Biden trapped in campaign limbo [View all] nolawarlock Mar 2020 OP

Sanders needs to drop out so there is clear opposition to Trump's poor crisis management. It will Doodley Mar 2020 #1

Just collect the money. Sanders will drop or be booted eventually. Tetrachloride Mar 2020 #2

No kidding. Move on as if Sanders is out LakeArenal Mar 2020 #5

I've got a great idea: Tell Bernie Sanders to go fuck himself and fund Biden's campaign. NBachers Mar 2020 #3

+1... SidDithers Mar 2020 #8

LOL! Exactly! IluvPitties Mar 2020 #18

we've seen bernie's track record. nothing surprising about this nt msongs Mar 2020 #4

Exactly. We saw this developing last spring. Anyone who paid attention to Sanders' Blue_true Mar 2020 #14

Bernie needs to get out. cwydro Mar 2020 #6

yes, there is. 2016. Burnie helping Trump again. robbedvoter Mar 2020 #7

A real Democrat with loyalty to the party would have dropped out by now. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #9

A Real Leader Who Cared For the American People... TomCADem Mar 2020 #11

+++++ and NCProgressive Mar 2020 #16

Bernie is in it to promote Bernie Sanders. IluvPitties Mar 2020 #19

In the midterms of 1938... wyldwolf Mar 2020 #10

What I think is going to happen is a severe backlash against Blue_true Mar 2020 #15

+1 nolawarlock Mar 2020 #22

WHAT?! WTH! Cha Mar 2020 #12

After March 3rd, Sanders backers said give him Michigan to turn thing around. Blue_true Mar 2020 #13

Which is exactly what they want. n/t nolawarlock Mar 2020 #21

Seems Marc Caputo is trying to make a mountain out of a mole hole. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #17

It is in limbo and it is hurting down ballot and preventing fund raising...Sanders should stop being Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #20

Joe Biden debuts his in home TV studio Gothmog Mar 2020 #23

At this point, what else can it be called but sabotage? tritsofme Mar 2020 #24

It'll just get worse, as states delay their primaries. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #25

The candidates sign and agreement, whereby they raise money for down-ticket races, KitSileya Mar 2020 #29

It's Simple...Ignore BS Me. Mar 2020 #26

I agree. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #27

Here is Joe's new studio Gothmog Mar 2020 #28

So just...ignore him? Tarc Mar 2020 #30