Thought so

[charlyvi]

Tad Devine said on MSNBC that Bernie is running against the Democratic Party, not running for it! Tried to embed the tweet but couldn't

Now I actually wonder if Sanders will endorse after he loses.

Here's the tweet

Steven Hebert ‏@smbear55 2h2 hours ago
Tad Devine just admitted on @MSNBC that Bernie Sanders is running against the Democratic Party not for the Democratic nomination.

[OhZone]

1. More details. Please! nt

[charlyvi]

8. All I have is the tweet. Sorry.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Like you, I've known this from outset, which is why I detest him as much as I do Ralph Nader.

[livetohike]

5. Me too. Never liked him when he was on the Ed Show

every single night. I don't trust him.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Nader & his ilk have never made a secret that their main target is the Democratic party. I'm not...

sure why they don't just go away and start their own thing, but they seem intent on destroying us from within. When I see someone spouting crap that party labels shouldn't matter, they go on Ignore. I love the Democratic party, and it makes me wonder why those who don't would want to hang out in places like this, unless it's to sow dissent.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Ralph Nader is no liberal

Perhaps he was once upon a time but now he is an angry old phony.

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/06/27/ralph-nader-turns-rightest-on-cisco/

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. That's what's disturbing. They have dragged his ass out again, dusted him off & propped him up...

to spout anti Democratic party rhetoric. The gist of his message now seems to be that he'd vote for Donald Trump over Hillary. I'm not sure why anything by Nader is even allowed on a board whose mission is to "elect more Democrats".


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[MSMITH33156]

3. I think he's just playing up the

"establishment is against us" BS.

[livetohike]

4. Can't hide the truth for long. Hope this is over mid month

before Sanders succeeds in destroying the party I have belonged to for 46 years.

[charlyvi]

7. I'm afraid he might go third party

You know his followers are probably begging him to when he loses. He said at first that he wouldn't, because it was too important to keep a Repub out of the White House. That's why he ran as a Dem. I'm not sure now, though, that he still means it. He's been told for six or seven months how morally and ethically superior he is; that's bound to have an effect. I hope not.

[livetohike]

10. I don't believe him or trust him. If he is a man if his

word, as his supporters say, then he won't run third party.

[DawgHouse]

14. Personally, I do think he is a man of his word.

I think he will ask his supporters to support Hillary. The same goes for Hillary is he were to win the primary. They know that they are the best to lead, clearly over any GOP candidate. JMHO

[charlyvi]

16. I hope so.

I don't think Tad Devine is serving Sanders well. Why would you go on cable tv and say that your candidate is running against the party he allegedly joined, then in the next breath attest to his ethical purity. That's ethically very sneaky.

[DawgHouse]

17. Yes, it does send mixed messages!

[Agnosticsherbet]

11. Running a campaign until July and will make a third party run to win impossible...

He would need to start now to get in all states, unless one of the existing parties nominated him.

So a third party run at that time would be for the purpose of electing the Republican nominee.

I still don't think he will do that.

[charlyvi]

12. I feel better. Thanks.

I truly hope you are right.

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. I hope I'm right.

[Agschmid]

25. He won't.

[fleabiscuit]

6. Wow... n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

9. Not surprising, and makes this run with this previous statements Concerning the Democratic Party.

[sufrommich]

18. Lovely.

[DemonGoddess]

19. I'm not surprised

not at all surprised.

[Rose Siding]

20. No surprise. Just yesterday his campaign promoted a near parody anti Obama article

Promoted as must read a rant from some yahoo who was disappointed in Obama since his inauguration speech. Why? He didn't give us a villain! Seriously. The guy thinks what we needed was a "bedtime" type story because words. and more words.

Worse? He went after O's book, said it was missing the final chapter where he finally "resolves his identity". Seriously...

A somewhat less charitable explanation is that we are a nation that is being held hostage not just by an extremist Republican Party but also by a president who either does not know what he believes or is willing to take whatever position he thinks will lead to his re-election. Perhaps those of us who were so enthralled with the magnificent story he told in "Dreams From My Father" appended a chapter at the end that wasn't there - the chapter in which he resolves his identity and comes to know who he is and what he believes in.

I couldn't decide if the whole article was more racist or socialist but I did start to wonder if they'd been punked and it was parody.

I was definitely shocked Sanders was promoting it so strongly. Everyone remember the faces he pulled in the debate when Hillary reminded him he hadn't supported Obama strongly? Yeah, well I guess a few days shy of the Fox debate, he thinks a little more distance from a president who is, according to his recommended author, constrained by "his character".

Bernie SandersVerified account
‏@SenSanders
Must Read: What Happened to Obama? - Drew Westen: http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=f7302009-cbcd-440e-9a30-405aeebe144f …

[charlyvi]

21. And he wonders why he is losing.

And can't get the support of PoC, even though he marched with MLK 60 yrs ago. What you do NOW matters.

[question everything]

22. Thus, all the leaders of the party, all the members of congress

are justified endorsing Hillary.