Bernie Sanders Touts His Republican Support

[Cali_Democrat]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said early Thursday he is winning over more GOP voters in his campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

There are more than a few Republicans for Bernie Sanders out there,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“Don’t be surprised if we do well with a number of Republicans,” the White House hopeful said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/bernie-sanders-surprise-republicans-support-me

[daleanime]

1. That's not a bad thing....

we desperately need to find issues and ways we can get people to work together.

[Uncle Joe]

23. It's a bad thing if you're touting that your candidate is the only "electable" one in the race.

Being able to pull voters from across the partisan divide on common sense, common ground issues could suggest a possible landslide for Bernie and this scares the poopy out of his opponents.

[sadoldgirl]

2. If these are republicans, who

realize that they have voted against their own
interests, I don't mind.

[Fearless]

3. Not a red America and a blue America but the United States of America

Remind me who said that please.

[jfern]

4. Was this supposed to be an attack on Bernie?

[valerief]

5. If so, it failed. We want a president who CAN win over Republicans. nt

[arcane1]

9. Specifically, winning them over instead of giving them half of everything, AKA "compromise"

It's amazing what actual integrity can do.

[roguevalley]

18. love the op's little vids. :D Cute.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. All I did was post an article. I didn't post any commentary

You mad?

[arcane1]

13. Your subject line is commentary.

"Bernie Sanders Touts His Republican Support" isn't in the article.

The correct headline is "Sanders: ‘More than a few’ Republicans support me"

[Cali_Democrat]

14. OK....what do you think the main distinction is between the two?

Was my headline an attack while the original headline wasn't?

[arcane1]

15. I'm just saying it was commentary, not that it was an attack n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

16. I never thought of a headline as commentary, more of a summation of the article.

If I were to post commentary, I would post it in the body of my post, in full sentences.

I do that quite often. If you think my headline is commentary, that's fine by me. I really don't care.

Funny how such an extraneous thing can cause an issue.

Welcome to GDP.

Months of madness to go.

LMAO.

[arcane1]

17. No worries, I think it's only LBN where one can't use their own subject anyway.

And I like the post

[roguevalley]

19. tout in my understanding in my life means to talk about and promote

not dis. It may have changed but tout isn't prejorative always. I think it wasn't intended that way either.

[Warren Stupidity]

22. Your editorial spin.

Honesty is refreshing. I highly recommend it.

[arcane1]

6. Opening peoples' eyes to decades of brainwashing. That's why he has my vote.

[HassleCat]

7. I think he's right

Progressive ideas appeal to some Republicans who are tired of the bible thumping GOP poking heir noses into private stuff. A surprising number of Republicans hate insurance companies enough to favor single payer. And so on. Not all Republicans toe the party line on all the issues. Kind of like Democrats in that respect. I think Sanders would do better among independents and Republicans than Clinton would do. He just has a tough time in the primary process.

[zappaman]

8. There are sane Republicans out there.

Its just the fucking whackos who make all the noise!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. Bernie appeals across the political spectrum

[PoliticAverse]

12. So Sanders is getting some Republican voters to stop voting against their interests? n/t

[TeddyR]

20. So when Bernie Sanders is the Dem nominee for president

Does this mean that all the Hillary supporters are going to vote Republican? That would be silly.

[Warren Stupidity]

21. I thought you all were all about "electability".

Now, not so much, amirite?

[ucrdem]

24. For once I am in complete agreement with Senator Sanders.

No Bernie, we're not surprised. You're treading a path trod by many GOP/Dem-lite independents including John Anderson, Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan and of course Ralph Nader, but for some reason the DNC hasn't figured out that letting third-party blow-ins sandbag the top candidate isn't such a good idea. But for the record, it isn't.