2016 Postmortem

kennetha

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138. no he's more of democratic SOCIALIST than any other democrat. Why do you keep dropping that part?

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 03:46 PM

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Washington Post: Bernie Sanders is hijacking the Democratic Party to be elected as an independent [View all] kennetha Mar 2016 OP

No. That's what the DLC did. Wilms Mar 2016 #1

BOOM! So often, the thread win is Reply #1. merrily Mar 2016 #5

With OPs like that, the replies write themselves. Wilms Mar 2016 #9

I can't beat posts 1, 5, and 9 !!! erlewyne Mar 2016 #88

#88 is good too! dinkytron Mar 2016 #150

indeed ibegurpard Mar 2016 #6

Perfect Svafa Mar 2016 #14

+1. They may need to join what will transform from the Republican split. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #43

Yep. Nothing wrong with being a moderate repuke. Wilms Mar 2016 #52

Yes, if not this time around, we will get there...and no mattter what I will always Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #57

+1 Marr Mar 2016 #73

Thank you deutsey Mar 2016 #76

The DLC /Clinton intent was moderate GOP infiltration of the Democratic Party musiclawyer Mar 2016 #85

Exactly - let's send the Sell Outs packing FreakinDJ Mar 2016 #91

THANK YOU! F The DLC Kittycat Mar 2016 #95

Lol! demmiblue Mar 2016 #2

Go Bernie ! CentralMass Mar 2016 #3

Why do Hillary supporters not get this: Chan790 Mar 2016 #4

If Sanders is an independent kennetha Mar 2016 #10

They should if the independent is closer to Dem values than the "life-long Dem" is. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #18

Yes! DeeDeeNY Mar 2016 #77

I've been quite satisfied to have Bernie help Hortensis Mar 2016 #130

Since Clinton is a Republican, she should run as a republican. pangaia Mar 2016 #37

She is only a Repub to the far left. Repubs think she is a far left liberal. LonePirate Mar 2016 #80

Just as Bernie is an FDR Dem, HRC is a NE Blue Blood Rockefeller Republican. kristopher Mar 2016 #113

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS.. pangaia Mar 2016 #116

Done. kristopher Mar 2016 #117

I do not see an active far left. pangaia Mar 2016 #115

Do you even know why he has always been an independent? TM99 Mar 2016 #58

K&R, excellent post Carolina Mar 2016 #158

Thats the ticket we do better when more people stay home. Vincardog Mar 2016 #60

The decision was made some time ago, back when they assumed magical thyme Mar 2016 #82

That's up to each state party to decide, isn't it? CanadaexPat Mar 2016 #103

WAPO put up 16 anti Sanders stories in 16 hours. I grok why Hillary supporters love it. merrily Mar 2016 #7

just the facts ma'am, just the facts. kennetha Mar 2016 #11

Um, my post was factual. The problem seems to be your failure to know a fact when you see one. merrily Mar 2016 #15

facts aren't the only stubborn things virtualobserver Mar 2016 #29

Nailed it! Thank you! merrily Mar 2016 #51

L I S jillan Mar 2016 #8

The DLC is obviously desperate. KPN Mar 2016 #12

The DLC doesn't even exist anymore. kennetha Mar 2016 #13

Not the corporation, but the DLC spirit lives on in the Clintons and the DNC is the DNC/DLC now. merrily Mar 2016 #22

It is the Third Way now. djean111 Mar 2016 #33

Are you THAT uniformed? Wilms Mar 2016 #36

yes ibegurpard Mar 2016 #104

Misinformed, Misinformation,misdirection Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #120

My bad. KPN Mar 2016 #118

They should be. We are not buying what they are selling any more. Vincardog Mar 2016 #64

They seem to be getting scared. /nt Marr Mar 2016 #78

If ever a party needed to be hijacked casperthegm Mar 2016 #16

new meme of the day? you are kidding with this right? litlbilly Mar 2016 #17

this is an old one, not even "up-cycled" GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #35

He's doing the Democratic Party a service by pushing it back to the Left andym Mar 2016 #19

Bernie is trying to rescue the Democratic Party Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #20

THIS - DLC / Third way neoliberal sellouts have all but destroyed it. nt vintx Mar 2016 #40

But, this is a good Onlooker Mar 2016 #21

Democrats who left the party have re-registered to vote for Sanders in the primary. Do not imagine merrily Mar 2016 #25

What you want him to lie? kennetha Mar 2016 #28

Bernie isn't your enemy and he isn't the enemy of the Democratic Party. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #53

Way to go, Bernie! TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #23

Haha! Even Hercules would wince at the prospect of cleaning up the mess you made RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #24

I was hounded here over the years to change to Dem so I would stop GreenPartyVoter Mar 2016 #26

If anything, Bernie is dragging the Democratic Party back to its roots. Vinca Mar 2016 #27

Absolutely! n/t marew Mar 2016 #55

KNR! THANK YOU SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS FOR THE COURSE CORRECTION!!!! morningfog Mar 2016 #30

LOL! Bernie Sanders can hijack my party any day! Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #31

Thanks for posting.---and I agree riversedge Mar 2016 #32

Jezzz You again. pangaia Mar 2016 #34

That is so Bull Crap. Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #38

Good.. disillusioned73 Mar 2016 #39

The hostile takeover took place when Bill got elected Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #41

+1 G_j Mar 2016 #44

+1,000! n/t RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #46

So the last democratic president you approve of was...? kennetha Mar 2016 #48

Obama, I worked for his 2008 election as I did Kerry Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #66

So if you supported Obama kennetha Mar 2016 #71

You are voting for a neo con war monger Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #81

she is neither a neocon nor a war monger. kennetha Mar 2016 #84

I feel fine Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #92

Actually, she's both RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #141

Mediate? That seems something you need help with! cabineer Mar 2016 #153

Madfloridian wrote a great OP on how they called the DLC takeover a bloodless revolution Dragonfli Mar 2016 #98

Living in Florida, watching what Debbie Wasserman-DINO does - I'll have what Bernie is djean111 Mar 2016 #42

lol. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #45

There's nothing hostile involved. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #47

And Thank Goodness! gcomeau Mar 2016 #49

I hope he succeeds. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #50

What a load. libtodeath Mar 2016 #54

It is the voters who are rejecting establishment candidates. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #56

How is that different from "Democrats" hijacking the Dem Party to be elected as Republicans? Triana Mar 2016 #59

^ This. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #63

Bingo! Cleita Mar 2016 #68

YAY!!!! Go BERNIE. I'd back you as an Independent, I'd back you as a Democrat. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #61

I'd call it an Intervention Armstead Mar 2016 #62

Has Capehart of WaPo ever apologized to Sanders for his false hit piece? EndElectoral Mar 2016 #65

Not that I've seen. And I just looked again. nt SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #72

Actually Sanders is the one with the Democratic principles notadmblnd Mar 2016 #67

... Cleita Mar 2016 #69

+10000 Cavallo Mar 2016 #125

You are doubling down... dchill Mar 2016 #70

The sense of "ownership" of people and legitimacy speaks volumes. DirkGently Mar 2016 #74

Seriously vercetti2021 Mar 2016 #75

Good article-It is clear that Sanders will have a difficult time flipping super delegates Gothmog Mar 2016 #79

It was ALREADY hijacked by the DLC/Corporatists. Bernie is helping to take it back. n/t Skwmom Mar 2016 #83

Right, Taking the Democratic Party kennetha Mar 2016 #86

If we accept Hillary as a "liberal" candidate My Good Babushka Mar 2016 #87

He is hijacking nothing, he has faithfully caucused with the democrats for years Dragonfli Mar 2016 #89

but refusing to run as a Democrat kennetha Mar 2016 #90

He is running as a Democrat, you are really reaching with this one, and you damn well know it Dragonfli Mar 2016 #94

running as a democrat now, when it suits his media purposes kennetha Mar 2016 #96

. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #99

huh? you're in over your head. 2banon Mar 2016 #159

Exactly what the Democrats need! WDIM Mar 2016 #93

They say that like it's a bad thing!? beedle Mar 2016 #97

Then who are all these people who are voting for him in democratic primaries and caucuses? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #100

Toilet paper. Blue Owl Mar 2016 #101

Bernie is to the Democratic Party beedle Mar 2016 #102

A million times more preferrable than Republicans hijacking the party Matariki Mar 2016 #105

They didn't call it hijacking the 60 million years he caucus with the democrats in congress Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #106

While Mrs. Clinton runs to the right of her hero Barry Goldwater. nt nichomachus Mar 2016 #107

We aren't hijacking the Democratic Party.... 99Forever Mar 2016 #108

He is NOT a Democrat Setsuna1972 Mar 2016 #109

No nasty comments from me ... I completely agree with you. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #136

I think you and Iknow each otheron Twitter ! Setsuna1972 Mar 2016 #147

... NurseJackie Mar 2016 #148

It's about time someone took the Democratic party back from its Old-Republican overlords. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #110

I disagree Dem2 Mar 2016 #111

By his own admission he is not kennetha Mar 2016 #119

There is no socialist party Dem2 Mar 2016 #121

LOL Dems2002 Mar 2016 #112

It's a hostage rescue. HooptieWagon Mar 2016 #114

Well...he is trying to. Fortunately, he isn't succeeding. Lucinda Mar 2016 #122

Taking the party back is more like it shawn703 Mar 2016 #123

Exactly when was it that Democratic Socialists Controlled the Democratic Party again? kennetha Mar 2016 #124

There was this guy FDR... gcomeau Mar 2016 #126

Hmm. So Roosevelt was a socialist? kennetha Mar 2016 #128

You do understand... gcomeau Mar 2016 #131

you need to study a little history and economics. kennetha Mar 2016 #132

Sorry, were you talking to a mirror while typing? gcomeau Mar 2016 #135

What's that got to do with FDR? kennetha Mar 2016 #137

FFS... gcomeau Mar 2016 #140

Really, you don't seem to understand the breadth and complexity and variety of FDR kennetha Mar 2016 #142

Repeat after me. gcomeau Mar 2016 #143

Controlled the party or considered themselves sufficiently represented by the Party? shawn703 Mar 2016 #129

this article is pure desperation Merryland Mar 2016 #127

The fact is the Democratic Party allows ... GeorgeGist Mar 2016 #133

FFS matt819 Mar 2016 #134

no he's more of democratic SOCIALIST than any other democrat. Why do you keep dropping that part? kennetha Mar 2016 #138

Because it's irrelevant matt819 Mar 2016 #156

Technically the "Democratic Party" is not "democratic" beedle Mar 2016 #139

Good! democrattotheend Mar 2016 #144

Umm... Okay? Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #145

Good. alarimer Mar 2016 #146

Jeff Bezos and the Clinton's hijacked the Democratic Party in the 90s. Time for a FDR Democrat to WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #149

+ 1000000000000 !!!!!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #152

The Post needs to get a job. orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #151

Such nonsense. Owl Mar 2016 #154

I'm responding to the top post without reading all the others (yet) Jarqui Mar 2016 #155

WRONG Carolina Mar 2016 #157