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36. He campaigned for Hillary and yes they appeared together. Maybe you were busy and missed it
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 04:51 PM
Apr 2019

There's even a picture of them together on stage where they look pretty happy and energetic in the link if you decide to read the article.

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59097b9ac14b3c606c10949c/master/w_649,c_limit/Davidson-BernieSandersStillontheCampaignTrail.jpg

Bernie Sanders, who has spent weeks travelling on behalf of Hillary Clinton, appeared with her and Pharrell Williams at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday night.

One of the many things that makes Donald Trump angry is that Bernie Sanders does not seem to hold grudges. In recent speeches, Trump has pointed to the information that has come out, through WikiLeaks’ disclosures of John Podesta’s e-mails, about the Clinton team’s attitude toward Sanders during the primaries: the slights (“doofus”), the schemes (“where would you stick the knife?”), and the eye-rolling (“socialist math”). Perhaps worst of all—at least from Trump’s point of view—was Donna Brazile’s passing along of debate questions. "Now, Bernie Sanders should be angry right? Shouldn’t he be angry?” Trump asked a crowd in Florida. He sounded a little bit puzzled—he would be so mad.

The truth is that Bernie Sanders is very, very angry—at Donald Trump. He is angry enough to have spent weeks travelling on behalf of Hillary Clinton, speaking for her in union halls and arenas, to students and activists. When he talks, he is entirely Bernie—“We are going to fight for that democracy; we are not going to become an oligarchy”—and he hints strongly that he has done some negotiating with her before getting on the stage, and will continue to do so after, as he hopes, she is elected. When praising her positions, he often says “Secretary Clinton has told me” or “Secretary Clinton has promised,” as though he knows that it might not work, with the sort of swing audiences he is dispatched to persuade (students, working-class voters), simply to declare that taking these stands is in her nature. But he knows what he wants: for her to win. “This campaign is not a personality contest,” Sanders said near the beginning of a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday night. “We’re not voting for high-school president. We’re voting for the most powerful leader in the entire world.” He had been introduced by Pharrell Williams, the musician, who was now sitting on the stage with Clinton herself, as if it were an actual high-school election. Statements like that serve to remind Sanders’s supporters that they don’t need to be charmed by Hillary Clinton—he is over it, and they ought to be, too. But, if personality doesn’t matter, the person does.

“There are many, many differences between Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump,” Sanders told the crowd. "But there is one that is very, very profound. Are you ready for a very radical thought right now? I don’t want anyone to faint! I think we have some paramedics here”—“paramedics here” is, it turns out, an excellent phrase for demonstrating a Brooklyn accent—“but I do want to make this announcement. Are you ready for it?” The crowd indicated that it was. "All right. Madam Secretary, you correct me if I’m wrong here; I don’t want to misspeak for you—Secretary Clinton believes in science!”

When the cheering had abated, Sanders continued, "I know I put her in a difficult position—2016, to believe in science, a little bit dangerous—but what the heck.” He then referred to her "very specific ideas” for combatting climate change, before turning to the mind of Donald Trump. “After years and years of studying the issue from a scientific perspective—I’m joking, I’m joking—he has concluded that climate change is a hoax emanating from China. Now, why he chose China and not Mexico or some Muslim country, I don’t know.


https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/bernie-sanderss-hard-fight-for-hillary-clinton
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You mean Starbucks Schultz or someone else? Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #1
Stay tuned Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #2
You are a tease. Lol. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #3
Any chance of Weld unseating Rump for the R nomination? MH1 Apr 2019 #4
Interesting question. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #5
Maybe... sacto95834 Apr 2019 #19
zero dsc Apr 2019 #48
It's unbelievable that zero wasn't the first reply Awsi Dooger Apr 2019 #60
There's a third party candidate in every Presidential election. jalan48 Apr 2019 #6
More than one usually, but the one I am talking about wont have 2% support like Stein Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #7
Yes. I don't see it happening this time around but maybe in the future. jalan48 Apr 2019 #10
Thanks for the reminder. I haven't said ... 11 Bravo Apr 2019 #27
His/her ego will prevent him/her BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #8
Not this time. stay tuned Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #9
Depends. murielm99 Apr 2019 #11
I did NOT know that. If that is the case then my prediction may not come true. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #12
I think this covers it: murielm99 Apr 2019 #17
Only the states of Connecticut, Iowa, New York, and Vermont have neither a sore-loser law nor Celerity Apr 2019 #22
I don't trust Wikipedia on this. murielm99 Apr 2019 #64
re-read, most all of the states have simultaneous primary/general registration dates Celerity Apr 2019 #65
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #32
I'm not sure but radical noodle Apr 2019 #61
I think the simultaneous registration murielm99 Apr 2019 #63
Sanders didn't run as a third party in 2016 JonLP24 Apr 2019 #13
Who? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #14
You didn't say who to post #8 JonLP24 Apr 2019 #15
LOL murielm99 Apr 2019 #18
He's less likely to win the nomination. W_HAMILTON Apr 2019 #16
There are a lot more candidates splitting the vote JonLP24 Apr 2019 #20
Why would Bernie run third party when he's running under the Dem banner as a Democrat Autumn Apr 2019 #21
The question is BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #23
Very much looking forward to finding out. NurseJackie Apr 2019 #24
He'll do the same thing he did last time. Campaign for the nominee. EOM Autumn Apr 2019 #28
I must have missed that BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #31
He campaigned for Hillary and yes they appeared together. Maybe you were busy and missed it Autumn Apr 2019 #36
That was just days before Election Day. The Convention closed July 28..... George II Apr 2019 #51
Delayed. Grudgingly. It lacked vigor, energy and sincerity... NurseJackie Apr 2019 #33
That was my impression as well BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #37
As reported in the Washington Post (pay site, sorry): George II Apr 2019 #46
Yeah... that's how I remember it. It was LATE and UNENTHUSIASTIC... NurseJackie Apr 2019 #52
On Steph Miller today poll says 20% of BS followers will NOT vote for ANY dem in general Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #58
Among angry and bitter malcontents, it's likely to be higher... NurseJackie Apr 2019 #59
We knew it and all his remaining, zealous supporters knew it. Hortensis Apr 2019 #53
Last time he didn't make an appearance until Labor Day, which was almost six weeks.... George II Apr 2019 #45
If Bernie wins our nomination, I will predict Schultz and Bloomberg both jump in Celerity Apr 2019 #25
Bloomberg may end up winning BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #26
They will do what they will do. If Liz or Pete win what's to stop them from doing the same? Autumn Apr 2019 #29
Warren maybe, Pete is not nearly as far far left as Sanders, that is why (and the fact he is taking Celerity Apr 2019 #30
Wow. I belong to a couple of closed Sanders FB groups and they don't Autumn Apr 2019 #34
Closed FB groups BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #38
Yeah, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. They are closed to avoid trolls and bots. Autumn Apr 2019 #39
That would be one reason nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #40
I take it you will read the link proving Bernie campaigned with and for Hillary later? Autumn Apr 2019 #41
Just one joint appearance is not enough in my book BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #42
I have discovered that for some nothing Bernie will ever do is enough. A hundred joint Autumn Apr 2019 #43
I can't speak for "some" BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #47
Pls. see post #46 George II Apr 2019 #49
That explains a lot. George II Apr 2019 #50
"Warren and Sanders have a lot in common"? NO. Hortensis Apr 2019 #54
You want to find a post where I have bad mouthed Warren? Go for it, you won't find one. nt Autumn Apr 2019 #55
No, and I'm not going to search and grab various Hortensis Apr 2019 #56
Whatever. Like I said you won't find one. nt Autumn Apr 2019 #57
Look...Warren is in my top three, but there's no way she was the "original progressive... TCJ70 Apr 2019 #66
She created the can-do excitement in this century Hortensis Apr 2019 #67
Ross Perot and Ralph Nader keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #35
There are always multiple parties. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2019 #44
If we lose it will be due to incumbency, and not a third party Awsi Dooger Apr 2019 #62
WRONG Eliot Rosewater Apr 2019 #68
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