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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

For fuck’s sake, form a new party already Bernie! Dems are simply too corrupt to bother.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Wrong. You primary the corrupt out. If your car has a flat tire, you fix it. You don’t buy a new one that you can’t afford.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree, if the Democrats had a flat tire. But they have 3 flats, a leaky radiatior, leaky engine, busted windows that don't roll up all the way, the seat foam has turned to dust, the seatbelts are fraying, speakers are fuzzy but only play AM talk radio anyway since its been stuck on that station since the 70s...

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 days ago

And the same oligarchs are fucking towing them!

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Wrong. The primary will be used by the old guard to eliminate all opposition (like they did with Bernie already).

Ds and Rs are private organizations and are not democratic.

If this is new to you, please read up on Bernie's primary "loss" to Clinton. Blatant corruption. Don't believe me, check it out yourself.

The parties have no obligation to follow the results of the primary. It's not legally binding.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (6 children)

That's a good way to ensure the next Republican win in a winner-take-all system.

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[–] quips@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Not possible. You need to oust the DNC

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To think we coulda had him instead. Can I switch to that timeline please?

[–] bobzer@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Al Gore was America's last chance. It's been lost ever since.

[–] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Average and very common Bernie sanders win

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[–] Teppa@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I thought it was hilarious when RFK Junior started banning food additives and dyes. If the democrats cant capitalize on that gaping wound then they are lost, I dont think any rational person believes in food dyes.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It will be interesting if Platner can beat Collins in Maine. For a decade now democratic leadership has been holding people like him and Bernie Sanders back because they don’t think they’re “electable”.

If he can be the first democrat in 30 years to beat Collins, it would show the direction the party should be moving.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

I guess we are just going to have to hope that the former blackwater mercenary who was an out and proud Nazi until about ten minutes before becoming a progressive candidate doesn't turn out to be another fetterman.

Fetterman had a LOT of guys around here saying the same sort of shit you are saying right now.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I guess we are just going to have to hope that the former blackwater mercenary who was an out and proud Nazi…

All good points, especially if you’re partial to Republican talking points and manipulation tactics.

I don’t think it’s fair to make other progressive candidates answer for what Fetterman did. Any new candidate can turn their back on the entire party if they wanted.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 15 points 4 days ago (18 children)

Was it the republicans that hired him to be a mercenary and tattooed a totenkopf on his chest? Well, i guess it probably was, but I kinda think they don't want us to think about that too hard.

Using Fetterman as a cautionary tail to make people think a little harder about who they support is not making other candidates answer for what he did. It is called "learning" and its a thing we probably should be doing more of.

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[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

They do not view the electorate as the people. They believe that elections are won by donors and until we prove them wrong it will continue.

Just replace "electable" with "able to shill to corporate and wealthy donors."

I have a Dem rep, and have been actively promoting his primary opponent because he is just another establishment Dem. Though I'm not sure who my rep will be with the new maps in my state.

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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There will be many posts in the coming months with one goal. The content will be varied, and the appeal will be made in different ways, but the goal will be the same: depressing Democratic votes in November.

Don’t fall for it.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There will also be many posts in the coming months insulting independents who dare to question Democrat orthodoxy.

Others will insist that all independents are just "republicans in disguise." Don't fall for it!

Remember, it's a FACT that 40% of registered voters are independents, and the Ds and Rs have fallen to 30% each.

The independents reject the major parties, because the major parties have rejected them.

Please vote! And maybe don't shit on the independents, whose vote you REQUIRE to win. Perhaps you could stop calling them "secret Republicans" (and liars, Russian agents, etc.) why you're at it? One can dream.

Your party line is not held by the majority of people any longer, D or R. Remember that.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are we so out of touch?

No, it's the working class that failed us.

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[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 33 points 4 days ago

Hell yah Bernie

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Damn right, Bernie. I was a blue-no-matter-who because they actually make some policy sense, but now it’s only because the Right is absolutely insane. If a Progressive or Social Democrat actually had any traction I’d vote for them over the straight (D) instantly.

[–] jojowakaki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Given the choice between a republican and a republican, people will choose republican all the time.

  • Paraphrasing Harry Truman.
  • Not USian nor live there
[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bernie must be a tankie according to most here

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

No, it’s fine and good to criticize your allies when necessary. It’s how we improve. Bernie isn’t constantly trying to drive down votes for Democrats like the tankies on Lemmy. He campaigns for Democrats all the time, including Harris in 2024.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Our last dinosaur, thank you Bernie! After he is gone, who will be the voice of reason?

One of the few politicians today smart enough to oppose the Fed, for very good reasons (which we can't discuss here unless we'd like to get censored and/or banned, but read up on it! It's obscene).

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