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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:07 PM Jun 2015

Bernie Can Win In 2016...Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise

Apparently, Bernie Sanders’ views are a lot more mainstream with the American populace than the corporate media and your right wing friends want you to believe. As his numbers continue to steadily grow, one question remains: Can he win this?

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

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Bernie Can Win In 2016...Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise (Original Post) GoLeft TV Jun 2015 OP
America needs a new vision! Not SOS 4139 Jun 2015 #1
And the only people that can't see that, have drank the kool-aid, and Rant orpupilofnature57 Jun 2015 #2
He won't make it passed Super Tuesday upaloopa Jun 2015 #3
Wouldn't it be funny if the billions the billionaires spend to push HRC into the WH isn't rhett o rick Jun 2015 #5
People get their way? What are Hillary supporters upaloopa Jun 2015 #8
Yes, you are sorry frylock Jun 2015 #11
bernie always speaks highly of hillary.they differ on issues. TheNutcracker Jun 2015 #6
Out of the six reponses ....................so far turbinetree Jun 2015 #7
DU is a bubble it isn't the real world upaloopa Jun 2015 #9
Very very true! n/t OhZone Jun 2015 #13
But I keep meeting people in the real world WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2015 #16
same here frylock Jun 2015 #18
I am the real world turbinetree Jun 2015 #21
If so, then the bubble consists of well informed political activists. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #30
One more can't hurt! imthevicar Jun 2015 #19
So when has Bernie bashed Hillary? INdemo Jun 2015 #22
Thanks. DU has not heard that before. L0oniX Jun 2015 #24
I like Bernie now and I also liked George McGovern in '72. Same senario. I'm sticking with demosincebirth Jun 2015 #29
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Jun 2015 #4
I find it mind-boggling... Paka Jun 2015 #10
The Media will sabotage Senator Sanders' campaign like they did to Gov. Dean nakocal Jun 2015 #12
Then we the consumer turbinetree Jun 2015 #25
I love Bernie but I would be amazed if he won a single primary. OhZone Jun 2015 #14
Vote for him in the primary then. If everyone who likes him votes for him in the primary he will win peacebird Jun 2015 #27
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jun 2015 #15
Like I have said before. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2015 #17
Jimmie Carter was an outside shot, too. marble falls Jun 2015 #20
K & R L0oniX Jun 2015 #23
I #FeelTheBern ! peacebird Jun 2015 #26
Bernie is the real deal MissDeeds Jun 2015 #28

4139

(1,894 posts)
1. America needs a new vision! Not SOS
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:19 PM
Jun 2015

Bernie is the new fresh face, he's the young person is the race... Not the SOS

 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
2. And the only people that can't see that, have drank the kool-aid, and Rant
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:28 PM
Jun 2015

how their canidate is doing so much better in the polls, but no refutations on issues or ideas . People have to forget about image, and listen to the content, what will they do and more importantly what have they done ? Who do they owe ? How often do they reverse their positions ? Bernie wins hands down .

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
3. He won't make it passed Super Tuesday
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:43 PM
Jun 2015

Bashing Hillary or Hillary supporters will not help Bernie one bit.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
5. Wouldn't it be funny if the billions the billionaires spend to push HRC into the WH isn't
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:56 PM
Jun 2015

enough? Wouldn't it be funny if the people got their way instead of the billionaires? Sooner or later the people will prevail. This is a class war, which side are you on? Don't bother answering, it's rhetorical.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
8. People get their way? What are Hillary supporters
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 07:19 PM
Jun 2015

chopped liver?
I'm sorry but Bernie people don't seem to have a clue.

turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
7. Out of the six reponses ....................so far
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 07:15 PM
Jun 2015

to this thread not including mine 90% support Bernie and 10% support Clinton.
He has never attacked another candidate unless they are a republican and he has said from day one its about the ISSUES.




Go Bernie

turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
21. I am the real world
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jun 2015

Last edited Thu Jun 11, 2015, 08:41 AM - Edit history (1)

and I will talk and support Bernie also------------its about the ISSUES not Super Tuesday

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
30. If so, then the bubble consists of well informed political activists.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 07:52 PM
Jun 2015

It is a bad sign for Hillary that Bernie is so popular among our demographic.

Hillary still has the time to say "right things" to draw voters to her. The question is going to be whether people will trust and believe her when her record and her alliances and ties to wealth and influence are compared to Bernie's simplicity and honesty. Bernie is not Obama. Bernie has a record of authenticity and strong, liberal stances that many Americans, not just Democrats, share.

Hillary will not draw Republican voters because they have been brainwashed against her. Bernie's honesty may draw some independents and Republicans that Hillary could never reach.

We shall see. This is a race like no race in the past.

Hillary's task is to prove that she is trustworthy, will do what she says, will really come down on the issues in favor of ordinary Americans, and is authentic, that she is real, that she really cares, that she will represent the American people, not the moneyed interests.

Problem is, she has this huge machine that she has purchased with all the money she has collected from the very high and mighty types who ruined our American economy, have collected most of the money gained from the technology advances of the past 30 years, have outsourced, bought and sold our jobs and are refusing to pay the taxes we need for social programs to help us get out of this "service jobs" economy that dooms us to low wages and worse and worse education and fewer and fewer opportunities. Hillary is up in the polls now, but her expensive strategy and her huge war chest may prove to be disadvantages contrary to her plan.

Life is strange. We shall see.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
22. So when has Bernie bashed Hillary?
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:09 AM
Jun 2015

Hillary has moved to the right (that is not bashing Hillary that is a fact) and if the MSM wont talk about Bernie and the issues that matter to All Americans ,including student debt than you can find it on social media and this is where the media has changed 100 fold since 2008 and even from just 3 years ago.
Young voters are paying really close attention to Bernie. The first time voters are listening to Bernie Sanders and they like what they hear.

So if you pay close attention Hillary supporters are bashing Bernie Sanders and why? Because he is correct on all the issues ?
What issue has Bernie Sanders talked about that you disagree with him on ?

Papantonio was right about the MSM when he said the "MSM can't get the rating talking about real issues, they have to have personal attacks among the candidates because that is when the rating are high"

Why is Bernie Sanders numbers keeps going up and Hillary's are going down.

Bernie Sanders has a good chance of winning Iowa for starters. And then on to NH where he has had overwhelming crowds.

demosincebirth

(12,554 posts)
29. I like Bernie now and I also liked George McGovern in '72. Same senario. I'm sticking with
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:38 PM
Jun 2015

Hillary, too.

Paka

(2,760 posts)
10. I find it mind-boggling...
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 07:54 PM
Jun 2015

that so many HRC supporters think talking about differences on issues qualifies as "bashing." Differences on issues is the basis for a primary. Stating a fact is not gratuitous. It is simply the right way to look at things.

nakocal

(558 posts)
12. The Media will sabotage Senator Sanders' campaign like they did to Gov. Dean
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 08:09 PM
Jun 2015

My main fear is that the corporate media will sabotage Senator Sanders' campaign like they did with Gov. Dean's campaign. They will take a snippet of something completely out of context and then play it 24x7 implying the the Senator is not the right person to be President.

turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
25. Then we the consumer
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:09 PM
Jun 2015

must make them feel the loss in revenue----------------look no further than what is happening to Limburger cheese----------he is losing his stations in big markets---------------there are more of us than them------------------its a playbook from the sixties-------------and we didn't have the internet back then


Honk--------for a political revolution

Bernie 2016



peacebird

(14,195 posts)
27. Vote for him in the primary then. If everyone who likes him votes for him in the primary he will win
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:12 PM
Jun 2015

He already has over 200,000 volunteers signed up

WHEN CRABS ROAR

(3,813 posts)
17. Like I have said before.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 08:36 PM
Jun 2015

It is time for a real progressive populist movement, but the message needs to be clear and not overly complex and it needs to be repeated over and over to drive it home into the minds of the people.

Then Bernie will win

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