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How is this any different than any reubllicannt "also ran" (or their supporters) now supporting Trump? What alternative (e.g. say nothing or back some other third party candidate) did Sanders (or his supporters) have?
I'm not exactly a Sanders supporter, but out of the last few people running in the primaries, he was the only one I particularly liked. I'm personally a bit disappointed in Sanders, but I can see why he fell into the "anyone but Trump" trap.
I think the revolution will go on without him, and I will be doing my part by voting for Gary Johnson.
This is just an honest question, in that once I saw on TV a bunch of Sanders supporters start booing as soon as Hillary appeared on one of the TV screens they were all watching.
Sanders supporters do not seem to care for Hillary all that much, so....
How do you feel now that he has done a complete 180 and endorsed the very same person you all have been fighting all this time?
Do you feel;
a. Betrayed
b. a bit sad
c. politics as usual
d. Hillary made some back door promises to him she does not intend to keep
e. Hillary make some promises to him she DOES intend to keep
f. the revolution / movement will continue on without him
g. anyone but Trump
or
f. fill in the blank ____________________.
I am interested because the media did not really cover much about how you Bernie supporters felt after he gave his complete support for Hillary. Whereas before you guys were always very passionate and vocal about your support for Bernie. Now all you hear is crickets.
I feel maybe it is because much of what you had to say could not be broadcast over the air, or are still trying to sort it out and figure out what to do next. I can't see all the passion put into this movement just fizzling out and moving over to Hillary. Someone who is completely in the pockets of Wall Street.
So how do you guys feel after Bernie said he was going to get behind Hillary?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, my misunderstanding is that Bernie was not a Democrat, but an Independent, so did not need to adhere to any of the Democrats rules.
With the Trump issue, all of them were already Republicans.
Whereas, Bernie was not in their party at all.
I'm not nor never was a Sanders supporter, but I have to wonder why this is any different than Rubio or Cruz supporters. They all lost. Now it's time for all losing supporters to go to plan B.
a small difference. Rubio and Cruz were Republicans, and Trump was also running as a Republican, therefore it was all within the Republican party.
Sanders was and is NOT a democrat.
This is just an honest question, in that once I saw on TV a bunch of Sanders supporters start booing as soon as Hillary appeared on one of the TV screens they were all watching.
Sanders supporters do not seem to care for Hillary all that much, so....
How do you feel now that he has done a complete 180 and endorsed the very same person you all have been fighting all this time?
Do you feel;
a. Betrayed
b. a bit sad
c. politics as usual
d. Hillary made some back door promises to him she does not intend to keep
e. Hillary make some promises to him she DOES intend to keep
f. the revolution / movement will continue on without him
g. anyone but Trump
or
f. fill in the blank ____________________.
I am interested because the media did not really cover much about how you Bernie supporters felt after he gave his complete support for Hillary. Whereas before you guys were always very passionate and vocal about your support for Bernie. Now all you hear is crickets.
I feel maybe it is because much of what you had to say could not be broadcast over the air, or are still trying to sort it out and figure out what to do next. I can't see all the passion put into this movement just fizzling out and moving over to Hillary. Someone who is completely in the pockets of Wall Street.
So how do you guys feel after Bernie said he was going to get behind Hillary?
Inquiring minds want to know.
So how do you guys feel after Bernie said he was going to get behind Hillary?
Inquiring minds want to know.
The revolution/movement marshes on under the Trump banner!!
Ron Paul never adhered to many of the GOP rules, especially on the foreign policy front. But he ran as a Republican, and I'll bet most of his supporters will be voting for Trump.
Party loyalty is far too strong in this country. Most people don't even look at the candidates anymore, they mostly vote (D) or (R). Which is why there's so many politicians in our government who don't represent the views of their constituents, only the views of their party.
No matter what happens this year, the Dem and Republican Parties have nothing to worry about.
Well, my misunderstanding is that Bernie was not a Democrat, but an Independent, so did not need to adhere to any of the Democrats rules.
With the Trump issue, all of them were already Republicans.
Whereas, Bernie was not in their party at all.
**** that, Jog. No movement led by an authoritarian is about freedom - at least not for the son of a bitch in charge.
Well, my misunderstanding is that Bernie was not a Democrat, but an Independent, so did not need to adhere to any of the Democrats rules.
With the Trump issue, all of them were already Republicans.
Whereas, Bernie was not in their party at all.
This is just an honest question, in that once I saw on TV a bunch of Sanders supporters start booing as soon as Hillary appeared on one of the TV screens they were all watching.
Sanders supporters do not seem to care for Hillary all that much, so....
How do you feel now that he has done a complete 180 and endorsed the very same person you all have been fighting all this time?
Do you feel;
a. Betrayed
b. a bit sad
c. politics as usual
d. Hillary made some back door promises to him she does not intend to keep
e. Hillary make some promises to him she DOES intend to keep
f. the revolution / movement will continue on without him
g. anyone but Trump
or
f. fill in the blank ____________________.
I am interested because the media did not really cover much about how you Bernie supporters felt after he gave his complete support for Hillary. Whereas before you guys were always very passionate and vocal about your support for Bernie. Now all you hear is crickets.
I feel maybe it is because much of what you had to say could not be broadcast over the air, or are still trying to sort it out and figure out what to do next. I can't see all the passion put into this movement just fizzling out and moving over to Hillary. Someone who is completely in the pockets of Wall Street.
So how do you guys feel after Bernie said he was going to get behind Hillary?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I believe Sanders ran as a Democrat.
The revolution/movement marshes on under the Trump banner!!
Well, I was (and am) a die-hard Sanders supporter and while I will never support Hillary I understand why he did it and I don't hold it against him personally. He ran in the Democratic party and he made a pledge to support the eventual nominee, and he is a man of his word. If you look at Sanders' record he's always argued very passionately for progressive ideals but always ended up being pragmatic and compromising in the end to at least further the agenda a little bit instead of getting nothing at all.
I'm a lot more stubborn and the Democrats can lick my nuts, I'm done with them. I'll be voting 3rd party and while Sanders won't become president he definitely left his mark and what happened here will have an effect on future elections.
I would say the party affiliation matters much less than the political lean - pretty much all of Sanders' supporters were liberal, and generally significantly more liberal than Hillary's. In the end - as with Hillary's supporters who initially claimed they'd never vote for Obama after she ended her campaign in 2008 - they'll go with the more liberal (or at least, the least conservative") candidate. Some will not vote, but very, very few indeed will vote for Trump.
When it comes to Trump's supporters, though, pretty much all of them are (by their own definition) conservative. Oh, we've seen more than a few conservatives who claim that Trump isn't a conservative (and they're right IMO), and we've seen them claim that those who support Trump can't be conservatives...but if you ask those who DO support Trump, they do indeed believe themselves to be conservative. Oh, some might say, "I'm not conservative - I'm libertarian", but I'd just point to the old saying that "libertarians are just conservatives who want to get stoned and get laid."
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