Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
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Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#2I am telling my Democratic friends that instead of whining about the popular vote or talking about resisting Trump in general the Democrats should develop a spine and actually stand for something. If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#3Is there a list of Democratic officials that oppose him and have big donations from lobbyists?
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#4This is a real problem for Democratic Party leadership. Tthe people wanted a populist. So the people got a populist and he just happened to not be a Democrat.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#5I am telling my Democratic friends that instead of whining about the popular vote or talking about resisting Trump in general the Democrats should develop a spine and actually stand for something. If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
> If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
So increasing minimum wage, make it easier to unionize, universal health care, protecting/expanding social security, and a bunch of other policies that would help the working class don't count?
The thing is policy doesn't matter. People want 140 characters that make them feel good even if it's bad policy.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#6The headline is untrue: I do not like Bernie Sanders.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#7I am telling my Democratic friends that instead of whining about the popular vote or talking about resisting Trump in general the Democrats should develop a spine and actually stand for something. If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
Dems need to eject their tammany-hall-esque party leadership. It was blatantly obvious the dem on the street wanted Bernie but Wasserman-Schultz ignored her constituents.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#8I am telling my Democratic friends that instead of whining about the popular vote or talking about resisting Trump in general the Democrats should develop a spine and actually stand for something. If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
> If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election. So increasing minimum wage, make it easier to unionize, universal health care, protecting/expanding social security, and a bunch of other policies that would help the working class don't count? The thing is policy doesn't matter. People want 140 characters that make them feel good even if it's bad policy.
Not as compelling when it's a candidate that has a history of being a war hawk and is in bed with Wallstreet vs. Sanders, perhaps.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#9Coming from a country where Sanders' policies are frankly uncontroversial, I wonder if pundits are discounting the effect that Sanders vastly prolonging his campaign after he'd clearly lost has had on whether the DNC wants to give him the time of day. Truth is, guy doesn't seem like much of a team player. This he has in common with Trump, but Trump won. If Trump had lost in the primaries and then the RNC had lost the election, I seriously doubt the RNC would be turning to him right now.
Re: Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party
#10I am telling my Democratic friends that instead of whining about the popular vote or talking about resisting Trump in general the Democrats should develop a spine and actually stand for something. If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election.
> If they had had a compelling message for the working class they could easily have won this election. So increasing minimum wage, make it easier to unionize, universal health care, protecting/expanding social security, and a bunch of other policies that would help the working class don't count? The thing is policy doesn't matter. People want 140 characters that make them feel good even if it's bad policy.
I don't think that Clinton communicated any of these clearly.