Bernie Sanders: To our establishment friends in the Democratic Party

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61. Just two cents' worth.

Last edited Wed Apr 30, 2025, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)

Nobody was more supportive of the Biden administration as Bernie, acting in a critical role.

Democrats have been successfully smeared as (whatever) by the RW hate machine, leaving doubts in voters' minds as they enter the polls. Especially, the hatchet job done on Hillary. Democrats have been ineffective in countering those smears.

Would you support a Manchin, Jared Golden or similar in a primary? Nobody needs double agents.

All that said, an independent from the left is IMO more beneficial than a DINO double agent.

YES, there is strength in numbers, and Bernie is defending his own turf, but in the big picture, he is doing what he feels best for the people as a whole, and is consistent.

And of course, you are free to disagree on what best counters the fascist party.

Edit to add:

I want people with principles and guts.

Biden DoJ-indicted conservative Dem Henry Cuellar turns on his party, goes on Fox and has a go at Dems over Abrego Garca
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220281509

Newsom and Whitmer moving towards the middle (or the orange blob).
No way could I touch that piece of shit without bathing for weeks in Purell.
Progressive ideas ARE the core of the Democratic party, not milquetoast compromise and subservience to wealthy donors.

Here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20279743

copy and paste:
People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES, to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.