# Feel the #extortion Bernie has planned

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-the-extortion-bernie-has-planned/750443 "2016-03-28T07:09:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-the-extortion-bernie-has-planned/750443/588 "2016-04-12T02:15:23Z")

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> [@drad\_dog](#):
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> There is a party to go to for people who feel that other Democrats are too far to the left.
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> You don’t sound like a democrat to me. You’re a non-progressive democrat? It’s disappointing to hear a D calling out “lefties” as an epithet.

In Slacker’s defense, you have to look at it relatively. He’s talking about people who are pretty much at the left extreme relative to him (and most everyone else). I don’t particularly see that as an epithet.

Realistically, if they want to have any significant impact at all, they have to stay as D’s. Or move to Europe? 😃 I kid…

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