# Why don't you support Bernie Sanders? (if you don't)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632 "2019-06-17T02:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632/1161 "2020-03-10T23:18:25Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> Yeah. It’s not a tactic calculated to appeal to people of average-and-above intelligence.
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> Which may be why the emphasis among many Bernie supporters in recent days has been on tearing down Biden (chiefly with the claims or insinuations that he has some sort of mental deficiency). They know that the “Bernie’s the best candidate because he’ll bring out new voters; Bernie’s the candidate who inspires people to get out and vote” argument has been completely refuted.

I don’t even see that much thought. All I see is them blaming the DNC for being corporate scum, blaming the media for being corporate scum, and making every loss part of the grand conspiracy against Bernie.

Essentially any outcome they do not like is considered illegitimate.

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**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632/1162 "2020-03-10T23:18:46Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> “I haven’t seen those numbers”, pivot to boilerplate :rolleyes:

Yes. All politicians do that sort of thing, of course. But this time it seems particularly annoying, given the fraught-with-danger situation we’re in.

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**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632/1163 "2020-03-10T23:52:25Z")

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You wonder if he really hasn’t seen the numbers. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-support-bernie-sanders-if-you-dont/835632/1164 "2020-03-10T23:56:46Z")

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Right now, as a Warren backer, I’m damned tired of Bernistas on Twitter all but demanding my loyalty, going on and on about the positions that Warren and Sanders share and how people like me betray our common cause by even considering Biden.

Funny how they never mention the filibuster, which means that either President Biden or President Sanders would get almost nothing accomplished, because Mitch McConnell and his caucus are a far more effective wall than the one Trump’s trying to build. Funny how they never remember how Warren’s been talking for a year about how it has to go, but their guy wants to keep it. It’s the elephant in the room, but they refuse to see it.

The whole lot of them can go fuck themselves.

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