Democratic Primaries

Hortensis

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22. The anger is very deep, and no one should expect it to

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:09 PM

Mar 2020

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just go away when he's continued the same devastating behaviors right up to today and as we are living with their dreadful and unforgivable consequences.

Btw, the average age on this forum is rather high. Dying of this disease, and surviving a bad case, is like drowning -- for hours and days. The plus to those who don't get hospital care is that the agony will be shortened.

We don't know how many of us, of all ages, will die and/or lose people we love before election day, but maybe it'd be best to back off on the "let's all just blow it off" wishfulness. Tragically too late to for those Sanders convinced not to vote by his insistence that Democrats and Republicans are "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." This would not be happening if Hillary was president and Schumer and Pelosi were leading Democratic majority caucuses.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Turns out there's another trending Twitter hashtag: #WhereIsBernie [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

i thought all the Senate was ordered to stay in wash to work on this.. samnsara Mar 2020 #1

Surely the Senate needs his leadership, right? MineralMan Mar 2020 #4

C-SPAN2 at this moment, the Senate is in session: George II Mar 2020 #2

Hey, those 2 ladies on the left are only about 4 feet apart BidenBacker Mar 2020 #6

It proves that the senate can work fine without Bernie NCProgressive Mar 2020 #8

Has Bernie Disappeared? MineralMan Mar 2020 #3

Now is not the time for political infighting. I trust Senator Sanders to do what he thinks is totodeinhere Mar 2020 #5

Well, see, it turns out that the #WhereIsBiden hashtag MineralMan Mar 2020 #7

I didn't say that "you" should stop the infighting. I said that "we" should so obviously that totodeinhere Mar 2020 #11

Well, with Bernie being, you know, "prudent," MineralMan Mar 2020 #12

He Hoped Mrs. Clinton Might Be Indicted In 2016, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #34

I get it... "they did it too" is a most firm and logical argument to make. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #33

.. MineralMan Mar 2020 #35

Ditto. cwydro Mar 2020 #37

Being in the senate is his job. He should show up. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #9

"Wouldn't be prudent at this juncture" MineralMan Mar 2020 #10

If he's tested positive for cv or has symptoms of it he should stay away, but The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #27

Oh so staying in VT doing online music videos and a stump speech is the right thing? Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #20

Did sanders' rally flop? Gothmog Mar 2020 #36

Sanders needs to GET to DC and do his fucking job!! SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #21

The anger is very deep, and no one should expect it to Hortensis Mar 2020 #22

Understand they might be using a Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #13

Not that I've heard. It's a long, long tradition that MineralMan Mar 2020 #14

I bet they'll be changing that rule after Rand tested positive for Covid-19. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #15

Maybe. Tradition is a powerful thing in Congress. MineralMan Mar 2020 #16

Moscow Mitch was working with his so called Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #17

They should absolutely change that, or at least get the mechanism rolling so that it can be changed Salviati Mar 2020 #23

Why isn't he dealing with the "fcking crisis" mcar Mar 2020 #18

I heard he was complaining about it from one of his homes in Vermont, MineralMan Mar 2020 #19

Because he's afraid of getting it, or spreading it? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #24

I'm glad our Democratic Senators are fighting for us mcar Mar 2020 #25

That was a strange event Gothmog Mar 2020 #30

Moscow slammed the doors on Dems last night. Cetacea Mar 2020 #26

K&R betsuni Mar 2020 #28

This makes me smile Gothmog Mar 2020 #29

This was interesting to me... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #31

All GOOPers, except for Bernie Sanders MineralMan Mar 2020 #32