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I am interested in hearing more about about how "Bernie was a carpetbagger" if you don't mind. I really liked him, but I do also see how he was a thread to the

• giantrobot 5y ago
  > So I have mixed feeling about what the DNC did. The DNC didn't really do anything. Staff talked outside of school about him but that's it. Bernie was never a player in the Democratic Party, as he just caucuses with them, wasn't a fundraiser, and didn't stump for many other politicians in the party. He ran for the D nomination and lost by millions of votes. He didn't appeal to as many people in the primaries as HRC and he lost.
• zuminator 5y ago
  Not the parent but Sanders wasn't a member of the Democratic Party yet he attempted to be nominated on the Democratic ticket with the goal of taking over the Democratic apparatus. After losing the nomination he went right back to not being a Democrat and acting like an outsider. I think that's what's meant by calling him a carpetbagger.
• bsder 5y ago
  > So I have mixed feeling about what the DNC did. A) By and large the DNC actually adhered to their own rules. B) Why should the Democratic National Committee play nice with someone who isn't a Democrat? 1) Everybody seems to forget that while Bernie caucuses with the Democrats he isn't actually a part of the Democratic Party. 2) Everybody seems to forget that Bernie wasn't winning. When you're the underdog, losing well doesn't get you anything.