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Hillary Clinton

Agnosticsherbet

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2. Addiction to the crowds and adulation...

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 01:09 AM

Jun 2016

will lead to a bad case of withdrawal.

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The Bernie Sanders I Thought I Knew Is Gone [View all] BootinUp Jun 2016 OP

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #1

Addiction to the crowds and adulation... Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #2

there are many reasons hardly anybody ever heard of him until a few months ago. nt msongs Jun 2016 #3

Thats how I feel puffy socks Jun 2016 #4

Perfect summary of him bravenak Jun 2016 #5

Sasha Stone is Good Cha Jun 2016 #11

OMG...that last paragraph. teamster633 Jun 2016 #6

I know, huh.. This is important, too.. Cha Jun 2016 #12

Wow, great read, and my feelings exactly. nt anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #7

Nailed it! nt sheshe2 Jun 2016 #8

"Who wouldn't"? I'll tell ya who.. Someone who wasn't an egotistical, arrognant pol.. who Cha Jun 2016 #9

+1 Historic NY Jun 2016 #20

Excellent Cha!!! livetohike Jun 2016 #33

And, then some, livetohike! Gracias! Cha Jun 2016 #34

Great piece, thanks for posting. Looks like the more people get to know him, the less they like him lunamagica Jun 2016 #10

He is Blinded by the Light. MFM008 Jun 2016 #13

Hahahaha! ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #24

Powerful... nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #14

sanders supporters who aren't from the fringe leftist groups are leaving sanders in mass beachbum bob Jun 2016 #15

"The old Bernie many of us once respected is gone... handmade34 Jun 2016 #16

26 years in Congress, 40+ on the taxpayer's payroll, he's more "establishment" than anyone else! BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #17

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #25

This is great! Thanks for sharing. NurseJackie Jun 2016 #18

Excellent! brer cat Jun 2016 #19

With an emphasis on "bitter" pandr32 Jun 2016 #23

I realize I never knew him Politicub Jun 2016 #21

What a read! pandr32 Jun 2016 #22

Whoa! The last sentence in the piece is devastating and disturbing. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #26

That last sentence is indeed accurate in my opinion Gothmog Jun 2016 #28

I also used to like Sanders but now he is coming off as a small and petty man Gothmog Jun 2016 #27

Read the whole thing: blistering, scathing, all true, and sad. nt Hekate Jun 2016 #29

It's not just him. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #30

Very good point. And Hillary COULD have BootinUp Jun 2016 #31

Democrats must put up someone to challenge him in 2018. Dawson Leery Jun 2016 #32

After reading this, I don't feel as certain about my first choice.... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #35