No? Care to expound on what i have to be ****ing kidding about?

It was on the main road to the event center where Bernie was speaking. I don't think they do it every day but DFW is home to those overpass sign people so I'm sure they're all related and have a sign shop somewhere.

I sort of disagree with this. I think there's been a lot made about the Democratic fracturing when all coalitions have fractures in them, or else they'd be too small to have political power and when the Republican fractures are way deeper. I think the progressive wing is willing to compromise, Bernie talks about how Obamacare was good but we can do better, unlike the Freedom Caucus that's been torpedoing right leaning legislation for 4 years because it's not draconian enough. Hell they saved Social Security because they wouldn't accept anything but full repeal when Obama was willing to compromise.

Hue,

I just see so much BernieHate from Hillarycrats that it is depressing. I expected a decent bit as that is natural, but the overall amount is a bit surprising, to the point I think it will have an actual impact on party consolidation and hurt efforts to bring more independents into the fold and help get out the vote and flip seats across all levels of government.

lol, Bernie has an 80% approval rating among Dems. Where do you see this?

Comments across dailykos, democraticunderground, huffpo, reddit, twitter, crooksandliars, salon, slate, politico.

Of course there is always going to be a vocal minority effect and whatnot, just saying that even accounting for that the BernieHate I have witnessed exceeded what I would have estimated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d7afc8487496

Hit piece by the WaPo editorial page. As usual.

Really? No divisions on economics in the Democratic Party? WaPo, The NYT, The New Democrats and the Rockefeller Republicans thought they had it all worked out and we'd all go along with whatever Alan Greenspan said about economics while the people who aren't wearing $300 shoes can argue about abortion.

That article is unfair - the 3 bullet points he lists are all dumb - but regarding Ossoff specifically, I agree with this part:

Those are both valid points - if Bernie is purity-testing candidates then his test seems off, and if geography provides the exception then it's not clear why a red district in Georgia doesn't make the cut.

Not to get all tinfoil hat, but could Bernie's noninvolvement with Ossoff be tactical? He lost GA6 in the 2016 primary by over 20 points. Ossoff doesn't seem particularly progressive, so maybe he and Perez talked about it and agreed he wouldn't play a role.

It was a stupid unfair article and the thing about the guy in Nebraska was irrelevant. Bernie should probably not have said anything about Ossoff, but that's hard to do when someone interviewing you asks you about him. It's not Bernie purity testing people if he's asked and doesn't answer like a loyal party member.

No one, not HRC or Tom Perez or Obama THINKS the party line on every issue. So he can parrot the party line or he can be genuine. No one can do both all the time.

It is super pearl clutchy to whine about it. It's certainly not clear that Bernie calling the guy a progressive would help him here.

This is stolen from Felix from Chapo (I think), but something like 7% of Democrats dislike Bernie and every single one of them has a Twitter account and a brain parasite.

Goofy,

The Heath Mello thing is weird and I haven't read enough yet to have a strong opinion and am waiting for some more information to come out. The WSJ article reads a bit suspect.

Planned Parenthood had given Mello a 100% rating, though they likely are not doing too in depth research for those things or looking back to far. One thing is that I am not entirely sure that Bill 675 "requires a woman to look at ultrasound images of her fetus before undergoing an abortion". Here is the bill in question if anyone wants to go over it, I am heading out and cannot at the moment.

Mello's voting record on abortion related bills does seem suspect at first look, though again I do not have the resource atm to comb through to see if some of the votes were compromises heading off worse legislation or not.

So I will wait for someone else to do the legwork and read some analysis later. Curious if Bernie/Perez did not do due diligence on Mello, or if they just don't care, or what the explanation is, so I will wait for any statements / critical analysis. I know that DKos pulled their endorsement of him in light of the information.

Haha I have seen some variations on this sentiment, and it seems about right.

I'm taking the WaPo author at their word when writing that post, if they're wrong about Mello being anti-abortion then **** their dishonesty.

A bill with 22 sponsors in the Nebraska State Legislature 8 years ago relating to one guy he endorsed for mayor of Omaha is something they are digging up to slander Bernie with? That's a real thing?

I've got a slander for Bernie. He endorsed a presidential candidate who sponsored a flag burning bill.

Guy may very well be anti-abortion. I am just saying that the WSJ piece reads a bit suspect to me, and that I would not be backing up the truck to wager that

is absolutely true.

****ing Sierra Club! Endorsing Heath Mellow. Bastards.

The thing is, yeah **** Heath Mellow. But, who gives a **** about Mayor of Omaha?

But the Washington Post just printed something about a candidate for Mayor of Omaha cosponsoring a bill 8 years ago.

Do you think some politician WaPo likes can stand the scrutiny of looking at every aspect of everyone they have ever endorsed? Is that a standard they usually hold people to?

From the above linked Bill 675:

? In addition it isn't even perfectly clear to me that the woman is even required to have an ultrasound just prior to an abortion?

Then again this bill references other statutes so I am not exactly sure of what all is going down in Nebraska, nor am I a lawyer or a medical professional or even an armchair expert on abortion rights and standard legal procedures among states.

Purity testing, bigly. Like okay, he wants to make women look at ultrasounds before abortion, that's bad. But like wtf do you think the Republican wants?!

Btw, judging by the HuffPo article I just read, this ultrasound thing is probably the full extent of his antiabortion history.

100 PERCENT CONFIRMED.

Speaking of purity tests

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...mpaign-w477978

What is this referring to?

Well, also regarding abortion, Bernie is a huge supporter of Tom Perriello in Virginia. Perriello voted for the Stupak/Hyde Amendment (would have forced all ACA insurers to drop coverage for abortions, period) while in Congress, which should be a nonstarter for any Democrat, much less any progressive.

He was also endorsed by the NRA, but Bernie is horrible on guns, so whatever on that.