Sanders booed by house democrats

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Money quote from the article, '"It was frustrating because he's squandering the movement he built with a self-obsession that was totally on display," said one senior Democrat.'

This, translated from 21st Century of Politicianese comes out to:

"We really wanted him to say he'd hand over his email list to us so DCCC could spam his supporters, but here he is talking to us about *issues.* What a bore.

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Uhh since when does DCCC = HFA or the DNC? I suspect DCCC wants the list for itself, like all of the other orgs (MoveOn, the WFP, hell, Planned Parenthood Action and pretty much any lefty/democratic organization in DC).

But also, email lists are political currency these days. To the extent that Bernie has built a movement of progs within the Dem party at all over the past year, that would be totally dissolved if he handed it to any of those organizations. I understand that YOU don't want progs as an independent force within the party, but clearly the progs want to be.

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The guy still threatens a floor fight over TPP language while he knows very well that any flat out rejection will be a personal rebuke against Obama.
I think it's pretty clear by now that he doesn't give a shiite about anything else than himself.

Or, ya know, American workers. But shame on him for caring more about workers than the President's #legacy, right?

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EDIT FOR CLARITY: Slightly off topic, but it's interesting the amount of Independents on the board who seem to care A LOT about how good or bad of a Democrat Bernie is...

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The cause is the same. We need Democrats in Congress to implement a progressive agenda. I realize Bernie thinks it's as easy as waving a magic wand, but that's not quite how it works.

I suppose the NRDC, NAACP, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn, the AFLCIO, the ACLU and countless others should just hand over their lists and close their doors?

After all, it's the same cause, so why would individual organizations need to retain separate power from the Democratic Party? It's not like Congress misbehaves or anything.

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Good. Socialism should be shot down at all times.

Yeah, like that time Bernie got rural health clinics inserted into the ACA.

Because no one should want people in Appalachia getting dental care, apparently.