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I had a friend today say this about Sanders
"He's the man behind the curtain"
I never really thought about Sanders that way until now.
Just thought I felt I wanted to share.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I had a friend today say this about Sanders (Original Post)
William769
Mar 2020
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Sanders was wrong about his support, I don't know why he thought he had more than he did
uponit7771
Mar 2020
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George II
(67,782 posts)1. Hmm, makes one think:


primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
William769
(58,197 posts)3. I looked up what the actual meaning is.
It almost sounds as if the Wizard of Oz is some kind of god, sending his message down from the clouds. ... When Toto rips the curtain to the side, the Wizard of Oz realizes he's been found out, and tries to cover it up by shouting over his loudspeaker, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(309,197 posts)2. Good on your friend, William.



primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)4. As long as it's not a shower curtain. n/t

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Yes. I've always thought of Sanders as the surprise behind curtain #3. nt


primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(71,117 posts)6. Yeah kind of true...


primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)7. He's more like the thing in the cellar. n/t

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
uponit7771
(92,646 posts)8. Sanders was wrong about his support, I don't know why he thought he had more than he did

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(309,197 posts)10. Yeah, didn't they have internal polling?

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
uponit7771
(92,646 posts)11. +1, they were either lying to us or themselves if they did have IP on hidden support. I would love
... to know where they got those numbers from.
We would've gotten to the GE and got slaughtered in make up categories for Sanders for sure.
Disappointed on so many levels, someone in Sanders camp should answer for this

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(309,197 posts)12. Bernie Sanders' Primary Takeaways..
The outcome in Michigan undermined what little remained of Sanders’ electability argument with white, working-class voters, given how central the state is to Democrats' hopes in November. A close contest in Washington served as an indictment of his ability even to hold on to his base.

And this..
Link to tweet
Yes, if James Clyburn, GOTV, Pete & Amy hadn't happened and the "30%" coalition prevailed it could have been a bloodbath in the GE.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden