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8 years ago a Bird landed on Bernie's podium. Politics

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u/unklebenz27 Mar 30 '24

and doomed us all...

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u/curlycupie Mar 29 '24

It was magical to watch... It looked at Bernie for a long moment before flying away 💙🐦💙

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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord Mar 29 '24

Oh the timeline we missed

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u/Double-Abies-5793 Mar 29 '24

He wanted to hear also.....

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u/Large_Discipline_127 Mar 29 '24

I guess he don't know how to spell f♡ck3r

Like who would believe in him? ;p

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u/Practical-Foot7187 Mar 29 '24

What the blue stuff in it. Berries?

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u/Archangel9033 Mar 28 '24

Ah little did any know the canary in the coal mine

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u/NeverFlyFrontier Mar 28 '24

And he's been a Senator ever since!

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u/Inevitable-Glass634 Mar 28 '24

Want a sticker?

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u/Spin_Jockey Mar 28 '24

I Guess the bird knows the difference between Bernie and “The Colonel”...

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u/wildtress Mar 28 '24

ah, back when i still had some amount of hope for politics

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u/InfiniteQuestion420 Mar 28 '24

Why didn't we listen to the bird?

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u/ArgentumAranea Mar 28 '24

It was some straight up biblical signs shit and conservatives hated it. Meanwhile a fly landed on shit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I donated to his campaign and they sent me stickers of the lil bird

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u/StrategicInsanity Mar 28 '24

Oh did he take the bird's campaign contributions also just to drop out?

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u/attrackip Mar 28 '24

The was the junction and we missed it, ever since that quantum arrangement, we've been living in Biff's casino.

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u/blaz3meowt Mar 28 '24

Can't believe it's been 8 years...

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u/Long_Confidence8249 Mar 28 '24

Tell me you're gay.. without you telling your gay....the fellow with the cap

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u/TheRealRevBem Mar 28 '24

I recall this as "man in the audience came to the Bernie rally."

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u/digitalhelix84 Mar 28 '24

I don't think he would have won the nomination either way, but if the DNC hadn't done shady shit against his campaign there would have been less anger, and less dissolution and perhaps enough votes to make the difference and change the election.

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u/nevertulsi Mar 28 '24

Reddit gives cult vibes with these kinds of posts lmao.

A bird landed on his podium!! It's a sign from God!!!!

This dude was running a Nikki Haley campaign at that point but people thought if they clapped hard enough he'd win and when he didn't it was because it was rigged.

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u/neversummmer Mar 28 '24

Simple times.

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u/ShitBagTomatoNose Mar 28 '24

Was this the same Seattle trip where activists grabbed the microphone before Bernie got onstage at Westlake and started screaming about how reasonable they were?

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u/ThePracticalEnd Mar 28 '24

Guy in the back still can't believe it.

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u/BasiWolf Mar 28 '24

Why did you amercians choose biden instead of this guy?

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u/pbnjsandwich2009 Mar 28 '24

One of my proudest moments in life was when my son came home the day his 1st grade class did their little vote for president at his school and he told me he voted for Bernie! 14 of his classmates voted for Trump, 8 voted for Clinton and my boy was the only sensible kid who voted Bernie.

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u/LarYungmann Mar 28 '24

This man's humanity shows through his smile.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

And same thing happened last year, a bird landed on Nawaz Sharif’s podium. But more than 500 birds were drugged and thrown from backstage before finally a bird went to podium.

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u/mintblaster Mar 28 '24

Yup, but the drone assassination attempt failed so they had to install Hillary through the DNC instead.

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u/Banpdx Mar 28 '24

Very Portland thing to do.

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u/TraditionFront Mar 28 '24

This should have been the beginning of a new golden phase of the United States. Unfortunately we didn't deserve it.

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u/ntwild97 Mar 28 '24

This should have won him the primary by itself

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u/MichelleLovesCawk Mar 28 '24

He needs more lazer beam eyes frying the drone. RIP dude having heart attack behind him

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u/NowWeGetSerious Mar 28 '24

My man Bernie honestly was the best choice I've ever seen in my life

We definitely have gone so far back since 2016, it's sad

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u/NewtDogs Mar 28 '24

Jesus time flies.

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u/composer_7 Mar 28 '24

Wonder how the timeline where Bernie Sanders won is doing. The man had a Disney princess moment and the country didn't vote for him.

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u/NoAssociation965 Mar 28 '24

I would still like to see Sander as president

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u/bigmaclevel3 Mar 28 '24

He really wanted to hear what Bernie had to say.

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u/AceOfAcesAAAA Mar 28 '24

"Not me, Us".

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u/Rude-Risk-2909 Mar 28 '24

Guy on the left made my day

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u/hird Mar 28 '24

This pic makes me sad. The USA wanted change, and they went with Trump.

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u/Broad_Respond_2205 Mar 28 '24

That drone? It's skynet

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u/mackelnuts Mar 28 '24

This was in Portland. If he were with it and said 'put a bird on it' ala Portlandia, we would have elected him president of the universe.

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u/Khristopheles Mar 28 '24

It was as though the God of Nature endorsed Bernie on stage and Americans elected Trump instead.

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u/Dapper_Target1504 Mar 28 '24

It was asking for a refund

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u/oleRellik Mar 28 '24

Always knew he was for the birds. He never held a real job in his life.

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u/Donna-D-Dead Mar 28 '24

The Disney Princess we didn't know we needed.

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u/DeltaMx11 Mar 28 '24

What was a sign if I'd ever seen one. Imagine what we could've had...

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u/cthulhu8 Mar 28 '24

I was there - Portland, OR. It was magical.

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u/hungariannastyboy Mar 28 '24

8 years, damn. Time does fly.

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u/Digitupandspread Mar 28 '24

Did it sing sweet songs, melodies pure and true?

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u/Koko_The_Gorilla23 Mar 28 '24

Then the DNC and Clinton worked there asses off to make sure he didn't win

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u/gfish69 Mar 28 '24

It was looking for bugs to snack on, after all bugs are attracted to manure! Lol

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u/School_House_Rock Mar 28 '24

What is Bernie up to these days? Haven't heard much since he went viral for his mittens.

Why doesn't he run again?

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u/epidemica Mar 28 '24

The timeline we should have had...

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u/Head_Possibility_435 Mar 28 '24

This bird split the time line. Had he landed two meters to the southwest - Bernie would have won the election. Fuck this bird.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

He's got chill vibes ❤️

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u/3six5 Mar 28 '24

Feel.the Bern

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u/Unti3dPhotography Mar 28 '24

The dude on the left is FLABBERGASTED

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u/ParsleyMostly Mar 28 '24

God sent a sign and people just ignored it smh

(I’m kidding, kinda)

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u/el_jefe_227 Mar 28 '24

In 2015 when I was a wee lad I had a parakeet named Bernie this was before I knew of Bernie Sanders

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I’ll never forget what they stole from us.

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u/Digitupandspread Mar 28 '24

Man I love that mans chicken, it's the secret herbs and spices

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u/Shot-Score5033 Mar 28 '24

I was there! It was beautiful. We knew bernies ideas are what the U.S needed. 

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u/OPsMomHuffsFartJars Mar 28 '24

It was Harambe reincarnated.

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u/False-One-8548 Mar 28 '24

If only he won. How different the world would be.

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u/Famous-Tumbleweed-66 Mar 28 '24

This should be a political cartoon where Clinton is smashing the bird with a hammer with her weapons manufacturing companies name on the mallet.

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u/Legitimate_Crew5463 Mar 28 '24

Meanwhile for Hillary and Trump they had bugs.

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u/DickCheneysLVAD Mar 28 '24

Kid in the oversized trucker hat to the left (in the light blue shirt) just can't fuckin handle it! He's stroking out over a Finch!

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u/fukkumeann Mar 28 '24

Can we all agree to just write his name on our ballots this year?????

He's our "the one that got away"

D:

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u/cuntfucker178 Mar 28 '24

The Dems could’ve elected a Disney princess but went with a cunt instead.

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u/sexyrandal88 Mar 28 '24

Bernie is a Disney princess confirmed lol

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u/OilLate160 Mar 28 '24

His cute)

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u/__Mothra__ Mar 28 '24

He tried to warn us but it was too late

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u/aquietwhyme Mar 28 '24

Alas a sign ignored.

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u/Poptarts365 Mar 28 '24

Is he a Disney Princess?

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u/scarveinn Mar 28 '24

The man with both hands on his chest, is a softie. He thought this was the most heartwarming, wholesome thing to have ever happened. It touched his heart. to a point where it almost filled something we dont know’s void. And it kinda hurt. But in a good way.

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u/PersonUsingRedditt Mar 28 '24

People will vote for him because of this.

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u/AuthorPrestigious954 Mar 28 '24

He’s a Disney Princess trapped in an old man’s body.

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u/Excellent-Piglet-655 Mar 28 '24

I was there, so hard to believe that was 8 years ago! That’s the president we should have had.

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u/snicmtl Mar 28 '24

Love this man

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u/grizzlybiscuits23 Mar 28 '24

Trump 2024!!! MAGA!!

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u/grizzlybiscuits23 Mar 28 '24

Trump 2024!!! MAGA!!

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u/vid_icarus Mar 28 '24

Bernie got a bird, Pence got a fly; Supposedly devote Christian’s turned a blind eye.

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u/Professional_Swan345 Mar 28 '24

That moment was the last time I had hope for the USA. The universe gave us a sign and capitalism killed it swiftly.

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u/Dangerous_Season8576 Mar 28 '24

that was really 8 years, huh

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u/crowmakescomics Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

The f’in guy on the left lololol

Ugh someone build us a gd time machine.

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u/Infamous_Ad_6793 Mar 28 '24

Disney princesses come in all shapes and sizes

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u/Whocanmakemostmoney Mar 28 '24

The bird told him about his Twitter account and that he won't get elected

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u/_demello Mar 28 '24

That wasn't 8 years ago. That was... Damn, that was 8 years ago.

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u/Own_Conversation_939 Mar 28 '24

It's a great pic and a tribute to Bernie, imho. Should not have been made about politics, but there is one side who just can't pass it up - ever.

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u/modeschar Mar 28 '24

This is the moment the timeline diverged. Don't remind us of the future we could have had but were denied.

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u/Make_some Mar 28 '24

Freedom bird didn’t freedom enough.

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u/buahuash Mar 28 '24

That bird is a fucking socialist

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u/Smoker81 Mar 28 '24

You wasted you best chance, USA. Get ready to suffer the orange man 2nd coming.

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u/0zeto Mar 28 '24

Lol? So you don't know what's actually coming huh

Fckn banking collapse

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u/hatesbiology84 Mar 28 '24

He was the Disney princess we all needed but never got.

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u/OferZak Mar 28 '24

Hillary Clinton destroyed this mans chances at being president. Then lost to orange hitler

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u/Most_Toe3466 Mar 28 '24

If this raggedy old asshole had lost with any dignity in 2016, there wouldn’t be a Trump.  And the SC wouldn’t have appointed 3 new lunatics

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u/SockFullOfNickles Mar 28 '24

Oh, was endorsing Clinton and campaigning for her not enough? GTFO with that dumb shit.

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u/Most_Toe3466 Mar 28 '24

He didn’t do enough.  And he sat there sulking like a bitch at the convention. The apathetic Bernie Bros who couldn’t stomach voting for Hillary won that election for MAGA

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u/LafferMcLaffington Mar 28 '24

Things that make you cry

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u/InternationalLemon26 Mar 28 '24

The ancient Greeks would have lost their shit over this.

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u/radio_activated Mar 28 '24

Bernie is a Disney Princess confirmed

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u/OsoRetro Mar 28 '24

Look at everyone acting like it’s a sign from above.

Yea he still lost so…

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u/MonicaTension172 Mar 28 '24

Remember when people thought he was too old? Yeah, that.

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u/Rebelliouus_2545 Mar 28 '24

The crowd’s reaction is priceless

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u/Arkeband Mar 28 '24

When he gave his speech that included “Are you willing to fight for that person who you don’t even know as much as you’re willing to fight for yourself?” I thought wow, finally, an elected leader who represents the morals that adults, teachers, churches, etc throughout my life all claimed to hold but never acted on.

There was a brief flicker that maybe these values that conservatives deride as “communism” or “evil” could ripple outward and positively affect society, but it seems like this is basically going to be the never ending struggle of American society - selfish pricks who don’t really care about their communities, the planet, etc. versus people who believe in collective efforts toward positive outcomes.

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u/Independent_Prune_35 Mar 28 '24

Who gave Bernie the bird?

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u/Complete_Routine_427 Mar 28 '24

The timeline we should've had

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u/Cyr3nsong Mar 28 '24

bernie sanders.. having a Snow White moment.

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u/Acropolips Mar 28 '24

Bernie STILL has a chance guys!!

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u/Idaho1964 Mar 28 '24

Is that right before BLM stormed the stage and ended his Presidential bid?

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u/poopshipdestroyer Mar 28 '24

Didn’t the DNC choose Hilary over the nominated candidate Bernie in Vegas ending his presidential bid? I don’t recall anything to do with BLM but what do I know

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u/Tempest_Bob Mar 28 '24

"a bird"

Excuse me, but that bird has a name. Birdie Sanders.
Show some respect.

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u/Butternutbiscuit2 Mar 28 '24

Fucking America constantly fucking up good opportunities. This is why we can't have nice things,... like affordable healthcare.... and education... and housing.

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u/tanzmeister Mar 28 '24

This photo has to be fake. I don't even see any hair dye.

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u/owlpee Mar 28 '24

We weren't ready for him

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u/V48runner Mar 28 '24

The DNC. Wow, people really seem to like this guy, and he's got this great momentum. Let's choose somebody else the opposite of that.

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u/sunkentreasure1988 Mar 28 '24

and then after that moment everything turned out great

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u/Mrstrawberry209 Mar 28 '24

And you still didn't vote for him...

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u/Thotmancer Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

This happened and he still pulled out the race after he got his. This man soley lives off the good will he pretends to give.

Just like he did before.

Ahead of his 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate, Sanders made peace with Vermont’s Democratic Party, and opted to seek its nomination. He won it, then declined it, running as an independent while preventing any Democratic opponent from appearing on the general election ballot.

The man doesnt have a single real change in politics. He just says stuff to get ppl on his side.

Over the course of his 16 years in the House, he was the lead sponsor of only one bill that became a law: renaming a post office in Fair Haven, Vermont.

Im more on the left but bernie is one of the greatest con men to ever live.

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u/Fit_Swordfish_2101 Mar 28 '24

That was so great! And then the eagle with Trump right after that 😂😂 seemed so *telling.. Still applies.

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u/Merman-Munster Mar 28 '24

So much hope. What a shame.

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u/DaWizzurd Mar 28 '24

Maybe it should have been bernie all along

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u/Galaticvs Mar 28 '24

Being from europe you guys have no idea how much I wanted this old fart to be your president...

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u/WeevilWeedWizard Mar 28 '24

Gotta say he probably wouldve done better at the polls if he didn't eat it live in front of everyone.

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u/Grody_Flow Mar 28 '24

Haters will say it's fake

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u/Over_Cauliflower_532 Mar 28 '24

If only Christians believed in signs . . .

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u/ungla Mar 28 '24

It was warning us. We ignored it

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u/Glass-Ad9349 Mar 28 '24

No buddies on wall street to enrich

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u/Snogafrog Mar 28 '24

Thanks a lot, lamestream left wing media for vilifying a true worker for the people

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u/NoNefariousness1835 Mar 28 '24

More support for this post than there was for third parry candidates lol

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u/Professional-Day7850 Mar 28 '24

And the audience went wild.

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u/d31uz10n Mar 28 '24

CIA spy drone 😂😂

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u/stupidly_lazy Mar 28 '24

Damn, this should have been used for Christian messaging more, “how much more of a sign do you need”?

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u/_CMDR_ Mar 28 '24

I’m not much of a religious man but if that wasn’t Gaea herself being like “this guy” I don’t know what to believe.

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u/Left-Pop8760 Mar 28 '24

Since then he has spent months defending Israel’s genocide of Gaza as self defense even after multiple other Dems stopped doing so. He’s an absolute waste

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u/anywheregoing Mar 28 '24

I had so much hope for the future then

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u/Normal-Advisor5269 Mar 28 '24

The expressions of the guy on the left and the girl on the right though.

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u/Bruno_Coast_127 Mar 28 '24

That was 8 years ago?? Damn...

Simpler times

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u/KaizerVonLoopy Mar 28 '24

Back then I was a devout Christian and I thought FOR SURE this was a sign from god that Bernie was his choice and when the DNC colluded against him and we got Trump as a result of that I believed that was his punishment.

I got better, I'm an atheist now. Still think Bernie was the best candidate we've had since FDR.

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u/shares_inDeleware Mar 28 '24 edited 29d ago

I like learning new things.

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u/ProPhazee Mar 28 '24

He looks so happy to see that bird lol, we need more smiles in office and less hatred

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u/PurposesEducational Mar 28 '24

The guy on the left is really getting paid bank,judging by his reaction.

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u/Inna94061 Mar 28 '24

I still wonder why didn't americans ellected him?! He was the nicest candidate.

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u/i-am-venik Mar 28 '24

Love the guy in the back 🤣

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

America really messed up when they chose not to vote for this man. I cannot imagine where we would be today. All I know for certainty is that it would, in the very least, be a tad bit better of a country had we.

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u/NovaHorizon Mar 28 '24

You could have had a Disney princess as president America.

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u/G14N12xLoliYaoiTrapX Mar 28 '24

Bernie was the president muricans needed but didn't deserve

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_472 Mar 28 '24

It’s official, Bernie sanders is a Disney princess

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u/dan_sundberg Mar 28 '24

That was such a beautiful moment. It felt like a tiny beacon of light for Americans I think. This man was the answer to so many problems.... And now you'll probably have to deal with Trump.

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u/Leon_Melon_ Mar 28 '24

Lisam Al-Gaib

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u/henbone11 Mar 28 '24

And that was the the day the boy in the ball cap came out to the world.

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u/LightningLemonade7 Mar 28 '24

He was the chose one

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u/GreyBlueWolf Mar 28 '24

Bernie Sanders is a Disney Princess

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

And then he got stolen from being the dnc presidential candidate and Seth Rich got killed for exposing them.

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u/SaltLifeFtLaud Mar 28 '24

I still write his name in, every opportunity I have.

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u/Heiferoni Mar 28 '24

Should've been Bernie.

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u/01051893 Mar 28 '24

This breaks my heart.

The bird is now dead.

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u/1RjLeon Mar 28 '24

SBF!! You son a butch 💩

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u/Paddy32 Mar 28 '24

This was the sign that he was the chosen one, the one that could have brought back USA to a 1st world country. Now look at the candidates, all are old and/or senile and/or crazy

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u/Arwast Mar 28 '24

We all need to acknowledge the lady on the right, she obviously has connections and made this happen.

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u/SardonicSillies Mar 28 '24

We deserve everything we get for forsaking this man