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I responded to this.

Richard Day — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:17:41 +0000

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I responded to this.

It got losted somehow.

I am sorry.

This is an important post.

Thank you and so many folks have acknowledged this.

Almost 2k hits.

Well done!

Agreed :)

LisB — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:46:24 +0000

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Agreed :)

From what I am seeing Bernie

synchronicity — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:06:08 +0000

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From what I am seeing Bernie Sanders is waking up a LOT of people to realities they have been 'asleep' to. Bernie talks about the way President Obama had us with him and then right at the beginning kind of said 'I'll take it from here' and affected our privacy, took the public option off the table, etc' so he pushed us away in my view just when he had the political capital to get us fighting with him.

At this point I frame the election beyond Bernie. This Election is The People Vs Rule By Corporations & Billioniares. Bernie lays it out that way. It takes Hillary off the table in my view as a leader. AND it sets the stage for a fight that goes forward Bernie, or not. You can't put the ketchup back in the bottle. You are right. A political revolution is building and over 80% of Americans want to get Big $ OUT of our Politics!

Watching what the corporate media did after the debate in promoting Hillary as a big winner has more people than ever waking up to their manipulation and corruption. It's like one by one people are 'taking the red pill' and waking up to a different reality and they can't go back.

This revolution will continue weather or not we get Bernie Sanders as our president but that is the fight we fight first. And as you say we will fight with him when he is our president to change the dynamics of how things work in this country.

Occupy was a beginning for many people and one of the first organizations to endorse Bernie Sanders (don't ask me how they did that). BlackLivesMatter is part of this revolution whether or not they support Bernie. The dying labor unions are a part of this revolution. Bernie is providing an amazing catalyst for the American people to choose a different future. I am incredibly grateful to him. Instead of retiring, he is choosing to engage in the fight of his and our lives. This will definitely NOT be stopped by an election win or lose.

LisB, excellent (no crap)

Oxy Mora — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:44:31 +0000

In reply to I was asked tonight, by the

LisB, excellent (no crap) last paragraph---"getting us further into the conversation".Let me give it a try.

Republicans have managed to make the word "liberal" a dirty word. And it is Bernie who has brought us to the point where Democrats are calling themselves "Progressives" from the national stage. That's significant because our entire culture is undergoing a structural change. Our rural friends who have been a tool in such things as the Southern Strategy haven't gotten much for their R voting and in addition, the society itself is moving ahead culturally in what could be called a progressive (small "p") manner. In effect, the tools of the Southern Strategy are being cast aside---personally and tactically.(That's on the assumption that Trump will not only fail but has poisoned the Republican well by rank extremism).

If the R party is ever to become competitive in the national election, they will have to forego the immigrant bashing and racial whistle blowing because many people who are in the swing, including millenials, are probably sick and tired of hearing the damn immigrant bashing.

So, Bernie has brought us to a point where the capital "P" and the small "p" have coalesced. When you think about it, it's a ground swell change, that is, in the aftermath of the debate, what is Not being said is "those damned Progressives are at it again" where in the recent past the narrative would have been "liberals" "welfare queens", etc. For, even the worst of the Republican politicians are loathe to demean "progress". Through Bernie's effort, including pulling Hillary in his direction, we may have the opponents cornered. (note that the R's are tearing Berne apart in what I believe is a recognition of the fact that a coalescence around the concept of progressivism is their worst nightmare.)

Thanks for returning, LisB. You're enthusiasm is contagious

Michael and I would be two

Michael Maiello — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:31:58 +0000

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Michael and I would be two New Yorkers planning to vote for Bernie, for pretty much the same reasons. But I'm excited that Hillary will likely be our nominee. I really think she's going to be a great president. She might be, in my lifetime, the person who has studied hardest for the job. Usually, when people talk about "experience for the presidency," I tune out. It's a singular job. It's not like running a state or a company or an Army division. But HRC has about as much experience as one could hope to get in a lifetime and she's whip smart.

Gotta love, Bernie, though.

There isn't a candidate who

Aaron Carine — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:44:44 +0000

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There isn't a candidate who will do one of the most vital things: dismantling what Glenn Greenwald called "this bloated military empire".

I was asked tonight, by the

LisB — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 05:55:48 +0000

In reply to LisB, good to read your

I was asked tonight, by the same lady I mention above, whether I believe in God and the flag. I told her I'm an agnostic who has a flag flying off the deck on the front of my house. She didn't know what an agnostic is, but liked that I have a flag.

I asked her if she has healthcare benefits and she said, no, just three part-time jobs. All of her jobs are under the table. I asked her what she thought socialism is, and she said, "I don't know, it's just scary. It upsets me." I told her I have a part-time job and that, through the county we live in, I qualify for health, dental and vision care...things I did not have two years ago. She said she was happy for me and that she will look into seeing what she might qualify for too, but that she doesn't trust the system enough to be honest with them in order to seek out what she might need.

She said that if she ever gets a billion dollars, she would keep it to herself rather than have to dish out a large tax payment towards young people of color who just want to sit at home and play music and video games.

I gave up on the conversation after informing her who Buffet is and what he has to say about fair taxes on the uber rich.

I know what we are up against. But what we are up against doesn't know anything. And that is scary.

If nothing else, let Bernie educate the masses during this debate. If nothing else, let's let him get us further into this important conversation than we've been able to get into, so far.

We, obviously, just need to

LisB — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 05:28:56 +0000

In reply to http://www.salon.com/2015/10

We, obviously, just need to get rid of all the phobias and let college students do their thing :)

http://www.salon.com/2015/10

LisB — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 05:27:49 +0000

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http://www.salon.com/2015/10/14/bernie_sanders_and_the_mainstreaming_of_...

LisB, good to read your

Oxy Mora — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 05:20:40 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Kat, and I appreciate

LisB, good to read your upbeat words. A guy here who can't stand Obama can't wait until the healthcare enrollment opens up again. He explains to me how the elimination of pre-existing conditions is not going to prevent him from signing up. As far as the Clintons go, they have a $50 million dollar mansion which was charged to the government. He loves Trump because the schmuck is not afraid to speak his mind.