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That's a take. Wrap it, we're

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 06:40:02 +0000

That's a take. Wrap it, we're through here. "True Bern: Cooking with Gasoline", the story of the 2016 transformation of power, and how a little known activist smoked out the political conglomerate, coming to theaters near you.

I agree with sync.

trkingmomoe — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:49:05 +0000

In reply to Bernie Sanders is Going To

I agree with sync.

Bernie Sanders is Going To

synchronicity — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:31:09 +0000

In reply to My Irrelevant Rant: Donald Trump, Debbie Wasserman Schulz, Howard Dean & Me

Bernie Sanders is Going To Win!

Sanders is one note. A

Ramona — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:52:01 +0000

In reply to It's striking that those who

Sanders is one note. A beautiful note, a dreamy backdrop to the wails of the disenfranchised. There's no arguing his on-point sincerity or the importance of his message, but none of it matters if America won't elect him.

Barefooted, that is an amazing sentence. I'm sorry to say it's true. I sincerely wish it weren't. We desperately need a president of the people--it's long past time--but I just can't see Bernie Sanders in that role. I can't quite see Hillary in that role, either, but you're right that no president will be able to accomplish Bernie's (and our) dreams. Not in this climate. Not yet. Maybe not ever.

If by some chance Bernie gets the nomination it'll take moving mountains to get him elected, and I can only hope the people screaming and yelling for him today are still there until the last vote is cast next November. I doubt that that will happen, either. We have a history of the young ones cheering on the populists, only to disappear when the going gets tough. Humphrey, McGovern, McCarthy. . .all left in the dust.

I suspect many of the Bernie people throwing out nasty junk are new to politics, drawn in by Bernie's populist message and feverish to get it done by any means possible. They'll be the death of him, I'm afraid, but I've stopped telling them that. In fact, I've stopped paying much attention to them at all.

There are other Bernie supporters who are fighting hard to get him elected but can't bring themselves to support Hillary, and I respect that. But they're not the ones who are attacking her. They know we're in danger of a full Republican rout and they'll be with us to keep that from happening.

It's striking that those who

barefooted — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:54:34 +0000

In reply to I sure hope that the people

It's striking that those who support Clinton are largely complimentary of Sanders - but by no means is it reciprocated. There's a sadness about that. I have to wonder if it's an insurgency rather than a real campaign for the office of the presidency ... with all the realistic ugliness, fist-fighting and ability to dance that it entails.

Sanders is one note. A beautiful note, a dreamy backdrop to the wails of the disenfranchised. There's no arguing his on-point sincerity or the importance of his message, but none of it matters if America won't elect him.

If it did, how far would his agenda get? He has said that it would be a slow process, during which voters would elect more progressive leaders over time - or push current Congressional members to acquiesce to liberal policies. He's betting on a revolution to stand behind him with the same strength that it will hypothetically use to elect him. Is that realistic, or will he - if elected - disappoint his supporters when little that they support is accomplished?

I've never been particularly good at looking into the future, but in the present age of Trump and Cruz, I'm betting on Hillary Clinton.

I sure hope that the people

stillidealistic — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:53:25 +0000

In reply to My Irrelevant Rant: Donald Trump, Debbie Wasserman Schulz, Howard Dean & Me

I sure hope that the people who are passing along the "there's no way I'm ever voting for Hillary" crap are just being blowhards, using it as a tactic to get people to vote for Sanders, but one way or another, it's pissing me off. Had I been even remotely inclined to vote for Bernie, I wouldn't, and I'm frankly pretty embarrassed to have even a few dems talking like that. Vote for whoever you want in the primaries. But come the general? The very idea that it would be better to stay home or write in Bernie if Hillary is the nominee is flat out crazy talk. Hillary would be worse than ANYONE of the repub contenders? No frickin' way.

Loved it, Tmc.

Oxy Mora — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:46:21 +0000

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Loved it, Tmc.

You said it!!!! I wish we

CVille Dem — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 19:48:36 +0000

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You said it!!!! I wish we could "like" posts here. Nothing to add...well done!

Many have given up with

ocean-kat — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 18:11:26 +0000

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Many have given up with voting because they are disappointed with only the corporations getting what ever they want no matter if it is good for the country or not.

I think this is just a rationalization that liberals use to explain to them selves why liberals keep losing. It's a chicken vs egg argument. The margin of victory is usually so small if just a small percentage of non-voters, as little as 10%, voted for liberals they could elect progressives across the board. Or they could get rid of every corporate stooge in congress. But they don't vote because there are too many corporate stooges in congress?

Are liberals what the American people want? In one of the bluest states Warren barely beat Scott Brown. Sanders can't even win in the democratic party.

I do think the center is closer to the liberals than the far right since the right wing republlicans have gone off the rails. But America is not liberal.

Every generation has to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future by a small group of far sighted liberals. Their children accept the changes as the new norm and usually support them but give no credit to the liberals that brought about those changes. They, in their turn, have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future by a small group of far sighted liberals.

The mass of the population fear change. It's always been this way and likely always will be.

I had someone tell me Friday

trkingmomoe — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 11:38:17 +0000

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I had someone tell me Friday that if Hillary wins the nomination that "Trump Whitehouse" neon sign will be mounted across the top of the Whitehouse, like "Trump Towers." It will be yuuug and very classy like Trump. LOL...I can see all now.

Many have given up with voting because they are disappointed with only the corporations getting what ever they want no matter if it is good for the country or not. OWS only scratched the surface of the discontent. .

Sanders has sparked an interest in them this cycle. Not all of them identify with the Democratic Party or feel that the Democratic Party has moved in the 1990's too far right leaving them behind.

You are not going to scare them into voting for Clinton with the Supreme Court or telling them how bad things are going to be after they already have lost almost everything. Clinton rattling all those sabers in this last debate isn't going to convince them to vote for her. Her 5 point comprehensive plans on issues only reminds them of double speak.

This is the natural base for the Democratic party. It is up to Clinton to give them a reason to vote for her. Until she does that she will not be in the Whitehouse.