2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy Bernie Sanders Will, Should and Must Refuse To Drop Out Against Hillary Clinton
Yes, passionan outpouring of genuine excitement that is (as we say in Texas) hotter than high school love. All this for a 74-year-old Democratic Socialist who is openly taking on the corporate plutocracy that's been knocking down the middle class and holding down the poor. Sanders is the oldest candidate in the raceyet, politically, he's the youngest candidate, exuberantly putting forth an FDR-sized vision and agenda to lift up America's workaday majority. And, guess what? It turns out that workaday Americans really value democracy over plutocracy, so that's where his passionate support comes from.
Need I mention that the moneyed powersand the politicians hooked on their moneyhate this affront to their cozy politics-as-usual/ business-as-usual system? Especially shocking to them is that Sanders' supporters have found their way around the usual Wall of Big Money that the establishment always throws us to thwart populist campaigns. This time, though, a counter-force of common folks has created a widely-successful campaign fund of their own to support their Bernie Rebellion. How successful? A whopping $182-million has been raised in millions of small donations. How small? They average $27 each.
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The keepers of the Established Order fear this grassroots uprising by no-name outsiders, and they know that this year's Democratic nomination is still very much up for grabs, so they're stupidly trying to shove Sanders out before other states can vote. But Bernie and the mass movement he's fostering aren't about to quitthey'll organize in every primary still to come, be a major force at the Democratic convention, and keep pushing their ideals and policies in the general election
and beyond.
As Sanders puts it: I run not to oppose any man or woman, but to propose new and far-reaching policies to deal with the crisis of our times
It may be too late to stop the billionaire class from trying to buy the presidency and congress
But we owe it to our children and grandchildren to try
We need to face up to the reality of where we are as a nation, and we need a mass movement of people to fight for change. That's what real politics should benot merely a vacuous campaign to elect a personality, but a momentous democratic movement fighting for the common good.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/19083/why-bernie-will-should-and-must-stay-in-the-race
grasswire
(50,130 posts)He lifts us all up by his genuine humility and decency.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... Southern states.
No one is eating Team Used Car Salesmen pitch about Sanders any longer
grasswire
(50,130 posts)It's so old and useless, what you do.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)dinkytron
(568 posts)about a month a go that this is will be the last election that an outsider candidate will have had a decent shot at breaking through and getting elected. By next cycle, "they" will have effectively clamped down on the internet as a level playing field for political purposes.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... he'll stay in cause the "others" are making sure not to vote for him
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)...and he is just getting better all the time. I am very proud to support him to the end.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)support his stance on the issues - of social and economic and environmental justice if we want anything to bet better for future generations to know what a glimmer of responsible, humane and moral democracy means on a sustainable planet - not one where all of her beauty has been fracked and pillaged to death.
CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)The fact that the long-established frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, lost 17/1829 voters in states even she carriedher birth state Illinois and Pennsylvania (to name two)is reason enough to tell those urging Bernie Sanders to drop out No!