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kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:45 PM Oct 2015

To my Sanders supporters!

We knew going into this it was going to be an uphill battle and that this wasn't going to be easy. We knew we were the underdogs and had to fight against a media that didn't really want us, a deeply entrenched party machine that still seems to favor corporate democrats, and the ire and rage of the oligarch class that want to buy candidates like trading cards.

We knew this going into this process and it is part of the reason we showed up.

But I am going to say this right now.

We are here to stay. We are here to fight. We are here to win.

Keep talking. Keep positive. Keep bringing up the issues!

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To my Sanders supporters! (Original Post) kenfrequed Oct 2015 OP
Keep on keeping with the fight bkkyosemite Oct 2015 #1
Problem is Robbins Oct 2015 #2
Most people don't have time to focus on the issues, this JRLeft Oct 2015 #10
Most of us do. Agschmid Oct 2015 #12
I care most people have so many problems it isn't realistic to expect people to JRLeft Oct 2015 #15
This is a marathon, not a sprint. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #3
The important fights are in "real life," not on message boards. merrily Oct 2015 #4
I'm all in for Bernie. I will azmom Oct 2015 #5
Do you mean your "fellow" Sanders supporters? MineralMan Oct 2015 #6
Thank you kenfrequed Oct 2015 #21
Yes, the fight is on multiple fronts, not just the Repubs. Broward Oct 2015 #7
Absolutely ... Trajan Oct 2015 #8
Same here with one difference. I think Bernie is the most credible messenger for his policies. So Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #11
And so far she hasn't kenfrequed Oct 2015 #22
United we stand video. azmom Oct 2015 #9
Thanks for this link, azmom Gmak Oct 2015 #20
Remember, only Bernie has the support (currently 65%) of the 75,000,000 millennials. No one else. DrBulldog Oct 2015 #13
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #14
Hillary was also surging in October 2007 against Obama... coyote Oct 2015 #16
Sander's time has come.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #17
Revolution, its happening, keep your wits about ya. The powers that be are roused, man your posts. MasonDreams Oct 2015 #18
Agreed! pinebox Oct 2015 #19
Boy, was that ever me! Hepburn Oct 2015 #30
Bernie won the debate overwhelmingly. That's why you are seeing the 'this poll said this' etc. sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #23
That is what I thought last tuesday Robbins Oct 2015 #24
You mean establishment polls. I go with modern polls. And airc, we here on DU sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #25
Time to shift the focus to the House and Senate. randys1 Oct 2015 #26
yes! justin trudeau is celebrating hopemountain Oct 2015 #27
I am voting for Bernie. There is no convincing me otherwise. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #28
BOOM SHAKKA LAKKA! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #29
It has been a lifelong battle for some of us. RoccoR5955 Oct 2015 #31
 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
10. Most people don't have time to focus on the issues, this
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 02:41 PM
Oct 2015

how the powers that be stay in power.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
15. I care most people have so many problems it isn't realistic to expect people to
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:48 PM
Oct 2015

pay attention, plus reality TV is still king.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
4. The important fights are in "real life," not on message boards.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:04 PM
Oct 2015

Donate, do some flyering, do some voter registration, etc.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
5. I'm all in for Bernie. I will
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:04 PM
Oct 2015

Keep donating and working to get him elected because I believe in his vision for America.

MineralMan

(146,322 posts)
6. Do you mean your "fellow" Sanders supporters?
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:06 PM
Oct 2015

The way your thread title is written sounds odd to me and far too limited.

Broward

(1,976 posts)
7. Yes, the fight is on multiple fronts, not just the Repubs.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:16 PM
Oct 2015

We must rid the Democratic Party of the war hawks and corporatists. Until then, the job will not be done.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
8. Absolutely ...
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 01:40 PM
Oct 2015

There are times when it seems impossible to beat the powers that be, and I get disheartened .... But in the end, you HAVE to promote the ACTUAL policies that matter, and stop with the window dressing, the fig leaf, of corporate dem control ...

We don't just need Bernie - WE NEED HIS POLICIES!

The fight goes on, and, I am in it to the end, a true believer in those policies ...

Hillary supporters? ... It isn't about Bernie, the personality ... I am not awestruck by the fandom of one person - I am gung ho behind the POLICIES that Bernie brings to the table ... Hillary won't get my vote if she doesn't bring those policies to the fore ...

Simple as that ...

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
11. Same here with one difference. I think Bernie is the most credible messenger for his policies. So
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:23 PM
Oct 2015

to that extent, I am a fan of the man, but without the man, I would find a different person to deliver his democratic populist policies.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
22. And so far she hasn't
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:43 PM
Oct 2015

So far she hasn't brought forth his policies. If you listen carefully to her proposals there is a ton of wiggle room and vague language. That and I don't expect someone who takes money from Wallstreet on Tuesday to regulate them and go after them on Thursday.

We fight to get the best candidate forward that best represents the policy we want. If we lose out then at least we are that much closer.

 

DrBulldog

(841 posts)
13. Remember, only Bernie has the support (currently 65%) of the 75,000,000 millennials. No one else.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:42 PM
Oct 2015

WITH THEM Bernie can re-capture Congress. Then Bernie can go to work fixing our problems.

Hillary can't. The millennials repudiate her. They will not even vote. Her nomination would be a total waste: she would likely win the general but would then sit on her butt in the Oval Office doing NOTHING for four miserable years because the Republicans would be even more firmly entrenched in Congress all those years.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
17. Sander's time has come....
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:51 PM
Oct 2015

It took Obama to prove the DLC wrong. They kept throwing Bill Clinton in our face as PROOF that only a "centrist" white southerner could get elected.

If the party establishment has their way they will go back to the endless parade of white bread types posing with their families running on "values" and claiming to be "as good as" the Republicans. As proof, they will meet with the big local business owners who already have the Republicans in their back pocket and walk away proud that they were able to be bought for half the money.

MasonDreams

(756 posts)
18. Revolution, its happening, keep your wits about ya. The powers that be are roused, man your posts.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:58 PM
Oct 2015

Post your posts. Speak your mind, and vote your conscience. Gandhi did it on an empty stomach!!

I'm feelin' the BERN!!!

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
30. Boy, was that ever me!
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 08:57 AM
Oct 2015

I still have the Hillary bumper stickers I ordered -- until I happened to do some more reading on Bernie. He is IMO a far better choice for those of us who are FDR Dems and progressives. The more I watch Bernie and watch Hillary, the worse Hillary comes off.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
23. Bernie won the debate overwhelmingly. That's why you are seeing the 'this poll said this' etc.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:07 PM
Oct 2015

He Won period. The rest is all noise. The PEOPLE spoke and now all we have to do is keep doing what we have been doing.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
24. That is what I thought last tuesday
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:12 PM
Oct 2015

I was very postive,and then virtully every poll has her winning debate and picking up ground and Bernie losing ground.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
25. You mean establishment polls. I go with modern polls. And airc, we here on DU
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:27 PM
Oct 2015

had some serious issues with those polls during the Bush era. I certainly haven't forgotten those issues.

We are now in the 21st Century with technology that can go directly to the people.

Bernie won every single poll of people WHO ACTUALLY WATCHED THE DEBATE.

Every Media Poll! After which CNN decided to delete their own poll.

They have zero credibility with the people.

The people spoke. Every Focus Group, Every media poll, tens of thousands of individual donations SPOKE for the people giving Bernie over $3 Million dollars after the debate.

I have zero interest in the Corp Media or their Establishment polls. We saw how their exit polls were manipulated during the Bush era.

Bernie, the most searched name on Google after the debate.

Bernie, the most NEW followers on Social Media sites.

And then we have the old establishment polls which talk only to the old established voters, many of whom didn't even watch the debate.

Let them yell. Look how hard they are working to change the facts. They are getting desperate, meantime the people continue to support the only candidate in the race who represents THEM.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
26. Time to shift the focus to the House and Senate.
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:32 PM
Oct 2015

If Bernie is actually elected, he will DESPERATELY need their help.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
27. yes! justin trudeau is celebrating
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 07:19 PM
Oct 2015

the votes for hope instead of fear.

bernie's message is clear and he speaks for me.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
31. It has been a lifelong battle for some of us.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 11:43 AM
Oct 2015

Finally there is a candidate who is willing to work for WE THE PEOPLE, and not them the corporations. A candidate who is not taking money from corporations. Someone who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. We need this. We have needed this for a very long time.
Bernie has my support all the way!

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