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I'm sorry, Bernie.By Cato come back
Sunday Mar 20, 2016 · 6:54 AM EST
I couldnt get to the rally in Phoenix today, and I feel really bad. I wanted to be one of those 8,255 people cheering you on letting you know that there are still so many of us pushing for you. But, I was exhausted.
I just moved again this week. It just keeps getting harder and harder to do this at my age (Im past 60 and thats as much as I will admit). I had to borrow money (which I will never be able to pay back) from my kids again to come up with the deposit for my new rental. I work hard, but it is always juggling low paying jobs and Im never quite able to get ahead. Since Arizona is a right-to-work state, there are few unions to push for a minimum wage of $15/hour. And with the ACA employer mandate, the company where I work wont give part time people more than 30 hours/week sometimes my weekly hours are down at 8. It is difficult to schedule my second job (I do housekeeping) because the first job changes hours all of the time. And Im tired.
I managed to drag myself to my son-in-laws birthday party this evening. I didnt want to disappoint him. I thought, Ill just go for an hour and then go home to bed. But, surprisingly, I stayed until 2 AM.
Why did I have the energy to keep going?
Because among the guests at the party, there were millennials who were Berners passionate young people who have heard the call.
They knew more about what was REALLY going on in politics than most of the people I know who are my age. Every one of them had stories about their fears of climate change. One young man was almost in tears with a story of watching the glaciers melt when he was in Alaska. Another spoke solemnly of how there just arent enough progressive people to actually force progress, and, he was hoping that it wasnt too late to save the planet. A tiny young woman stood up and raised her fists when talking about how much we have to fight for the changes and she could recite chapter and verse on how badly the country needs Bernie Sanders.
The conversation went in all directions with 15 participants speaking rationally about two-party systems, democratic socialism, constitutional amendments, and the issues facing our country today what is wrong and what is right. I was exhilarated! I was back in the 1960s with deja vu all over again. Only this time, this young generation has so much more to offer. They have the world at their fingertips with social media and they dont seem to rely on any ONE source for their news they have a very broad view of the real world (and the WHOLE world, not just their piece of it). And all 15 of these millennials were Berners!
So, I got to go to a Bernie rally, after all. Maybe Bernie couldnt hear me screaming my support, but, I hope that he hears me telling him: there is more screaming of support than you would have heard at the coliseum in Phoenix today.
And now Im going to sleep, satisfied that there is a whole generation gearing up for a political revolution!
Go, Bernie!
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I'm sorry, Bernie. (Original Post)
FourScore
Mar 2016
OP
I've been reading the blogs of Bernie supporters and Hillary supporters blogs at KOS.
Autumn
Mar 2016
#3
Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption
cantbeserious
Mar 2016
#4
Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)1. K and R
Hydra
(14,459 posts)2. I love this!
It's not a game, it's a movement
Autumn
(44,986 posts)3. I've been reading the blogs of Bernie supporters and Hillary supporters blogs at KOS.
Hope and compassion compared to hate and racism. It's quite stunning.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)4. Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption
eom
FourScore
(9,704 posts)6. It's our only hope right now to move away from that. n/t
FourScore
(9,704 posts)5. kick
ladyVet
(1,587 posts)7. That was an awesome post, thanks for sharing it here (I don't go to Kos).
I was too young for the sixties' protests, and nearly too old for this one. Once again, I'm seeing that it's the young and bold who are leading the charge. I hope this time it succeeds and sticks, because I likely won't live to see another revolution like this one.
Help us, Bernie Sanders! You're our only hope. We're marching right behind you, let's get 'er done!