Bernie Sanders

merrily

(45,251 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:49 PM Jul 2015

Write up of Sanders Organizing Event of July 14 in Dewey Square, Boston (great pics at link)

Sanders, an underdog candidate trailing far behind Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, has seen his stock rise among liberal voters in recent weeks. Rallies have swollen in size beyond expectations

The same was true in Boston. The city’s grassroots organizing kick-off was originally scheduled to be held in Encuentro 5, a space downtown, said organizer Ed Schluessel. When it gained traction on Facebook, he said, the event moved to Dewey Square.

“The fact is people are hungry for some kind of political alternative in this country,” Schluessel said. “The idea of a movement is resonating and very prominent.”

http://www.metro.us/boston/bernie-sanders-supporters-rally-in-boston-to-feel-the-bern/zsJogo---Cfc8224rsY7E/

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Write up of Sanders Organizing Event of July 14 in Dewey Square, Boston (great pics at link) (Original Post) merrily Jul 2015 OP

“The fact is people are hungry for some kind of political alternative in this country,” SoapBox Jul 2015 #1

Hungry isn't the word. People are "stahvin," for an alternative, as they might say in Boston. merrily Jul 2015 #2

SoapBox

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1. “The fact is people are hungry for some kind of political alternative in this country,”

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Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:44 PM

Jul 2015

I think that speaks volumes...people ARE hungry for an alternative.

merrily

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2. Hungry isn't the word. People are "stahvin," for an alternative, as they might say in Boston.

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:48 PM

Jul 2015

They are looking for a way to find work, find affordable housing and send their kids to college, if the kids want it and are suited for it. And then for jobs for the kids, once they're out of school. They want their lives bettered, period.

Neither party has been doing that, so they keep throwing out one bunch of incumbents in Congress after another. Democrats did not lose the majority in both houses at the same time at any time between Eisenhower and Clinton. Now, it's not unusual for them to be out of the majority in both houses and, right now, the Republican control of both houses is great than any time since since 1928--before FDR. Just sayin'. Yet, we're told liberals are unelectible.

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