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marym625

(17,997 posts)
Sun May 3, 2015, 04:25 PM May 2015

WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Last edited Sun May 3, 2015, 05:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Is it me, or has DU suddenly become fairly united?

Maybe I am just not seeing it. Or maybe, just maybe, the idea of a candidate with an impeccable record, strong on everything Democrats hold dear, a candidate with unfettered enthusiasm, has made people think, "we don't have to give up anything for something else."

We can make it happen, yeah! We can make it happen!




I always thought that everything was fine
Don't you feel repression just closing in around?
No, the campus here is very, very free
Don't it make you angry the way war is dragging on?
Well, I hope the president knows what he's into, I don't know

Don't you ever see the starvation in the city where you live
All the needless hunger all the needless pain?
I haven't been there lately, the country is so fine
But my neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause they haven't got the time

Thank you for the talk, you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes of things to come
Well, if you had my outlook your feelings would be numb
You'd always think that everything was fine

We can make it happen
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can make it better
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can make it happen
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WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! (Original Post) marym625 May 2015 OP
Now we need to see the same enthusiasm in the general public -none May 2015 #1
wow! marym625 May 2015 #2
They may be staying away from this poll, but... -none May 2015 #4
The fact that they have 5,000 posts does matter. Agschmid May 2015 #5
+1 daleanime May 2015 #9
Oh I completely agree marym625 May 2015 #6
Nobody But The People !! SamKnause May 2015 #3
I have found it invigorating to learn TBF May 2015 #7
I think many just honestly believe that there is only one road to the goal. marym625 May 2015 #8
I agree completely TBF May 2015 #13
Well said. Thank you. n/t marym625 May 2015 #14
I find it very encouraging. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #10
+1 BrotherIvan May 2015 #12
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #11
Thank you! marym625 May 2015 #15

-none

(1,884 posts)
1. Now we need to see the same enthusiasm in the general public
Sun May 3, 2015, 04:59 PM
May 2015

But it is early yet, but we need to get started.


Someone did a DU poll and Bernie was way ahead. Way, way ahead the last I saw it.

Edited to add, found it!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026592890

marym625

(17,997 posts)
2. wow!
Sun May 3, 2015, 05:16 PM
May 2015

I voted yesterday but it wasn't anywhere near that at the time. Thanks for linking it

I suspect many of the HC people are staying away from the post. You know there are more than 63 people who want Hillary to win. But the Sanders number is encouraging!

-none

(1,884 posts)
4. They may be staying away from this poll, but...
Sun May 3, 2015, 05:42 PM
May 2015

The Hillery group has 5000 posts! As if that somehow counts for something.

But what really is going to matter, is how well Bernie does with the public. DU is a captive audience, the public is not.
What I am seeing on DU, is overall, is not as far Right as some people seem to think it is. We finally have a viable champion to gather around and support. Someone to fill the void on the Left.
Unlike when Obama was elected the first time, Bernie has a known track record of supporting the people.
This election cycle could get very interesting. I am seeing hope because when Obama was reelected, he swamped out the Republican Election Fraud Machine©. We can do this again in 2016 with GOTV. Start now to get people re-registered as voters, who have been illegally removed from the voting rolls.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
5. The fact that they have 5,000 posts does matter.
Sun May 3, 2015, 05:48 PM
May 2015

Hillary is in the lead, to be in denial of this is foolish. However we absolutely can effect change and we all should be doing just that.

I don't think it's fair or a worthwhile use of time to mock someone else's candidate and/or their posts and I'll continue to say that.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
6. Oh I completely agree
Sun May 3, 2015, 06:02 PM
May 2015

Absolutely no doubt that Bernie can win this! I just meant that lots of people didn't vote in that

TBF

(32,067 posts)
7. I have found it invigorating to learn
Sun May 3, 2015, 06:16 PM
May 2015

that there are not as many third-wayers on this site as I had thought. They're loud but they do not out-number us. That is encouraging.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
8. I think many just honestly believe that there is only one road to the goal.
Sun May 3, 2015, 06:26 PM
May 2015

I think they want the same thing as we do, they just don't think there's any way there but the long road.

Others truly believe that HC is something different than what we see.

I really think there are not that many that are just blind and nasty

TBF

(32,067 posts)
13. I agree completely
Mon May 4, 2015, 11:13 AM
May 2015

and the ones who are seriously blind/nasty are likely trolls anyway. Discussionist has lured many away but we do still do get some here. Hillary is not a bad candidate, just not my favorite. I like to think we can focus on both economics and civil rights, but that isn't always the case. Some are a little more focused on one than the other (likely due to life experiences) and I know we will come together to support the nominee. For right now my energy and cash will be going to Bernie. <3

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