Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumDick Van Dyke speaks out for Bernie Sanders while plugging his new book....
merrily
(45,251 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)Great quote. K and R
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)I strongly feel he is OUR LAST CHANCE. I too hope it's not too late. Otherwise oligarchy will be the standard for our children and grandchildren.
marym625
(17,997 posts)We are not going to survive anymore of what's happening now. Just won't work. The oligarchy, and everything that goes along with it, will be the end of any semblance of what this country was meant to be
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)We will have lots of work to do afterwards if he's elected, and he needs to be elected.
We have to get candidates that reflect OUR values (instead of corporate values primarily) through primaries and in to office. It's especially crucial at the Senate level since they serve 6 year terms and once elected the incumbent has a monumental advantage.
Every time we let a Tammy Duckworth win a Democratic primary we make it more difficult to turn this country around (and the Senate is full of conservative Democrats). I'm not saying Tammy is not better than the Republican. Of course, she is. But, she is a very conservative politician, and she will stand with corporations over American citizens almost anytime it counts.
We have to find a way to get progressive candidates in to Congress. It's the only way we'll be able to pass legislation to correct the path we've been on for the past 3 to 4 decades. And, we'll stay on that path until we get progressive representation in our government.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Whomp boom!
#FeelTheBern!
NO H8!
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)thank you, Dick, for being the guy I thought you probably were.
marym625
(17,997 posts)But I don't recall him ever saying anything so strong and supportive of anything before. Maybe the war in Iraq.
My house, as least the parties my parents gave, was like living in the Dick Van Dyke show.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Great statement. Bernie did win and becoming an Oligarchy is a HUGE problem and it's up to us to help Bernie stop them. They only think they have a foothold.