watching his rally, he is making enemies, sure to make more in the coming months. I hope he can pull this off, he has the authenticity that is needed.

Then he is a phony.

There will be crickets

while trying to look impartial

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That should have been painfully obvious when we got to the General Election and their vetting of Trump was very light given his 40 plus year disgusting history in the public eye.

Bernie was also new. The media likes new. I'm sure there are some politics in it but most of it would come down to this his second time running, the field is a lot more crowded, and the republican party narrative is to say they are running against socialism.

that there was " Bernie TV," a group that broadcast his events online.

In 2016, the coverage was decidedly pro-GOP, specifically Trump. Trump dominated almost all the media and when they did cover Hillary, or mentioned her, it was mostly in reference to her damn e-mails or other negative stories:



The media did a horrible job on both candidates - Bernie for under-covering him and Clinton for over-covering her negative stories.

263 days is a long time to be out of the spot light. Interviews, yes - 300 according to Mook.
I hope the press and the candidates will be focusing on platforms this time. I think every one is done with hearing about Trump's antics. Not that they should be silent on his blunders, just that they don't need to ask every Democratic nominee what they think about him - every one knows! Would be nice if they could separate the stories. Not make Trump THE story every time. They really hurt Clinton that way.

That is of course not true.

Even the debates were at times shown at odd hours on TV, when there were NFL games and stuff like that.

It's even worse than CDS.

and never will be a Bernie fan!

But they are going to gut anyone we bring forward. I remember they somehow managed to work John Kerry war record against. Something that was so sad for this country.

I hope our candidate is ready

I'm sure this is going to be really ugly. Good luck to our candidate!!

as of right now I am still behind Harris but I am waiting for Brown also. Biden is ruled out entirely due to his recent comment that pence is a decent guy. Not only will I not vote for him in the primary but will advocate against him and will only support him if he wins the primary. Among Brown, Harris and Sanders, the latter one is likely to win the nomination due to cult like enthusiasm. I am much more open to him now than I was in 2016 seeing how happy he makes many of my ‘bernie’ friends - I hate arguing with them like it’s 2016 and may just go with the flow. Bernie’s movement is much stronger in 2019 than 2016 seeing how he was able to expand his base. Prior to 2015, I never even heard his name.

See, I'm not a big Biden fan because of a) his chauvinistic behavior during the Anita Hill hearings and b) his vocal support of the 2005 bankruptcy laws, which have done more than anything to ensure that our children and grandchildren can never, every get out of the student loan debt they must incur to have a decent career. Never.

Millions of Americans of all ages, and certainly the Millennials, have been made debt-slaves through predatory capitalism. That was just wrong on so many levels.

I like Brown, too. Right now I'm for Warren, because I'm an economist and I love her positions - she totally 'gets it.' Consider her 'Accountable Capitalism Act,' introduced in August 2018. Sure, it won't pass...right now...but Warren has correctly, in my opinion, identified the root cause of most of the problems we everyday Americans have: crummy, rationed healthcare with financially crippling copays, fear of losing Social Security, inflation, global warming...and so on.

Here's an excerpt from an essay I wrote about the Accountable Capitalism Act, because I'm really trying to educate people - this is nuanced but very, very important:

She is easily my second most loved candidate right now. She has so many great positions especially her wealth tax idea.

Supporters of three different candidates having an intelligent and civil conversation on the issues and candidates. I can't even express how good that is to see - let's keep it up!

I frankly am finding it hard to speak with some of the really Anti-Bernie people. They don't even want to communicate. They seem to just want to laugh at you. I have yet to block peole yet on DU but I am going to start because life is too short to have trolls keep you from enjoying life.

I loved how Senator Harris stuck the knife in to Rapenaugh and find her life story extremely compelling. I honestly don't see some people here even try to say anything nice to people who are supporting other candidates. We need to be the change we seek in the world and treat others the way we want to be treated. That is sadly very rare to see in a lot of people here on DU.

now, he does not.

Yea, yeah, yeah, we see the silly little criminals who run the GOP jumping up and down pointing; yelling socialism, socialism, socialism.

But universal health care, a green new deal, a living wage, taxing the uber rich, it is all main stream now. Even the yokels in Trump country are talking about medicare for all.

who are continuing this dialog, speaking truth to power and forcing the debate.

In 2016 he was filling stadiums and was largely ignored (while rump earned airtime for empty podia). This time he is known, and can't be ignored, so they attack.

Remember what they did to Dean, right after he discussed breaking up the corporate media.

https://www.wanttoknow.info/howarddeansdemise (scroll down)

Thanks.

Trump was a media creation.

Personally I am sick of the self-righteousness and disrespect. I'll vote for him if he gets the nom, otherwise he can GTFO, and I am not alone.

Also tired of "Bernie's a victim" argument - especially since he's one of the luckiest and least vetted politicians around.

There wasn’t one in 2016 on our side. They did their best to make one.

I'm not sure Bernie is going to make it far this primary season - for a variety of reasons.

But he WILL act as a lightning rod for corporate hatred. They will work very hard, and spend a lot of money smearing him.

The fun thing for me is that our platform has gone to the left because many of us recognize that most Americans want either single payer or universal healthcare. Most want expanded Social Security. It bugs most of us that companies like Amazon, which had record profits of $2.5 billion in 2018 but paid NO Federal Income taxes while all of our refunds shrunk.

These cretins can yell 'socialism' all they want, but I for one am not going to be intimidated because if we're going to talk about socialism, then let's talk about Walmart. One Walmart store can cost taxpayers nearly a $billion a year because they pay low, low wages and help their people supplement those below-subsistence wages by receiving public benefits like TANF, SNAP, housing, LEAP, and Medicaid. THAT is socialism.

Most people are finally understanding that they will not be millionaires, let alone billionaires. They just want a level of economic security so that their lives are not in a constant state of daily chaos. That's what the corporate media does not understand. They don't get the depseration that's out there.

..political world to make a drastic change. Dem prez Dem Sen Dem House..then we can lift the whole party up and move a bit left. Right now its a crap shoot and no guarantee. Right now we would be fighting the left AND the right. I dont feel ideology is the right strategy.....laser focused moderation with an eye on BIGGER things down the road is where I am at....I just want trump out and short of someone taking him on a hunting trip we have to be very careful.. .......really careful! imho

with the "only I can fix it" tone and a lot of offerings with no clear cut plan to achieve any of it.

Also, since 1970, only two candidates for POTUS who have not released their tax returns. Trump and Bernie.

Bernie had two whole years to gather the necessary paperwork that he should have known people would demand but he still has not produced his tax returns.

If someone wonders about what he is hiding, can you blame them?

sanders will be vetted this cycle and vetting is part of the process https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/28/why-bernie-sanders-has-an-uphill-climb-ahead/?utm_term=.1b4f90c2a717

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after Yang

To put it mildly, but they also needed a horse race for ratings and he was the only other horse.