Bernie is four years older than I am. I recognize his political positions from my college days. After a while, I learned that my idea of what was best for this country was not shared by all that many people.

I remain a philosophical Socialist. Not a Democratic Socialist, either. However, I recognize that my ideas still are not shared by most people, so I've become a pragmatist when it comes to actual political campaigns and elections. I did learn that insisting on things that most people don't want does not get anyone elected who might do some of those things to some degree. Instead, it got right-wingers elected.

So, now, I'm a Democrat, politically. We do better when Democrats are in power. We do worse when Republicans are. If I can't have what I want, due to resistance on the part of a majority of voters, I can still hope for the least harm and whatever progress can occur.

That's not a popular view with some folks, many of whom are about the age I was and Bernie Sanders was back in the early to mid 1960s.

So, did I put some cliched words in Bernie's mouth? Why, yes I did. I still remember them. Senator Sanders often says things that sound like those old days.

And you've somehow managed to keep any evidence of this out of 100,000+ posts. Impressive.

You have not read all of my posts, I'm certain. If you had, you'd know that.

Here's one such post from 2016:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1849930

I can't even count how many times I "sat-in" over something. I don't do that any more. It really never worked very well.

Depends on where you're standing, I suppose.

Shoshialism.

The speech will be the same stump speech he always gives.

To please the devotees, he should tell them to sharpen their pitchforks, light their torches and march towards the Czar's palace - I mean the White House.

It will be interesting to see how he differentiates himself