Why Bernie has a shot

[whatchamacallit]

I think the collective psyche of the 99% has reached a threshold or tipping point where the national zeitgeist is switching from tacitly accepting traditional wisdom to "The hell we can't, we're done being herded by you lying, thieving fucks!"

[kentuck]

1. I think there is some truth to that.

[immoderate]

2. As they say, -- everything is timing.

Politics is a chaotic system, which implies there could be unexpected results. There is always herding. But the herd just might turn. And the stimulus that results in that deflection does not have to be powerful.

I think there's a shot.

--imm

[upaloopa]

3. The 99% is made up of all types of voters.

Even the tea party is part of the 99%.
Not to be a wet blanket but we live in a bubble here where Bernie is what we have been waiting for. Outside DU is a whole other world.

[RoccoR5955]

9. I hate to bring it to you

But I know of a few teabagger freaks who like Bernie because he doesn't flip-flop. He remains consistent, and even if you don't agree with all of his views, at least you know that what you see is what you get. This is what they tell me. They are sick of the clown car of the Republican candidates. If we keep up the message that Bernie works for the people, and he has remained consistent, he shall win by a landslide!

[upaloopa]

10. I would like that to happen also and that

we take both the House and Senate.
We could then reform election financing and everything else.
I don't think that will happen but we shall see.
I have decided from here on out not to jump into Hillary vs Bernie threads or to criticize either side's OP's.

[ladjf]

4. I've been hoping that we had reached that point for years. nt

[corkhead]

5. It happens fast when it does. I think of the Berlin Wall coming down as an example.

[BrotherIvan]

6. Dammit, I hope so

I hope people can do the very least to get their butts to the polls and vote for him in the primary. And resist all the negative attack ads from big money candidates as well as stop listening to the MSM are zoinks Socialist!

[m-lekktor]

7. he is quite popular with my non DU facebook friends

based on how many of them "like" his facebook page if that means anything. I was quite surprised by some of the names of people that I wasn't aware even followed politics that much.

[stillwaiting]

8. I have thought the same, and I certainly hope that scenario materializes!

There are A LOT of pissed off people in this country right now, and many of us don't have faith in the established political system.

It's the perfect time for an outsider to storm the scene.

I hope we have super creative teams utilizing social media to its fullest potential. I'd also love for something like weekly/bi-weekly/monthly local potluck meals/gatherings to happen all over the country where we can have a community that can build this movement to its fullest potential. It would be great to log those gatherings, record them, and see them grow. I think so anyways!

Something different. Something exciting. Something inspiring. I hope to be part of it!

[LordGlenconner]

11. I think we're a generation (or maybe 2) away from that

But I hope you are right regardless of who is the president, who is running for president etc.

The problem is that so many people are basically in servitude to their employer for benefits. In Europe that is not the case, therefore, they can strike, take to the streets and generally make a lot of trouble in order to be heard whereas here, that kind of insolence generally comes with severe penalties where it hurts -- the wallet.

Most Americans are so petrified of losing their jobs, and their homes and all of their creature comforts they don't want to "make waves". most large companies would gleefully fire any employee that skips work to protest, or strike.

I do get the sense, like you do, that the worm is turning but it is painfully slow.

[redruddyred]

12. benefits schmenefits

can't afford them on what I make.
a lot of us are way past the point of giving a fuck. I just hope bernie and democrats can find a way to reach out to these people.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. That's the basis of the "yes we can" speech.

[realFedUp]

14. No shot

But I like that his ideas will be part of the national dialogue.

[trof]

15. "There will never be a president from the south in your lifetime."

That's what my granny told me when I was young.
"The Big Money Yankees are in control and it won't happen.", or words to that effect.
And within my lifetime we elected Georgia's Jimmy Carter.

Much later, my money was on a female president long before we had a black one.
OK, 'mixed race'.
Sue me.
I was wrong.

What I've learned in 73 years: The American voter can, at times. surprise you.