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(17,796 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)she passed in feb 08 and i am sure she is rolling in her grave at some of the things that are going on today.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)You should be the Union Tsar! Sanders and OS rule
edgineered
(2,101 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)I like.
appalachiablue
(41,054 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)of being right all the time.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)hopefully we get the chance to ask him.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)My hair would be all over the place if I had to sit in the same room with some of those critters.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)from his message to focus on Hillary or some shiny object.
He handles the corrupt corporate media better than anyone I've ever seen.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Penn with his friend this week, on his way he stopped to visit an historical site where he read the Gettysburg Address. He said that they continued on their journey, he thought about Lincoln's 'extraordinary' speech and he was saddened to think that the dream of a nation that is 'of the people by the people and for the people' is now 'of, by and for the Billionaires'.
He is driving to DC from VT with a friend. I wish he had some other way of getting around.
He seems to have boundless energy.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)and Bernie!!! Both are great for the U.S.!!!
K&R
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Michigan-Arizona
(762 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,617 posts)Lots of working class people attack other working class people in public service unions over pensions and benefits. Fox has conscripted them as foot soldiers for the 1% while the wealthy are laughing at them all the way to their offshore bank.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)herding cats
(19,549 posts)Thanks for sharing it.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Spoken like a politician whose ancestors died in the Holocaust and gets it.
Bernie has said he is running because he fears the middle class will be entirely gone in another generation--and also because Warren did not declare.
Unions did so very much to create a healthy middle class in this country. Now that Democrats are, by design, no longer getting the bulk of their funding from unions, unions have few true champions in politics.
Go, Bernie. America needs you. Thanks for running.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)It will be a big measuring stick.
Many have indicated they will wait until at least after the first couple primaries, caucuses, & debates before jumping in.
Compared to the 2008 cycle, several made their commitment BEFORE Iowa. USW went Edwards, AFSCME went Hillary, Firefighters went Dodd, then flipped in the second round to Edwards etc..
OS
peacebird
(14,195 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Bernie's wife...asking for a $5 contribution.
You gotta love these people, Bernie and Jane.
Jane is my favorite female name, and I would love to have a first lady named "Jane." (Jill is pretty nice, too).
On Social Security Day, I'm going to send Jane my second little contribution to her husband's campaign.
Thanks for posting, Dear Steve...
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)The woman has my favorite name. Had a dog by that name and loved her, and now a granddaughter.
I love it's simplicity and lack of affectation. And she has a nice smile.
It's just a teeny donation, but I would feel happy sending it to Jane.
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I went to donate to Jane Sanders and was taken to the Act Blue page where I started to fill in the amount. Then I went to the link in your post, and it took me to the same place....
So, I am using your link for the teeny amount.
luv...
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I'd guess most of the 100s of thousands who marched to protect unions deeply yearn for someone like Sanders, and see no reason why WI cannot go for Sanders.
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)It made it hard for me to get there. But a lot of DUers sent pizzas.
OS
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)everyone I know who participated is still looking for a chance to rise again.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)one of the unions is endorsing him. I think all of them should, Trumpka eg, has stated his disappointment in how they have been treated by the Dem Party.
And most of Bernie's donors throughout the years have been Unions.
An endorsement from the Unions in a couple of months, would tip the scales completely imo.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Also, labor will endorse when it serves labor's interests to do so.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)I was just a techie chasing a salary.
But I know I didn't negotiate very well on my salary, and not at all on my vacation, work hours, health benefits, etc.
All of those benefits were pretty good, because some union guy somewhere sometime took a rifle butt to the head and kept marching. My salaried benefits were a true trickle-down.
former IBoT
former UAW