2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie needs to keep the Democratic partys feet to the fire for us little guys
Even if he cant win the nomination tell me what is wrong with pushing a real left agenda?
handmade34
(22,756 posts)us little guys need to keep the leader's feet to the fire... we have the power en masse, we just collectively decide not to use it
the left wing agenda is what we all should be committed to, fighting for and working diligently to make reality
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)we cannot let enthusiasm fall if we want change (revolution)... 1 person in the Whitehouse does not bring about the real change most people want... if Bernie supporters are for real, they need to be committed and not let up... even if Bernie isn't the nominee, if change is what people really want, they must understand the time, dedication, sacrifice, hard work, action, etc. that it takes...
Bernie knows he, or any other one person, can do little without continued help and dedicated work from great numbers of people
Barack Obama knew that...
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)That is what is so despairing.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)He is doing right by the people to stay the course.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)the 5 state lose. No matter what - we keep the pressure on her. And hopefully it will not just be me and her.
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)Not infighting and holding your allies feet to the fire.
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)It is about ideas.
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)...but he is also, and primarily, leading a movement to awaken the young and re-awaken the old to ideas that used to animate the Democratic Party, as the "big tent" part of the people--workers, the poor, the elderly, the young, minorities, the dispossessed, the disenfranchised, labor unions, human rights groups, environmental groups--all those who don't have a voice among the rich and powerful. The majority of people.
That is his IDEA. And it resonates well beyond this campaign. This campaign is a means for all of us to be heard, loud and clear, for the first time in many decades. And Sanders' ability to move the young with these ideas, in very great numbers, means that his ideas will be carried into the future, whether he wins or loses the "horse race," in which he has carried enormous handicaps from the beginning. He has never been daunted by the burden of his handicaps because he has a two-fold purpose, and starting a movement is the first of those purposes.
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)The promise of Bernies campaign was always going to be seen in the future. He is a 1.0 candidate like Dean was. We'll see the promise of his campaign in 2020 or 2024.
mmonk
(52,589 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)X 6,500 = he ain't gonna give up, darlin'!