Democrats sick of the ‘status quo’ flock to billionaire-bashing Bernie Sanders

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At 74, Bernie Sanders is this year’s Democratic phenomenon in the White House race, urging Americans to launch a “political revolution” against billionaires and elites — including his chief party rival, Hillary Clinton.

A substantial slice of Americans are frustrated with how Democratic leadership — nearly seven years into Barack Obama’s presidency — has bumped up against the hard limits of political power, especially under a Republican-led Congress.

They claim that reducing inequality is a matter of leadership and political will — and the jettisoning of a political class that is beholden to special interests.

Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, is no newcomer to politics: he served as mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989, and has been entrenched in Congress for nearly a quarter century.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/democrats-sick-of-the-status-quo-flock-to-billionaire-bashing-bernie-sanders/

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1. k/r

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2. Occupy Wall Street is still alive and kicking and the 99% is rising up with Bernie!

[roguevalley]

8. They began it all. They are and always will be my heroes. :D

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9. The revolution started then, and continues now!!

Arguably we're finally hearing the legacy of John Lennon too!

[Enthusiast]

12. My heroes too.

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3. K & R for Bernie!

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4. K & R. A bunch. Go Bernie Go!

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14. Luv, luv, luv that graphic!

This one, too:

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15. Great one too. Both are so fine for Bernie, the Real Deal!

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16. Can I add this image, or can you, to *1st link of pinned avatars & logos for use in the BSG group?

There's another great version of Uncle Sam there w/ #Feel the Bern, but it lacks the voting part and painterly detail of this one. Thanks.

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19. Go ahead! I found it when I googled

Bernie Sanders Uncle Sam.

[appalachiablue]

20. Thanks, will do ! :)

[SoapBox]

5. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

Go Bernie! Go Berners!

[DaveT]

6. Watch out for loaded presumption in a line like this:

A substantial slice of Americans are frustrated with how Democratic leadership — nearly seven years into Barack Obama’s presidency — has bumped up against the hard limits of political power, especially under a Republican-led Congress.

Uh, President Obama faced huge Democratic Majorities when he took office. He was the leader of the party that got blown out in very low turnout elections in 2010 and 2014.

Bernie makes it integral to his campaign -- we need a movement from a majority of the people to overcome "the hard limits of political power."


My beef with the President remains -- You have to try.

Although I was thrilled to vote for him in 2008, and I voted for his re-election because his disappointing performance in office remains FAR superior to anything we could expect from a Republican. The usual defense of Obama is that he did the best that could have been done given the opposition.

I support Sanders because I do not buy that the Obama Administration is as good as it gets. A Rodham Clinton Presidency would also be far superior to anything that we could expect from a Republican.

What will decide this primary is whether the rank and file of our party agrees that it is possible to do better.

[PatrickforO]

7. Thank you for the post. I believe

that it is in fact possible to do better, but that we need politicians in office who actually care about our interests rather than the interests of corporate and economic elites. Bernie is one of very few in this generation who do. That's why I'm supporting him. He may not get everything that he wants on our behalf, but even a part of it would make so many lives better, AND we know that he will keep trying.

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10. And he would make sure not to abuse "Fast Track authority" that a Republican congress would...

... with a Republican president, or a corporatist serving president like Obama is, and Hillary will likely be.

If we have a greater liklihood soon that Bernie will get elected, watch why the corporate power panics and tries to get congress to ram through tons of trade deals now before 2016 to get them passed through Obama's pen while they can.

And if they do, that 20% that voted for Perot and a lot of the newer generation that sees TPA/TPP and all of the other crap that they will try to through for the crap that it is will be that more inclined to vote out Republicans in congress in 2016 too, to help us get a more progressive majority there in 2016 that Bernie can work with to get the revolution we need started then.

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18. Yes the ugly multi headed hyra mother of all trade deals hangs over us- No to Fast Track, TPP!!

[Scruffy1]

11. Finally some who speaks for us

Maybe my whole life was not in vain.

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17. +1!!

[Enthusiast]

13. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[LWolf]

21. K & R