2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Doesn't Need Billions of $ and Main Stream Media: Hillary & GOP Does
We are seeing not just one, but several, revolutionary dynamics, combining into a perfect storm of events long overdue. Both Hillary's campaign and the main stream media barks and banters that Bernie Sanders will never get the media attention he needs, without SuperPacs. Thus they pan him, belittle us who support him and call him a gadfly.
HRC's camp and the main stream media are full of chit - greatly!
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Everyone should read the non main stream researchers items looking into the facts of Bernies Sanders records on the issues. He is, much more than most (including HRC and/or ANY Repug), on the correct side of civil rights issues.
See Alternet's item "20 Examples of Bernie Sanders' Powerful Record on Civil and Human Rights Since the 1950s".
Alternet goes on to state, that from the 1950's, Sanders has fought for Civil Rights and even against Police Violence.
Trump (and/or any other GOP POTUS wannabe) and/or Hillary and all the other "candidates", along with the main stream media, are the ones who need the millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions and eventual 2 head to head persons needing Billions of dollars - in an effort to "convince" you they are "your" candidate.
Do you really need any convincing that Bernie Sanders is a man of the People?
REALLY!
Main stream media is battling the wolves and sharks feeding upon their carcasses. Papers are now a dinosaur draconian, as is main stream media (if you really thought about it). As a matter of fact, without knowing of the particular article in question, there's an "Other Words" piece that is titled "Mainstream media blues" and it actually states papers are dying and main stream is fighting the wolves at the door.
We (You and Me) along with the potential candidates - are being played.
It is the media who decides what they provide us. And it is also the media that depends on us watching, to get more money from the candidates (at top rack rate dollars - same price to every candidate - as a matter of Law).
Media is dying; because you and I - WE - via social networks, ARE the Real News. When main stream provides an item (almost always propaganda) don't you and I usually go online, to see what the "real" facts are?
Do we trust the main stream media?
I can't really believe one needs to ask that question. All you have to do is look at the polls that had Bernie favored over Hillary by 2 to 1 margins (or better); but yet they come out saying HRC won.
Bull Chit! And we ain't buying it any more.
Enigmatically and inexorably, DWS and HRC may run a very close race with Bernie Sanders; because they are entrenched and people will get worn down by the banter
- IF WE LISTEN TO THE BULL CHIT.
However, already, stars are jumping ship (as the Youtube video about Bill Maher details), there are many out there who are quickly coming out and stating Sanders can win.
At the end of the day, Bernie Sanders is electable, because he has the votes, he has always been on the right side of most of the issues; and we have social media that does NOT need billions of dollars to get us focused.
Yes, Facebook and others can rig the game. Moi formed a group titled 1 Million by Plus 1, Bernie Sanders for President. As soon as that group started up to go viral, FB shut down. Now there's a 100,000 person march in Washington, D.C. for Bernie Sanders - movement. Every time they start to go viral, they are shut down by FB and lose all their registrations.
We ARE the real news and We ARE the real votes. Bernie Sanders Doesn't Need Billions of $ and Main Stream Media: Hillary & GOP Does. And even with those huge amounts of monies, they can only succeed, if we listen to the babbling banter and obfuscating, reinforcing Bull Chit...
I suggest you simply stop them in their tracks and don't listen to them!
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Bernie Sanders [/font] [font size=5]Doesn't Need Billions of $,
nor does his campaign need the Main Stream Media:
Hillary & the Republicans Do
- and here's why
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This pic above, is from a recent Raw Story article (here) about Sanders pushing through Progressive agendas in an unusual manner that will most definitely surprise you.
As the article notes many of Bernie Sanders successes, even from the time where he was an "Independent" Mayor of Vermont (who doubled the voter turnout - even way back then) are never touted by the Senator.
In other words, others talk about getting things done, while Senators Sanders was doing many things!
Here's a list from the Raw Story article "Bernie Sanders record of pushing through major reforms will, surprise you", pointing out just a few of the things Bernie Sanders has accomplished;
[font size= 4 color=red]C[/font]orporate Crime Accountability (February 1995): A Sanders amendment to the Victims Justice Act of 1995 required offenders who are convicted of fraud and other white-collar crimes to give notice to victims and other persons in cases where there are multiple victims eligible to receive restitution.
[font size= 4 color=red]S[/font]aving Money, for Colleges and Taxpayers (April 1998): In an amendment to H.R. 6, the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, Sanders made a change to the law that allowed the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to make competitive grants available to colleges and universities that cooperated to reduce costs through joint purchases of goods and services.
[font size= 4 color=red]H[/font]olding IRS Accountable, Protecting Pensions (July 2002): Sanders amendment to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 2003 stopped the IRS from being able to use funds that violate current pension age discrimination laws. Although he faced stiff GOP opposition, his amendment still succeeded along a 308 to 121 vote.
Expanding Free Health Care (November 2001): You wouldnt think Republicans would agree to an expansion of funds for community health centers, which provide some free services. But Sanders was able to win a $100 million increase in funding with an amendment.
[font size= 4 color=red]G[/font]etting Tough On Child Labor (July 2001): A Sanders amendment to the general appropriations bill prohibited the importation of goods made with child labor.
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Senator Sanders Never Runs a Negative Campaign
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It is a fact that Senator Sanders has never run a negative campaign; and he's not about to start now. Sure, he can't stop other groups from doing what they will and what they'll say... who can!
Be that as it may, Bernie Sanders is a man of the people. He is form Veterans, Equal Rights, Higher Wages, Taxing the elite rich, fixing Wall Street, stopping corruption and ...
he doesn't take any money from the wrong people, as is just proved by him donating the hedge funds guys money to HIV cause.
We can make this a perfect storm, proving that WE (you and me) are the REAL News. Main stream is lame stream. Washington, D.C. is broken; and Bernie Sanders will surely do his best to fix that and much more.
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The presidency is a national election.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Another post intimating that there is no difference between Hillary and the Republicans. It's gonna be a dark day on DU when Bernie loses. I like Bernie but as far as his supporters go, I'm Berned out
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)is the problem....
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Higher wages, gun control, immigration, climate change, women's rights, equal pay, college affordability, criminal justice reform, etc etc etc. Yeah, they're totally just like each other.
FarPoint
(12,287 posts)No he does not have the means to secure such needed funding.... So don't fool yourself....
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)I'm not the fool here - the Established logic is!
FarPoint
(12,287 posts)We can't fix it now....Turn over Citizen United and establish functional campaign reform then your dreams will be plausible.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)With Bernie Sanders
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)No One said.. NO money... so please stop the bull.
Of course he needs millions for staff, Stadium rentals, travel == SECURITY
and (once he is nominated) the DNC - MUST - get behind him....
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Bernie will have to come up with at least a billion dollars. Not going to happen.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Bernie knows how to make good deals
Like the article referenced above has Bernie sayin...
Dont underestimate
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)He is pulling in about 4 million a month his goal is 40 million by the time primaries start. I think he is going to exceed his goals quite easily.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Maybe even better..by then...
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Once the 2nd debate occurs
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laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Whereas HRC did 77% Citizen United mega donors
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)... cause there's no other reason they'd take or not take money other than that.
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hill2016
(1,772 posts)then why all the complaints about the debate schedule or frequency?
it's not like he needs the exposure from MSM right?
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)especially when your arguendos are far from the best