If she were running against anyone else besides Bernie ....

[Hiraeth]

I very sincerely, for so many reasons, hope that she does not win the nomination.
I refuse to think about that possibility unless/until there is no other option.

I hope Bernie stands tall all the way.
He speaks truth to the power.
I am proud to walk the earth at the same time as this man.

He is up there. Way up there.
Ghandi up there. Mandela up there.
MLK up there. FDR up there.
Lincoln up there.

He is the embodiment of a well principled man.

I hope fathers point Bernie to their sons and say:
There is a man among men. Emulate him and you will have a life well lived.

[bkkyosemite]

1. Too many Bernie supporters say it's done...Wake up and fight!

He is not breaking his back for nothing...we need to work hard for the rest of the primary!

[Hiraeth]

2. Keep it Berning !! Throw another log on the fire !!

[Jenny_92808]

8. I See Fire (Music Video)

Feel the Bern! "Watch the flames climb high"

[LiberalArkie]

6. I don't say it is over. I am down and probably others because it tells us

something about our country and our party not about Bernie. That is what is depressing.

I see a lot of people, I mean a lot of people who want us to have a racist facist nation and then a lot of people who really would like a corporate country. Both choices of rule by the .01%. Way more than a majority of our country want this.

I feel so out of touch with this country more so than as a kid in south Arkansas and not understanding the "colored" thing and why they were less than me as a white boy. Still can not wrap my head around it.

[Jenny_92808]

9. Don't faulter, that is what they want us to do.

We need to fight harder than ever.....with resolve!

[bkkyosemite]

12. I truly believe along with the MSM this primary is being stolen by HRC and the elite

corporate agenda. I know of many complaints in this primary of voting irregularities, not enough ballots, and other crooked stuff going on. She will win at any cost. Except the cost may be she loses.

[KPN]

28. Amen ...

and the followers; those who wrap themselves in the established system because it gives them a sense of security and belonging ... those who are afraid to really step out of their comfort zone. Oh, and of course the single issue folks who fail to see the forest for the trees.

[pangaia]

30. Maybe I am a conspiracy nut but...

I very seriously doubt she won ILL and Missouri...ESPECIALLY if one adds in the MSM's disgraceful behavior.

Even on NPR, (well, don't get me started on that) yesterday afternoon driving home-- some show ALL trump. One "expert"guy just could NOT shut his mouth.... Sounded like his big break on national radio...

Today driving ---Diane Fucking Rehm show...--- trump... Hillary.. "Bernie can not win."
It was just sickening.


I have seen too much evil in politics and business and the monied to believe it for a minute---

[Helen Borg]

26. Bernie supporters who matter for the outcome

Believe Bernie is not done and are redoubling their efforts.

[Jack Rabbit]

34. Even if the primary is "done", the revolution is just beginning

Let's remember that. We're not in this to get this or that result out of 2016.

No matter who emerges in November as the president-elect, our work will not be done. It will be nice if it's Bernie; that will make our task easier in the short run. If not, we'll just have to work longer and harder in the short run.

The goals is to end neoliberalism, the false socioeconomic philosophy that the economic engine works best when government pampers the rich with tax cuts and deregulation because the are "job creators" and the masses are forced to live with austerity in bad times. Americans voted for that thirty-six years ago and it didn't work. Every president since then has made policy with the same neoliberal set of assumptions, and it still doesn't work. Neoliberalism has widened the income gap, shipped jobs overseas and given rise to what would called corporate crime except that the mad rush to deregulate everything virtually repealed laws against fraud.

Worse, neoliberalism posits a culture of corruption among the elites of business and government that make it very hard to purge. Few politicians aren't on the take and almost all corporate executives see that bribes paid out to politicians in the form of perfectly legal campaign contributions is just a cost of doing business. The shysters on the US Supreme Court say that there is no evidence that bribes paid out to politicians by corporate executives in the form of perfectly legal campaign contribution establishes a quid pro quo. Any honest and reasonable person would call that a crock of steer manure and simply assume that any politician receiving large amounts of money from corporate executives and board members in the form of perfectly legal campaign contributions -- or a perfectly legal large contribution to a family run charity foundation or perfectly legal exorbitant speaking fees -- is bought.

Some things were not changed by yesterday's election results. Neoliberalism is still an unsustainable socioeconomic model and Bernie Sanders is still the only presidential candidate seriously addressing what must be done about it. Senator Sanders has made it a theme of his campaign that a political revolution is what is needed to fix what is wrong with the current state of affairs. That what he says is still the truth didn't change yesterday, either.

We are still the man on the white horse we have been waiting for. Nobody else is. Those are not windmills before us, but monsters that must be subdued. Have courage. Ride forth boldly.

[jillan]

3. If she was running against anyone other than Bernie I still wouldn't support her.

I don't trust her, don't like her policies, don't like her condescending attitude, her regime change mindset, her ties to Monsanto, that she is for free trade & not fair trade, on and on.

I am going to start taking a closer look at Jill Stein.
If I'm going to throw my vote away, I might as well throw it away on someone that has the same beliefs as myself and not on someone that I do not support - just because she has a D after her name and definitely not because she is a woman.

[Hiraeth]

4. A person owes it to themselve to explore all options. Well informed voters are the best.

[bkkyosemite]

13. Hillary will go back to being the same ole Hilllary once this is done..that is why Bernie

is our best hope for change. We must continue to fight as it says on his site.

[peacebird]

27. I still believe Bernie will win the nomination! And if he doesn't, I will write in his name anyhow!

[tk2kewl]

5. My 8 yr old son does a pretty good Bernie impersonation

[Hiraeth]

15. awesome

sounds like a kid headed in a good direction

[tk2kewl]

16. he loves to say...

"My ansa is a lot shorta. No I do not support fracking."

[Hiraeth]

17. Ha! I like this kid. How true is that!

[Kalidurga]

18. I wish I could rec this post, even if i don't say that a lot I mean it a lot

Jackpineradicals.org lets you thank individual posts. I think that is way cool. Not as cool as your son, but it's up there on the cool factor.

[tk2kewl]

19. thanks...

he's a great kid

here we are together at the Empire State Building last year


And at a Bernie march last month

[Kalidurga]

20. Oh what a great day

Makes me wish my kids were that age again. Well, almost. I have another little buddy to show the city to, Minneapolis not as big as the Big Apple which is why it's called the Mini Apple.

[renate]

35. what a cutie pie!

(I hope he's not too old for me to say that. I suppose I should have said what a good-looking young man... kids grow up so fast!)

It's so nice that you guys go to marches and things together. I have fond memories of doing that with my parents.

[Hiraeth]

40. love both those pics. what a cute kid !! love his style

way to go Dad. Parenting. you are doing it right!

[knixphan]

7. Radical idea....

Put all your energies into phonebanking the states ahead.
Use this energy wisely.

[Hiraeth]

10. Facebank, too!!

[Jenny_92808]

11. Wonderful Idea!

We are the flame that will ignite and burn down the corrupt system! "I see fire"

[bkkyosemite]

14. Absolutely!

[ananda]

21. I wish Sanders' character would rub off on Clinton.

But it really appears that she is totally imbued in
the corporate power structure.

[gcomeau]

22. She appears to be allergic to it.

Judging by how fast she ran in the opposite direction and started opposing all things progressive like Single Payer.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. IF Hillary was running against any other candidate

She would never have had to defend her corporate pandering, and paid speeches, or her Iraq War vote. It would have been a bland coronation with most candidates in the same big bought boat as herself.

I'm not saying its all over, but IF it is, I not only learned a great deal about this remarkable man Bernie Sanders, but I, and I think many Americans, learned a lot about Hillary Clinton. It is now clearer than ever just what kind of person we would be electing, and just how much bullshit we will have to wade through. It prepares us FDR traditional Democrats for the battle ahead.

Because Bernie opened a conversational door that Hillary will have a tough time closing. I can see it is in the Plan to forsake the liberal base of the Democratic party and woo the lost moderate/right old school Republicans instead to fill the gap left. She knows most liberals will vote for her as, if nothing else, the best of two evils. That the status quo is still better than a narcissistic fascist.

But now we are better armed at least. It is obvious she plans to move the country even further to the right than Obama. The Corporocracy will be complete. Net Neutrality will be the next big fight and I now do not expect the NEW Democratic regime to be on our side, as many of the starry eyed Hilary pushers may eventually be frustrated at how long it takes to get onto DU as the right wing new owners of the net squeeze left of center sites to a snails pace.

[cadaverdog]

24. "Stand up, Miss Jean Louise. Your father's passin'."

"There is a man among men. Emulate him and you will have a life well lived."

Well said.

[Hiraeth]

45. To Kill a Mockingbird Up there. Yes!

thank you for high praise indeed

[peacebird]

25. Just sent another donation to Bernie!

[Hiraeth]

41. ! thank you

[notadmblnd]

29. There have been rumors that she could be indicted in May

If that occurs, she will have to withdrawal from the race. So yes, I think Bernie should stay in as long as he can.

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. ...

Too good to be true, but fingers crossed! Who says she may be indicted in May?

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[notadmblnd]

39. Mostly right wing media sources that I won't post here

But you can google Hillary Clinton + possible indictment and links will come up.

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Ooh...yeah, grain of salt and all that jazz.

They always say she's going to be indicted.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[ellennelle]

31. beautifully stated!

thank you; could not agree more!!

[Hiraeth]

42. thank you

[Duval]

32. Bernie is staying in and so am I!!

All is not lost, although it may seem that way. And I sincerely hope that she doesn't win the nomination. There are 2 Bernie supporters here, and 4 grandkids (adults) who are hoping/donating/campaigning for Bernie!

[billhicks76]

33. Bernie Is Like Mandela

What's the Hillary equivalent? Thatcher? Definitely not anyone who was for the people. She is for the corporations. It doesn't help much that she's a woman and that's very depressing. I hear the repubs want to run Condaleeza as 3rd party. That would backfire because would bring up 911 lies even if Clinton won't go there

[Hiraeth]

44. Clinton is chamleon - like. Shape shifter. powerful.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. Why does everyone forget Hillary's tendency towards self-destruction?

[Hiraeth]

43. I Have not forgotten. But, yesterday (since I am from one of the Super Tuesday states) I needed to

express myself. Clear my head. Get centered. Know what I mean.