Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumThe Revolution May Not Be Televised, But Bernie Sanders Is Going All The Way
But the revolution will be tweeted, texted, liked and shared.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/21/revolution-may-not-be-televised-bernie-sanders-going-all-way
This is precisely why the Sanders campaign doesnt have a super PAC, and why Bernie has made getting dirty money out of politics the core of his agenda. He knows that unless we accomplish this, we will forever be tinkering around the edges of social change. As critical as it is that Citizens United be overturned, achieving this only gets us back to the corrupt state of political affairs that already existed in 2010. Sanders wants to upend the Washington establishment by moving to public funding of elections. Its time to clean house.
Instead of pinning their hopes on a Clinton campaign they know could implode at any time, Democratic Party leaders should really be asking themselves why Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is far and away the most popular United States Senator in America. His constituents in Vermont give him a soaring approval rating of 83%. Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike love him.
Have you noticed how not just Hillary, but also prominent Republicans are starting to sound a lot like Bernie Sanders? At a recent MSNBC Town Hall, Donald Trump actually mistook a description of Bernie for himself, before acknowledging: "Theres one thing were very similar in: He knows our country is being ripped off big league big league on trade." It was more revealing still to watch Republican Senator John McCain tell The Hill:
"I dont think that many of us understood the depth of anger and frustration thats out there
so many Americans have not seen any improvement in their lives and their income and they see the wealthiest Im beginning to sound like Bernie Sanders now but they see the wealthiest Americans growing much more wealthy while they are mired down in what seems to them a lack of opportunity to improve their lives."
My point is even Republicans are attracted to Bernies populist message. Unlike Hillary, who polarizes, Bernie can appeal to Republican voters in a general election, not to mention the 43% of Americans who consider themselves Independents. This is why Bernie Sanders is the Democratic Partys best hope to win the White House in November. Bernies honest integrity is Americas strongest antidote to the dangerous demagoguery of Mr. 1%, Donald Trump.
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)Indeed, but Clinton can appeal to Republican donors in a primary election. But we should set that aside.
I'm certain she'll offer the middle class a hand-up rather than serving those shoveling her piles of cash.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-22/hillary-clinton-backed-major-republican-donors
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