Robert Reich sends a note to Bernie Sanders

[LongTomH]

A Public Note to My Friend Bernie Sanders

Dear Bernie:

I don’t know what you’re going to do from here on, and I’m not going to advise you. You’ve earned the right to figure out the next steps for your campaign and the movement you have launched.

But let me tell you this: You’ve already succeeded.

At the start they labeled you a “fringe” candidate – a 74-year-old, political Independent, Jewish, self-described democratic socialist, who stood zero chance against the Democratic political establishment, the mainstream media, and the moneyed interests.

Then you won 22 states.

And in almost every state – even in those you lost – you won vast majorities of voters under 30, including a majority of young women and Latinos. And most voters under 45.

You have helped shape the next generation.

I love the way he summed up:

Regardless of what you decide to do now, you have ignited a movement that will fight onward. We will fight to put more progressives into the House and Senate. We will fight at the state level. We will organize for the 2020 presidential election.

We will not succumb to cynicism. We are in it for the long haul. We will never give up.

Thank you, Bernie.

Bob

[pangaia]

1. Beautiful....

[JudyM]

2. This belongs on the Greatest page.

[silverweb]

3. Perfect.

[TDale313]

4. Absolutely. There's so much good to take from this.

Thank you, Bernie, for stepping up and giving us a voice when no one wanted wage this battle.

[SmittynMo]

5. Damn near

brought a tear to my eye.

Thanks Robert.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Perfectly stated!

[hopemountain]

7. with us, bernie is chasing the

merchants and the money lenders from the halls of justice - the edifice of democracy.

we will never give up.

[Baobab]

8. FastTrack is six years

If the FTAs are passed, nothing we do here in the US, legislation, presidents, will make any difference!