2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Millenials Are The Key To Democratic Success And Overwhelmingly, THEY WANT BERNIE [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)And having grown up in a bullshit advertising saturated media environment they are much more attuned to filtering out doublespeak than older generations.
Wish as you might, Bernie is connecting with the younger generations more than the older ones, seeing someone genuine talking in words you can parse without it making your head hurt on the national political stage is such an extreme rarity that he stands out like the Kohinoor diamond in a coal bin.
I give Bernie realistically about a 25% chance, the establishment is really going to go to full on Ludicrous Speed on the Mighty Wurlitzer against him, he and his campaign and supporters will be trudging inch by painful inch into a howling blizzard of shit. It will be far more vile than anything that was said in 2008 by any side.