This is one hell of a strong statement!!

[Playinghardball]

[elleng]

1. Very strong statement,

but not sure how accurate it is, at this time of widespread propaganda.

[emanymton]

19. Agree!

.

Nagging fear that the 'vote' will lose out to "$MONEY$".

Ema Nymton
~@ ?
.

[AAO]

28. Thank God it isn't $1 = 1 vote

But it isn't - it's 1 PERSON. 1 vote. I think this proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that corporations are NOT people!

[randr]

2. Only if they vote

Given the younger voter turn out in the last off year election, I am not holding my breath.
For a generation that like to blame all their problems on the generations before them, they have a bit of catching up to do.
The future of the world is in their hands and all they have to do is vote.

[jtuck004]

14. Or start something else. Not sure what that would be, but playing this game may be 4 losers. n/t

[Demo_Chris]

25. They did that in '08. Elected Obama with a majority in the House and a super in the Senate...

Nothing really changed. Obama, like Bush and virtually everyone in Washington, works for the same corporations. In hindsight it's pretty obvious, but young people can be forgiven their cynicism and indifference.

[randr]

26. The struggle for a democratic nation is endless

Neither side is perfect but the differences are obvious.
Pick a side and stay vigilant.

[ChiciB1]

34. As One Who IS Most Definitely To THE LEFT...

and one who has had many "hair on fire" days with this administration, maybe some of our Representatives & Senators might be fed up enough now and might be more willing to fight.

I've skirted away from using the word HOPE when talking or posting for a very long time, but I do wish my statement will come true. The only way to know for sure is to VOTE and get others to VOTE for more Democrats. Do I wish we had more choices, YES! However, we are pretty much stuck with what we have and the alternative choice is far too scary and disastrous!

Given where I live any attempts to get a candidate other than Repuke elected isn't possible so I'll have to work to get rid of Rick Scott as my top priority. Also, the Florida Democratic Party has been pretty lame IMO, so I suppose it's up to "we the people" here to push forward!

At this point in time I don't think Rick Scott is quacking in his boots as he may be sensing that Democrats don't really want to vote for Crist. So even though I think some Democrats in D.C may be opening their eyes, I do feel Florida could be an opportunity missed. Crist was a more moderate Repuke Governor, but I hearing grumblings from Democrats here who may not vote! It happened when he ran against Rubio so I remain worried.

[AAO]

29. It should be impressed on them

that this may be their ONLY opportunity to escape from a very dark future. If we can make it seem to be a life and death issue, which it has been proven to be - and we have government statistics to back us up - hopefully we can all get out enforce in November.

[Jefferson23]

3. Yes. K&R

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

Spread This Far And Wide !!!

[treestar]

5. The money buys ads and media exposure

And the people respond to that. So maybe they should look in the mirror.

[Paper Roses]

6. If only..... n/t

[msongs]

7. depends on what he means by "we" and "they". nt

[Dirty Socialist]

8. I Hope it Doesn't Turn out Like

Back in an end of a Chinese Dynasty, when a dynasty FUBARred everything, a Chinese poet (Li Po?) remarked "If only the PEOPLE were allowed to solve our problems, we wouldn't be in this mess."

[Arugula Latte]

9. I hope he's right

I fear he's wrong.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. That assumes the people get offended by the someone trying to buy the government.

[MindMover]

11. I am mad as hell ......

[Sheepshank]

12. Actually....

younger, poorer and less affluent voters DO outvote the wealthy....and it's been documented. We just have to keep it up.


Interesting to note...all the heavy hitter donors that are actually politically speaking, fence sitters: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php

[lillypaddle]

13. Thank you, Bernie!

I'm so proud that you are here with us.

[pragmatic_dem]

15. we need people like him in democratic party instead of the blue dog conservatives

leadership is investing in.

[A Simple Game]

27. There is one lesson Bernie gives us that many don't quite understand.

Party doesn't matter, vote for the best possible candidate and you have a chance to get the best candidate possible.

Vote for bad and the best you can expect to get is bad.
Vote for a little better than bad and the best you can hope for is to get a little better than bad.
But if you vote for the best, then you have a chance to get the best.
Vermont understands it, I wish the rest of the Country did.

[pragmatic_dem]

38. +1 some people refuse to expect better. I guess that way they are never disappointed nt

[AndyTiedye]

16. Money Buys Advertising, and "Swing Voters" are Easily Swayed by the Tee Vee

The Tee Vee will be saturated with GOP advertising and GOP-leaning programming,
more than it has ever been before because they have access to so much more money now.

This is going to be an extremely difficult election for us. I hope Bernie is right.

[JDPriestly]

17. I love Bernie Sanders. He would make a good president because he cares about the American

people and about America. I believe he will put Americans first. And he should. That is the job of the President of the United States.

[Enthusiast]

20. PLUS A BRAZILLION!

The main quality we want in a president is that he genuinely cares about the American people.

Last election we knew for absolute certain that Romney did not give one fuck about the American people.

[nikto]

18. He's got my vote already

[Enthusiast]

21. This post is short of hundreds of recommendations.

That ain't right.

[democrank]

22. Go Bernie!

He makes John McCain`s "straight talk" sound like foolish babble.

[rehabanderson]

23. depends on what he means by "we" and "they"

depends on what he means by "we" and "they"

[fasttense]

24. I wonder what percentage of people fall for propaganda?

In the old Soviet Union, very few people believed the propaganda. I think here in the US, many, many people fall for the propaganda. I think Americans are more easily manipulated.

[RandoLoodie]

30. They got the guns

we got the numbers

[ancianita]

31. I want to believe him. Broke and poor as many voters are, they could be bought for a mess of pottage

though.

All I ask is, where are the lawyers who love the law and the American people. Where will be the election observers in battleground states -- where are they now, when laws are passed disallowing going to the bathroom while voters are made to wait hours and hours to vote.

Why is the legal system allowing the voting system to be shut down. If that continues, his statement might be the naive, ironic one of this upcoming campaign.

[Egnever]

32. But sadly ignorant of reality

There are many examples throughout history of money forming the opinions of the people. The public is easily manipulated.

[raouldukelives]

33. K&R

However if those people are donating money to mutual funds before they stand with progressives they are already doing all they can to drown out our message.
There are those that GOTV and those that fund corporate attacks against GOTV. Some do both, but with a lot of door to door campaigning, they can possibly make it a break even situation for us.

[taught_me_patience]

35. They've also got about 50% of the people too

And money influences a lot of people.

[uponit7771]

36. +1

[colsohlibgal]

37. One Way or Another He Will Be Right

Sooner or later, as inequality gets worse and worse, the people will rise up. Sooner or later eating cat food and shivering because you can't afford heat, etc., will trump caring about who marries who and that stuff.

Maybe it won't have to go that far, a lot of old white men die every year and that will keep changing our nation's makeup.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. Sounds good...

but 1 person giving $10 million has WAYYYY more influence than 10 million giving $1 each. We are a plutocracy.