Bernie Sanders makes me *want* to vote again!

[TheNutcracker]

I saw this as a response, but it's so spot on, it should be read by all here!

He makes me want to vote again too!

Kick all things for Bernie. Voters WILL NOW ENGAGE! Finally, someone to vote for. Not hold your nose or stay home. It's happy civics time in America once again now folks!

[bigwillq]

1. I am def more excited now that it seems like Bernie will enter race.

He is a candidate I can get behind.

[darkangel218]

3. Hillary has very lil chance to win the primaries, now that Bernie is in

Go Bernie!

[bigwillq]

4. Not so sure about that

but I am def more excited about Bernie than I am about Hillary.

[darkangel218]

5. I am pretty sure. Once the debates start, she is done.

[bigwillq]

6. Hopefully.

We will find out.

[ananda]

8. I think he's already moving Clinton to the left.

Sanders will always be my first choice, but even if
Clinton gets the nomination, he will have been a
strong influence.

[liberal_at_heart]

12. I don't trust that she will actually move to the left. She will say she is. She will say

everything we want to hear, but when in office she is likely to govern from the center right especially economically and militarily.

[darkangel218]

16. +1

Exactly right.

[TheNutcracker]

22. +2

Yup!

[bigwillq]

21. Yup

[MissDeeds]

25. Agreed

[kath]

35. yeah, that routine sure sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Sigh.

[City Lights]

57. Yup. That's how I see it, too. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

2. I am glad he is entering the race. I just can't hold my nose and vote anymore.

If Bernie didn't enter the race, I would have either voted third party or stayed home. I am excited to have someone to vote for again too.

[lewebley3]

7. Bernie Sanders, is another Micheal Dukis: Dems will lose to the GOP!!

Bernie Sanders, is like the Raplh Nadder, he will cause the GOP to win!!

[ananda]

9. No he won't!

Sanders is running as a Democrat!

[lewebley3]

34. He is a not Dem: Bernie not has worked to build the Dem Party!!

Why should he be able to use the Dem's for his bid: he is much to
snobby until now to join.


Dems have worked hard to make the Dem Party what it is today: they are the
party Bernie and his followers dis.

[bunnies]

37. Everyone watch your step! Theres a steaming pile of dog shit right here.

[Raine1967]

65. You smell it too? nt

[liberal_at_heart]

10. going on the ignore list.

[Iggo]

19. Yeah, but just on the ignore mail list.

I like to follow the flameouts.

[corkhead]

11. I have never had a post hidden so I won't say what I want to say to you in response to your post

[LondonReign2]

13. That bastard, Raplh Nadder!

And Micheal Dukis too!

[hootinholler]

28. Good one!

Tell me another joke



In other words, Bernie is NO Dukis (sic)

[groundloop]

30. Bernie is running as a Democrat, not Independent

Bernie has already said that he doesn't want to be the one who helps put a Bush or Walker in the White House, that's why he's running as a Democrat and not an Independent. If he doesn't get the nomination I'm quite sure he'll endorse whoever our nominee happens to be.

[jeff47]

43. We'd better listen to Lewebley3. Political analysis so good they can't spell Ralph Nader

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6590118

[lewebley3]

52. You understood whom I was talking about: wrong spelling or not!!

Message was clear, that is why you responded.

[jeff47]

53. Yes, and your inability to spell means your analysis is garbage

without even bothering to think about it. Thanks for that handy shortcut.

[lewebley3]

61. That is just your opinion, You spelled everything right, but still have garbage analysis!!

This subject makes you a small thinker!!

[Iggo]

67. Yeah, well, you know...

[G_j]

14. K&R!

[BrotherIvan]

15. Senator Sanders matches my values

Here is a link to his speech to the House on the vote for the Iraq War. If this doesn't show you that he is a person who will stand up for what is right and not be swayed by political expediency, there are a lot more to show. Then Rep. Sanders not only says the war is based on shaky intelligence (at best) but points out that we need to put our efforts toward helping people at home. This is a candidate I can give my full-throated support.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/video/flashback-rep-bernie-sanders-opposes-iraq-war

Sound is low but transcript follows. Go Bernie.

[Hiraeth]

17. To me, Hillary is a politician but, Bernie is a true statesman. That is the essential difference.

[Pooka Fey]

31. Very well said.

And welcome to DU, Hiraeth!

[JI7]

18. that's nice but there are many who feel the same about Hillary

And others.

[99Forever]

23. Yup

Time to give the corporatists a lesson in democracy.

[Maedhros]

24. If Bernie wins the nomination, I can actually vote Democratic in the general.

That would be awesome!

[groundloop]

29. Sorry, but I'll definitely vote Democratic in the general election regardless

I'll be supporting Bernie Sanders in the primary, but I'm enthusiastically voting for whomever the Democratic nominee is in November. Anything less will be inviting another Bush into the White House.

[Maedhros]

41. Do as you feel you should.

I will vote for the politician who most closely represents my views. If that's a Democrat, then great. If not, I'm okay with that.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

46. Me too!

I'm not going to be shamed into voting for another corporate democrat.

[Maedhros]

55. I feel no loyalty to a Party that has repeatedly kicked me in the teeth (metaphorically),

then told me to sit down and STFU, then expects my vote anyway.

[A Simple Game]

68. Your attitude, which matches mine, is the exact reason why

Bernie will win the primaries and the General. Unaffiliated is now the largest "party." There is a reason for that and Bernie, or Warren if she were to run, are the solution to that problem.

I live in New York and if necessary will register as a Democrat again instead of unaffiliated to vote in the primaries.

[Maedhros]

70. I'll do whatever it takes to get Bernie the nomination. [n/t]

[MissDeeds]

26. Beautifully said

K&R

[djean111]

27. Told my 20 year old Reddit-based grandson that Bernie was going to run - response was YES!

We both will be voting for Bernie.

[TheProgressive]

32. For me, it is finally voting 100% for somebody I want to win...

...instead of voting for the 'lesser of two evils'.

[TheNutcracker]

39. EXACTLY! Someone you WANT to vote for for sure!!

Yay......

Thanks Bernie for standing up....bigger than ever!

[LittleBlue]

33. Same here. With Bernie the process of voting doesn't seem like futility

It's like having a real choice for the first time. No longer a contest about deciding who is the lesser evil and holding my nose.

We need Bernie

[lewebley3]

36. Hillary is not an evil: She is hard working loyal Dem: Which Bernie is not!!

He just joining the Dems to get elected, he was an independent, when the hard work was being done to reubuld the Democratic party!!

[cali]

38. "the lesser of two evils" is simply a phrase denoting a lack of choice

He's a liberal. He has a much longer and better liberal record than she does. He doesn't need to join the dems to get elected. He's a U.S. Senator, remember? He's running in the dem primary to get his vital and much needed message out there. It's nice that HRC is now speaking up on issues that Bernie has been championing for decades- for instance, police brutality, judicial and prison reform- but many of us don't trust her new found progressive economic stances. There is no ambiguity in Bernie's record or rhetoric.

[TheNutcracker]

40. Very true. His record mirrors my values as a democrat!

[Ed Suspicious]

56. Her new stances feel very focus group tested. You don't get a weather vane in Bernie like you do

in nearly all other candidates/politicians.

[jeff47]

45. So, you get paid per post or is it a bulk deal? (nt)

[Fantastic Anarchist]

48. I hope neither ...

His posts are not worth it.

[jeff47]

49. Shhh....I wanna get in on the deal.

It would be easy to write a bot to make posts that bad. And then, ka-ching!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

51. Mum's the word.

[Dragonfli]

73. To be honest, a bot written even moderately well would post such nonsense far more effectively

I'd say your bot could ask for twice the wage.

[Alkene]

42. Me too: “Bernie makes me *want* to vote!”

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And it has been a long time, a very long time.

My first presidential election was special, as it should be, but all the more so due to the recent change in voting age: it had only been a little over five years since the twenty-sixth amendment to the constitution came into effect- the right to vote at age eighteen; at nineteen years of age I was old enough to kill and die in wars for the United States government, but unlike many older brothers and sisters when they were of similar age I also held the civic right to vote. I regarded that right as a gift granted through the activism of the 1960’s, and consequently considered my choice for president carefully and with respect for the opportunity. I naturally expected myself to convince others of the wisdom my candidate, and was baffled by the opposition’s inability to be persuaded by my passion- which was ultimately validated by electoral victory.
On January 20th, 1977, James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. became the 39th President of the United States. I had no way of knowing at that time that he would be the last Democratic presidential candidate in the general election for whom I would hold unequivocal support.

In the ten election cycles which have unfolded since the first Apple II computers went on sale and Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown, I have vigorously and vociferously supported various candidates in presidential primaries, only to settle for the Democratic Party candidate in the general election- occasionally to the point of the “evil of two lessors,” as the cliche goes. I eventually became jaundiced to the routine of such concessions, and began the habit of voting my conscience- basing my choice on the policies, political positions and job performance of ALL the candidates running in the general election.
As time and circumstances have worn me down, the failures of candidates I had held in esteem to win the highest office in the land or even sway the national discourse, and my own failure to persuade others to share my values, I have lost the motivation to engage others politically. I eventually lost my youthful narcissism, and developed the maturity- however overdue- to realize that anyone of political persuasion holds their beliefs with the same adamant conviction as myself, reducing political discourse to a pointless exercise in ego externalization.
Similarly, I no longer desire or require external validation for opinions, positions or allegiances that I hold; my life is my own and I am no longer burdened with the need for approbation.

I have recently been given a reason to support a presidential candidate who manifests the values and convictions which I share- without equivocation; one who demonstrates a history of working for agendas from which I can directly benefit. Am I to abandon this opportunity based on a cynical calculation of viability or be dissuaded by the contumelies of others?

I don’t think so, not when, “Bernie makes me *want* to vote!”

[Fantastic Anarchist]

44. It was my response!

Thank you for sharing it! I'm glad others feel the way I do. It's humbling that you thought enough to share it! A great kick and recommend to you!

[TheNutcracker]

47. No, thank YOU. It speaks to the apathy problem, and is a total turnaround.

Something the younger voters will enjoy too. They find much less to like than we do! This is a great things. And, aging America will appreciate his stance on soc sec and medicare, AND VA care. Wanting to vote again, means so many positive things! It was hidden as a response and look at it now!!!

Kick for you!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

50. Yes, but you took it to the top!

And yes, I agree with your post. The youth and old can vote the message and not the person (our a little of both since he's genuine).

This is very important because people I've talked to who would've never voted for him like him because he is so different from the rest. They might not agree with his positions, but they may vote for him to get rid of the corruption.

Here's my original post for reference (and thread therein):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6587032

[TheNutcracker]

74. Your line could send a good message to get out there: Bernie makes me 'want' to vote!

So simple, yet an answer for such a large problem, everywhere, in so many ways.


Bernie makes me 'want' to vote!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

78. That is a fantastic idea.

I think we should all email him that line.

Excellent!

[PeteSelman]

54. I would vote FOR him instead of against the Republican.

But let's be honest.

He's not going to win. If he can drag Hillary to the left a little it would be nice but she's already got the rhetoric going as insincere as it may be.

[Ed Suspicious]

58. Let's be honest, you don't fucking know that.

[PeteSelman]

60. $10,000 bet? Heh.

Seriously though.

I do know.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

59. I have a feeling that the Bernie/Hillary debates won't be tepid. K&R

[Gamecock Lefty]

62. H 2016!

Bernie makes me want to vote again, too!

Go Hillary!!!

[cyberswede]

63. I might actually go to my state caucus this year after all.

I was going to skip it.

[Pharaoh]

64. Just watch

The right wing media will be gushing praises on Hillary. They will be very afraid of Bernie getting any traction

[Buns_of_Fire]

66. Not only will he win the Democratic nomination,

the republican party will also draft him to be THEIR candidate, too!

He will then win the presidency and EVERY electoral vote -- plus three more that we'd forgotten were there. Statistics will show that this will be the first election in US history with 99% participation. The Kook Brothers, Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein, DICK Cheney, Rafael Cruz, and Louie Gohmert immediately leave the country and apply for political asylum in China -- which rejects them, arrests them, and exports them back to the US as part of a shipment of bamboo shoots (look for processing codes ending in RXXX on the cans).

Unfortunately, during his inaugural speech, he strips off his mask, revealing that he's really Cthulhu, and proceeds to eat both houses of congress, alphabetically, by state. (I shrug. All candidates have a few flaws.)

Granted, it MIGHT not play out exactly like that.

But it's surely going to be nice to go to the polling place and actually vote FOR someone, for a change.

[Jackpine Radical]

76. Until I read the last 2 sentences, I was gonna ask you

where in the hell you got that shit you're vaping there, Dude.

[MisterP]

77. hey, it's what Obama's backers literally promised us 2008

[hifiguy]

69. I could not agree with you more.

At LAST there is a Democrat speaking the way FDR, HST, JFK and LBJ used to. It's like a huge hit of oxygen.

[Orsino]

71. Yeah.

I am ashamed in advance of the shit the party establishment will fling his way, but I'll just hope the he will inspire a generation of progressives, and if he can't win that he will at least make our nominee a better Democrat.

[TheNutcracker]

72. Kick cuz it's the best news in the U.S. today and tomorrow and until election day! Thanks Bernie

Kick....again!

[Quackers]

75. It's an amazing feeling! Right after I heard he was entering the race, I decided to finally become

A star member. I'm feeling confident now that he's finally announcing.

[Fumesucker]

79. Which is why the Third Way is having a conniption fit over his candidacy n/t

[TheNutcracker]

81. Conniption fit is it! Everyone LIKES Bernie! Everyone doesn't like the others!

Onward with a spring in step.....

[Enthusiast]

80. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[TheNutcracker]

82. Yes! Kick Kick Kick Kick for Bernie!

[TheNutcracker]

83. Announcement coming up at noon!!!

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Thank you Mr. Sanders for stepping up.

[TheNutcracker]

84. Get ready to kick again after the noon announcement!

Then it's game on folks!

[TheNutcracker]

85. Just had to come back and kick for Bernie!