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GoLeft TV

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Wed May 4, 2016, 12:03 PM May 2016

Has Bernie Sanders Changed American Politics Forever?



#AskROF: “If Sanders doesn’t become the Democratic nominee, then has he really changed America for a generation?”…

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins answers this on Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.
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Has Bernie Sanders Changed American Politics Forever? (Original Post) GoLeft TV May 2016 OP
Sanders is just another politician. Period. Buzz Clik May 2016 #1
I'm campaigning for Bernie in California. JDPriestly May 2016 #4
(ellipsis) who inspires millions. Paragraph end. Bodych May 2016 #5
Inspiring gullible crowds is not a sign of greatness. Or even good ideas. Buzz Clik May 2016 #6
You keep that thought. No really: Just keep it. Bodych May 2016 #8
Never been that selfish. I like to share, and I will continue to do so. Buzz Clik May 2016 #9
Gullible crowds? 3 Words: Hillary Victory Fund Bodych May 2016 #10
Good. Let's talk again when you hit 100 posts. Buzz Clik May 2016 #11
Not as much as trump has. femmocrat May 2016 #2
He fought the kleptocrats Sinistrous May 2016 #3
You do realize that Sanders is a kleptocrat. Buzz Clik May 2016 #7
Uh... MynameisBlarney May 2016 #12

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. I'm campaigning for Bernie in California.
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:36 PM
May 2016

When I walk up to a group of young people and just say the name, "Bernie," they all look at me with this spark in their eyes. The enthusiasm is something I have not seen in all my years of campaigning, and I campaigned for McGovern in 1972.

Anyone who says Sanders is just another politician needs to walk down a street, find some kids about college age and ask them about him. At least in California, you will find that these young people who are about to inherit the mess we are leaving them really love Bernie and look to him with hope. There is very little for them to hope for in the political world, but Bernie represents it.

I have to say that anyone with the cynical, jaded view that concludes that "Sanders is just another politician" needs to read his book, Outsider in the White House. Sanders is compellingly devoted to public service. He is definitely not jus another politician. He is a public servant and a good one. Read his book. We should all inform ourselves before giving opinions.

Spread the democracy, not the cynicism.

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