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Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 08:50 AM May 2016

Bad behavior has consequences

Al Giordano
11 hrs ·
Since yesterday when some white male fake "progressives" for Bernie Sanders started getting violent in Nevada, hundreds of people appeared on Twitter - knowing my organizing history in Vermont - to urge me to move back there and run for US Senate in 2018. This was not in my life plan but they've pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars so far and I actually believe them. Check my Twitter feed. It's something to behold.
My life experience would probably disqualify me from holding political office anywhere but Vermont, but I do know almost every corner of the state and have receipts there. So here's the deal: If at the 2016 Democratic National Convention the "Bernie Bros" do anything to hurt the last one standing between racist Donald Trump, his attempt to scapegoat Mexicans, and the White House, I will move to Vermont, challenge him, and become a US Senator in 2018.
How's that for a Dilemma Action? Pretty good, no?
I could do that for six years. I would win if I did. Or maybe I'll just show someone else who can win that there are millions of dollars out here to help her do it. Either way, it could be fun...

Al Giordano's photo.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153807751382968&set=a.487653877967.263753.587992967&type=3&theater


It's real.
https://twitter.com/AlGiordano/status/732030327896473600

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Bad behavior has consequences (Original Post) Rose Siding May 2016 OP
do it. apcalc May 2016 #1
I think Bernie will cash in after June. riversedge May 2016 #2
I do, too. LisaM May 2016 #8
LOL Corporate666 May 2016 #32
A book and very, very large speaking fees obamanut2012 May 2016 #11
I don't see the speaking fees part as DURHAM D May 2016 #14
I think he would like to take speaking fees, but LisaM May 2016 #19
Unlike hillary who has new ideas all the time wallyworld2 May 2016 #26
Time for a hammer bro! fleabiscuit May 2016 #29
...spit and bird shit. Eom Blanks May 2016 #27
Think of the money to be made with giant foam wagging fingers! LannyDeVaney May 2016 #25
BernieBro's make me sick... stonecutter357 May 2016 #3
You're not alone. NurseJackie May 2016 #9
Interesting post SharonClark May 2016 #4
He's a political organizer and journalism teacher Rose Siding May 2016 #10
He's a lot more pro Hillary now than he use to be.. Cha May 2016 #12
Thanks for the info Rose Siding and Cha. SharonClark May 2016 #16
Go Al! Force St. Bernardo to defend his seat and send him back to the VT backwoods. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #5
Wow.. he is full of surprises, Rose! People have been saying that BS deserves to Cha May 2016 #6
I hope he does it. Bernie needs to be run out of politics realmirage May 2016 #7
Go, Al, Go! Treant May 2016 #13
how many alertes have been made on this OP? stonecutter357 May 2016 #15
On what grounds? Rose Siding May 2016 #17
berniebro's don't need grounds. stonecutter357 May 2016 #18
Hiding the truth doesn't make it go away. Koinos May 2016 #22
It would be some sort of bro blasphemy. n/t fleabiscuit May 2016 #30
Interesting development! pandr32 May 2016 #20
Interesting idea. Koinos May 2016 #21
thin skinned people? Her Sister May 2016 #23
Just tell me where to send my money. Tarheel_Dem May 2016 #24
Take my money!! Starry Messenger May 2016 #28
I'll support him! DemonGoddess May 2016 #31

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
8. I do, too.
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:01 AM
May 2016

I am positive there will at least be a book (though I certainly hope he gets a ghostwriter, based on the previous examples we've seen of his writing).

DURHAM D

(32,607 posts)
14. I don't see the speaking fees part as
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:36 AM
May 2016

he hasn't had a new idea in 50 years and has just his one speech he wrote in the 1960s on 3 x 5 cards yellow with age and stained with spit.

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
19. I think he would like to take speaking fees, but
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:58 AM
May 2016

he's kind of boxed himself into a corner on that one. Also, I don't think he can while he is still in the Senate.

wallyworld2

(375 posts)
26. Unlike hillary who has new ideas all the time
Mon May 16, 2016, 05:46 PM
May 2016

21 seconds into video, hill says she can finish the job of universal healthcare for all



5 seconds into this video, hill says universal healthcare will never ever come to pass


Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
10. He's a political organizer and journalism teacher
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:08 AM
May 2016

Provides a newsletter to subscribers before each primary contest with projections. His record is very good. He nailed all but 2.

Read his twitter feed at the link. Very liberal, he's not as pro-Hillary as he is anti-Bernie and Trump.

Here's an example of his genius-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107112147

Cha

(297,026 posts)
12. He's a lot more pro Hillary now than he use to be..
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:14 AM
May 2016

they post his tweets on The Obama Diary a lot and when the primary first started he was so anti-Hillary.. but then BS happened and he started coming around.

It really made me Happy.. same the members of the Obama Diary.. sometimes they just have to get to know her. And, BS helped with that.. lol

Cha

(297,026 posts)
6. Wow.. he is full of surprises, Rose! People have been saying that BS deserves to
Mon May 16, 2016, 08:57 AM
May 2016

be primaried by a Dem in 2018!

Treant

(1,968 posts)
13. Go, Al, Go!
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:32 AM
May 2016

I, for one, would donate to see him topple Sanders if Sanders damages Clinton (the Democratic candidate for President) at the Convention.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
22. Hiding the truth doesn't make it go away.
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:44 AM
May 2016

This announcement is a big deal. It will get the attention of the MSM.

pandr32

(11,572 posts)
20. Interesting development!
Mon May 16, 2016, 10:27 AM
May 2016

Looks like Bernie has been burning more bridges than building them. There will be consequences and his revolution mob will have moved on by then with many months of every day reality gone by.

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