LOL !!! - Oh The Irony !!! - While The HRC Campaign Goes Kitchen Sink, Bernie Drops The MIC !!!

[WillyT]

Bernie Sanders | Together

[restorefreedom]

1. holy shit. just wow. nt

[Kurovski]

2. K&R. (nt)

[myrna minx]

4. Hey there, snuggles!

[ebayfool]

3. Powerful!

K&R!

[cyberswede]

5. Well, that's a great fucking ad.

Kinda makes less upbeat tactics look shabby.

[WillyT]

7. Exactly !!!

[Mnpaul]

81. One of many

We get this one

[WillyT]

82. Thank You For That !!!

[Shandris]

6. It has been so. long. since I heard someone actually talking about unity again.

I am sick to spiritual frustration with the divisiveness. But just persevere a bit longer, and there's a better OUT on the other side. Better way OUT of poverty, a better way OUT of divisiveness, a better way OUT of apathy, and a better way OUT of atomization.

Do YOU want OUT? Then GET OUT and vote!

[JimDandy]

31. I'm not spiritual, but your post speaks to me.

[Art_from_Ark]

48. I just got mｙ absentee ballot the other day

As soon I check up on a local race, it's going in the mail.

[WillyT]

78. Yes...

[thesquanderer]

8. By putting MIC in caps, I thought "Military Industrial Complex"! (n/t)

[WillyT]

11. LOL !!! - Sorry...

[cali]

9. Beautiful. Powerful. Poignant.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. That is a really great ad.

[Arugula Latte]

12. I think this one is destined for "classic" status.

[WillyT]

13. Yes... They Really Have Some Talented People On Their Team, And...

The Timing Couldn't Be Better

[hifiguy]

24. His media brain wizards may be

the best I have seen in 45 years of election watching.

[WillyT]

70. hifiguy... Let Me Tell You This...

I have a job where first bell is 4:13 am...

I have to be there by 6:00 am, but like to get settled in before jumping in, so...

I get there a half hour early so I can start everything up, make coffee, and prepare.

My morning routine involves many things, buy I always turn on Morning Joe.

Not because I like it, but because it deals with Politics more that Today, GMA, Et. Al...

But when I turned MSNBC on, they played that video.

And I stood there in tears.

And when it finished... Joe and Mika looked kinda stunned...

And of ALL PEOPLE... Joe said (paraphrasing)... That the top two political ads this cycle BOTH came from the Bernie Sanders Campaign.

'America' (Simon & Garfunkel), and 'Together"...

It might have been the first time I ever agreed with Joe.

[hifiguy]

71. They're not selling a candidate.

They're not trying to sell some duckies and bunnies bullshit. They are putting out there Bernie's vision of country as community, and no one has tapped into that since RFK.

[WillyT]

73. Spot On !!!

[elljay]

86. True That

Most of the political ads I remember were noteworthy for their weirdness (Demon Sheep), racism (Willie Horton) or general negativity. (3 a.m. Phone Call). Bernie's ads are just masterful- no hate, no lies, just a message of hope, artfully done. Beautiful.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Yup, this will be studied in poli sci classes

there are a couple from the 2008 campaign that speak of the same theme

[tomm2thumbs]

14. thanks for the post

a great reminder how the top have maintained their minority-majority over the rest of us

[WillyT]

15. You Are Quite Welcome...

[geardaddy]

16. Great ad!

I posted that earlier this week.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280112987

I recced yours anyway!

[uponit7771]

17. "Don't Divide" sounds like it's being used in the place of "Don't Discuss" cause it's easier

... to throw up barriers to discussion uncomfortable issues and making sure we all feel good than to get things out in the open in an adult matter.

The first 5 seconds of the ad I don't agree with

[magical thyme]

25. so you think our job is to divide and keep people apart from each other?

That somehow would be conducive to discussion of uncomfortable issues? By erected barriers between people?

[uponit7771]

26. No, our job is to get things discussed in a progressive matter. Divide sounds like a code word for

... "don't make me feel uncomfortable".

I don't agree with this ad

[magical thyme]

40. how is "divide" a "code word" for anything other than "separate?"

This clearly and succinctly addresses one blatantly obvious tactic used in a multitude of forms and by numerous "interest groups" to oppress all of us: the blaming of our economic and societal problems on poc, immigrants, refugees, liberals, boomers, old people, millennials, welfare queens, gays, etc.

You can't have a meaningful discussion with anybody when you're pointing a finger at them.

[uponit7771]

45. When they need the finger pointed at them what are you supposed to do then? Point it

... at something or someone else?

Some of these folk need the finger pointed at them to tell them to stop the overtly condescending crap like hanging around people who say vile racialized things about Americas first black president.

I don't know...

Progressive doesn't mean make everyone feel comfortable

[Kentonio]

58. You have noticed that Dr West is also black, right?

[Rebkeh]

59. No, there is a distinction

Unity requires talking about differences, not erasing them. We must embrace them instead. The dissolution of identity is great in spiritual ways but it doesn't work in political spaces.

Suppose I no longer identify as a poc, will that protect me from racism? No. Am I any safer in my skin? No. Does me being a person instead of a person of color have any effect on structural racism built into our culture? Not in the slightest.

We can come together but we have to do it while conscious of racism. Calls for togetherness must not also shut down difficult conversations. We can do both, problem is so few are willing to.

Nobody is pointing fingers but it's pretty obvious that what we need is white courage, not white denial. We have had enough of that, it gets us nowhere.

I LOVE this ad, I adore its message but it does lack nuance. It's why I wrote this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511137942

[magical thyme]

64. my post was directed specifically to Uponit. nt

[Rebkeh]

65. Yes

It was also done in public. It's fair game. Don't put your poc allies in a bind, stuck between two, you will lose. Every time.

Attempting to silence my voice will not help our cause here: getting Bernie elected.

[magical thyme]

68. I'm not trying to silence you. I was confused by your reply...

...I thought maybe you thought I had replied to a post of yours or that I was making a general statement. Happens on occasion that somebody will inadvertently reply to the wrong post. That is all.

[Odin2005]

38. Nobody is trying to supress any discussion.

I think you are just making knee-jerk assumptions that Bernie supporters in general are against things like BLM's aggressive protest tactics, which I fully support.

And these assumptions are part of the problem, we can't get common ground because people assume the worst about others and so lock themselves up in a narrow identitarianism rather than expansive, inclusive intersectionality.

[uponit7771]

49. On DU?! Yeah... there has... the mods even said they're going to change the jury system after the

... primaries so I don't agree with that assesment.

On a broader note, the "Dont Divide" montra has been the main stay of "don't make me uncomfortable"

That's not progressive IMHO...

Progressives get stuff out in the open

[Chakab]

46. I like discussions. Can we discuss the horrid

consequences the policies that the Clintons espoused when they held elected office had on communities of color? How about their willingness to shit all over the black community when it suits them like when the chips were down in '08?

Funny how the people who think that Bernie has race issues don'the ever like to discuss those topics.

[uponit7771]

50. Sanders voted for the 94 crime bill not Hillary, Bill isn't running...

2. In this context "dont' divide" sounds like don't discus but some people NEED TO feel uncomfortable.... people who hang around folk who say vile racialized things about Ameicas first black president need to feel uncomfortable.

[boston bean]

51. Uh huh. I agree. Black people lgbt and women are not dividing people.

We have issues that need to be addressed and not swept under the rug in an ill fated attempt to not offend bigots.

[uponit7771]

53. I'm REALLY pissed at Sanders associating with Bigga and West to give himself credit ...

.... enough to bash (not constructive ciriticism) Obama.

Were they ass at now?

Looks like he's keeping them far far away from him.

[Rebkeh]

63. Wait, he already explained that

He voted for it because at the last minute they threw in good stuff he couldn't vote against, such as policy regarding violence against women. He also made an appeal to break the good parts from the bad immediately after voting so what you are saying there is disingenuous. It's part of the effort to distort his record.

And, there's this.

All in context with "Super predators" bringing criminals "to heel"

[hueymahl]

92. Really? That is what you got out of the ad?

I truly, deeply, and sincerely feel sorry for you. I hope you get to a better place.

[uponit7771]

98. Yes, it's an almost cliche response especially to racial issues.. .Sanders is a good guy...

... he no doubt needs a couple of close poc friends

[rhett o rick]

109. Sorry but your post doesn't seem to apply. Bringing people together will facilitate

discussions. Driving wedges between peoples is intended to divide and conquer. Mocking young females saying that they support Sanders because that's were the guys are, is dividing. These are tactics of the Conservatives.

Look in DU and find hundreds of OP's posted about issues of the day posted by Sanders posters but the discussions about issues seem to be restricted to Sanders supporters. I have tried and tried to get Clinton supporters to discuss issues like fracking, the TPP, Prisons For Profit, and on and on. Sanders is very firm in letting us know where he stands. Clinton, not so much.

[uponit7771]

111. Shutting people up doesn't bring them together and "please don't make me uncommfortable"

... isn't the theme of these campaigns this election season.

Again, this "don't divide" sounds more like Don't Discuss

[rhett o rick]

112. And Clinton was hiding from it all. Maybe having martinis with a super-wealthy friend

that will be nice to her.

[uponit7771]

113. Who cares?

[rhett o rick]

114. If your point is that Clinton supporters don't care what her attitude is toward the AA community,

I would have to agree. They don't seem to care that she gets tens of millions from Wall Street with obvious quid pro quo strings attached.

[StevieM]

18. Your claim that Hillary is throwing the kitchen sink is silly.

This has been a stunningly clean campaign by historical standards. It has made me proud of both of our candidates and proud to be a Democrat.

[mikehiggins]

66. Except for that Jew stuff, of course... eom

[hifiguy]

72. Sssshh. You're not supposed to mention that.

[rhett o rick]

110. Yeah like that women will burn in hell if they support Sanders. Or young women only support

Sanders because the boys do. Wow.

[TIME TO PANIC]

19. K & R!

[Fumesucker]

20. Another one that's going on my phone... K&R

[hifiguy]

21. That is why he will win.

Holy crap, that gave me chills.

[Stuart G]

23. K and R

[Autumn]

27. I got chills

Thank you.

[Uncle Joe]

28. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, WillyT.

[think]

29. Wow!

[azmom]

30. #UnidosConBernie

[dae]

32. K & R. Inspired ads. eom

[Attorney in Texas]

33. Sanders campaign has been flawless, and this unity statement when Clinton is in full panic divisive

mode is yet another genius move.

[hifiguy]

47. It's like watching some big dumb

lumbering ox of a muscle head tring to catch a Kung Fu master. Master Bernie is wise in the ways of the warrior.

[Divernan]

89. The Clinton campaign "slouching toward the Oval Office"

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Your appropriate analogy of the Clinton campaign as a lumbering ox, reminded me of W. B. Yeats' memorable 1920 poem, The Second Coming. The Clinton folk see HRC as the Second Coming of a Clinton presidency.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Yeats wrote The Second Coming while Europe and much of the rest of the world was trying to recover from World War I. This was surely an important factor for him in writing the poem. Yeats saw great social troubles all around him, and remarks on a world spinning out of control. That is exactly the state of the world today, with homelessness, refugees, ISIS and endless wars, to name a few factors.

Line 2 hints at technology progressing beyond mankind's ability to control it. The problem was evident to Yeats 95 years ago, and the problem has worsened since then. Yeats shows his concern that technology has advanced to the point where mankind can do a great deal of harm with relative ease. (Send in the drones - don't bother, they're here.) The world had never seen destruction of the likes of World War I, and most people were shocked at the extensive loss of human life during the war.

In the time that Yeats speaks of, the rulers of the world were caught up in imperialism and expanding circles of power to the point where they would do almost anything to accomplish their goals. Today it is the corporate rulers of the world caught up in world dominance and bottomless greed.

The ruthless power mongers were outspoken and numerous, and there seemed to be few who dared to speak out against them in the name of peace. Today, Bernie, being one of those few.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

[sorechasm]

91. Nice post Divernan! Morning enlightenment.

Great ad Bernie!

[Bjornsdotter]

34. I love it! n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

35. Great!! Normally I'd say that talk is cheap...

... but Bernie has long advocated the platform and the policies that support this noble, inspiring goal.

[JimDandy]

36. Wonderful. Is this an actual ad now and being played on air? n/t

[saidsimplesimon]

37. "Together" is an excellent campaign buy.

Thank you, Senator Sanders, for spending our money wisely.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Hillary's only other choice is.. what? To actually take stands on issues?

[in_cog_ni_to]

41. He's ethical, she's not. She divides, He brings together. He's good, she's not.

He can walk with his head held high, she should hang hers in shame.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[cali]

88. She's mired in a web of corruption. He's not.

[in_cog_ni_to]

90. Whew! Considering the news on MSNBC this morning...New Inquiry opened at Clinton Foundation

by State Dept.! I'd say she's mired in a web of corruption! Things just went from bad to worse. She can't blame this one on RW conspiracy.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[SammyWinstonJack]

102. +1000000

[stage left]

42. K&R

[Duval]

43. Yayy, WillyT! Beautiful OP!

[WillyT]

75. Why Thank You... I'm Honored !!!

[curiouso]

44. A modest proposal

Thanx for the post. Unfortunately, there are those among us who seem to be suggesting that we're all in this together is a cop-out, that the only way to get things done is to drag out all the old grievances and express outrage again and again and again. It's not counterproductive to celebrate common ground and to look for solutions to those issues that divide us. Perhaps those not interested in reasoning together should consider running for Congress - on the Republican ticket.

[panader0]

56. Welcome to DU

[jonno99]

52. K&R Wow - great! Thanks so much for the post! nt

[DemocraticWing]

54. There's been some positive buzz about this in the LGBTQ community.

I saw an article that the Advocate had that featured this video earlier. It's an amazing message.

[Faux pas]

55. Kickin' with gusto!

[panader0]

57. Kick and Rec

Thanks Willy

[liberal_at_heart]

60. that gave me goosebumps. Powerful.

[DefenseLawyer]

61. Senator Sanders should avoid small planes from here on out.

That ad alone is enough to scare the shit out of the ruling class.

[aspirant]

62. 1/2 + 1/2 = the whole being

[blackspade]

67. Awesome.

What a great message!

[MerryBlooms]

69. Beaut!

[pat_k]

74. k & r

[orpupilofnature57]

76. Cool !!!!!!!

[WillyT]

77. Post Debate Kick !!!

[WillyT]

79. And...

[840high]

84. Kick ur Kick

[WillyT]

80. you should really see this...

[Mnpaul]

83. I just noticed something

The Bernie 2016 Youtube channel only has 82,538 subscribers.

[Waiting For Everyman]

85. Wow! Drops the mic is right!

That leaves HRC's best stuff in the dust bin.

Truth, beautifully told.

[Enthusiast]

87. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[Iggy Knorr]

93. K&R

+another $27

[tavernier]

94. Elegant!

[Zorra]

95. Beautiful.

[classykaren]

96. This just teared me up. I remember when America was more like this.

This is like the sixties when we had Kennedy.

[NoMoreRepugs]

97. Holy Crap!! I just got teleported back to the RFK rally in 68

that made me a Democrat FOREVER

[KeepItReal]

99. United We Stand

[SammyWinstonJack]

100. Bernie's ads really are the best.

[cantbeserious]

101. Us We Together - Vs - Me MyBank And I

eom

[Fast Walker 52]

103. freaking awesome ad-- he sounds like JFK here

[Doitnow]

104. What does MIC stand for----when will people start explaining their acronyms!

[WillyT]

107. Go Here:

Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop_the_mic

[FailureToCommunicate]

105. Very well done! Thanks for posting

[KentuckyWoman]

106. kicking

thanks for the post WillyT.

[lark]

108. Absolutely love Bernie's advertising person.

Wow, what an awesome job she/he's doing in representing Bernie with class and style and inclusiveness. Beautiful ad.

[WillyT]

115. Late Night/Post Rec/Kick !!!