2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWho agrees... Bernie Sanders is the most Principled politician I've ever seen. He has been
This video shows him in the trenches.. doing the work.. giving us a voice against the oligarchy our democracy has become... He has been consistent in fighting the corporate forces crowding us out of our own representative democracy.
It is documented right here on video for you to watch and verify......from 1985 to the Present..
Who agrees ??
Glamrock
(12,003 posts)Mudcat
(179 posts)SamKnause
(14,919 posts)I have been waiting for Bernie since that day.
senz
(11,945 posts)Barbara Lee, Paul Wellstone, and Russ Feingold come immediately to mind, and I know there are others -- maybe Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse, Dennis Kucinich, surely others.
But for honesty, courage, outspokenness and innate kindness combined with a sharp, discriminating mind, Bernie stands out.
Could his status as an Independent have helped make it possible?
Also amazing is that after decades of faithful, sometimes lonely, adherence to principles, there was a generation ready for him when he stepped onto the national stage in 2015.
It seems both improbable -- and inevitable.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)who was a much better president than was noted - simple media following the smears even back then.
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)Stevepol
(4,234 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)The 2016 Election should only be the start of the revolution.
cali
(114,904 posts)I think a lot of it is our small size.
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)libtodeath
(2,892 posts)Neither has ever lost their principles