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berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:00 AM Feb 2016

Who agrees... Bernie Sanders is the most Principled politician I've ever seen. He has been

fighting in the trenches.. for poor people, working poor, poor.. without prejudice... He has been a warrior for those without economic power. This is unquestionable... and I hope folks call it out when they hear otherwise. IMHO

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 ??



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Who agrees... Bernie Sanders is the most Principled politician I've ever seen. He has been (Original Post) berniepdx420 Feb 2016 OP
I DO I DO! Glamrock Feb 2016 #1
Genuine, sincere authenticity nt Mudcat Feb 2016 #2
I was 10 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. SamKnause Feb 2016 #3
There have been a few exceptionally principled politicians in my lifetime -- senz Feb 2016 #4
well, I have a fondness for Jimmy Carter. hollysmom Feb 2016 #5
me too berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #6
Agreed! K&R! Stevepol Feb 2016 #7
He is an old school, FDR, New Deal Democrat! Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #8
Bernie should be a model for a new generation of Democratic politicians AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #9
We grow good politicians here in Vermont. cali Feb 2016 #10
We too grow good things here in Oregon berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #12
I would put him as equal with President Carter libtodeath Feb 2016 #11
#FeelTheBern!!!!!!!! newfie11 Feb 2016 #13

SamKnause

(14,919 posts)
3. I was 10 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:36 AM
Feb 2016

I have been waiting for Bernie since that day.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
4. There have been a few exceptionally principled politicians in my lifetime --
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:42 AM
Feb 2016

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)
5. well, I have a fondness for Jimmy Carter.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:50 AM
Feb 2016

who was a much better president than was noted - simple media following the smears even back then.

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
9. Bernie should be a model for a new generation of Democratic politicians
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 06:31 AM
Feb 2016

The 2016 Election should only be the start of the revolution.

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