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Armstead

(47,803 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:28 PM May 2016

Despite the odds, my Enthusiasm for Sanders is Stronger than Ever. Can I get an Amen?

Last edited Wed May 11, 2016, 10:35 AM - Edit history (3)

Yeah. There seems to be a multi-prong push to demoralize Sanders supporters. Make us feel like it is all for naught.

It ain't working with me. The more of that there is, the more I Feel the Bern.

I know the odds. I don't give a rat's pattootie. I've seen this "punch the hippies" crap towards anyone even slightly left of the Conservative Democrat right of center too many times.

Not this time.

Even if he loses, he wins a moral victory if those who believe in him keep pushing his message and agenda all the way....and beyond.

If you agree, Kick this, don't just "Rec"

And to the inevitable "She's winning. You lose " snark...I say:



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Despite the odds, my Enthusiasm for Sanders is Stronger than Ever. Can I get an Amen? (Original Post) Armstead May 2016 OP
Amen cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #1
Amen! Let the Repugs... Rockyj May 2016 #105
It ain't over until it's over. The truth has a way of surprising the experts. Expect the unexpected. reformist2 May 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #3
beat me to it desmiller May 2016 #26
Oh Yeah pmorlan1 May 2016 #4
Amen. Until the last vote is counted. Amen and beyond. Luminous Animal May 2016 #5
Amen. CharlotteVale May 2016 #6
I've figured all along she would probably be the nominee. But long odds don't scare me. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #7
She still can't close this beltanefauve May 2016 #139
Amen, and Donate, please! amborin May 2016 #8
Amen!!! Bern down Corruption!!! And Hillary is corruption to us! Joob May 2016 #9
Hell YES, you can!! AmBlue May 2016 #10
AAAAAAA-men! MuseRider May 2016 #11
Yuuuuge AMEN! Punkingal May 2016 #12
K&R and an Amen before sleep... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #13
I want his message out there loud and clear to the convention. riderinthestorm May 2016 #14
Amen! CentralCoaster May 2016 #15
AMEN! ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #16
Amen! potone May 2016 #17
Oh yea, oh yea! TheKentuckian May 2016 #18
Hear, Hear!! pat_k May 2016 #19
Kicking! LongTomH May 2016 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #21
Praise the lord! Logical May 2016 #22
Amen! Silver_Witch May 2016 #23
I'm more enthusiastic for Bernie than I've ever been at any point in this primary! CoffeeCat May 2016 #24
Shits and giggles -- Hence my LOL Cat in the Op Armstead May 2016 #93
Amen, Amen, Amen. nt Live and Learn May 2016 #25
Amen! We will not yield. jillan May 2016 #27
Yes! Love that!! haikugal May 2016 #35
Amen and I'm going to have to borrow that! Kittycat May 2016 #52
THIS right here ^ MrMickeysMom May 2016 #91
LOVE this art! Where did you find this gem??? !!!! 2banon May 2016 #95
Just wow. Amen and Hallelujah! farleftlib May 2016 #96
Rec and KICK nt edgineered May 2016 #28
Amen azmom May 2016 #29
Amen! Jane Austin May 2016 #30
Once again Mnpaul May 2016 #31
totes. bbgrunt May 2016 #32
Time to donate again!! Woot!! haikugal May 2016 #33
Amen PADemD May 2016 #34
Amen. kiva May 2016 #36
They won't unite the party. Only Sanders can unite the party. Vote2016 May 2016 #37
But he is not given a chance to explain his platform. CNN and MSNBC are only too happy to promote akbacchus_BC May 2016 #42
I'm all in with my amen. Todays_Illusion May 2016 #38
I am totally with you and I hope there will be some kind of change. akbacchus_BC May 2016 #39
She is not the presumptive nominee. Fantastic Anarchist May 2016 #166
Kick n/t Bjornsdotter May 2016 #40
A-MEN Brother! And I don't give a Rats Patooty either! <3 2banon May 2016 #41
Hear, fucking!, hear. Great post. n/t ebayfool May 2016 #43
AMEN! xloadiex May 2016 #44
Absolutely! The efforts to demoralize seem to be having the opposite effect on me. dgauss May 2016 #45
Yeah Armstead May 2016 #73
no! MisterP May 2016 #46
Amen litlbilly May 2016 #47
Amen...... Grey May 2016 #48
Of course I'm still enthusiastically for him! n/t JimDandy May 2016 #49
Best presidential candidate of my lifetime. senz May 2016 #50
Amen to THAT! dchill May 2016 #132
+1. At Last! appalachiablue May 2016 #161
Amen. AzDar May 2016 #51
Right on. bjo59 May 2016 #53
BErnie must have nerves of steel. LOve it! flor-de-jasmim May 2016 #54
Saw Bernie last night beltanefauve May 2016 #55
I covered the rally here in San Diego as media nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #60
20,000 last night? questionseverything May 2016 #135
Yup ,local news beltanefauve May 2016 #138
Amen, Brother! Databuser May 2016 #56
First genuine enthusiasm I've had for a presidential race since...well...possibly ever. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #57
Oh yeah I'll kick this for ya dreamnightwind May 2016 #58
Amen! I Pfft in the general direction of the Pompous Princess... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #59
That cartoon is so damn accurate nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #61
Amen. 840high May 2016 #62
AMEN!!! Loved tonight, donated, can't wait for KY and OR next week! Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #63
K n R. nt 7wo7rees May 2016 #64
Amen and hallelujah. Blue_In_AK May 2016 #65
Kickiepoo me b zola May 2016 #66
A great big KICK! countryjake May 2016 #67
Kisnick /nt tonedevil May 2016 #68
yup, me too. redwitch May 2016 #69
Amen. And I think it's great how their anxiety is just driving them up the wall. We just won't quit! highprincipleswork May 2016 #70
K&R! dana_b May 2016 #71
Amen and Hallelujiah! Art_from_Ark May 2016 #72
How about an, "Alright, alright, alright!" aikoaiko May 2016 #74
K&R, true dat!. nt. druidity33 May 2016 #75
Amen! insta8er May 2016 #76
Kick it, boy!!!!!!! chwaliszewski May 2016 #77
K&R Spot On! B Calm May 2016 #78
Agree. kayakjohnny May 2016 #79
Feel The Bern !!!!! CountAllVotes May 2016 #80
Never give up. Never surrender. Never, Never, NEVER!!!! IdaBriggs May 2016 #81
the fat lady has laryngitis tk2kewl May 2016 #82
Amen. nt LWolf May 2016 #83
It just makes me dig in my heels pengu May 2016 #84
K&R.. disillusioned73 May 2016 #85
Amen. sinkingfeeling May 2016 #86
Amen! bunnies May 2016 #87
yes - a prayer is warranted - pretty much all that is left DrDan May 2016 #88
Okay... Armstead May 2016 #89
^^^^^^^^^^^ Amen! ^^^^^^^^^^^ pdsimdars May 2016 #90
AMEN!!! madwivoter May 2016 #92
I'm not a religious person, but here's a "right on!" lagomorph777 May 2016 #94
Kick-itty-kick Amaril May 2016 #97
Amen! One of the 99 May 2016 #98
Me, too. She got lost in the waiting room for Republican donors. libdem4life May 2016 #99
Yep..amen Nancyswidower May 2016 #100
KNR leveymg May 2016 #101
RAmen yourpaljoey May 2016 #102
+ 1 noodley appendage! Amaril May 2016 #142
We need more or less what he offers and advocates... Orsino May 2016 #103
AMEN. Betty Karlson May 2016 #104
Om Armstead May 2016 #167
Oh hell yes!! That will never change. wendylaroux May 2016 #106
I don't think I've ever been prouder and happier to cast a primary vote. merrily May 2016 #107
Witness Babel_17 May 2016 #108
In the long run there is no way that she/DLC/Third Way wins. jwirr May 2016 #109
+10000000 nashville_brook May 2016 #145
This message was self-deleted by its author potisok May 2016 #110
When it's all said and done, with or without the nomination, he will have won half of the states in Ed Suspicious May 2016 #111
In addition to being a valid candidate I see Bernie as..... Armstead May 2016 #117
K&R Cal33 May 2016 #112
A-Fuckin'-Men! This revolution ain't ending any time soon. DookDook May 2016 #113
AMEN AGAIN! masmdu May 2016 #114
"The more of that there is, the more I Feel the Bern" J_J_ May 2016 #115
amen and a Hallelujah yourout May 2016 #116
AMEN! laruemtt May 2016 #118
A vote for Clinton is a tacit approval of the status quo. mhatrw May 2016 #119
I will turn lose this fight when they pry it from my cold dead hands. Vincardog May 2016 #120
For your sake, I hope it won't come that anytime soon Armstead May 2016 #123
Thank U. Nor do I Vincardog May 2016 #124
Go Bernie liberal from boston May 2016 #121
Amen! Octafish May 2016 #122
I agree with you and your cat. Eleanors38 May 2016 #125
AMEN!!! ViseGrip May 2016 #126
Amen !!!! (nt) Autumn Colors May 2016 #127
KICK! Mad-in-Mo May 2016 #128
You got it! CrispyQ May 2016 #129
Every day, with every call for Bernie to concede, progressives grow stronger. [n/t] Maedhros May 2016 #130
They will not force us! They will stop degrading us! They will not control us!!! LongTomH May 2016 #131
Kick+Amen!! colsohlibgal May 2016 #133
Amen. broiles May 2016 #134
kicky-poo! aidbo May 2016 #136
Amen emsimon33 May 2016 #137
K&R. closeupready May 2016 #140
K & R lmbradford May 2016 #141
Kicking again for good measure Amaril May 2016 #143
Amen! Can you also get a donation? NOW or NEVER. Lodestar May 2016 #144
Amen, Amen. AMEN Autumn May 2016 #146
AMEN! imagine2015 May 2016 #147
K & R Petrushka May 2016 #148
Go all the way, Bernie! pacalo May 2016 #149
AMEN and K&R Carolina May 2016 #150
Amen! NorthCarolina May 2016 #151
If you say "Amen" is it sexist? notadmblnd May 2016 #152
Awomen? Armstead May 2016 #155
K n R imari362 May 2016 #153
A-M-E-N Faux pas May 2016 #154
"Amen" Uncle Joe May 2016 #156
AMEN! Pastiche423 May 2016 #157
Amen! Dark n Stormy Knight May 2016 #158
Amen. CentralMass May 2016 #159
I Believe I Believe I Believe! kpola12 May 2016 #160
k&r smiley May 2016 #162
Amen Gregorian May 2016 #163
Amen!!!!!!! Fantastic Anarchist May 2016 #164
AMEN!!! CrawlingChaos May 2016 #165
This thread needs a kick, so here it is. MaeScott May 2016 #168
nobody promised us a rose garden reddread May 2016 #169
K&R Myrina May 2016 #170
K&R nenagh May 2016 #171
YEp! Ferd Berfel May 2016 #172
Amen from this agnostic atheist! nt Manifestor_of_Light May 2016 #173
Feel the Bern n/t JesterCS May 2016 #174

Rockyj

(538 posts)
105. Amen! Let the Repugs...
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:19 AM
May 2016

stay in lock step & make fools of themselves supporting Trump. Why would anyone in their right mind support a person who was paid 1000's of dollars for speeches she gave to WALL Street & refuses to provide the transcripts & believes she's entitled to be the next President because she's a woman.
Just to name a few!

Response to Armstead (Original post)

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. I've figured all along she would probably be the nominee. But long odds don't scare me.
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:41 PM
May 2016

It's funny all the projection from the Hill Folk "you're obviously upset", etc.

This from people who can't get through a week without adding to their already substantial transparency page.

And I'm still supporting Bernie Sanders. Every day he's in he broadens the conversation and helps our party.

Joob

(1,065 posts)
9. Amen!!! Bern down Corruption!!! And Hillary is corruption to us!
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:42 PM
May 2016

They should SEE that. Thats how we PERCIEVE HER. We don't WANT that. Just saying.

MuseRider

(34,057 posts)
11. AAAAAAA-men!
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:43 PM
May 2016

I could not be happier. The only time I am not happier since I became a Bernie supporter is when I get a little down thinking of how damned depressing it is to think of either Trump or Hillary in that office. Then I snap out of it, send in some money and realize that for the first time in my 6 decade+ life I am actually behind someone I like far far more than I dislike. What a delight it is.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
13. K&R and an Amen before sleep...
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:46 PM
May 2016

I know there are people here who can sleep at night because they, unlike party hacks and rule benders can live with themselves wanting to make the world better after they no longer occupy it.

Stick that in Wasserman's ear tonight as the fairies dance around her crooked head. You can't bend it till it fits, Debbie. I'm like that cat and virtually going all the way with this one.

I can also look in the mirror when I get up. Which, when I do, I'll work hard, then phone bank again. We're going all the way, my friends.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
14. I want his message out there loud and clear to the convention.
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:46 PM
May 2016

Their needling only affirms my resolve.

Bring it!


potone

(1,701 posts)
17. Amen!
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:51 PM
May 2016

Yes, indeed there has been a concerted effort to demoralize Sanders voters. It is far too obvious to be successful, but it is annoying. I'm with Bernie until the end! And thank you for this thread!

Response to Armstead (Original post)

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
24. I'm more enthusiastic for Bernie than I've ever been at any point in this primary!
Tue May 10, 2016, 11:59 PM
May 2016

Bernie is hanging in there and doing extremely well. He just won WV by 15 points.

Many, many others feel that this race is not over. And they will be voting!

And yeah...about being "demoralized". I don't think anyone (I know I don't) is affected by what anonymous people write on messageboards. I have yet to hear any Bernie supporter say, "You know, I love Bernie. I've supported him for a long time, but some person on Twitter or Democratic Underground posted a poll that made me sad. I think I'm going for Hillary."

Never happen. Ever.

We are all here for shits and giggle--political entertainment. Anyone who thinks they can keyboard a Sanders supporter to Hillary needs to step away from their keyboard and get some fresh air, right?

Feel the Bern!!

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
31. Once again
Wed May 11, 2016, 12:21 AM
May 2016

The establishment Dems are attacking the left and kissing up to Republicans before an election. I'm beginning to think that they like to be in the minority.

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
42. But he is not given a chance to explain his platform. CNN and MSNBC are only too happy to promote
Wed May 11, 2016, 12:43 AM
May 2016

Donald Trump. Those two news media are a bit responsible for trump gaining such publicity. A guy like Kasich seems electable, but the media totally blocked him out. So, here we have the kind of candidates that we thought we could never have!

akbacchus_BC

(5,700 posts)
39. I am totally with you and I hope there will be some kind of change.
Wed May 11, 2016, 12:39 AM
May 2016

The same old same old is not working anymore. Bernie is giving people and young people hope, that is what I admire and even though Mrs. Clinton is the presumptive nominee, I hope Mr. Sanders stays in until the convention to make her pull a little bit towards the working class and poor people. Bailing out the rich is not working for poor people!

beltanefauve

(1,784 posts)
55. Saw Bernie last night
Wed May 11, 2016, 01:27 AM
May 2016

In Sacramento along with 20,000 of my close friends. The enthusiasm was infectious!

Amen!

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
60. I covered the rally here in San Diego as media
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:11 AM
May 2016

so getting us media types excited is a little harder. You cover enough of these and they become routine. that said, even some in the media gaggle were excited. Sorry, I was concentrating on aperture, ISO and recording.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
57. First genuine enthusiasm I've had for a presidential race since...well...possibly ever.
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:00 AM
May 2016

A candidate very closely aligned to my own positions? Yes, please.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
63. AMEN!!! Loved tonight, donated, can't wait for KY and OR next week!
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:58 AM
May 2016

And of course the whole process at the convention. Everybody needs to get a chance to be part of this!

And on from there. I'm sure this is just the beginning.

We have to kick the Kissinger Wing, which Hillary leads and Obama is part of, out of the Dem party and out of any influence in D.C. And quality of life (a general term for Sanders' issues) has to improve for us all, starting now, after sliding so far in so many years.

Without all the thumbs on the scales (announcing the supers from the beginning which isn't supposed to be done, voting and campaign irregularities, near media blackout, Indies being shut out, etc.) there is no doubt in my mind that Sanders would be sweeping this Primary decisively.

And even as it is, 45% of the total is roughly half. That is significant. He is as big a deal in this election and going forward as she is, not someone way behind in the race as the Repub challengers all were. This Primary is and has been roughly a draw, over and over again. It's neck and neck.

And if responsibility mattered anymore, the Dem party wouldn't even LET a candidate under FBI investigation run for the nomination. Her presence in the campaign at all is evidence of the party's corruption.

GO BERNIE!
And to all us Bernie supporters, especially those yet to vote!

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
71. K&R!
Wed May 11, 2016, 05:19 AM
May 2016

I feel the same way. I respect him so much for taking this all the way to the end. I know he cares enough about us to do so.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
94. I'm not a religious person, but here's a "right on!"
Wed May 11, 2016, 10:37 AM
May 2016

But it's very true that the more the right desperately tries to demoralize us, the more strongly I support Bernie. Their imperious attitude is repelling GE voters.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
99. Me, too. She got lost in the waiting room for Republican donors.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:07 AM
May 2016

Doubt all the primaries still to go failed to notice this. And now the nation knows a bit about Bernie, so yeah, I'm still in.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
103. We need more or less what he offers and advocates...
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:13 AM
May 2016

...and we need a nominee who embodies more of it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
107. I don't think I've ever been prouder and happier to cast a primary vote.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:21 AM
May 2016

Even my first vote, which was a thrill, did not compare. Even my 2008 primary vote for Obama (who lost Massachusetts to Hillary by much more than Sanders did, even though Kennedy and Kerry and a bunch of other pols were for Obama, while almost all closed ranks against Sanders)

I am so grateful to this man and his supporters for the sea changes in US politics that they have made and that I look forward to in the future.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280109865 (sea changes).

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
109. In the long run there is no way that she/DLC/Third Way wins.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:30 AM
May 2016

The younger generations understand NOW that there is a way out and a lot of us grandparents know it also. And one of the most important lesson that Bernie has taught us is to see just how corrupt the system today is and how to fight back.

The day after the election we become the Movement and not just potential voters. We work to stop anything going through congress that we do not want (TPP, another war, etc.). We start working on the 2018 election. All the things we are working for now. We stick together like Bernie has said.

Response to Armstead (Original post)

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
111. When it's all said and done, with or without the nomination, he will have won half of the states in
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:43 AM
May 2016

the country. This third way, corrupt bullshit is being shown the door. That's a good thing. It's worth fighting for Bernie because of who he is and what he stands for through the convention.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
117. In addition to being a valid candidate I see Bernie as.....
Wed May 11, 2016, 01:26 PM
May 2016

a political Western Union....He and his supoporters are sending an urgent message

DookDook

(166 posts)
113. A-Fuckin'-Men! This revolution ain't ending any time soon.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:58 AM
May 2016

As a Taoist I'll just say that I think this primary is a great example of what Lao Tzu wrote in the second chapter,

"When all the world recognizes beauty as beauty, this in itself is ugliness.
When the entire world recognizes good as good, this in itself is evil.”

No wonder their is a whole camp that thinks that Sanders is the wrong choice, if all of us saw him for the change agent that this country needs then he wouldn't be the change agent that this country needs.

mhatrw

(10,786 posts)
119. A vote for Clinton is a tacit approval of the status quo.
Wed May 11, 2016, 01:52 PM
May 2016

If you like your Democrats to be Rockefeller Republicans, go right ahead.

Otherwise, B or b.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
131. They will not force us! They will stop degrading us! They will not control us!!!
Wed May 11, 2016, 03:37 PM
May 2016


The paranoia is in bloom, the P-R
Transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
That keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
(So come on)

Another promise, another scene,
Another package lie to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on)

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
(So come on)

Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll if you could
Flick a switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
(So come on)
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
169. nobody promised us a rose garden
Thu May 12, 2016, 10:26 AM
May 2016

and anyone who thought it would be fair and easy should know better now.

we will.

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