Sanders Says His Revolution Is 'Just Getting Started

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Bernie Sanders told a roaring crowd of supporters Thursday that his campaign is "just getting started" fighting economic inequality, changing the Democratic Party and bolstering Democrats running for Congress.

Speaking to a packed hall in Manhattan, Sanders took something of a victory lap as he reviewed the states he won and the fact that many young people flocked to his campaign over presumptive Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's. He did not mention her name, let alone endorse her as leading Democrats have urged.

"Our goal from day one has been to transform this nation and that is the fight we are going to continue," Sanders, his voice hoarse, told supporters who packed a venue called The Town Hall near Times Square. "We have got to make sure that (Republican presidential candidate Donald) Trump is not president. But that is not good enough."

The independent senator got standing ovations as he reviewed his campaign positions, from free health care and college tuition to campaign finance reform. Sanders urged his supporters to keep fighting inequality and insisting on "forcing open the door" of the Democratic Party to allow working Americans, not political elites, to run it. That was a not-subtle swipe at a party he complained rigged the nominating system in Clinton's favor.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sanders-revolution-started-40090780

[JaneyVee]

1. This is just getting sad now.

[SpareribSP]

3. How so?

[Ken Burch]

4. No it isn't. And there's no need for Bernie to end the movement for real change

just because his presidential campaign is over.

Bernie and the vast majority of his supporters will back HRC in the fall, but that doesn't require him to disband everyone who has backed him. It's purely to the good of the part if the Sanders movement continues to exist.

It's time for you to stop treating him as the enemy.

[Lord Magus]

39. No, there certainly isn't any need to end advocacy for progressive change.

That should always be done. I do however think he very much needs to admit that his presidential campaign is over.

[RazBerryBeret]

5. it's not sad at all...

unless you think that a person who is trying to advance the Democratic ideology is a sad thing?

[Cali_Democrat]

6. Indeed. nt

[zonkers]

62. Shocker! Cali_Dem piles on Bernie! Keep it up!

on edit... Keep it up and watch the "hold your nose and vote" voters become election day "stay at homers".

[EffieBlack]

66. "Indeed" is "piling on?"

Okaaay ...

[zonkers]

69. of course it's not piling on. Just overreacting

due to the accumulative effect of all the bashing.

[Squinch]

7. Yes it is.

[LongtimeAZDem]

11. Because, in case you haven't noticed this week

there are a lot of excellent Democrats fighting for this country every day, and for Sanders and his followers to continue to imply that the party is corrupt and lost, except for them, is getting pretty old.

[swhisper1]

25. yet too many are corrupt and lost

[realmirage]

36. And how long did sanders stay for the sit in?

Yeah. The party's doing just fine

[swhisper1]

38. if you cannot be serious, goodbye. Hate is a terrible disease

[realmirage]

40. I cannot be serious, I don't know who that is.

I'm realmirage.

[rhett o rick]

52. Why do you hate Sen Sanders? Why do you hate the Left?

[swhisper1]

15. you are wrong. He is absolutely correct to give democrats hope for a voice in the future.What

is wrong with you? Still cannot see his standing tripled? Do not bash a democrat Janey, and his millions of followers, it does not help the struggle to unify the party

[leftofcool]

55. Hillary is doing quite well in unifying the Party

So in John Lewis, Liz Warren, Obama, Biden and many other good Democrats.

[swhisper1]

57. I do believe it is Bernie who did that, not Hillary, but you are entitled to your opinion

either way, the revolution has taken hold and John Lewis is the champion this week

[AgingAmerican]

24. What is sad is your lack of understanding of what he is talking about

You seem to believe Sanders is still talking about the primaries.

[SaschaHM]

26. Now? It was sad about a week ago.

[Eric J in MN]

30. Are you against Sanders trying to help Russ Feingold

...and other Democrats to get elected?

[cosmicone]

32. Pathetic would be my choice of words. n/t

[rhett o rick]

51. This is just mean spirited. Shame on you.

[TheProgressive]

2. Senator Sanders - the only Statesperson to run for President in many many decades...

A person of the People, for the People.

No one can/could do more for the people of the United States of America and the planet...

[Jennylynn]

8. ...

[TheProgressive]

16. Oh my gosh - and a Cubs fan!!!!!!!!!

Me too!

[Jennylynn]

49. Doin' great this year!

Uhgain.

[Adrahil]

10. SO.... Obama not a statesperson? HRC?

If you're going to take a swipe, have the guts to do it openly.

[LongtimeAZDem]

13. "the only Statesperson to run for President in many many decades"

How is this NOT a personal attack against Secretary Clinton?

"Do not post anything that could be construed as bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for any Democratic general election candidate"

[swhisper1]

18. funny how some jump to interpretations

[LongtimeAZDem]

23. "jump to interpretations"

Exactly how else can one interpret that plain statement?

"Senator Sanders" = a specific person

"the only" = no others

"Statesperson" = A political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state

"to run for President in many many decades" = meaning not President Obama, not Senator Gore, and not Secretary Clinton

What part of that is a misinterpretation?

[swhisper1]

27. I suggest you take a sedative

no one is attacking them, just stating what many believe, just as valid as you worshiping them

[LongtimeAZDem]

28. I'm fine, and you didn't answer the question. (nt)

[Lord Magus]

43. It very obviously is an attack.

He very clearly said (albeit in a passive-aggressive way) that President Obama is not a statesman. And that Secretary Clinton and Vice President Gore and Senator Kerry, among other Democrats who have run for president in the past few decades were not statesmen. Praising Bernie Sanders does not require and should not involve tearing down other progressive Democrats.

[swhisper1]

22. I agree, tho many would interpret this as an attack on the nominee. They dont see the long term

good Bernie has triggered.

[Lord Magus]

61. That's because it is an attack on the nominee.

Praising Bernie does not require trashing every other Democrat.

[840high]

20. Kick with love for Bernie

[zonkers]

63. And he is just getting started. This man is a gift.

[KingFlorez]

9. At this point, there is no campaign left

He just doesn't want to say that he lost.

[AgingAmerican]

29. He isn't talking about his primary campaign

He is talking about continuing to fight for what is right and just. You guys really need to stop fighting the last war. If we can get over it surely you can too.

[KingFlorez]

37. There really is no war being fought

At least not on my part.

[libdem4life]

14. There is no Democratic Obligation to support the Third Way.

It is not heresy to support long-term Democratic ideals, even though they have been sorely compromised and sacrificed to a higher power...money.

Ask a union member (not the elite Managers) how it's going. Ask a worker who's union got busted how it's going. Ask a worker who is unemployed or underemployed how it's going.

The Democratic Left will Not Go Away...no matter how Center-Right the In Crowd merges.

Go Bernie. He has more fire in his belly than just acceding to the personal achievement of being President of the United States.

[jillan]

17. What a lot of people are missing this is no longer about his run for President, it's about

fighting for a more progressive Dem party.

[swhisper1]

19. seems like they dont want the success Bernie is having inspiring people to stop corruption

so much for unity

[jillan]

47. True. Not to mention the success he has had bringing new voters to the party.

[840high]

21. Sing it loud!

[puffy socks]

31. Then why not concede and unify instead of bashing the Dems?

In order for any revolution to have effect you need big numbers of people, how is he going get those by continuing to divide people? That doesn't make sense.

It's also arrogant and insulting for an Independent to come into the Dem party asking for help because they didn't have the infrastructure needed to run a campaign, and then proceed to try a hostile takeover and change it to his liking. Since when do we change the party to reflect what a minority of the party wants?

Not only that, but Dems have been fighting for most of the things in Bernie's platform for decades. Too many here post about how he supposedly initiated discussion of these Progressive issues. He didn't.

[swhisper1]

41. You might want to get that looked at

[jillan]

48. Bashing the Dems? If Bernie is bashing the Dems why is he out campaigning to get Democrats elected

to the House & Senate?

Bernie is presently going around the country campaigning - not for himself - but for Democrats trying to get elected.
He is also sending out fundraising emails for these candidates.

Gosh, getting Dems elected is soooooo destructive and arrogant of him.

[puffy socks]

58. yes

"forcing open the door" of the Democratic Party to allow working Americans, not political elites, to run it. That was a not-subtle swipe at a party he complained rigged the nominating system in Clinton's favor."

is arrogance.




Why hasn't he conceded if he's all for unity and the Dems and not trying for the nomination and it's all about a "revolution" ?

It is arrogant to try and take over the party and change it to whatever he wishes, he lost.

[swhisper1]

60. broken glasses make one say foolish things

[oasis]

34. Seats at the table, yes. Big "no" to takeover of our party.

[jillan]

35. I honestly have no idea what you are trying to say.

[swhisper1]

42. I'm puzzled too

[oasis]

44. Over the years I've worked with the Democratic Party in three

different states. Dedicated, hardworking party members, many who have made a lifelong commitment to make the Dem Party what it is today, are not about to hand over the keys to a bunch of Johnny Come Latelys.

[jillan]

46. You really don't know much about Bernie, do you? He has been caucusing with the Dems in both

the House and the Senate for his entire career.

He has been the head of committees in the Senate representing the Democratic Party. Why would Harry Reid put him in that position of being the head of significant committees if he is not a hardworking member of the Senate who is committed to Democratic principals?

He votes with the Democrats almost 100% of the time.

To say he is a Johnny Come Lately is rather ludicrous, to be kind.

[oasis]

50. Huh? I wasn't referring to Bernie. It's the so called "revolutionaries"

Bernie wants to recruit for the makeover of the Dem Party.

[jillan]

53. He wants a more progressive party, to go back to the party of FDR, increase social security,

make climate change a top priority, invest in the future of the country by investing in the people.

I HOPE we get more FDR style candidates in Congress and get away from the center-right that we have become.
Obama has taken us in the right direction and did as much as he could with this congress.
That's why Bernie is working so hard to get more progressives elected so we can further advance these principals.

Since Hillary will most likely be our President, I would think this would make her supporters happy so she could get more accomplished.
We would have had single payer IF we had more liberals in the Senate rather than DINOS like the ones who fought against single payer.

[oasis]

56. Hillary won. It's up to her to call the shots.

If a more progressive agenda can be adopted early on, that's fine with me.

[jillan]

59. And Bernie shouldn't help her get more Dems elected to Congress?

I would think she would love that.

Especially after seeing what President Obama has gone thru over the last 6 years.

[brentspeak]

45. That's what the establishment infiltrators

-- er, "Democrats" -- mean when they say that "Bernie will 'destroy' the party". Bringing the party back to FDR's party and taking it back from Wall Street is "destruction" to them.

[cosmicone]

33. If it is just getting started and it took over a year,

I predict the revolution would be in full swing by 2041 and fulfilled by 2108.

[AgingAmerican]

64. I find it amazing how some folks just cannot see what is happening

I believe it is because they don't understand WHY it is happening.

[bigwillq]

54. Cool.

[EffieBlack]

65. Please just stop, Bernie