2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders: There is a change in the wind
He might have fluffy disoriented hair, but there is nothing about his policy that has wavered. His compass has always oriented to women's rights, gay rights, helping the poor, and racial equality.
If you want to claim he isn't exactly on target with issues, he's the wrong person to pick.
He is dedicated to reforms for Wall Street.
He is for increasing Social Security so that the vulnerable seniors among us have a safety net.
He is the candidate I will fight tooth and nail for. Because I will be fighting tooth and nail for the people in the USA.
If he is somehow not the Democratic nominee, I guess I have to give a loyalty statement.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)As if supporting the most progressive candidate makes one a traitor. Sad if you think about it. Tells you how far to the right the party has gone.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)It's like I should be ashamed that I don't want to vote for Hillary Clinton in the primary.
Well, I don't. So there.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Her campaign is to tell people it's up to them to connect with her.
If you can't then there's something wrong with you.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)she lost in 2008. She demands that people connect with her, when we truly just want a leader we can gravitate toward.
You get that gravity by having an iron clad message.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)of the future of our country. That scares the shit out of me that we are mere plebes and the direction we are going is as mundane as a stock market ticker line.
udbcrzy2
(891 posts)You said it all right there. Some Democrats, I can barely tell the difference between them and the Rethugs.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)this careening to the right. Seriously, our nation can't keep "austerity"-ing our way to hell.
We have some fundamental issues like roadways, bridges and other infrastructure that have got to be addressed. Wall Street needs to shut the fuck up for a minute and let some adults be in charge before they get their cookies.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)to the Democratic party for supporting Bernie instead of Hillary is ridiculous.
What do we have primaries for? If Hillary is as inevitable as she was in 2008, get ready for President Scott Walker.
That will not happen on this voters watch. I will do everything I can to make sure that we do not suffer that consequence.
People didn't vote for her because people aren't keyed into her economic and overall idea of the future - because she doesn't have one.
Bernie Sanders has an idea, and has the structure behind it. This is why I support him. He believes in recreating our infrastructure, which is sorely lacking. That's jobs. He believes in examining our water supply - oh wait, more jobs. He believes in taming the horses of Wall Street - something that has long since been needed.
That's why I like him. He buttresses his arguments with actions.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)I am completely in Bernie's camp. I doubt I will vote for the DINO HRC. He represents almost all of my beliefs, gun control the only outlier.
She represents almost none of my beliefs, maybe gay rights, but she just jumped on that ship when it became beneficial for her, having defended the Defense of Marraige Act in part.
I am working my butt off for Bernie, I can feel it! Or maybe that is just the walking.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I am working my butt off for him, too. I will not apologize for the folks I work hard to convince to vote for him.
If they don't vote for Hillary, that isn't my problem.
loveallserveall
(11 posts)Thank you Aerows..a REVOLUTION is surely brewing brother.....hold on to your seat belts cos' it's gonna be followed by a TSUNAMI like we've never seen !!!!!!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)together.
Welcome to DU
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)We're in the Sanderstorm now, next step is the Bernami!
udbcrzy2
(891 posts)artislife
(9,497 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)oh yes!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)feel the Bern.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)And I don't do loyalty oaths. Ever. Period.
And I don't give a damn who doesn't like it.
Thank you - I feel the Bern.
The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)and I'm 54.
Nothing but sellouts and corporate whores since FDR.
But then my personal definition of a fascist douchnozzle is anyone who uses "socialist" as a pejorative.
erronis
(15,812 posts)CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)douche canoe myself, but douche nozzle works .
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Go Bernie!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)to keep this nation in shape.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Awesome!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I mean the shit out of it.
We have got to turn this ship around, and I will work my ass off to do so.
fbc
(1,668 posts)appalachiablue
(41,407 posts)SANDERS 2016!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and I'll gratefully follow him with weary, dirt-coated hands knowing I accomplished something for real people.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)In front, and unafraid. We have to do it.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)going down this road again with a Republican in tidy clothing.
We need to build our nation back, and that requires hands getting dirty. You don't build a road with clean fingers.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Act like them? You fail.
I've been sick of neo-liberals for a very long time.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Bernie will be the next POTUS
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Let's get used to saying it.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Aerows
(39,961 posts)President Bernie Sanders.