Beware: Someone Is Trying to Convince You That Bernie Can't Win
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/12/15/beware-someone-trying-convince-you-bernie-cant-winBehind this effort is an alarmed corporate old guard that still runs the Democratic Party establishment.
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Sanders' message, his campaign, and the resounding support he is receiving nationwide has sent chills through those whose primarily loyalty is to the wealthy donors in mansions and corporate suites and the policy architects on Wall Street
Gas-light-ing (gas-lighting) v. 1. a form of mental abuse in which information is twisted or spun 2. false information presented with the intent of making victims doubt their own perception and reality. Adj. gas-lit misled into accepting false information for the purpose of social control.
Perhaps you’ve noticed. Some people and institutions are working feverishly to convince us that real social change is not possible.
Their target is Bernie Sanders and the growing army of his supporters who are fed up with politics as usual and the grip of Wall Street and corporate America on our political, economic and social system.
The theme is to desperately convince us that Sanders can’t win. They repeat it over and over, even though Sanders polls as well or better than Hillary Clinton does against every leading Republican candidate.
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That's not so sure. Would she have large enough coat tails to help start changing congress? That's not so sure.
Would she continue to take wall street cash? That's pretty sure. Have a lovely evening.
Kinda sad. "You can't win, why are you even trying? You should just give up. Why embarrass yourself?" Then the game actually starts and they get destroyed. It's gonna be delicious. 
do I have to repeat myself....he's a great guy the the green/labor/socialist movement needs local support across the nation...through people who are already elected representatives with a voting record...mayors, council members, state representatives...etc, etc.....and that is not there......because greens/labor/socialists....like to resist/protest/rebel/march/do petitions....but they don't like to run for positions in government....not that I blame them ...but that's the reality.....they don't major in government administration in school....and they aren't deep enough to embrace/tackle the big social issues that national candidates need to tackle ...and they don't have foreign policy experience...which is desperately needed in the current global climate....HRC does not have to "bend to corporate will" because she's not desperate like the GOP....so she can resist the influence....she's positioned well for this ...we don't have a TPP and we are likely never going to have one...we are off making separate deals with allies.....be more worried about the fact that even tho ford is making poorly designed electric cars....their carbon output (due to expanding chinese market) will still grow...tho they are trying to deny it just like volkswagon...(see npr interview it was pretty good) the corporations are doing a fabulous job of lying their asses off to protect and increase their assets while still polluting away.....the dems nixed keystone and there is oil sitting in ships on the gulf so much there is no where to store it....convince people to ride their bikes while the weather is warm....we will vote out the politicians that roll over for the NRA to the tune of almost 2.5 billion a year in medical costs....and increase wages while increasing the quality of health care...free community college....young people have the opportunity to have a 2 yr degree by the time their 18....for free....then go on to a four year after that....older workers can be retrained for free.....etc....HRC is pro labor....and is in a position where she doesn't have to be in the pocket of the corporations.....that's a great place for the president to be....she has the most foreign and domestic policy experience and the social ideologies while having the support to get things done in congress and the white house....we have a housing crisis....the hud director is rumored to be on the list of VP's that's very good we have more homeless than ever before....that's an example of a social issue that green/labor is not good with.....she is gaining more and more of the latino vote...(the most of any candidate) she has the african american vote for obvious reasons...those are civil rights issues that green/labor is not good with....right now she is reaching out to the muslim community as she should....it's the right time for it....(instead of saying she's going to bomb the crap out of the me and ban muslims like trump)....and she's good with working women....working mothers....green/labor is not.....there is no need to be desperate....Bernie is a valuable team member....I like green/labor values and will vote locally for greens if they are pro-choice,pro gun control....which HRC is.....I think someday the green/labor party could be a good party....it's just isn't there nationally.....it's something to keep working toward.....I don't think there's a need to be on the defensive...I think there is room for democratic socialism to grow....in the democratic party....as it's been growing that way for a while now....
cheers, Maggie
first as the Mayor of Burlington, VT, where he was re-elected three times, then as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served until 2006 and was then elected to the U.S. Senate, where he currently serves?
Are you unaware that he has long been an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats?
Are you unaware that he is not a member of the Green Party, nor the Labor Party, nor the Socialist Party?
Do you realize that he has held elected office much longer than Hillary Clinton?
Perhaps you need to learn a few things about Bernie Sanders.
he has more regional appeal....he's been in the same job....HRC has been around...(education, then healthcare, then terrorism (9/11) then SOS....it's her "broad" (pun intended) and deep experience and number of years....it's true she's younger than Bernie .... Cheers, Maggie
ms liberty I assure the typos are all mine (half asleep at the wheel) and the "stream of consciousness(ness)" entirely deliberate; this is my own "patented" invention of "digital speaking".....that is to say I want my posts to be distinctly "poetic prose" not an ideological manifesto....of fascist lockstep political action committee party politics.....further to be obviously genuine, unique and not a political car salesman trying to sell you a car ....but the independent intellectual think tank of philosophical political questioning.....not pac party cog in the wheel charlatanism? do you have a problem with that? Cheers, Maggie
Cheers, Maggie
Welcome to DU, Maggie.
wide world, that can change my enthusiastic support for Bernie.
..... bummer
